Congress Leaves Town With Unfinished Business (The Note)
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES ALL A-LOAN: Congress has blown another deadline. Before they left for recess, lawmakers in Washington failed to head off an increase in interest rates on certain types of student loans, meaning rates on those loans are going to double today —… Read More »
EmailThe Note’s Must-Reads for Monday July 1, 2013
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ Carrie Halperin, Amanda VanAllen, Will Cantine and J.P. Lawrence NSA ABC’s Kari Rea: “Julian… Read More »
Obama Urges African Youth to Live Up to Mandela’s Legacy: ‘The World Will Be Watching What You Do’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Obama today urged South Africa’s youth to continue the fight for equality and opportunity, as he challenged them to live up to the legacy of ailing civil rights icon Nelson Mandela. “Nelson Mandela showed us that one man’s courage… Read More »
Obama Advises Young Rapper to ‘Drop The Mic’
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Obama was treated to an impromptu rap performance today as he toured a classroom at Desmond Tutu’s HIV Foundation Youth Center. “This is a pretty cool place to be,” the president said, before sitting down and asking two boys… Read More »
Obama Visits Mandela’s Robben Island Cell
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — With the world’s eyes on the ailing Nelson Mandela, President Obama today walked in the footsteps of the man he’s called his personal hero. Touring the prison on Robben Island, Obama stood alone in the stark “7B” cell where Mandela… Read More »
Brian Brown: Same-Sex Marriage Not Inevitable Nationally
When asked whether same-sex marriage bans across the country will eventually be struck down following the landmark Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage, National Organization for Marriage President Brian Brown told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, that he didn’t think that it would be ” inevitable.”… Read More »
Peggy Noonan: Wendy Davis Standing for ‘Infanticide’
Below you can find some of the notable comments made Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Our roundtable guests included ABC News Political Analyst and Special Correspondent Matthew Dowd; ABC News Anchor and Chief Foreign Correspondent Terry Moran, who covers the Supreme Court for… Read More »
Prop 8 Supporters’ Emergency Request to Halt Marriages Denied
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today denied an emergency application filed by Proposition 8 sponsors asking the court to halt same-sex weddings until the justices issue a final disposition on their dismissal of a case asking them to to overturn a lower-court decision striking down… Read More »
Julian Assange: ‘No Stopping’ Release of Additional NSA Secrets
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said this morning in an exclusive interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” that there is no stopping the release of additional NSA secrets obtained by Edward Snowden, a former contract employee of the organization. “There is no stopping the… Read More »
Obama Toasts Mandela, ‘The Master of His Fate’
PRETORIA, South Africa — Speaking at an official dinner in Pretoria tonight, President Obama offered a moving toast to Nelson Mandela, “a man who has always been the master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours.” “Our minds… Read More »
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