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The Supreme Court Correctly Affirms the E.P.A.'s Authority — The Clean Air Act is a complex and often confusing piece of legislation, especially when it comes to confronting the challenges of global warming, which were not fully understood when the original law was passed in 1970.
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SCOTUSblog
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Which Supreme Court Justices Vote Together Most and Least Often — The Supreme Court has entered the final days of the term, when the court typically announces its most hotly debated and consequential decisions. Those rulings can overshadow broader trends.
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Post


Justices Uphold Emission Limits on Big Industry
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress and Hullabaloo

Supreme Court Hampers EPA on Greenhouse Gases But It Could Have Been Worse
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Off the Kuff, Daily Kos and Lawyers, Guns & Money


Chelsea Clinton: I tried to care about money but couldn't — The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton explained in a recent interview why she left lucrative professions and opted for working with her family's philanthropic foundation.
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Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog, Power Line, Weasel Zippers, Rush Limbaugh, National Review, Twitchy and Hot Air
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Hillary Clinton Just Tipped Her Hand About Her 2016 Platform
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Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Monthly, Hot Air and The Dish

CHELSEA CLINTON MAKES HER MOVE
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Fox News, Politico and Patterico's Pontifications

Chelsea Clinton interview: ‘I will always work harder than anyone’
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Business Insider, Gawker, Mediaite and The Daily Caller


Testy Exchange Erupts as I.R.S. Chief Is Questioned on Messages — WASHINGTON — Representative Darrell Issa of California, the Republican who is leading one of the investigations into the Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of Tea Party groups, accused the I.R.S. commissioner on Monday of lying …
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REMINDER: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is Major Democratic Donor
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Ace of Spades HQ, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Washington Post

Video: IRS Head Waited 2 Months to Tell Congress, FBI About Lost Emails
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Twitchy and Ed Driscoll


Will Mississippi mudslinging give Dems a chance in South? — If Chris McDaniel on Tuesday knocks off Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), national Democrats will have a rare offensive opportunity in the Deep South. — The nasty, divisive primary fight comes to a close in tonight's runoff election …
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Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and RedState
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McDaniel Campaign Attacks Sen. Cochran's Daughter With '#Who'sYaDaddy' Meme
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BuzzFeed, Liberaland, Washington Post, Senator Chris McDaniel and RedState

Dems Ain't Happy Either
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Washington Monthly, Little Green Footballs and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality


Poll Finds Dissatisfaction Over Iraq — Dissatisfaction with President Obama's conduct of foreign policy has shot up among both Republicans and Democrats in the past month, even though a slim majority supports his recent decision to send military advisers to Iraq to confront the growing threat …
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The existential crisis of the liberal millionaire — David Brock has a message for liberal millionaires: Don't sweat being called hypocrites. — Brock, a former “right-wing hit-man"-turned-top big money Democratic operative, is part of a behind-the-scenes campaign to convince donors it's OK …
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Inside the vast liberal conspiracy
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WJLA-TV, RedState, Daily Kos, Hot Air, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, Poynter, Fox News and The Other McCain


After Exchanges Close, 5% of Americans Are Newly Insured — More than half of newly insured in '14 got insurance through exchanges — PRINCETON, NJ — Five percent of Americans report being newly insured in 2014. More than half of that group, or 2.8% of the total U.S. population …
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Real Clear Politics and Hot Air


U.S. Releases Targeted Killing Memo in Response to Long-Running ACLU Lawsuit — Appeals Court Ordered Memo's Disclosure — NEW YORK - In response to a court order in consolidated Freedom of Information Act lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times …
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ccrjustice.org, Firedoglake, Hit & Run and TalkLeft
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Court releases memo of U.S. justifying drone attacks on citizens
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Business Insider, Politico, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Shakesville

Free Beacon's ‘Hillary Files’ under scrutiny — A Republican opposition researcher who obtained Hillary Clinton-related documents from the University of Arkansas and provided them to the Washington Free Beacon signed an agreement stating that those documents would not be published without permission …
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The Daily Caller
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Problems with collective action: Column — The VA scandal is another government example of the failure to follow a collective mission — Government, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. — Like a lot of things politicians say, this sounds good.


2nd Bridge Inquiry Said to Be Linked to Christie — Investigations into the Christie administration and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have zeroed in on possible securities law violations stemming from a $1.8 billion road repair agreement in 2011, according to people briefed on the matter.
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Liberaland and Taylor Marsh


MCSO launches investigation into Gilbert dog deaths — As the owners of 20 dogs wait for answers as to why their pets died at a Gilbert boarding service, Fox 10 News has learned that the son and daughter-in-law of US Senator Jeff Flake were tasked with caring for the dogs while the boarding house's owners were out of town.
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Washington Post, Arizona Republic, Fox News and The Daily Caller

The Jihadi Menace Gets Real — A group more radical than al-Qaeda, better organized, better financed, commanding the loyalty of thousands of dedicated fanatics including many with Western and even U.S. passports? And this group now controls some of the most strategic territory at the heart of the Middle East?
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Power Line and The Dish


Wingnuts' destructive shenanigans — and the media who enable them — Here's why one side is to blame — and why it matters — The latest Pew Poll deep dive into American political attitudes inspired a very bored Ron Fournier to sigh deeply, dust off his lace cuffs and blithely wave off all concerns about …
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Hullabaloo


New sensors will scoop up ‘big data’ on Chicago — The curled metal fixtures set to go up on a handful of Michigan Avenue light poles later this summer may look like delicate pieces of sculpture, but researchers say they'll provide a big step forward in the way Chicago understands itself.
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Weasel Zippers, Engadget, RT and The Daily Caller