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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Morsi Is Winner of Egyptian Presidency — CAIRO — Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in its struggle for power with the ruling military council.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
White House congratulates Egypt's Morsi — The White House congratulated Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi on his victory in that country's presidential election, calling it a “milestone” in the country's transition to democracy. — “We look forward to working together with President-elect Morsi …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House offers praise of Egypt's election of Muslim Brotherhood president
AJE - Al Jazeera English:
Morsi wins Egypt's presidential election
Morsi wins Egypt's presidential election
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Fox News:
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Morsi wins Egyptian presidential election
Muslim Brotherhood candidate Morsi wins Egyptian presidential election
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CNN:
Morsi declared Egypt's new president
Morsi declared Egypt's new president
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American Spectator, The Spectacle Blog and Gawker
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama plays 101st round as president — President Obama waited for the temperature to cool just a bit before heading to the golf course on Sunday. — Obama is golfing at the Fort Belvoir course, according to a White House pool report. The president is golfing with White House chef Sam Kass …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
All the President's Privileges — WHEN George W. Bush was president of the United States, it was an article of faith among liberals that many of his policies were not just misguided but unconstitutional as well. On issues large and small, from the conduct of foreign policy to the firing …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
GOP Oversight Chair Admits There Is No Evidence Of White House Involvement In Fast And Furious — Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) claimed that the White House decision to invoke executive privilege to prevent the release of some documents related to the “Fast and Furious” …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Issa confident of contempt vote
Issa confident of contempt vote
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Jonathan Turley / Washington Post:
The fate of health care shouldn't come down to 9 justices. Try 19. — It could all be in the hands of just one justice. After a 14-month fight in Congress and an unprecedented challenge by states to the power of the federal government, the fate of health care in this country is likely to be decided by a 5-4 vote.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Past Denials of Vulnerability Raise Health Act What-Ifs
Past Denials of Vulnerability Raise Health Act What-Ifs
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Shadid said to blame NYT for death — Anthony Shadid, the Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times reporter who died in Syria this year, had heated arguments with his editors just prior to his final trip into the country, a cousin of Shadid's says, and told his wife that were he to die the New York Times would be to blame.
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New York Magazine
Campbell Brown / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood's Self-Destructive Behavior — PLANNED PARENTHOOD has a large target on its back. At no time in the organization's history has it faced such a concerted Congressional challenge to its agenda. But most worrisome is the organization's shrinking number of defenders, and Planned Parenthood has only itself to blame.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Koch: I helped change Obama — Ed Koch, the mercurial former New York mayor and Jewish community figure who was helpful to George W. Bush in places like Florida in the 2004 presidential race, sees “change” by President Obama, who he was slow to support, on the subject of Israel.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
10 Things You Would Miss About Obamacare — The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act this week and could potentially strike down part or the whole of ‘Obamacare.’ Below are 10 things you will miss about the law if the justices invalidate it:
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New York Times:
Ex-Governor of New York Reluctantly Accepts Portrait — For years, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has refused to sit for his official portrait, leaving a void in the likenesses of former governors that line a corridor in the New York State Capitol. — His son Andrew M. Cuomo, now the governor …
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BuzzFeed:
High Security At Koch Conclave — Name tags required at secret Carlsbad gathering, as donors awaited Koch speech. BuzzFeed got tossed out. — CARLSBAD, Calif. — The Koch Brothers have locked down a resort hotel in this breezy San Diego suburb for their annual conservative conference …
New York Post:
Why ‘Fast and Furious’ matters — Pssst — heard the one about the lethal scandal that reaches to the upper levels of the Obama administration and may turn out to be bigger than Watergate? A crime in which two American agents have been killed, and which the Justice Department …
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