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ABAJournal.com: “Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: July 13”Associated Press: “Republicans balk at Sotomayor hearing date”CBS News Political HotSheet blog: Biden: Sotomayor ‘Is The Real Deal’”New York Daily News (Opinion): “Another stumble for Sonia? Sotomayor is devoted to a charity founded by wacko Lenora Fulani”Christian Science Monitor: “GOP’s new Sotomayor strategy: Attack Obama”Politico: “Sonia Sotomayor attacks don’t hold water”ABC News Political Punch blog: “Sotomayor: Crimebuster”ABAJournal.com: “In One Respect—an Ivy League Education—Sotomayor Is Part of the In Crowd”USA Today: “Sotomayor’s nomination spotlights diabetes myths”Financial Times (column): “Affirmative action shows the cracks” … [Read more...] about Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News Headline Roundup

Political Ticker blog, CNN: “Former President GHW Bush stands up for Sotomayor”National Law Journal: “Sotomayor’s Ruling in Child Porn Case Defies Liberal, Conservative Labels”FOX News: “Did Firefighters Stand a Chance Against Sotomayor?”Politico: “Tempers flare over Sonia Sotomayor”McClatchy Newspapers: “GOP risks loss of respect if it goes after Sotomayor, poll finds”FOX News: “FOX News Poll: 46 Percent Would Vote to Confirm Sotomayor” … [Read more...] about Sotomayor Nomination: Today’s News Headlines

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s cancellation of the Philadelphia Eagles’ visit to the White House (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Fox News is apologizing for airing footage that wrongly suggested Philadelphia Eagles players knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice. Christopher Wallace, executive producer of “Fox News @ Night,” says in a statement that during the show’s report about President Donald Trump canceling the Eagles’ visit on Tuesday to the White House to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl win, the show displayed “unrelated footage of players kneeling in prayer.” He says, “To clarify, no members of the team knelt in protest during the national anthem throughout regular or post-season last year,” adding: “We apologize for the error.” ___ 9:35 a.m. The NFL Players Association says President Donald Trump’s decision to scrap a White House visit for the … [Read more...] about The Latest: Fox News apologizes for mischaracterizing clip

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Daily News, the city's scrappy, 99-year-old tabloid, is laying off one-half of its editorial staff, as U.S. newspapers continue to crumple under sharply declining advertising and readership, it said on Monday. The cuts at the Pulitzer Prize-winning daily paper, known for eye-catching front-page headlines and taking on the city's power players including real estate developer Donald Trump long before he was elected president, drew criticism from both average readers online and politicians who have bristled at how the paper covered them. Owner Tronc Inc said the cuts are intended to make the paper a stronger competitor online. "We are reducing today the size of the editorial team by approximately 50 percent and refocusing much of our talent on breaking news - especially in the areas of crime, civil justice and public responsibility," Tronc said in a memo to staff. The Daily News employed about 85 journalists prior to the announcement, according to rival … [Read more...] about N.Y. Daily News to slash half of its newsroom staff

ALBANY – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has curtailed his trips to Buffalo over the past year, will be in Buffalo this evening for a get-out-the-vote rally ahead of Thursday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary. The governor will be at the Belle Center on Maryland Avenue at 5 p.m., after stops earlier in the afternoon in Syracuse and Rochester. The Democratic primary contest between Cuomo and activist Cynthia Nixon for months has been heavily concentrated in New York City, where slightly more than half of the expected primary votes will come from on Thursday. Such fly-around trips by statewide candidates at the end of a campaign are a common form of voter outreach. Nixon apparently has no such plans to make such a trip in advance of voting day later this week. A new poll out this morning finds Cuomo comfortably ahead of Nixon, though the Nixon camp says it was taken before a series of bad headlines for Cuomo over the weekend. Nixon plans to be in New York City and Westchester … [Read more...] about In a rare visit for this year, Cuomo heading to Buffalo today for campaign rally