The Hill Articles: August 22, 2013

Obama phones Georgia school employee in hostage ordeal Mueller: NSA surveillance could have prevented 9/11 President Obama seeks to shame colleges for rising tuition costs Obama interrupted by Manning protester Gallup: Declining confidence in job market US embassy in Cairo warns Americans to stay home ahead of new protests Lew urges Congress to move swiftly on raising the debt limit Scientist: Al Gore ‘got it wrong’ Labor board creates legal counsel office Sen. Coburn: Obama ‘perilously close’ to impeachment Utah unveils ObamaCare premiums Report: Delta expecting millions in new ObamaCare costs Ron Paul says no to 2016 presidential run Government study calls for tougher patent reviews NASDAQ reopens after trading freeze Ron Paul: Release Bradley Manning from prison immediately Sen. Rand Paul disagrees with RNC decision on GOP presidential debates Jackson: Right wrong to compare Trayvon to slain baseball player Sorkin, Clooney, Al Jazeera America Grassley blames university ‘perks’ for rising college costs Inhofe challenges DOD on new benefits for same-sex couples Obama to tape morning show interview while on bus tour GOP lawmaker hits back at green group’s climate ad Obama bus tour visits Seneca Falls historic site CBS takes shot at Time Warner after striking Verizon deal Can you spell ‘showdown?’ US won’t restore aid to Mali until military cedes power Grassley to Obama: Look at college executive salaries Rasmussen Reports parts ways with founder Scott Rasmussen Obama briefed on Nasdaq disruption while on bus tour Poll: Plurality says ‘a lot more’ remains to be done on racial equality Daryl Hannah rallies against fracking in DC Court blocks Arizona’s attempt to cut off Planned Parenthood funds State Dept. ‘unable’ to determine if Syria used chemical weapons in recent attack GOP lawmaker bashes the feds for restrictions on river baptisms George P. Bush supports defunding Obama healthcare law Legalize it Egypt protests arrive at White House doorstep Obama can rate colleges without Congress Portman: USDA has given millions of dollars to dead farmers House GOP keeps up pressure on administration over employer mandate delay FAA grants workplace safety rules to flight attendants Leave no veteran behind New Obama puppy isn’t ‘potty trained’ Yemen requests armed drones from US to combat al Qaeda Report: White House to hold bisexual issues roundtable GOP’s split personalities Powell rips NC voter ID law Pressure intensifies on House GOP leaders to defund ObamaCare Begich, Hagan helping McConnell’s opponent Justice sues Texas over voter ID law Regulatory backlog threatens health and the environment Mortgage rates hit two-year high New US sanctions target Hezbollah in Yemen, Syria and Iraq House leaders consider tying ObamaCare delay to debt-limit increase DOT chief warns drunken drivers Businesses concerned about SEC international swaps proposal Report: San Diego Mayor Filner to resign Rule to curb miners’ ‘black lung’ risks advances Okla. lawmaker apologizes to Australia after murder of college baseball player The Ted Cruz birther problem House Dems seek to curtail NSA spying powers in wake of email surveillance George P. Bush backs defunding ObamaCare 1988 Massacre in Iran – 25 years later Group launches second round of ads targeting climate-change skeptics Rep. Higgins: At least Obama didn’t confuse me with San Diego mayor Report: White House to name NSA review board Daryl Hannah, activists press White House on ‘fracking’ rule Blunt demands vote to protect Egyptian Christians White House: Images from Syria ‘nothing short of horrifying’ Sorkin: ‘The Newsroom’ has no 2016 favorite WATCH LIVE: Obama unveils plan on cutting college costs Is House of Cards too idealistic for Washington? AAA: Drivers less concerned about safety NSA denies having ‘unfettered access’ to 75 percent of US Internet traffic NRCC hits Dems over ObamaCare, IRS Egypt’s Mubarak released from prison Late night smash: Weiner’s run, ’72 Dolphins Friday’s meeting announcements: Election administration panel gets together Russia defends anti-gay law to IOC Waxman to GOP: Don’t leave out the climate scientists McCain: US ‘credibility in Middle East has never been lower’ Rainforest Action Network names new chief Senators tell EPA not to force farmers to comply with spill rules Cordray, now confirmed, steers clear of politics ‘Tapering’ Is tightening New regs for Friday: Rules for catching sharks UPS cuts healthcare benefits for spouses, blames ObamaCare GOP to probe Obama’s climate plans Senate Conservatives Fund targets Isakson with latest ‘defund ObamaCare’ ad News bites: States’ ObamaCare strategies McConnell trounces primary challenger in internal poll Rand Paul weighing support for NJ GOP Senate nominee News bites: ESPN considering Web TV The partisan Federal Election Commission GOP lawmaker calls for cutting ObamaCare grants to Planned Parenthood First-time jobless claims rise 13,000 Power giants bend White House ear on carbon rules Bradley Manning: I want to live as a woman News bites: Pay peek News bites: SEC poised to issue CEO pay disclosure rule McCain: Assad sees ‘green light’ from US to use chemical weapons Report: Tentative deal reached in Filner sexual harassment suit News bites: Feds probe ethanol access complaints, climate change threatens NYC, and more Obama to unveil college-rating system to lower cost of higher education Sen. Lee: Effort to defund ObamaCare gaining GOP support Allies see battle-tested Landrieu as most formidable of vulnerable Senate Dems Obama looks to regain footing on economy with young voters ObamaCare birth control mandate on fast track to Supreme Court Geithner’s absence from looming fiscal fight robs Obama of valued ally Brown opts out of run for Mass. governor Arizona, Kansas sue federal government to enforce voter registration laws