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5:25 AM ET, June 3, 2014

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Fox News:
Sources: Intelligence community investigated Bergdahl's conduct  —  A senior official confirms to Fox News that the conduct of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — both in his final stretch of active duty in Afghanistan and then, too, during his time when he lived among the Taliban — has been thoroughly investigated …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton defends Bowe Bergdahl exchange  —  Hillary Clinton defended President Obama's move to free a long-held U.S. prisoner of war from Afghanistan in exchange for five men being held at Guantanamo Bay in a speech on the outskirts of Denver on Monday night.
Discussion: CNN
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Bowe Bergdahl Is the Right's New Benghazi  —  Buckle up: The right is going to try to turn the Taliban prisoner swap for ‘deserter’ Bowe Bergdahl into a Willie Horton moment for the president—and they'll ride it to January 2017.  —  So let's imagine that on Saturday night …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
‘We Swore to an Oath and We Upheld Ours.  He Did Not.’  —  The Obama administration is facing mounting questions about the controversial prisoner swap that freed Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from jihadists in Pakistan in exchange for the transfer and ultimate release of five senior Taliban commanders previously held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Discussion: TPNN, Gawker, CNN and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - ‘A cover up just like Benghazi’: Outraged parents of officer who died hunting …
Associated Press:
US concluded in 2010 that Bergdahl walked away
Evan Wyloge / Arizona Capitol Times:
Two-time GOP loser changes party to Democrat, name to Cesar Chavez for new congressional bid  —  Scott Fistler didn't have much luck as a Republican candidate.  He lost a 2012 write-in campaign against U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, then lost a 2013 bid for a Phoenix city council seat now held by Laura Pastor, Ed's daughter.
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Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Mystery congressional candidate has legendary name  —  A mystery candidate for Congress with the potential to draw valuable votes in a close race has baffled longtime political watchers for months.  —  Democratic contenders with meticulously honed identities are battling for retiring U.S …
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   GOPer Changes Name To Cesar Chavez, Becomes A Dem To Run In Heavily Hispanic District
Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don't respect them, study finds  —  People don't take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study.  —  Female-named storms have historically killed …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tea Party hits Reid with ethics charge over Koch brothers  —  Tea Party Patriots has filed a complaint against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) with the Senate Ethics Committee to protest his repeated attacks against Charles and David Koch.  —  Jenny Beth Martin …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
McConnell: EPA proposal ‘dagger in the heart’ of middle class  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) lambasted the Obama administration's proposed regulation to limit carbon emissions from power plants, saying the middle class will bear the brunt of the rules.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Alison Lundergan Grimes to hold D.C. fundraiser with Harry Reid
Nathan Fenno / Los Angeles Times:
Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino sues NFL over concussions  —  Sports Now  —  Sports news from Los Angeles and beyond
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
No Easy Way to Be Fair on Media Credentials  —  WASHINGTON — Scotusblog has covered the Supreme Court in depth and with distinction since 2002.  It wins journalism awards at a steady clip.  Its main reporter, Lyle Denniston, is an old-school journalist of fearsome integrity and independence.
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Associated Press:
Justices reject reporter's bid to protect source
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Politico
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Reporter Over Identity of Source
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Fearing Rising Backlash, NRA Urges Gun Activists to Stand Down  —  Carrying assault rifles into restaurants backfired—and now the gun lobby is firing at its own for acting “downright weird.”  —  THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS have been rough for proponents of open-carry gun laws.
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
NRA Issues Amazing Statement Admitting Bringing AR-15s To Chipotle Is Dumb
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Commander-in-Chief's Definition of “Honorable Service” Includes Anti-American Actions While in Uniform; He Just Destroyed Troop Morale  —  The Obama administration tells America this soldier served “with honor and distinction.”  (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/ susan-rice-bergdahl-served-honor-and- distinction_794066.html)
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Jeffrey Toobin: Obama ‘Clearly Broke the Law’ on Bergdahl  —  CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin declared on Monday that President Barack Obama “broke the law” when his administration failed to give Congress notice of at least 30 days before releasing five ranking Taliban members from Guantanamo Bay.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Lawfare and Hot Air
Associated Press:
Seattle OKs $15 minimum wage  —  SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday that gradually increases the minimum wage in the city to $15, which would make it the highest in the nation.  —  The issue has dominated politics in the liberal municipality for months …
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Wilner / Reuters:
Israel ‘disappointed’ that US will work with Palestinian unity government  —  State Department says no plans to cut off aid despite some US lawmakers' comments to the contrary, says the US “will be judging this government by its actions.”  —  Israel said on Monday it was “deeply disappointed” …
Jonathan Choe / myfoxtwincities.com:
CHARGES: Neighbor, 61, pulls gun on father teaching girl to ride bike  —  It's yet another instance of a neighbor puling a gun on a neighbor.  This time, it happened in Rosemount, Minn. while a father was teaching his 7-year-old daughter how to ride a bicycle.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Raw Story
Jonathan Chait Follow / New York Magazine:
Obama Makes His Bid to Become the Environmental President  —  Time to admit he's done a lot to stop climate change.  —  The Obama administration's announcement today of new regulations on power plants does not mean that it has saved the planet.  It does not even mean that we have necessarily bought time to save the planet.
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
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Maria Elena Fernandez / NBC News:
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Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and The Daily Caller
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Obama's climate change regulations are less ambitious than what Republicans were proposing in 2008
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
An Obama Effigy Hanging From A Bridge Shut Down A Busy Highway In Missouri
Discussion: Mediaite
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Experts: Chris Christie's dropped 85 pounds
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Here's what happens when Taliban leaders are released
Discussion: Hot Air and AEIdeas
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