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1:10 PM ET, July 7, 2013

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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:

In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A. — WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation's surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans while pursuing not only terrorism suspects …

Discussion: Business Insider, Via Meadia, Balloon Juice, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Hinterland Gazette, Outside the Beltway, The PJ Tatler, The Moderate Voice, americanthinker.com and emptywheel

Washington Post:

Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims — The Obama administration announced Friday that it would significantly scale back the health law's requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers' income and health insurance status.

Discussion: Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and Instapundit

Yuval Levin / National Review:

Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud — When the Obama administration announced last Tuesday that they would be delaying Obamacare's employer mandate and its associated reporting requirements by a year, many observers (myself included) noted that this could create problems for verifying eligibility for subsidies in the Obamacare exchanges.

Discussion: VA Viper and Doug Ross

Avik Roy / Forbes:
Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility

Discussion: Power Line and americanthinker.com

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

In Wyoming, a Cheney Run Worries G.O.P. — LUSK, Wyo. — A young Dick Cheney began his first campaign for the House in this tiny village — population 1,600 — after the state's sole Congressional seat finally opened up. But nowadays, his daughter Liz does not seem inclined to wait patiently for such an opening.

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin, Phantom Public, Taegan Goddard's …, Booman Tribune, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Prairie Weather, American Power, The Reaction and Balloon Juice

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

McCain calls Morsi ouster a coup d'etat, urges blocking aid — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi a coup d'etat and pressed the Obama administration to suspend aid to the country on Sunday. — “It was a coup and it was the second …

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Fox News:

McCain: After thinking ‘long and hard,’ US should suspend aid to Egypt — Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain is calling on President Obama to suspend aid to Egypt after its military overthrew the country's government. — McCain, a member of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee …

Discussion: New York Times, Post Politics, National Review, Booman Tribune and “The Lid”

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

NTSB chief Hersman: San Francisco crash could have been worse — National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Deborah Hersman on Sunday said investigators were in the initial stages of their probe into the deadly crash of a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport …

Discussion: Politico and The Hinterland Gazette

KTVU-TV:
Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO

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Jamapro / CBS San Francisco:
Korean Passenger Plane Crashes At SFO; 2 Dead, 182 Injured

Discussion: ThinkProgress, NEWS 9 and Weasel Zippers

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Perry vows Texas will pass abortion bill — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Sunday promised his state will push through a law restricting abortion rights, which has gained national attention, within the next 10 days. — “We have a special session with some important issues in front of us.

Discussion: CNN, Politico and LifeNews.com

Alarabiya.net English:

Cairo residents: ‘Heavily armed Islamists attacked us’ — AFP, Cairo — Residents of Cairo's Manial neighborhood were recovering Saturday from a bloody night of clashes with armed supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who killed at least seven people and left dozens injured, they told AFP.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Hamza Hendawi / bigstory.ap.org:
EGYPT: ELBARADEI'S APPOINTMENT PUT ON HOLD

Discussion: ViralRead, The Other McCain, Israel Matzav, americanthinker.com, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story

James Atlas / Opinionator:

Class Struggle in the Sky — The choice of “snacks” on my New York to Miami flight includes blue potato chips, a Luna bar, a packet of trail mix and — a selection I haven't been offered before — popcorn. But it makes sense: the cabin already feels like a movie theater at the end of a showing …

Discussion: Daily Kos

ABC News:

Bush Sees Congress Making Progress on Immigration — Former President George W. Bush says it looks like an immigration overhaul has a chance to pass Congress and he says its' important to fix “a broken system.” — The Senate has passed legislation that combines the promise of citizenship …

Discussion: CNN and Politico

Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:

Please Don't Be Satisfied With This Jobs Report — The labor market continues to be consistently, maddeningly mediocre. — Another month, another jobs report that's good, but not quite good enough. — Employers beat expectations in June by adding 195,000 new workers to their payrolls.

Tim Alberta / mobile.nationaljournal.com:

House Republicans Draft Their Debt-Ceiling Playbook — With an anxious eye toward the coming debt-ceiling negotiations, House Republicans are drafting what members call a “menu” of mandatory spending cuts to offer the White House in exchange for raising the country's borrowing limit.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Booman Tribune and Taegan Goddard's …