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3:20 PM ET, June 24, 2013

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Guardian:
White House: Hong Kong had ‘plenty of time’ to stop Snowden - live coverage  —  Sort by:  —  5.37pm BST  —  Carney says “it's safe to assume” that classified information Snowden has with him has already been obtained by foreign intelligence services.  —  “It's safe to assume that information …
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New York Times:
U.S. Urges Russia to Hand Over Snowden  —  MOSCOW — Intrigue deepened on Monday over the whereabouts of Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive former National Security Agency contractor accused of espionage, when he did not leave Moscow on a planned flight to Havana, one day after Hong Kong frustrated …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
For Snowden, a Hasty Exit Started With Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout  —  HONG KONG — For Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has acknowledged leaking numerous documents about American surveillance operations around the world, the path to a sudden departure …
Max Read / Gawker:
Snowden Snow Job: Leaker Fools Reporters on to Cuba Flight Without Him  —  NSA Leaker Edward Snowden was supposed to be on Aeroflot Flight 180 from Moscow to Havana.  He wasn't.  But “dozens” of journalists are.  It just took off.  And there's no booze service on board.  Welcome to the Cuban Whistleblower Crisis.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Assange: Snowden is ‘healthy and safe,’ awaiting asylum decision
Discussion: CNN
CNN:
Supreme Court punts affirmative action back to lower court  —  The Supreme Court side-stepped a sweeping decision on the use of race-conscious school admission policies, sending a case over equal protection rights of white applicants at the University of Texas back to lower courts for further review.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
SCOTUS passes on big affirmative action decision  —  The Supreme Court gave a reprieve Monday to affirmative action programs in higher education, as the justices revived a challenge to a University of Texas diversity program but stopped short of an explicit up-or-down ruling on its constitutionality.
Miranda Leitsinger / U.S. News:
Same-sex marriage opponents plan for DOMA ruling, weigh constitutional challenge
Washington Wire:   Live Blog: Monday at the Supreme Court
Zack Colman / E2-Wire:
Supreme Court declines to hear ethanol fuel case
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Support snowballs ahead of Senate immigration reform vote  —  Immigration reform has gotten a new burst of life as a growing number of Senate Republicans have embraced the 1,000-page-plus legislation, setting up President Obama for a big victory this week.  [WATCH VIDEO]
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Fawn Johnson / NationalJournal.com:
Time's Up.  Immigration Won't Pass This Year  —  Plenty of effort will be devoted to reform over the next month, but it will die in August, just like last time.  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says two-thirds of the Senate is lined up behind the immigration reform bill.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Kevin Derby / Sunshine State News:
Sarah Palin: Marco Rubio 'Pelosi'-ing the Immigration Bill
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Legislator Claims Rape Kits Are A Form Of Abortion  —  In the midst of all the chaos on Sunday night as the Texas legislature pushed through a series of stringent restrictions on abortion and women's health, it was easy to miss what might have been the most inaccurate and dangerous claim …
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Texas Legislator Claims Rape Kits Prevent Pregnancy During Marathon Legislative Session  —  While you slept last night, the Texas House of Representatives had an epic battle over draconian anti-abortion legislation being advanced during a special session called by Governor Rick Perry.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Off the Kuff
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Et Tu, Bernanke?  —  For the most part, Ben Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have been good guys in these troubled economic times.  They have tried to boost the economy even as most of Washington seemingly either forgot about the jobless, or decided that the best …
Millarworld New Topics:
JIM CARREY CONDEMNS KICK-ASS 2 VIOLENCE!  —  First off, I love Jim Carrey.  When producer Matthew Vaughn and director Jeff Wadlow called me up and suggested we do a conference call with him to talk about the sequel to the 2010 original I was genuinely excited.  Like you, I love Eternal Sunshine, Man on the Moon and The Truman Show.
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Ben Child / Guardian:
Jim Carrey condemns violence in his own movie Kick-Ass 2
Discussion: Hit & Run
Ed Payne / CNN:
Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom  —  (CNN) — A transgender first-grader who was born a boy but identifies as a girl has won the right to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado school.  —  The Colorado Rights Division ruled in favor of Coy Mathis in her fight …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court enters appointments battle  —  Stepping into a constitutional controversy with deep roots in American history, along with major implications for today's politics, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to define when the President can act alone to fill vacant government posts.
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BuzzFeed:
The Anthony Weiner Story The New York Times Didn't Want You To See  —  Published.  Then deleted.  Update: Several hours after this story was posted the New York Times republished their story.  —  On June 10, The New York Times inadvertently briefly posted an article on the lives …
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: 'I'm Focused On Poverty These Days'  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Monday that he's focused primarily on addressing poverty, a week after he complained that the farm bill did not include enough cuts to the food stamp program.
Discussion: susiemadrak.com and Balloon Juice
 
 
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Michael E. Ruane / Washington Post:
Red panda missing at National Zoo
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Christie challenger takes a dig at Bill Clinton
John Sweeney / SCNow:
Haley: Work far from finished
Discussion: Post Politics
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook, With a Focus on Mobile, Works on Project for News Via Users
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
Report: Federal Defense Contractors Paid Almost Double Obama's Salary
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
CNN:
Another 787 Dreamliner diverted for mechanical problem
Discussion: The Verge and AL.com
 Earlier Items: 
Russ Blinch / The Huffington Post:
Obama Needs to Seize His Sputnik Moment on Climate
Discussion: JunkScience.com
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas official: Stopping Assad priority over ‘jihad in Palestine’
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
‘Borders First’ a Dividing Line in Immigration Debate
Discussion: The Fix
Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Ben Quayle shifts focus, joins law firm
Discussion: Ballot Box
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Half in U.S. Support Publicly Financed Federal Campaigns
Discussion: Firedoglake, Hit & Run, Politico and CNN
Eliana Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
The IRS's Best Friend in Congress
Bill Friskics-Warren / New York Times:
Bobby (Blue) Bland, Soul and Blues Balladeer, Dies at 83
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 

 
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Reuters:
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