Top Items:
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Defiant Chris McDaniel declines to concede in speech to supporters — HATTIESBURG, MISS. — A defiant Chris McDaniel walked up to the podium at his election night headquarters here after the Republican runoff was called for his opponent Sen. Thad Cochran — and then he didn't concede.
RELATED:
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
It Looks Like African-Americans Really Did Help Thad Cochran Win — Tuesday night, Republican Sen. Thad Cochran defied the polls and defeated tea party challenger Chris McDaniel in the Mississippi Senate primary runoff by a 51 percent to 49 percent margin. Cochran couldn't have done …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, The Right Scoop, Daily Kos, Hot Air, ABC News and The Huffington Post
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CHRIS MCDANIEL TO CHALLENGE ELECTION RESULTS — HATTIESBURG, Mississippi — State Sen. Chris McDaniel will challenge the results of the Tuesday runoff election where 41-year incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran won by about 6,400 votes, he announced to a room of supporters here at his victory party …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Clarion-Ledger, alicublog, Washington Post, Hot Air and Patterico's Pontifications
Erick Erickson / RedState:
The Marionettes Remain Uncut — “At some point there will be more people with knives out to cut the strings than there will be puppeteers with checkbooks.” — Having been an elected Republican and someone who routinely takes the position of supporting conservatives in primaries and Republicans …
Discussion:
The Mahablog, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Dish, Booman Tribune and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Domenico Montanaro / PBS:
Establishment order restored in midterm elections — Today in the Morning Line: — Cochran, the new “Comeback Kid” — Cantor loss looks more like an aberration than a trend — Hillary Clinton talks with NewsHour's Gwen Ifill — Cochran survives runoff against McDaniel …
Discussion:
Politico, Mediaite, Business Insider, CBS DC and CNN
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Sarah Palin hits Thad Cochran ‘shenanigans’
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs
James Hohmann / Politico:
Takeaways from a wild primary night
Discussion:
Bloomberg View, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Big Jump in Turnout Is Key in Thad Cochran's Victory
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The Week, Election Law Blog, Democratic Strategist and Gawker
David Weigel / Slate:
Thad Cochran Defeats the Tea Party — And So Does Everyone Else
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, The Dish, Washington Post, New York Times, Balloon Juice and Talking Points Memo
Fred Schwarz / National Review:
Democrats Put Cochran Over the Top
Discussion:
Politico, Power Line, protein wisdom and New York Times
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Says Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant — WASHINGTON — In a major statement on privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.
Discussion:
Cato Institute, BuzzFeed, Washington Post, Above the Law, Outside the Beltway, Mother Jones and Election Law Blog
RELATED:
Orin Kerr / Washington Post:
The significance of Riley — I've been mulling over the Supreme Court's new decision on cell phone searches, Riley v. California. Here are six insta-thoughts on its likely significance. — 1) The Court's opinion offers a major endorsement of treating computer searches differently than physical searches.
Discussion:
American Prospect and The Moderate Voice
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Broad cloak of privacy for cellphones — Analysis — Treating modern cellphones as gaping windows into nearly all aspects of the user's life and private conduct, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ordered police to get a search warrant before examining the contents …
Discussion:
National Review
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court limits police searches of cellphones — Cellphones and smartphones generally cannot be searched by police without a warrant during arrests, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in a major victory for privacy rights. — Ruling on two cases from California and Massachusetts …
Discussion:
TalkLeft, GoLocalProv.com and Hot Air
The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:
Judge throws out Indiana ban on same-sex marriage — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Indiana's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, immediately allowing same-sex couples across the state to receive marriage licenses. — U.S. District Judge Richard Young did not issue a stay on his ruling.
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, ACS Blog, Daily Kos, The Dish and Washington Post
RELATED:
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Says Utah Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional — “A state may not deny the issuance of a marriage license to two persons, or refuse to recognize their marriage, based solely upon the sex of the persons in the marriage union,” the court concludes.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Associated Press and Hit & Run
Jessica Miller / Salt Lake Tribune:
10th Circuit Court upholds same-sex marriage
Discussion:
Guardian
Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:
Koch owned and operated — If you want to know who each of our two major parties represent, simply look at their donors. — According to data compiled by OpenSecrets.org, Democratic Party committees, on both the federal and state levels, have dramatically outraised their Republican counterparts …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice and Prairie Weather
Fox News:
Boehner plans to file suit against Obama over alleged abuse of executive power — House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2014.AP — House Speaker John Boehner announced Wednesday he plans to file suit against President Obama over his alleged abuse of executive power.
Discussion:
The Political Insider, Weasel Zippers and Fox News Insider
RELATED:
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Boehner eyes lawsuit against Obama on executive orders
Discussion:
Politico, Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Washington Post
Lauren French / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: John Boehner lawsuit is ‘subterfuge’
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers
Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Eli Wallach, Multifaceted Actor, Dies at 98 — Eli Wallach, who was one of his generation's most prominent and prolific character actors in film, onstage and on television for more than 60 years, died on Tuesday. He was 98. — His death was confirmed by his daughter Katherine.
Discussion:
Shakesville, Outside the Beltway, ABC News, Parade, Guardian and Mashable
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Cheney: Next attack ‘likely’ deadlier than 9/11 — Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday predicted the United States would not make it out of the next decade without another terrorist attack, likely much bigger than 9/11. — Cheney, who has made a similar warning a number of times before …
Discussion:
Daily Kos and Shakesville
ABC News:
Sawyer, Stephanopoulos and Muir Take on New Roles Leading ABC News Programming — Diane Sawyer to Lead New ABC News Programming Tackling Big Issues and Extraordinary Interviews — George Stephanopoulos Promoted to Chief Anchor of ABC News Handling Special Reports and Breaking News
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Poynter, Talking Points Memo and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
