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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ — In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
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Erin Whitney / The Huffington Post:
Trevor Noah To Replace Jon Stewart As The New ‘Daily Show’ Host
Trevor Noah To Replace Jon Stewart As The New ‘Daily Show’ Host
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New York Times:
Iran Backs Away From Key Detail in Nuclear Deal — LAUSANNE, Switzerland — With a negotiating deadline just two days away, Iranian officials on Sunday backed away from a critical element of a proposed nuclear agreement, saying they are no longer willing to ship their atomic fuel out of the country.
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The Washington Institute for Near East Policy:
Iran's Nuclear Breakout Time: A Fact Sheet — With reports that Washington and its partners may reach a nuclear accord with Iran in the coming days, a former senior IAEA safeguards official answers the most pressing questions about Tehran's program and how the agreement might affect its capabilities.
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New York Times, Fox News Insider and The Times of Israel
Julian Borger / Guardian:
Binyamin Netanyahu denounces Iran nuclear negotiations
Binyamin Netanyahu denounces Iran nuclear negotiations
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Common Dreams
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
What to Worry About in an Iran Nuclear Deal
What to Worry About in an Iran Nuclear Deal
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myfoxdc.com:
1 dead after shooting at NSA gate at Fort Meade — Authorities say one person is dead and two people have been hospitalized following a shooting at the gates of the National Security Agency in Fort Meade. — FOX 5 has learned that around 9 a.m. Monday, a vehicle tried to bypass a secured entrance to the NSA complex.
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Washington Post:
One killed in incident at NSA on Fort Meade campus — Shots were fired Monday morning after two people in a vehicle tried to ram a gate at Fort Meade, a military installation in Anne Arundel County, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation.
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The Jawa Report
Tim Cook / Washington Post:
Pro-discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous — Tim Cook is chief executive of Apple. — There's something very dangerous happening in states across the country. — A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Boehner, Israel and race — Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) trip to Israel this week is so blatantly political that even the avowedly impartial Associated Press describes it as looking “like a jab at the White House.” — It is worse than that. President Obama can jab back in any political fight.
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Elizabeth Warren plays Ted Cruz card with House Democrats — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is meeting with House Democrats in an effort to push back against President Obama's trade agenda. — The liberal senator met Tuesday with a group of House Democrats before administration officials …
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
White House: Nuclear talks' success depends on Iran
White House: Nuclear talks' success depends on Iran
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Pirate's Cove
Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Spence Jackson, spokesman for the late Tom Schweich, found dead — UPDATED at 7:30 a.m. with comment from former Gov. Matt Blunt — JEFFERSON CITY • Veteran Missouri state official Spence Jackson, who was media director for the late state auditor Tom Schweich, was found dead Sunday, sources said.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
State Attorneys Tell Supreme Court That Gay People Are Too Powerful To Have Equal Rights — Ohio does not want to recognize plaintiff Jim Obergefell's marriage to his late husband. — CREDIT: AP — Gay Americans simply have too much political power to be afforded equal rights under the Constitution …
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Raw Story
Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
Why are interest rates so low? — Interest rates around the world, both short-term and long-term, are exceptionally low these days. The U.S. government can borrow for ten years at a rate of about 1.9 percent, and for thirty years at about 2.5 percent. Rates in other industrial countries …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post
New York Times:
In Delaying Vote on Loretta Lynch as Attorney General, G.O.P. Is in a Quandary — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans bolted for a two-week spring recess with the confirmation of Loretta E. Lynch as attorney general in jeopardy, and themselves in a quandary: Accept a qualified nominee they oppose …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Why Hillary Clinton Will Launch 2016 Campaign Soon — It's a near certainty that a few weeks from now Hillary Clinton will be a full-fledged presidential candidate, campaigning through New Hampshire and Iowa with a vast press corps in tow. — Some politicians relish the campaign trail: the rope lines, rallies and photo ops.
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
You are probably breaking the law right now — When lawmakers don't even know how many laws exist, how can citizens be expected to follow them? — Ignorance of the law, we are often told, is no excuse. “Every man is presumed to know the law,” says a long-established legal aphorism.
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Stephanopoulos Corners Pence over LGBT Discrimination: 'It's a Yes or No Question!' — This Week host George Stephanopoulos absolutely grilled Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) over the newly-signed “religious freedom” bill, which critics maintain would allow businesses to refuse services to LGBT customers.
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Taylor Marsh, Liberaland, Hot Air, Politico and USA Today
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Brendan Smialowski / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
‘This Week’ Transcript: Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
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Verdict, Josh Blackman's Blog, Lambda Legal Blog, Shakesville, Daily Kos and PoliticusUSA
Wall Street Journal:
Nigeria Vote Counting Begins Following Delays — Presidential election hit by technical glitches, violence — Voting equipment failure and attacks by militants marred Nigeria's presidential elections on Saturday, forcing some polling stations to reopen for a second day of voting on Sunday.
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CNN, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Cafe Hayek
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘I was not a community organizer’ — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the only major declared Republican presidential candidate, is defending his credentials as a freshman senator while pursuing a White House bid. — “Unlike Barack Obama, I was not a community organizer before I was elected to the Senate …
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