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8:45 PM ET, June 27, 2013

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Ashley Parker / New York Times:

Senate Passes Immigration Overhaul — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation with broad bipartisan support, sending the bill to the Republican-controlled House, where there is significant opposition …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, New Republic, Outside the Beltway, Via Meadia, Tucson Citizen and American Power

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Senate votes 68-32 to end debate on immigration; 4 p.m. final vote — The Senate voted 68-32 Thursday to end debate on immigration legislation, clearing the way for the landmark bill to pass later in the day. — The bill's authors fell just short of their goal to win 70 votes for the legislation …

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, BREITBART.COM, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, National Review and Michelle Malkin

Tal Kopan / Politico:
Paul Ryan: House won't take up Senate immigration bill

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, New Republic, First Read and American Spectator

David Rogers / Politico:
House Republicans may split farm bill in two

Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, Yahoo! News, The Hill, Reuters and National Review

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Significantly Narrows Path To Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Discussion: Wonkblog, Quartz and Washington Monthly

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate approves massive immigration bill

Discussion: The World's Greatest …, Conservatives4Palin, Post Politics and Shakesville

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP fight breaks open over spending bills

Discussion: Politico

Alan Silverleib / CNN:
Senate passes sweeping immigration bill

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire and Joe. My. God.

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate approves immigration bill 68-32, sending battle to House

Discussion: National Review

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’ — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) directly attacked state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) during a speech at the National Right To Life conference on Thursday, arguing that the state senator who filibustered for 13 hours to defeat …

Perry Stein / Talking Points Memo:

State Sen. Davis Responds To Rick Perry's ‘Small Words’ — Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) responded to Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday, chiding him for using “small words” that tarnished Lone Star state values. — Perry invoked Davis' experience as a teenage mother at the National Right …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Not the Singularity and Balloon Juice

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Problem With Rick Perry's Comments About Wendy Davis

Discussion: Hot Air, BOR, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, The Hill and National Review

Marjorie Owens / WFAA-TV:
Sen. Davis: 'Rick Perry's statement is without dignity'

Discussion: The Raw Story and ABC News

Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Rick Perry Jabs Wendy Davis For Being A Teen Mom: Too Bad 'She Hasn't Learned From Her Own Example'

Discussion: CNN and National Review

Gail Collins / New York Times:
Wendy and the Boys — There is an old saying that Texas is …

Discussion: Balloon Juice and p m carpenter's commentary

The Huffington Post:

LOOK: Chick-Fil-A President Tweets Controversial Response To Gay Marriage Rulings.. Then Deletes It — Seems like not much has changed in the world of Chick-fil-A. After the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, the restaurant chain's president and chief operating officer …

Discussion: Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Taylor Marsh, Speakeasy, Joe. My. God., Business Insider, Politico and Good As You

Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:

The case for polygamy — Discussing the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage recently, Sen. Rand Paul joked about bestiality. This was unwise. If Paul wanted to make the slippery slope argument, the case for polygamy is much more compelling — and realistic. — This is not some straw man argument.

Discussion: Post Politics, Washington Monthly, msnbc.com, Slate, Advocate, Shot in the Dark, NOM Blog and Maggie's Farm

Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Both Sides on Same-Sex Marriage Issue Focus on the Next State Battlegrounds

Discussion: The Reaction, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and msnbc.com

Ross Douthat:
Religious Liberty and the Gay Marriage Endgame

Discussion: Yahoo! News, The Spectacle Blog, Balloon Juice, The Dish, Spectator, The Atlantic Online, American Spectator, BuzzFeed, The White House, Rush Limbaugh, Guardian, This Just In, The Hill and American Forces Press Service

Marty Lederman / SCOTUSblog:
The fate of same-sex marriage in California after Perry

Discussion: Above the Law, PrawfsBlawg, Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire, Joe. My. God., Freedom to Marry Blog, BuzzFeed, The Volokh Conspiracy and The Dish

Guardian:

NSA collected Americans' email records in bulk for two years under Obama — • Secret program launched by Bush continued ‘until 2011’ — • Fisa court renewed collection order every 90 days — • Current NSA programs still mine US internet metadata

Discussion: News Desk, The Week, TechCrunch, Gawker, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, emptywheel, Mediaite, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Not the Singularity, The Daily Caller, American Spectator, Mashable, The Hinterland Gazette and Eschaton

Guardian:

NSA inspector general report on email and internet data collection under Stellar Wind - full document — Top-secret draft report from 2009 by the NSA's inspector general shows development of ‘collection of bulk internet metadata’ under program launched under Bush

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Wonkblog, The Verge, Techdirt, RT, VentureBeat, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and American Spectator

Seni Tienabeso / ABC News:

George Zimmerman Witness Can't Read Letter She ‘Wrote’ About Shooting — A teenage friend of Trayvon Martin was forced to admit today in the George Zimmerman murder trial that she did not write a letter that was sent to Martin's mother describing what she allegedly heard on a phone call with Martin moments before he was shot.

Discussion: Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, TalkLeft, Instapundit, Vox Popoli, Ed Driscoll, Clayton Cramer's Blog, The Smoking Gun and The Gateway Pundit

Ramsey Cox / The Hill:

Laughter fills Senate chamber as Moran flubs immigration vote — Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) accidentally voted “yes” on the comprehensive immigration reform bill Thursday before correcting his mistake. — The error by Moran caused the chamber to erupt in laugher.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Politico and Mediaite

Maria Cramer / Boston Globe:

Former Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is probed in two more murders, law enforcement officials say — Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, already facing charges in a murder last week in North Attleborough, is also being investigated in connection with a July 2012 double murder in Boston …

Discussion: CBS Chicago, Gothamist and The Daily Caller

Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Ex-NFL star linked to killings

Discussion: Boston Globe, KTLA 5 and Piers Morgan

ThinkProgress:

Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision — Joseph Diebold is an intern with ThinkProgress. — President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law. — Less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 …

Discussion: First Read, Roll Call, msnbc.com and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Eric Schnurer / US News: Conservative Constitutional Hypocrisy

The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Throws Out Ruling Blocking Texas Voter ID Law

Discussion: Associated Press, Weasel Zippers, Crooks and Liars, The Moderate Voice, Guardian, BOR, Free Lance-Star and PBS

Bernie Becker / The Hill:

Treasury IG: Liberal groups weren't targeted by IRS like Tea Party — Liberal groups seeking tax-exempt status faced less IRS scrutiny than Tea Party groups, according to the Treasury inspector general. — Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration, told Rep. Sandy Levin …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Times, Election Law Blog, Politico, The Plum Line, BizPac Review, Sister Toldjah, The Daily Caller and Hot Air

Politico:

Tax lobbyists spring into action — Get ready for the tax lobbying bonanza. — The proposal by Senate Finance Committee leaders to move on a foundation for tax reform with a “blank slate” — leaving thousands of provisions on the chopping block — will spark a furious lobbying spree that's bound …

Discussion: AEIdeas

Bernie Becker / The Hill: Senators begin drive for tax reform by wiping the slate clean

Claire McCaskill / The Daily Beast:

There Is No War on Men: Claire McCaskill Replies to James Taranto — Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto said Claire McCaskill was launching a “war on men” and being “histrionic” about sexual assault in the military. Now read the Missouri senator's response here.

Discussion: msnbc.com, ThinkProgress, The Huffington Post, Yahoo! News and Guardian

Boston Globe:

Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicted; allegedly left confession in boat where he was hiding — A federal grand jury today handed up a sweeping indictment of Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, charging him with using weapons of mass destruction and killing four people.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Red Alert Politics, Outside the Beltway and Gothamist

Rasmussen Reports:

26% of Obama Supporters View Tea Party as Nation's Top Terror Threat — Half of all voters consider radical Muslims the bigger terrorist threat facing the nation, but supporters of President Obama consider the Tea Party to be as big a danger. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …

Discussion: Hot Air, BizPac Review, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, TheBlaze.com, The Daily Caller and protein wisdom

Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:

Rep. Campbell to retire in 2014 — Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) will not run for reelection in 2014, he announced on Wednesday. — In a statement, Campbell said he's retiring from public service entirely, after spending 14 years in politics. — “At the end of this term …

Discussion: Politico and CNN