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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama tells leaders he doesn't need their vote for ISIS campaign — President Obama told congressional leaders at a White House meeting on Tuesday he doesn't need their authorization to expand his military campaign against Islamic terrorists. — The president offered the assurance …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Ted Cruz pushes for vote on Obama orders — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called on lawmakers to use “any and all means necessary” — including must-pass government funding measures — to block President Barack Obama from taking executive action on immigration. — The tea party hero …
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New York Times:
Obama Ready to Authorize Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria
Obama Ready to Authorize Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria
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Washington Post:
Obama ready to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, he tells policy experts
Obama ready to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, he tells policy experts
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The Hill, Informed Comment, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, Guardian, The Huffington Post and CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz: Stop deferred deportations with CR
Cruz: Stop deferred deportations with CR
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Washington Monthly
Steve LeBlanc / Associated Press:
US Rep. Tierney Concedes Defeat in Dem Primary — In a stunning defeat, nine-term incumbent U.S. Rep. John Tierney on Tuesday lost a bitter Democratic primary contest to political newcomer Seth Moulton in the state's 6th Congressional District. — Tierney is the first sitting Massachusetts congressman …
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Ben Jacobs / The Daily Beast:
Behind Closed Doors, Cheney Tells Republicans That Obama Supported Muslim Brotherhood — The former vice president tries to sell reluctant House Republicans on “comprehensive” action against ISIS by blaming the president, of course. — Dick Cheney spoke to House Republicans on Tuesday about the need for military action in Iraq.
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Jonathan Strong / BREITBART.COM:
LETTER: HOLDER AIDE ACCIDENTALLY CALLS ISSA STAFF FOR HELP SPINNING IRS SCANDAL — A senior communications aide to Attorney General Eric Holder seemingly called House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa's staff by accident and asked for their help spinning new revelations about the IRS scandal …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Issa: Holder spokesman caught red-handed
Issa: Holder spokesman caught red-handed
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Judge denies request for Michael Brown's juvenile records — • By Jeremy Kohler jkohler@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8337 — A circuit court judge in St. Louis County denied a request by the Post-Dispatch to release Michael Brown's juvenile criminal records.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Denies Petitions To Release Michael Brown Juvenile Records
Judge Denies Petitions To Release Michael Brown Juvenile Records
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
8 a.m. Is the Most Anxious Hour — Crisis Text Line's data troves reveal the times of day and days of the week when we feel bullied, depressed, or alone. — Select a condition from the menu box above to see the hourly breakdown of texts to Crisis Text Line for that issue.
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James Carville / The Hill:
GOP's Benghazi meter does not read victory — Just a tiny bit over a year ago I wrote a column for this publication indicating that the Republicans had not been right about a single thing so far this century. Sports gamblers have a name for when you don't win a single bet over a weekend …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Obama's Most Important Achievement in the Middle East — The president is a superior terrorist hunter. He has also neutralized a profound existential threat to U.S. allies in the Middle East, and denied ISIS access to vast storehouses of deadly chemical weapons. So why does he get no credit?
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
America on Edge: Fear of Terror Attack at 9/11 High, Poll Finds — “A very war-weary country ... seems to have woken up to the real threat that ISIS may present,” says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter Hart and his colleagues at Hart Research.
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Wall Street Journal:
Almost Two-Thirds Back Attacking Militants — Almost two-thirds of participants in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll believe it is in the nation's interest to confront the group, known as ISIS and as ISIL, which has swept through Syria and northern Iraq and recently beheaded two U.S. journalists.
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Fox News:
Breitbart News says IRS targeted company for audit — May 14, 2013: A general view of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Building in Washington.REUTERS — The company that runs the conservative Breitbart.com news site says the IRS has selected the network for an audit, in a move company executives suggest is politically motivated.
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Politico, Ted Cruz, Daily Signal and Ed Driscoll
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers and the End of Political Transparency — Tax-exempt “social welfare” organizations, the new political weapons of choice, are widening the gap between the rich people who control campaign financing and the economically anxious voters targeted by their ads.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton allies distance ‘decisive’ Hillary from ‘passive’ Obama — Allies to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are casting a stark distinction between a decisive, assertive Clinton and a pragmatic, deliberative President Obama on foreign policy. — As Obama seeks to make the case …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Defeats Teachout, Liberal Rival, in the Democratic Primary — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York claimed the Democratic nomination for a second term on Tuesday, but at a considerable price: A liberal challenger with little money or name recognition, Zephyr Teachout …
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Chalkbeat New York
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Federal judges question why John Doe issue is before them — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Chicago — A panel of three federal appeals judges on Tuesday questioned why they had been brought into a stalled criminal investigation into campaign activity by Gov. Scott Walker …
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Julie Wolfe / WXIA-TV:
Exclusive poll shows race for Governor tied — ATLANTA — A new exclusive scientific poll shows the race for Georgia's governor is statistically tied. The poll was commissioned by 11Alive and conducted by Survey USA. — Over the past three weeks, since an identical poll was conducted …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ted Cruz's Obamacare Nightmare Comes to Life — It's like a bad dream, if your bad dreams involve sick people getting to see a doctor. — Shares — In the summer of 2013, with the Affordable Care Act about to begin enrolling its first customers in the new health-care exchanges …
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