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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court stops Utah gay marriages — The Supreme Court on Monday morning put on hold a federal judge's decision striking down Utah's ban on same-sex marriage, thus stopping a wave of such marriages across the state. The Court's order reinstates the state ban and will keep it intact until after a federal appeals court has ruled on it.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Block Gay Marriage in Utah During Appeal of Case — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday blocked further same-sex marriages in Utah while state officials appeal a decision allowing such unions. — The terse order, from the full court, issued a stay “pending final disposition” …
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
No Surprise: Supreme Court Stays Utah Gay Marriage Ruling: What It Means
No Surprise: Supreme Court Stays Utah Gay Marriage Ruling: What It Means
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Crack Cocaine Limbo
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Halts Utah Same-Sex Couples' Marriages While Case Is Appealed
Brittany Green-Miner / FOX13Now.com:
Same-sex marriage opponents call for an uprising
Same-sex marriage opponents call for an uprising
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CNN:
First on CNN: Liz Cheney to abandon Senate bid — New York (CNN) — Liz Cheney, whose upstart bid to unseat Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi sparked a round of warfare in the Republican Party and even within her own family, is dropping out of the Senate primary, sources told CNN late Sunday.
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Politico:
Liz Cheney: ‘I have decided to discontinue my campaign’ — Liz Cheney is ending her campaign for Senate in Wyoming, the Republican announced in a statement early Monday morning. — Citing health concerns in her family, Cheney said the issues arising prompted her to end her GOP primary challenge to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.).
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Liz Cheney dropping out of Wyoming Senate race
Liz Cheney dropping out of Wyoming Senate race
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CNN:
Liz Cheney abandons Senate bid
Liz Cheney abandons Senate bid
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Agony of Frank Luntz — Frank Luntz does not want the buffet. We are on the top floor of the Capitol Hill Club, the members-only Republican hangout a block from the Capitol, where a meaty smell is emanating from steam trays. Today's main course is ham, and Luntz shakes his head.
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Rachel's Show — MSNBC, the left-leaning cable-news network, has settled on one solution to its recent problems. It now has an executive reviewing scripts before they go on the air. The role, which has fallen to Rich Stockwell, a former executive producer of The Ed Show and Countdown …
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
Unemployment insurance extension lacks GOP support — A bipartisan plan to once again provide federal unemployment insurance for more than 1 million Americans appears to be falling short of the Republican support needed to clear a key procedural vote scheduled for Monday evening in the Senate.
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Sam Baker / NationalJournal.com:
Obamacare Can't Fail ... ... because the White House won't stop watering down its definition of success. — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has moved the goalposts on the Obamacare playing field. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) — The standard of success for the Affordable Care Act keeps getting weaker.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House Republicans must choose ambition or caution in 2014
House Republicans must choose ambition or caution in 2014
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
W.H. pushes unemployment benefits
W.H. pushes unemployment benefits
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Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
I'm Suing Over ObamaCare Exemptions for Congress — If the president wants to change the health-care law, he must ask Congress to do it. — On Monday, Jan. 6, I am filing suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to make Congress live by the letter of the health-care law it imposed on the rest of America.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Johnson to sue over O-Care contributions
Johnson to sue over O-Care contributions
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
HILLARY CLINTON'S SHADOW CAMPAIGN — Early last summer in her Georgian-style home near Washington's Embassy Row, Hillary Clinton met with a handful of aides for a detailed presentation on preparing for a 2016 presidential campaign. — Three officials from the Democratic consulting firm …
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Robert Stacy McCain / American Spectator:
DeBlasio's Horse-Drawn Carriage Ban: Is It Really About Campaign Cash? — Mayor Bill de Blasio's promise to ban New York City's iconic horse-drawn carriages could backfire, exposing what the newly-elected mayor's critics suggest is a corruption scandal masquerading as an animal-rights crusade.
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Sam Webb / Daily Mail:
Feeling glum? Well it is Blue Monday: Rain, debt and divorce make it worst day of the year — You've finished all the mince pies, the weather is terrible, Christmas ended up being horribly expensive and most of us are back to the daily grind. — So it wouldn't come as a surprise if you had started to feel down in the dumps.
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ThinkProgress:
One Of The Steubenville Rapists Has Been Freed After 9 Months — Ma'lik Richmond, one of the two young football players who was found “delinquent” of having raped a young girl in Steubenville, OH, last year, has been freed from his sentence at a juvenile detention facility.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012 — The political network spearheaded by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch has expanded into a far-reaching operation of unrivaled complexity, built around a maze of groups that cloaks its donors …
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Cleantech Crash — Despite billions invested by the U.S. government in so-called “Cleantech” energy, Washington and Silicon Valley have little to show for it — The following is a script from “The Cleantech Crash” which aired on Jan. 5, 2014. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent.
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