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9:25 AM ET, April 24, 2015

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Is Guest of Two Gay Businessmen  —  Senator Ted Cruz has positioned himself as a strong opponent of same-sex marriage, urging pastors nationwide to preach in support of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman, which he said was “ordained by God.”
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Ted Cruz: I still oppose gay marriage  —  Washington (CNN)Ted Cruz was forced to reiterate his stance against same-sex marriage in a Thursday night statement after a news report of comments he made at a fundraising event on Monday in New York City cast some doubt.
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Steve King Wants To Bar The Supreme Court From Hearing Marriage Cases  —  Well, this is novel.  Instead of the usual separation of powers we're all used to, where legislators pass laws and the Supreme Court is allowed to rule on challenges to those laws, Rep. Steve King (R-Hateville) …
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Steve King unveils radical court scheme
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Mike Huckabee Defends Ex-Gay Therapy, Warns Gay Rights Will Outlaw Christianity: ‘God Help Us All’
Discussion: Politico, Joe. My. God. and The Week
Congressman Steve King:
King Introduces “Restrain the Judges on Marriage Act”
Discussion: Advocate
New York Times:
Candidate Clinton and the Foundation  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's determination to reconnect with voters in localized, informative settings is commendable, but is in danger of being overshadowed by questions about the interplay of politics and wealthy foreign donors who support the Clinton Foundation.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Disastrous Clinton Post-Presidency
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
5 things we learned about ‘Clinton Cash’ without reading it
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
ABC News:
Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became Secretary of State
The Hill:
Republicans debate keeping ObamaCare subsidies until 2017  —  Congressional Republicans are locked in a debate about whether to temporarily keep in place the ObamaCare subsidies that are at risk of being struck down at the Supreme Court.  —  More than a half-dozen competing plans have already …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate GOP Leaders Endorse Bill To Extend Obamacare Subsidies To 2017  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate's top five Republican leaders have cosponsored legislation to extend until 2017 the Obamacare insurance subsidies that may be struck down by the Supreme Court this summer.
Bloomberg Business:
Comcast Plans to Drop Time Warner Cable Deal … Fourteen months after unveiling a $45.2 billion merger that would create a new Internet and cable giant, Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Steve Coll / New Yorker:
Warren Weinstein and the Long Drone War  —  “As President and Commander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations,” President Obama said in a press conference at the White House on Thursday.  Obama was announcing the news that C.I.A. drone strikes in Pakistan …
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Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today Media …:
Native Actors Walk off Set of Adam Sandler Movie After Insults to Women, Elders  —  Approximately a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler's newest film production, The Ridiculous Six, on Wednesday.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Paleo Diet In and Pizza Out, a Slimmer Jeb Bush Seems Intent on Staying That Way  —  Steak Tips Susanne, the $21 entree at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manchester, N.H., arrived as a carefully composed plate: strips of sirloin, sautéed peppers and caramelized onions atop a bed of linguine with a side of garlic bread.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Politico:
Bill Shuster muscled through transportation bill pushed by lobbyist girlfriend  —  New questions emerge about the transportation chairman's advocacy on behalf of the airline industry.  —  Last year, Rep. Bill Shuster approached fellow Republican Rep. Tom Graves with a request.
J.D. Power:
Facing Cost-Sensitive Shoppers, Health Plan Providers Must Demonstrate Value  —  WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.: 23 April 2015 — Satisfaction with the Health Insurance Marketplace exchange enrollment process among new enrollees has significantly increased from 2014, and health plans obtained through …
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Boehner Opens Door to House Subpoena of Clinton's E-mail Server  —  In his ceremonial office in the Capitol building, the speaker flared with outrage at Clinton's conduct, asserting she broke the law by failing to use a government e-mail account as secretary of state.  —  t MarkHalperin
Discussion: Fox News and OnPolitics
Michael Crowley / Politico:
World War O  —  Obama took office vowing to end America's wars.  Now we're in at least five, and U.S. officials are unsure what to do about it.  —  Getty  —  President Barack Obama's expression of remorse on Thursday for the death of two hostages in a U.S. drone strike underscored …
Ashley Goudeau / KVUE-TV:
Video shows DWI suspect knocked unconscious during arrest  —  ROUND ROCK, Texas — Video captured by a man inside the Wing Stop on East Palm Valley in Round Rock Tuesday afternoon shows Officer Ben Johnson arresting Viviana Keith.  —  The video shows Johnson and Keith talking …
 
 
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
How The Great White Freakout Just Got Unleashed At Another University
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Washington Post:
After a ridiculous delay, Loretta Lynch finally gets confirmed
Discussion: Courier-Journal
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Beyond Education Wars
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
Scott Walker, forever tarnished: Republican governors have tanked the GOP brand
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Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
Cameron to unveil plans for England-only income tax from 2016
Discussion: Spectator and Featured Articles
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Scientists find missing link in Yellowstone plumbing: This giant volcano is very much alive
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Reuters:
Kleiner Perkins seeks almost $1 million in costs in Pao case
Tylar Bacome / WGCL-TV:
Atlanta students face charges for fight with gay classmates
Discussion: FreakOutNation and Raw Story
KHOU-TV:
3 suspects charged with 2012 shooting death of Iranian activist
Paul Barrett / Bloomberg Business:
Supreme Court Justices Are Getting ‘Grumpier,’ Study Finds
Discussion: CBS DC
Lauren French / Politico:
Trey Gowdy asks Hillary Clinton to appear twice on emails, Benghazi
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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