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New York Times:
In Early Vote Count, Ireland Appears Headed Toward Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage — DUBLIN — Ireland appeared poised to become the world's first nation to approve same-sex marriage by a popular vote on Saturday, with early vote counts showing strong and broad support for a measure …
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Chris Johnston / Guardian:
Ireland becomes first country to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote - live — With almost all of the results in, Ireland has voted a historic Yes in its gay marriage referendum … Share — With 34 constituencies now declared, the Yes vote is 61.7% and No at 38.3%.
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BBC:
Ireland same-sex referendum set to approve gay marriage — Large crowds have gathered at Dublin Castle ahead of the result — Early results suggest the Republic of Ireland has voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum. — More than 3.2m people were asked whether …
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CNN:
Cleveland officer not guilty in killing unarmed pair — Story highlights — (CNN)A white Cleveland police officer who stood on a car and shot the vehicle's two unarmed black occupants after colleagues already riddled the car with bullets in 2012 was found not guilty Saturday in their deaths …
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Cleveland Police Officer Acquitted of Manslaughter in 2012 Deaths — A Cleveland police officer who climbed onto the hood of a car after a chase and fired repeatedly at its unarmed occupants in 2012 was acquitted of manslaughter on Saturday by an Ohio judge.
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Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Senate adjourns with no clear path forward on Patriot Act — The Senate failed to move forward on legislation to reform the National Security Agency or renew the Patriot Act early on Saturday morning, making it almost a sure bet that portions of the Patriot Act expire at the end of the month.
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National Journal:
How the Senate Fell Apart and Failed to Deal With the Patriot Act — The Senate leaves for vacation with unfinished business on NSA surveillance. — The Senate is going on vacation, but it didn't finish its homework. — With no solution in sight to the Patriot Act quagmire …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Blocks Bill on N.S.A. Collection of Phone Records
Senate Blocks Bill on N.S.A. Collection of Phone Records
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The Hill, The Atlantic, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Techdirt and Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's Southern discomfort — As the 2016 Republican presidential campaign gets underway, the nation's most reliably red region finds itself yet again without a native son in a leading position. — OKLAHOMA CITY — It's the heartland of the modern Republican Party, the most reliably red region in presidential elections.
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Paul Waldman / The Week:
Fox News is taking control of the Republican primary
Fox News is taking control of the Republican primary
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Julia Marsh / New York Post:
City orders Sharpton's daughter to save incriminating hiking pics — City lawyers warned Dominique Sharpton not to delete Instagram photos like this one atop an Indonesian mountain — where she trekked while claiming in a lawsuit that she has “permanent” injuries.
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Phillip Inman / Guardian:
Secret Bank of England taskforce investigates financial fallout of Brexit — News of undercover project emerges after Bank staff accidentally email details to the Guardian including PR notes on how to deny its existence — Bank of England officials are secretly researching the financial shocks …
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The Week, Daily Mail and NPR
Suzy Khimm / The New Republic:
The Real Democratic Primary: Hillary Versus the Media — Beth Lilly, 29, remembers the first time she felt like the media was doing Hillary Clinton wrong: It was in 1992, when she was just about six years old, and remembers that people weren't happy about Hillary's chocolate-chip cookie recipe.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What Hillary Clinton's e-mails tell us about her management style — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — For those who have worried that Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign would be a repeat of the chaotic operation she ran eight years ago …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Clinton team praises Monica Langley
The Clinton team praises Monica Langley
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Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Mediaite