Anti-Semitic Hate Crime
At a Monument of Sorrow, A Burst of Deadly Violence
the attack inside the famed Holocaust museum turned the crowded building and Washington’s nearby tourist-thronged Mall into a scene of fear and chaos, with black-clad SWAT teams, hovering helicopters and racing emergency vehicles. Stunned witnesses described a fusillade of gunfire — five shots or more — the blood-streaked floor and the screams of frightened visitors inside the museum and on the street.
Grief, Shock After a ‘Gentle Giant’ Loses His Life in the Line of Duty
Co-workers praise Stephen Johns, who was killed in the line of duty.
Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn’s ex-wife says his racism ‘ate him alive’
He’s a twisted kook with a toxic hatred for Jews and blacks who vowed to go out “with his boots on.”
Solemn Reminder
THE UNITED STATES Holocaust Museum is a living memorial, a place where visitors go to confront hatred, learn the danger of prejudice and promote human dignity. Yesterday this most special place was the setting for a tragic lesson in the worst and best of human behavior.
DHS Report “In A Different Light”
Fox News spent much of April hyperventilating about a report from the Department of Homeland Security, warning of possible threats posed by violent radicals, specifically from anti-abortion and anti-Semitic extremists.
Attacks validate DHS report, some say
Health Care Battle
No More Kumbaya Among Health Care Reformers
[T]he last week has shown that love-ins don’t last forever. Now the different groups writing bills and weighing in have begun to clash in ways that portend bigger fights to come. “People are still being gentle,” says Robert Laszewski, an influential Beltway health policy consultant. “But the fissures are going to be deep.”
‘Single-Payer’ Supporters Challenge Democrats
As Obama and congressional Democrats work to hammer out landmark health-care legislation, they face increasingly noisy protests from those on the left who complain that a national program like those in Europe has been excluded from the debate.
This Time, We Won’t Scare
Back in the election campaign, some people spread rumors that Barack Obama might be a secret Muslim conspiring to impose Sharia law on us. That seems unlikely now, but what if he’s a covert Canadian plotting to impose … health care?
Obama to hold town-hall style meeting to push healthcare reform
The Next SC Justice
Is Sotomayor Liberal Enough?
The Supreme Court nominee’s life story is certainly compelling. But her slim record on progressive concerns warrants a closer look.
In Her Own Words: Excerpts From Sotomayor’s Videos
Republicans Say Sotomayor Questionnaire Incomplete, Request More Information
Sotomayor’s appointment should end the High Court’s unfair track record on Puerto Rico
Unlike other Latinos, the Supreme Court has deeply scarred Puerto Rican political life. Thanks to its rulings, the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico do not have the same rights as citizens living in the states and the U.S. Constitution does not apply in full to Puerto Rico – or to the other territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
Where Sonia Sotomayor Really Stands on Race
Economy Watch
Fiat Closes Deal With Chrysler
April trade deficit edges up to $29.2 billion
America’s debt is Barack Obama’s biggest weakness
U.S. Targets Excessive Pay for Top Executives
The Obama administration named a “compensation czar” yesterday to set salaries and bonuses at some of the biggest firms at the heart of the economic crisis, as part of a broader government campaign to reshape pay practices across corporate America.
U.S. Foreclosure Filings Top 300,000 as Bank Seizures Loom
U.S. foreclosure filings surpassed 300,000 for the third straight month in May and may hit a record 1.8 million by the first half of the year, RealtyTrac Inc. said.
GOP: Did Bush team force BofA merger?
Capitol Hill Republicans investigating the fire sale purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America last year are digging for evidence of improper behavior by two Bush appointees – former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Fed Emails Bash BofA Chief in Tussle Over Merrill Deal
War On Terror
Guantánamo’s untouchables: What to do with Uighurs
The US moves toward sending the Chinese Muslims to Palau, a remote Pacific island. But some experts say that would be a mistake.
Democrats Aren’t Yielding to Obama
After years of lambasting President George W. Bush’s war on terror, some congressional Democrats still act like the party of opposition, even with their own man in the White House. They are asking tough questions about the wisdom of President Barack Obama’s plan to expand military assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, where an eight-year conflict has failed to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Obama’s arms bazaar
The administration’s focus on building coalitions may spur more arms sales for the world’s leading weapons exporter — a welcome prospect for U.S. defense contractors.
Around The World
An Innocent Abroad
For five months now in the Umbrian hill town of Perugia, an American exchange student called “Angel Face” by the tabloid press has been on trial for the murder of her roommate. On Friday, for the first time, that student, Amanda Knox will testify on her own behalf.
Has President Ahmadinejad finally met his match in Mrs Mousavi?
Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of Mirhossein Mousavi, has impressed voters on the campaign trail with her calls for equal rights
Pakistan targets Taliban in new combat zone, kill scores
Let’s hope the experts are right:
2 US journalists unlikely to see harsh prisons, specialists say
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