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July 31, 2007— -- Chief Justice Roberts:

Associated Press' Mark Sherman: "Chief Justice Roberts Suffers Seizure"LINK

Washington Post's Robert Barnes and Michael D. Shear: "Chief Justice Suffers Seizure"LINK

Senator Stevens:

ABC News' Jason Ryan: "FBI, IRS Search Home of Senator Ted Stevens"LINK

New York Times' Philip Shenon: "Alaska Home of Senator Is Raided by U.S. Agents"LINK

New York Times' Dan Eggen and Paul Kane: "Alaska Senator's Home Is Raided"LINK

Roll Call's John Stanton: "Watchdog Seeks Stevens' Temporary Removal From Committees"LINK

2008:

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Candidates as Victims?"LINK

New York Times' Judith Warner: "'24' as Reality Show"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

Wall Street Journal's John Harwood: "Giuliani to Pitch Health-Insurance Tax Break"LINK

New York Sun's Seth Gitell: "Giuliani Wants a Probe of Spitzer"LINK

Associated Press' Philip Elliott: "Giuliani bashes Dems on taxes"LINK

Vanity Fair's Judy Bachrach: "Giuliani's Princess Bride"LINK

2008: Republicans: Thompson:

ABC News' Teddy Davis: "Did Fred Thompson Take 'Fair Tax' Pledge?"LINK

Washington Post's Richard Cohen: "Thompson on Horseback"LINK

New York Times' Susan Saulny and David Kirkpatrick: "Fred Thompson Came Up Short in June Money"LINK

2008: Republicans: Brownback:

Politico's Roger Simon: "Power of prayer takes on power of money"LINK

2008: Democrats:

New York Times' Steven Greenhouse: "Democrats' Field Creates Pleasant Predicament for Unions"LINK

New York Times' David Brooks: "Edwards, Obama and the Poor"LINK

2008: Democrats: Clinton:

New York Times' Jodi Kantor: "A Second Stint as First Daughter?"LINK

2008: Democrats: Obama:

Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet: "Oprah's mansion bash for Obama sold out"LINK

Washington Post's Eugene Robinson: "Obama and the 'They' Sayers"LINK

Washington Times' Christina Bellantoni: "Obama walks a fine line to avoid black stereotyping"LINK

Dallas Morning News' Gromer Jeffers Jr.: "In visit to Dallas, Obama stands by diplomacy view"LINK

New York Newsday's James P. Pinkerton: "Obama means to change foreign policy"LINK

Des Moines Register's Jason Clayworth: "Obama touts himself as reformer"LINK

2008: Democrats: Edwards:

The State's Aaron Gould Sheinin: "Edwards staying positive"LINK

2008: Democrats: Richardson:

Nashua Telegraph's Albert McKeon: "Trailing in cash, polls, Richardson pounds pavement"LINK

2008: Primaries:

Detroit Free Press' Dawson Bell: "Bill calls for parties to share a primary"LINK

2008: The YouTube Snowman:

Wall Street Journal's Amy Schatz: "Snowman Video In YouTube Debate Chills Some Politicos"LINK

New York Times' Adam Nagourney: "2008 Republican Field Shuns The Snowman"LINK

Iraq:

Washington Post's Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza: "Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War"LINK

The Hill's Manu Raju: "Lieberman escalates attack on Iraq critics"LINK

Bush & Brown:

USA Today's David Jackson: "Bush, Brown pledge to fight terrorism"LINK

Washington Times' Joseph Curl: "New British leader backs Bush on Iraq"LINK

Time Magazine's Brian Bennett: "Brown and Bush: Looking for Daylight"LINK

Terrorism:

Washington Post's David Ignatius: "Sept. 10 in Waziristan"LINK

Gonzales:

Washington Post's Ruth Marcus: "Short of Perjury"LINK

ABC News' Jennifer Duck: "Cheney Disregards Judiciary Chairman's Views of Gonzales"LINK

Immigration:

Washington Times' Ralph Z. Hallow: "GOP resolution rejects amnesty for illegal aliens"LINK

Cheney:

Washington Post's Dan Eggen: "Cheney Disputes Libby Verdict, Voices Support for Gonzales"LINK

Congress:

Wall Street Journal's Brody Mullins and Sarah Lueck: "Democrats Lose Zeal for Raising Hedge-Fund Tax"LINK

The Hill's Jim Snyder: "Storm of bills before calm of Aug. recess"LINK