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Peter Wallsten / Post Politics:
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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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
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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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Michelle Obama Heckled For President's Inaction On Proposed LGBT Executive Order — “Listen to me or you can take the mic, but I'm leaving,” the first lady told the heckler. A woman who identified herself as a “lesbian looking for federal equality before I die” interrupted the event …
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
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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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Audio of Michelle Obama Being Interrupted by Heckler
Donovan Slack / Politico:
First lady confronts heckler
First lady confronts heckler
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Michelle Obama heckled at DNC event, threatens to leave
Michelle Obama heckled at DNC event, threatens to leave
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
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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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Tom Donilon resigning as national security adviser; Susan Rice to replace him — National security adviser Thomas E. Donilon will resign his post, White House officials said Wednesday, and will be replaced by U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice, a close confidant of President Obama …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
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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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Power called Hillary Clinton ‘a monster’
Power called Hillary Clinton ‘a monster’
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Samantha Power To Be Named As US Ambassador To The UN
Samantha Power To Be Named As US Ambassador To The UN
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
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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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Controversies raising doubts about White House ‘honesty’
Poll: Controversies raising doubts about White House ‘honesty’
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Dark skies brighten for Holder
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
John Cornyn's big ideas on immigration
John Cornyn's big ideas on immigration
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
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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Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
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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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Is there ACA rate shock in California?
Is there ACA rate shock in California?
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Kathleen Sebelius won't waive regulation for girl with five weeks to live: ‘Someone lives and someone dies’ … Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rebuffed an appeal from Rep. Lou Barletta on behalf of a girl who needs a lung transplant but can't get one because of a federal regulation …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
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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The Star-Ledger Editorial Page:
Christie's self-serving stunt: Editorial — Gov. Chris Christie has a town hall meeting at Raritan Valley Community College — Gov. Chris Christie's decision to hold the U.S. Senate election three weeks before the general election in November is a shameless move that will waste …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP chafes at Christie's decision
GOP chafes at Christie's decision
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ESPN:
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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Katharine Weymouth / Ask The Post:
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
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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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cut the Strings to George III — WASHINGTON — You see glistening mermaid sightings on Animal Planet more than you catch glimpses of vintage John McCain on Capitol Hill. — But there he was on Tuesday, succinctly saying what needed to be said about the scourge of sexual assault cases in the military.