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Liz Fields / ABC News:
Nevada Cattle Rancher Wins ‘Range War’ With Feds … A Nevada cattle rancher appears to have won his week-long battle with the federal government over a controversial cattle roundup that had led to the arrest of several protesters. — Cliven Bundy went head to head with the Bureau …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Standoff at Bundy Ranch Ends, With Photo of the Year So Far — Before I had quite figured out what to make of the Bundy Ranch standoff, it appears to have been resolved. The Bureau of Land Management has announced that in view of the risk of violence, it is withdrawing its forces, which include snipers, from the area.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Podesta seeks points for Obama's scoreboard before it's too late — White House senior adviser John Podesta is running against the clock. — Time is winding on Podesta's objective, which is to make sure President Obama put points on the board in the final three years of his second term through either legislation or executive action.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama, Republicans Compete for Support Among Women — After months on the defensive over his health law, a more combative President Barack Obama has emerged to fight about gender politics, leading to an election-year competition with Republicans for support from women.
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Bush draws boos from conservatives — A mention of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), a potential 2016 presidential contender, brought boos from a conservative crowd in New Hampshire on Saturday. — Speaking at the New Hampshire Freedom Summit, a gathering of conservative activists …
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John Paul Stevens / Washington Post:
Justice Stevens: The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment — John Paul Stevens served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1975 to 2010. This essay is excerpted from his new book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.”
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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Huckabee face off at New Hampshire Freedom Summit — MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Republican presidential primary is up and running in New Hampshire, where conservative prospects lined up in Manchester Saturday for the first cattle call of the 2016 cycle.
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New York Post:
For Attorney General Eric Holder, Justice is for Democrats only — A veteran Justice Department lawyer says that Attorney General Eric Holder has politicized the department in a way he hadn't seen before. In short, “Holder is the worst person to hold the position of attorney general since the disgraced John Mitchell.”
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Diversity and Dishonesty — EARLIER this year, a column by a Harvard undergraduate named Sandra Y. L. Korn briefly achieved escape velocity from the Ivy League bubble, thanks to its daring view of how universities should approach academic freedom. — Korn proposed that such freedom was dated …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Mike Huckabee Says Obama May Be Lying About His Support For Gay Marriage — “Mike Huckabee Says Obama May Be Lying About His Support For Gay Marriage” Share: — Mike Huckabee questioned President Obama's support for marriage equality during an appearance on Fox News on Friday …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Huckabee Slams Obama on Gay Marriage: Where Are His ‘Christian Convictions’?
Huckabee Slams Obama on Gay Marriage: Where Are His ‘Christian Convictions’?
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Daily Mail:
Investigators reveal MH370 co-pilot tried to make a call from his mobile phone after the aircraft ‘vanished’ but ‘was abruptly cut off’ as U.S. deny reports the plane landed at their remote military base — The co-pilot of missing flight MH370 made a call from his mobile phone …
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Will Englund / Washington Post:
Pro-Russian gunmen take over eastern Ukrainian city's police headquarters — MOSCOW — Violence flared in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as pro-Russian gunmen occupied a police headquarters in a small city and attacked government buildings in several towns nearby.
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