The Hill Articles: July 29, 2013

White House cautious as Kerry resumes Mideast peace talks Weiner defiant despite rift with Clintons Player of the Week: Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) The time is ripe to engage Iran’s incoming president Weyant’s World: July 30, 2013 The imperfect storm ‘This Town’ not my DC Give military sexual assault victims a voice in court Q&A with With Wil Haygood, Author of The Butler: Witness to History Happy 48th birthday, Medicare Spitzer: Weiner shouldn’t be mayor OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA takes climate push on the road OVERNIGHT HEALTH: Right digs in on defunding the ACA Tax reformers find receptive audiences in road show stops OVERNIGHT TECH: Committee vote set for Wheeler Senate bill would force agencies to dump unused buildings In 93-1 vote, Senate confirms FBI nominee DAY’S END ROUND-UP OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Military commander to testify on Benghazi Civil rights activists upbeat after Obama meeting on voting Overnight Money: Dodd-Frank blues State Dept.: Keystone XL jobs impact ‘negligible’ Report: Insurgents hit major U.S. airbase in central Afghanistan Penthouse, Playboy deemed appropriate for sale on military bases Feds target spammers using text messages Fast food workers threaten to strike over low wages Obama rebuked for Keystone claims RNC hires DeFeo as chief digital officer Hagel urges Egyptian military leaders to pursue political solution Three years later, House still not honoring sports champions Markey vows climate focus from new Foreign Relations Committee perch FCC moves to cut prison phone rates Reid files cloture on Obama’s nominees to ATF, United Nations Weiner rejects Clinton pressure Will Boehner pave the path to citizenship? Nader: Clinton needs challenger from the left Tea Party group: Shut down government over ObamaCare Special election to replace GOP Rep. Bonner scheduled Obama honors World Series champion Giants Moran: Don’t hold immigration reform ‘hostage’ by ‘all-or-nothing strategy’ White House unveils immigration report to pressure rural GOP House lawmaker renews calls for FISA court reforms DOT chief to meet with relatives of 2009 plane crash victims In Iran negotiations, U.S. strength better demonstrated through poise than threats House bucks Obama with Iran sanctions vote GAO report praises insurance regulators during financial crisis ‘Real Housewives’ of NJ stars charged with mail, bank, wire fraud GAO: Dead farmers might be reaping millions in subsidies Reid: Economy will ‘suffer’ if GOP forces shutdown Herrera Beutler: Birth of daughter a ‘miracle’ Far from home, Peace Corps volunteers deserve equal reproductive health care coverage Interior chief slams ‘short-sighted’ GOP cuts Kerry restarts Israel-Palestinian peace talks White House: Jimmy Carter taking ‘private trip’ to North Korea Members look to move US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem White House says Hillary Clinton, Obama lunch meeting ‘chiefly social’ Gingrich visits zoo with Google Glass Marco Rubio wimps out on healthcare Cruz defends Rand Paul in feud with NJ Gov. Chris Christie CREW: Justice Department should investigate Clapper Disclosing toxic chemicals Watchdog: IRS losing $1.2M per year from workers improperly classified as contractors Commercialization of ‘Lean In’ has turned message on its head Watchdog requests IRS review of group that is promoting ObamaCare Obama: Israel-Palestine talks mark a ‘promising step’ toward peace Kaine grabs Middle East panel chairmanship Dem lawmaker praises pope for openness toward gay priests Senate panel to vote on Wheeler’s nomination for FCC chief Obama looks to rally Dems before recess House to restrict IRS, cap bonuses, take other steps to ‘stop government abuse’ Returning: Why Jeb Bush will win HHS: Seniors have saved $7 billion on drugs thanks to ObamaCare Week Ahead:Senate tackles Pentagon spending bill Kerry taps US team for Israeli-Palestinian talks Poll: Most in US favor new limits on surveillance Housing sector shows slight sign of slowing Sanders to Obama: New Fed chairman must put jobs ahead of Wall Street Judge says Bernanke can be forced to testify in AIG bailout lawsuit Staffer who helped probe collapse of MF Global joins law firm Gallup: Majority would back gay marriage referendum Senate Republicans tie Weiner scandal to Clintons, ’14 Dems An American trailblazer leads on Watchdog: DOE grants to car charging company were ‘overly generous’ Senators propose crackdown on cyber theft House GOP takes aim at Obama regs Sinclair Broadcast Group buying DC TV stations Democratic congressman’s campaign reports $20,000 in bank fraud Congressman to rappel down 40-story skyscraper Obama to talk EU trade in joint meeting with Baltic leaders Tuesday’s meeting announcements: Science board strategy session Rep. Terry, TransCanada knock Obama’s Keystone jobs claims Should investment in diagnostic innovation be a national priority? New regs for Tuesday: Water pollution reporting rules House GOP leaders may have trouble adjourning for the summer House GOP’s ‘Stop government abuse week’ tackles regs Howard Dean: ObamaCare’s Medicare cost ‘rationing body’ will fail This Week in Tech: Senate panel to review NSA programs News bites: In neutral Week ahead: TSA returns to the hot seat News bites: Ad giants to merge News bites: Defunding In signal to McConnell, conservative group ties endorsement to support for defunding ObamaCare EPA’s McCarthy: No ‘war on coal’ and no comment on Keystone The week ahead: Senate nears first big energy bill since 2007 Monday: FBI nomination in the Senate This week: GDP data to reveal sequester’s impact Report: Booker was told Lautenberg would not seek reelection in 2014 News bites: EPA chief speaks, oil spills in Thailand and more A yawning chasm Trump: Something ‘mentally wrong’ with Weiner News bites: Golden State regs under fire from Washington Rand Paul hits back at Christie over spending Weiner vows to stay in race, says he expected a ‘tough campaign’ Week ahead: ObamaCare repeal vote No. 40 looms in House Both sides of the aisle Both sides of the aisle Unbearable tightness of being McConnell Unbearable toughness of being Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Opinion: How the Senate Republicans made themselves irrelevant Opinion: GOP gets it wrong on health law Iraq War vet takes his fight to Capitol Hill McConnell’s challenger picks up key endorsement from conservative group