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Rice to Replace Donilon in the Top National Security Post — WASHINGTON — In a major shakeup of President Obama's foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said late Tuesday.
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Susan Rice to be new NSA, Samantha Power to replace her at U.N. — National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is stepping down after four years on the job and will be replaced by United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice — the latest in a series of defiant appointments likely to rile the GOP and fire up the Democratic base.
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Tom Donilon resigning as national security adviser; Susan Rice to replace him

Power called Hillary Clinton ‘a monster’
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OBAMA NAMES RICE AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
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Michelle Obama confronts protester, threatens to leave fundraiser — First Lady Michelle Obama experienced a rare face-to-face encounter with a protester late Tuesday - approaching the activist and threatening to leave a fundraiser if the person did not stop interrupting her speech.
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Michelle Obama DNC Fundraiser Speech Interrupted By LGBT Protester — WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama's speech Tuesday evening at a private Democratic National Committee fundraiser was interrupted by a protester, who demanded equality for gays and lesbians.
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Meet the lesbian who heckled Michelle Obama — Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon — Send via Email — Send this page to Print Friendly — Ellen Sturtz heckled Michelle Obama at a DNC fundraiser. (Washington Blade file photo from a previous protest by Michael Key)
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Almost Half of Americans Say Obama Untruthful About IRS — Almost half of Americans say President Barack Obama isn't telling the truth when he says he didn't know the Internal Revenue Service was giving extra scrutiny to the applications of small government groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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Grassley: Obama hasn't called me in four years — Sen. Chuck Grassley, a pivotal deal-maker in Congress, said Tuesday that he has not received a phone call from President Obama in four years. — The lack of communication between the Iowa Republican and the president is an indication that Obama's new …
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Poll: Controversies raising doubts about White House ‘honesty’
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Rubio: I will vote against my own immigration bill unless changes are made … Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican behind the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, says he will not vote for the legislation he helped write and has staked his political future on …
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John Cornyn's big ideas on immigration
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Rubio threatens to vote against immigration bill
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Is there ACA rate shock in California? — I wasn't going to weigh in on this, but enough of you have asked me what I think of Avik Roy's claim that California insurance premiums, under ACA, will go up 64% to 146%. Let me start by telling you this: based on a reading of the secondary commentary …
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Are Young, Single Adults Expecting Obamacare to Cost So Much? — Obamacare will raise insurance costs, not lower them, for a lot of young, childless adults. What will happen when they find out? — There's been some pretty fierce back and forth in the preceding week over the question of …
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9 injured, more feared trapped in Center City collapse — center city, philadelphia, collapse, local/state — A building collapsed at the corner of 22nd and Market streets in Center City Philadelphia, trapping a number of a people under the rubble. — The 4-story building …
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Are Bloggers Journalists? — Graham Pushes Media Shield Law — And Questions Who Should Be Covered By It — “Who is a journalist is a question we need to ask ourselves,” said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, addressing reporters from the corner of his second-floor office on Hampton and Huger streets.
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MLB seeks to suspend A-Rod, Braun — Major League Baseball will seek to suspend about 20 players connected to the Miami-area clinic at the heart of an ongoing performance-enhancing drug scandal, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, possibly within the next few weeks, “Outside the Lines” has learned.
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Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent — Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments — A complaint filed today by several civil rights groups, including one funded entirely by the government of Mexico, alleges that federal Judge Edith Jones has violated …
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Complaint Accuses U.S. Judge in Texas of Racial Bias
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Report: Leon Panetta revealed classified SEAL unit info — Former CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the Navy SEAL unit that carried out the Osama Bin Laden raid and named the unit's ground commander at a 2011 ceremony attended by Zero Dark Thirty filmmaker Mark Boal …
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WMAL EXCLUSIVE: 11-Yr-Old Suspended From School For Merely TALKING About Guns — OWINGS, MD — The father of a middle schooler in Calvert County, Md. says his 11-year-old son was suspended for 10 days for merely talking about guns on the bus ride home. — Bruce Henkelman of Huntingtown says his son …
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“11-Yr-Old Suspended From School For Merely TALKING About Guns”
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John Edwards looking to open new law firm — (CNN) - Former Sen. John Edwards is looking to open a new law firm this September, a source told CNN's Chris Cuomo. — The firm will be based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and will focus on plaintiff work, the source said.

Publisher's letter: How the paywall will work — On June 12, we will begin phasing in our metered subscription model. It will take us a few weeks to get everyone into the system, but doing that will allow us to ensure that you have the best possible experience.
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David Plouffe's big gamble — David Plouffe has helped win two national elections, written a bestselling political how-to book and earned the undying affection of Obama supporters by the millions. — But Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), President Barack Obama's high congressional inquisitor …
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