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Michael Isikoff / Open Channel:
Holder OK'd search warrant for Fox News reporter's private emails, official says — Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure …
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Roger Ailes' letter to Fox employees — The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Roger Ailes: Obama administration efforts to intimidate Fox will fail — Fox News CEO Roger Ailes condemned the Department of Justice's actions against his company as intimidation in a Thursday memo to his employees. — Ailes said the efforts would not succeed, and compared the Obama administration's actions to the McCarthy era.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
There's a fly in my soup — “Horrible customer service.” That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. — In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor.
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Medea Benjamin Surprised Obama Drones Speech Protest Worked — WASHINGTON — Even Medea Benjamin was surprised she managed to get into President Barack Obama's major national security address at National Defense University on Thursday. The long-time Code Pink protestor (and HuffPost blogger) …
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New York Times:
The End of the Perpetual War — President Obama's speech today was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America. For the first time, a president stated clearly and unequivocally that the state of perpetual warfare …
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KOMO News:
Cars, people sent tumbling into Skagit River as I-5 bridge collapses — By KOMO Staff & news services Published: May 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 11:20 PM PDT — MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening …
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Associated Press:
Interstate Bridge Collapses in Washington State
Interstate Bridge Collapses in Washington State
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Gabriel Gomez calls Ed Markey ‘pond scum’ — Massachusetts GOP Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez called his opponent, longtime Rep. Ed Markey, “pond scum” during an interview with an NPR reporter on Thursday. — “I don't think there's anything more offensive,” Gomez said …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Billionaire's super PAC on offense in Bay State — The super PAC created by San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer is preparing a new offensive in the Massachusetts Senate race. — The PAC, known as the NextGen Committee, is launching a campaign to paint Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez as a …
DAngelo Gore / FactCheck.org:
A False Claim of Blame in Mass. Senate Race
A False Claim of Blame in Mass. Senate Race
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Nigel Atkins / Mirror.co.uk:
Woolwich attack: Watch shocking video of terrorists charging at police car in attempt to kill WPC — The footage obtained by the Daily Mirror reveals how, after beheading the soldier, they hatched a plot to ambush and murder the first police officers to come to his aid
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Tom Whitehead / Telegraph:
Woolwich attack: Suspect Michael ‘Mujahid’ Adebolajo led away in handcuffs at fanatic's trial
Woolwich attack: Suspect Michael ‘Mujahid’ Adebolajo led away in handcuffs at fanatic's trial
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New York Times:
Huma Abedin Is an Unexpected Driving Force in Weiner's Comeback — When Chelsea Clinton wanted to make a low-key visit to the hurricane-stricken Rockaways last fall, she arranged to take a trip with her close friend Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Wesley Pruden / Washington Times:
Bubba, the weenie and a New York minute
Bubba, the weenie and a New York minute
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo's Attack on Weiner? It's Now Called a Joke
Cuomo's Attack on Weiner? It's Now Called a Joke
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Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
California Will Be Spared the Obamacare Apocalypse — No sticker shock here—just affordable insurance premiums — Predictions of an Obamacare apocalypse seem a little less credible today, thanks to California. — On Thursday, officials in that state offered the first detailed glimpse …
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Washington Monthly, Yahoo! News, Paul Krugman, CBS Los Angeles and Washington Post
Justin Sink / The Hill:
IRS, three other federal agencies closed Friday due to sequestration — The Internal Revenue Service will be closed Friday because of sequestration, the agency said in a press release. — The agency, which has been the center of a political firestorm surrounding its targeting …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Three big federal agencies to close Friday
Three big federal agencies to close Friday
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Strassel: Conservatives Became Targets in 2008 — The Obama campaign played a big role in a liberal onslaught that far pre-dated Citizens United. — The White House insists President Obama is “outraged” by the “inappropriate” targeting and harassment of conservative groups.
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Office Of The Governor:
[Press Release] Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Decision by the Boy Scouts of America — Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Decision by the Boy Scouts of America — The Boys Scouts of America has been built upon the values of faith and family for more than 100 years and today's decision …
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members
Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members
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Chris Trenkmann / WFTS:
Paula Broadwell says she's sorry — Former mistress of David Petraeus speaks out — CHARLOTTE, NC - The woman at the center of a scandal that helped bring down the director of the CIA said she is sorry about what happened. Paula Broadwell told TV station WSOC in Charlotte that she regrets …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Budget Cuts Get Personal; Those Who Are Hurt, Holler — The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began in March - and they're far less sanguine than others about the economy's prospects overall.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Governor Finally Remembers He Has One Latino On His Staff — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) remembered the one Latino in his administration on Thursday, one day after ThinkProgress highlighted an exchange in which he said “we do not have any staff members” who are Latino.
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Sky News:
Fighter Jets Scrambled To Passenger Plane — RAF fighter jets have escorted a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft from Manchester Airport to Stansted Airport, a Ministry of Defence spokesman has said. — Essex Police have confirmed that two men have been arrested on suspicion …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Paul Tudor Jones: In macro trading, babies are a ‘killer’ to a woman's focus — Paul Tudor Jones, the hedge fund billionaire, told an audience of University of Virginia students, alumni and others that it is difficult for mothers to be successful traders because connecting with a child is a focus “killer.”
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
No Wonder Republican Criticism of Obama Isn't Working — They're attacking the president where he's least vulnerable at a time when they have minimal credibility. — Henny Youngman, the late borscht belt comedian, told hundreds of politically incorrect jokes. One of them was his response when asked, “How's your wife?”
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Asianews.it:
Afghan university students protest against women's rights — During yesterday's protest in Kabul, protesters called for the repeal of a decree that defines domestic violence as a crime, bans child and forced marriages and says that rape victims cannot be prosecuted for adultery.
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BBC:
High court: Sally Bercow's Lord McAlpine tweet was libel — The High Court has ruled that a tweet by Sally Bercow about Lord McAlpine was libellous. — A subsequent hearing will determine the damages she now owes him. — Mrs Bercow, the wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow …
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Quin Hillyer / American Spectator:
Laying Down My Pen — When an opportunity comes to do something good, one must grab it. — At 2 p.m. central time Thursday afternoon in Mobile, word spread that U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, a six-term Republican from a dark red district, would announce that he is resigning mid-term (Aug. 15) …
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Chris Richards / Washington Post:
White House press secretary Jay Carney discusses favorite band, Guided by Voices — On the walls of Jay Carney's office: a photo of the Berlin Wall being dismantled. Snaps of his kids. His employer, President Obama, gracing the cover of his former employer, Time magazine.
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