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Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge's Order Is Defied — BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown …
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Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Roy Moore orders ban on same-sex marriage licenses — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Sunday evening ordered the state's probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. — The outspoken social conservative told judges in a six-page letter that a federal judge's decision striking …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gay Marriage Cleared by U.S. High Court to Start in Alabama — (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex weddings to start in Alabama, letting the number of gay-marriage states climb in advance of a constitutional showdown that may mean legalization nationwide.
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Alabama Judge Defies Gay Marriage Law — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In a dramatic show of defiance toward the federal judiciary, Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court on Sunday night ordered the state's probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples on Monday …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Same-Sex Couples Begin Marrying In Alabama After U.S. Supreme Court Action — Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas would have granted the stay denied by the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Montgomery, Jefferson, and Madison counties are issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas Objects: Court Shows Support for Gay Marriage
Justice Thomas Objects: Court Shows Support for Gay Marriage
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Kelsey Stein / al.com:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore orders judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore orders judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses
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Mike Allen / Politico:
BROKAW IS NBC FORCE amid Williams woes — OBAMA courts GOP on Air Force One - POLITICO's new gossip columnist — MARC CAPUTO debuts - BRENDAN DALY's new job — B'DAY: Manu Raju, Terry McAuliffe — By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NBC's Brian Williams told varying versions of rocket fire in Israel-Hezbollah war — NBC News anchor Brian Williams certainly has placed himself in dangerous situations in covering wars and natural disasters over the years. But how much danger? With Williams, the answer varies.
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David Carr / New York Times:
Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public — For some time now, there have been two versions of Brian Williams. One is an Emmy-winning, sober, talented anchor on the “NBC Nightly News” and the other is a funny, urbane celebrity who hosts “Saturday Night Live,” …
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Vox:
Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation — In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign. He worried, he said, about …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: News outlets hype terror threat — The news media “absolutely” overstates the risks of terrorism because stories about things like climate change aren't “sexy” and don't drive ratings, President Obama said in an interview published Monday. — “What's the famous saying about local newscasts, right?
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Huckabee Tears into Obama's Prayer Speech: His High Horse Is the TelePrompTer — Former Arkansas Governor and current Marge Simpson Mike Huckabee took to Fox & Friends Monday morning to declare that this Barack Obama guy has notions. — “This president has a high horse himself — it's his teleprompter,” Huckabee said.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Muslims Are The Only Group To Have Obama's ‘Undying’ Support
Huckabee: Muslims Are The Only Group To Have Obama's ‘Undying’ Support
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Think Islamists are the only religious terrorists? Meet some famous killers for Christ
Think Islamists are the only religious terrorists? Meet some famous killers for Christ
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush In Iowa: Still A Long Way To Go — The family network has faded, he's unpopular on policy, and his trip next month will be Bush's first in three years. “The first thing he needs to do is show up.” — Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call — Columbus Junction is a town in Eastern Iowa …
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Plans a Website on His Tenure as Florida Governor
Jeb Bush Plans a Website on His Tenure as Florida Governor
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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
The Rand Paul Debate Society
The Rand Paul Debate Society
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Professor Marco Rubio — Inside the classroom, the Florida Republican gives clues about his political future. — MIAMI — Without notes and seemingly without taking a breath, Marco Rubio tears through a data-heavy speech about the “fault lines” in America's politics and what he calls “the middle-class trap.”
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Axelrod: Hillary has to ‘run like an insurgent’
Axelrod: Hillary has to ‘run like an insurgent’
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CNN:
ISIS recruiter, once freed from Gitmo by U.S., killed in drone strike in Afghanistan — Story highlights — (CNN)He was a Taliban commander captured by the United States and held at Guantanamo Bay. But he was let go and returned to Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Rauf went on to become a recruiter for ISIS in Afghanistan.
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Mohammad Stanekzai / Reuters:
Senior Afghan militant with suspected IS links “killed in drone attack”
Senior Afghan militant with suspected IS links “killed in drone attack”
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
TV host asks Holder to quack like a duck — Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday refused an unusual request during an interview, declining to quack like a duck. — At the end of an interview that touched on the Voting Rights Act and use of force by police, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry asked …
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama prepares for divisive veto — President Obama is just days away from issuing the biggest veto of his tenure, with Republicans poised to send him legislation that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. — Obama's veto — just the third of his presidency and the first since 2010 …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary vs. Warren would split Hollywood — A battle between Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren could easily divide entertainers, creating a showdown that might split Hollywood and force A-list stars to choose sides. — The lines are already being drawn in the fight for La La Land's love …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Working Families Party Calls on Elizabeth Warren to Run for President
Working Families Party Calls on Elizabeth Warren to Run for President
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Jon Ward / Yahoo! News:
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal slams Republican party changes to primary system — Yahoo News 1 hr ago — WASHINGTON - Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal on Monday morning dismissed the Republican National Committee's efforts to reduce the number of debates in the Republican presidential primary …
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