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3:35 PM ET, July 3, 2013

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John Gregory / KABC-TV:
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi under house arrest - Al Hayat TV  —  CAIRO (KABC) — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is reportedly under house arrest after the military ultimatum expired Wednesday, reports Al Hayat TV.  —  Morsi's spokesman denied the report, according to ABC News …
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New York Times:
Morsi and Egyptian Generals Edge Closer to Conflict  —  By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, BEN HUBBARD and ALAN COWELL  —  CAIRO — Egypt's top generals summoned civilian political leaders to an emergency meeting Wednesday just hours before the deadline they have set for President Mohamed Morsi to leave power.
Reuters:
Mursi, Egypt army ready to die in ‘Final Hours’ showdown  —  (Reuters) - Egypt's army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi each pledged to die for his cause as a deadline neared on Wednesday that will trigger a military takeover backed by protesters.
The Daily Beast:
Obama Offers a Revisionist History of His Administration's Approach To Egypt  —  Despite its claims now, the Obama administration has done little to press Morsi's administration to support human rights.  Josh Rogin and Eli Lake report.  —  President Obama said Monday his government makes decisions …
World News:
Supporters of Egyptian president say military coup is underway
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Egypt's political turmoil puts Obama administration in precarious position
Discussion: New York Times and Power Line
New York Times:
Depth of Discontent Threatens Muslim Brotherhood and Its Leader
Guardian:
Morsi defiant as army takes to streets of Cairo
Discussion: Business Insider and NPR
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement  —  WASHINGTON — Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home.
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Obamacare's employer mandate shouldn't be delayed.  It should be repealed.  —  Delaying Obamacare's employer mandate is the right thing to do.  Frankly, eliminating it — or at least utterly overhauling it — is probably the right thing to do.  But the administration executing …
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Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's Crisis of Competence
Discussion: Hot Air, Yahoo! News and Bloomberg
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
The Obama Administration's Excuse For Delaying The Obamacare Mandate Is Either Lame Or Fake
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
White House Memo Shows Obama Administration's Painful Efforts To Defend Valerie Jarrett  —  “Valerie is someone here who other people inside the building know they can trust.  (need examples.)”  As reported in the forthcoming book This Town .  —  Via: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP / Getty Images
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Rubio to Introduce Senate Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks  —  Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today agreed to be the lead sponsor of a Senate bill to ban abortion after an unborn child is 20 weeks old.  A similar measure passed the House last month and a state version is now being debated …
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Cahnman / Cahnman's Musings:
Texas Capital Abortion Supporters chant “Hail Satan”  —  It's been a very interesting day at the Texas State Capitol.  Cahnman's Musings hasn't been following the hearing.  Instead, we've been participating in the surrounding events.  LetTexasSpeak has been doing a live broadcast …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Texas committee advances abortion bill, as poll shows opposition
Michal Conger / Washington Examiner:
State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’  —  State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspector general says.
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Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Bolivian president's jet rerouted amid suspicions Edward Snowden on board  —  France and Portugal accused of refusing entry to their airspace, while plane lands in Vienna with no sign of Snowden  —  • Read live updates on the diplomatic crisis  —  Bolivia reacted with fury …
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Angelika Gruber / Reuters:
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
Discussion: ViralRead and Riehl World News
Theresa Clift / wisconsinrapidstribune.com:
Walker endorses path to citizenship  —  WAUSAU — Gov. Scott Walker distanced himself from House Republicans debating a new immigration bill Tuesday by endorsing a path to citizenship for immigrant workers.  —  In a meeting with the Daily Herald Media Editorial Board, Walker acknowledged …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The House GOP's July Agenda: Discredit and Delay Obamacare, Ignore Immigration
Mark Binker / @NCCapitol:
Senate tacks sweeping abortion legislation onto Sharia law bill  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Senators tacked a suite of new restrictions and regulations pertaining to abortion clinics onto a bill dealing with the application of foreign laws in North Carolina family courts Tuesday.
Megan McCloskey / Stars & Stripes:
US Marines in Spain, Italy remain on heightened alert  —  WASHINGTON — About 500 crisis-response Marines who recently deployed to Italy and Spain are positioned to respond to the brewing chaos in Egypt.  —  Pentagon spokesman George Little wouldn't speak about Egypt or the U.S. Embassy …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Fox News wouldn't discuss state of GOP  —  Rush Limbaugh says Fox News did not want him to talk about the state of the Republican Party on the network and he called the move “quite telling.”  —  “They asked me, what do you want to talk about, I didn't want to talk about Egypt …
Politico:
Lois Lerner's price for testimony: Immunity  —  Embattled IRS official Lois Lerner will not testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee unless she's given immunity from prosecution, her lawyer told POLITICO Tuesday.  —  “They can obtain her testimony tomorrow by doing …
Salvador Rizzo / New Jersey Online:
N.J. Democrats press Republicans to ‘vote their conscience’ on gay marriage  —  Democratic senators Stephen Sweeney, Barbara Buono (right) and Nia Gill were in Westfield today calling on GOP lawmakers to get a same-sex marriage bill across the finish line.  (Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger)
Clay Tarver / New York Times:
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero  —  I asked if he ever talked about it.  Jason shook his head no. Did they find out anyway?  “Always.”  —  The first time was at Fort Benning in 1994, in the middle of the hell of basic training.  The ex-cop recruits in boot camp …
 
 
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