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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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Erik Wemple:
Fox News's Roger Ailes responds to Justice Dept. investigation — Fox News chief Roger Ailes has sent a memo to his subordinates at the leading cable news network. He sent this memo to his staff today in connection with the federal investigation into an alleged leak to Fox News reporter James Rosen …
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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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New York Times:
Obama's Speech on Drone Policy — Following is the text as prepared for delivery of President Obama's speech on U.S. drone policy, as provided by the White House: — PRESIDENT OBAMA: It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served …
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Washington Post:
Obama outlines future of counterterrorism efforts
Obama outlines future of counterterrorism efforts
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Narrow Terror Fight
Obama Seeks to Narrow Terror Fight
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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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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
IRS Source: Lerner Placed On Administrative Leave — Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service's director of exempt organizations, has been placed on administrative leave, according to a source in the agency's Cincinnati office. — Lerner on Thursday afternoon sent an e-mail to employees …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Obama debates Obama — A heckler briefly interrupted President Barack Obama while he was arguing with himself on Thursday. — Days after Obama told reporters he makes “no apologies” about surveillance of Associated Press reporters, the president summoned his inner Constitutional law professor …
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Stephanie Gaskell / Reuters:
DOD: Heckler pretended to be press
DOD: Heckler pretended to be press
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Code Pink heckler interrupts Obama counterterror speech
Code Pink heckler interrupts Obama counterterror speech
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Boy Scouts to Admit Openly Gay Youths as Members — GRAPEVINE, Tex. — In a landmark step its chief executive called “compassionate, caring and kind,” the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its longstanding policy of forbidding openly gay youths to participate in its activities.
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Wesley Pruden / Washington Times:
Bubba, the weenie and a New York minute — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Just when Bubba and the missus get an opportunity to dispense experience unique in American politics, and could tutor two old friends who need help, they retire to the companionable solitude of the family hearth to reflect …
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Keegan Gibson / PoliticsPA:
Oops. City in Weiner for NYC Mayor Logo is Pittsburgh
Oops. City in Weiner for NYC Mayor Logo is Pittsburgh
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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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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama nominates Nuland for assistant secretary of state — President Obama on Thursday nominated Victoria Nuland, a State Department official involved in the editing of the administration's talking points on Benghazi, to be the next assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
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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 …
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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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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 …
The Irish Times:
Sweden riots spread to south of capital — Stockholm unrest spreads to south of city as violence continues into fourth night … Unrest in Stockholm's suburbs continued for a fourth night as rioters showed their anger over a police shooting a week ago by setting fire to cars and buildings and pelting emergency workers with stones.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
King blames Reagan for Obama presidency — The Iowa Republican said immigrants that Ronald Reagan legalized by signing a 1986 “amnesty” bill were responsible for Obama's election. — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Thursday that President Obama would not be president if it weren't for the 1986 amnesty bill …
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House-Senate showdown coming over border security … If there were an organized opposition to comprehensive immigration reform — and there really isn't, compared to the political/business/activist/ lobbying complex in favor of it — the opposition would pound daily on the key weakness at the heart of the Senate Gang of Eight bill.
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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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