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5:35 PM ET, May 23, 2015

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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 …

Discussion: Mashable

Associated Press:
Both sides say Ireland has voted to legalize gay marriage

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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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Kimbriell Kelly / Washington Post:

Cleveland officer Michael Brelo found not guilty in fatal shooting of two people — A Cleveland police officer was acquitted today for his role in the 2012 fatal shooting of two unarmed people in a car after officers mistook the sound of the car backfiring as gunshots.

Discussion: PoliPundit.com and The Week

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.

Discussion: 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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Prairie Weather

The Hill:

Administration moves to end bulk data collection — The Senate is preparing for a last-minute attempt to save expiring portions of the Patriot Act, but it may already be too late. — The Obama administration is already starting to end the National Security Agency's (NSA) …

Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Blocks Bill on N.S.A. Collection of Phone Records

Discussion: The Hill, The Atlantic, Outside the Beltway, Techdirt, Washington Post 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.

Discussion: ABC News

Paul Waldman / The Week:
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.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers, BizPac Review and Scared Monkeys

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 …

Discussion: 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.

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mediaite

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 …