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10:55 AM ET, May 24, 2015

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
'Don't let the secular progressives drive God out,' Carson tells GOP  —  GOP presidential contender Ben Carson on Saturday urged conservatives to remain resolute when government challenges their religious liberties.  —  “Don't let the secular progressives drive God out of our lives,” …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Fiorina: Clinton ‘must not be president’  —  GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina on Saturday accused President Obama and his former secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, of poorly representing America's interests on the world stage.  —  “The world is a dangerous and tragic place …
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson: 'Don't Let The Secular Progressives Drive God Out Of Our Lives'  —  Ben Carson, the 2016 Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party darling, told Republicans on Saturday that they shouldn't allow the government to encroach on their religious liberties.
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin S. Vaughn / New York Times:
The Making of a Great Ex-President  —  Though deeply engaged in his presidency — battling for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and against ISIS — Barack Obama is also casting an eye beyond Jan. 20, 2017, when his post-presidency begins.  We've learned that his presidential library will be in Chicago …
Discussion: Althouse
Myles Ma / New Jersey Online:
Famed ‘A Beautiful Mind’ mathematician John Nash, wife killed in taxi crash, police say  —  File photo: Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Nash (right) and his wife Alicia sit on a coach inside their inside their home in 2009.  Nash, a senior research mathematician at Princeton University …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
US court to hear suit accusing Adelson of graft in China  —  A judge ruled Friday that a lawsuit accusing casino magnate Sheldon Adelson of graft and ties to organized crime will be heard in a U.S. court.  —  Las Vegas Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled that a hearing over the full case …
Discussion: Liberaland
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Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Las Vegas tycoon Sheldon Adelson to face graft accusations in US court  —  The owner of Sands casino fails in his attempt to have allegations of links to Chinese organised crime aired in Macau  —  A judge in Las Vegas has ruled that a lawsuit involving accusations of graft and organised crime ties …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Los Angeles Times:
After Senate vote, NSA prepares to shut down phone tracking program  —  Hours after the Senate balked at reauthorizing the bulk collection of U.S. telephone records, the National Security Agency began shutting down a controversial program Saturday that senior intelligence and law enforcement officials …
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National Journal:
How the Senate Fell Apart and Failed to Deal With the Patriot Act
Nafeez Ahmed / Medium:
Secret Pentagon report reveals West saw ISIS as strategic asset  —  Anti-ISIS coalition knowingly sponsored violent extremists to ‘isolate’ Assad, rollback ‘Shia expansion’ … A declassified secret US government document obtained by the conservative public interest law firm, Judicial Watch …
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
Washington Post:
Cleveland officer acquitted in killing of unarmed pair amid barrage of gunfire  —  A Cleveland police officer was acquitted Saturday 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: The Week and PoliPundit.com
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Cleveland Police Officer Acquitted of Manslaughter in 2012 Deaths
Discussion: Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
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: Daily Mail and NPR
Emily Foxhall / Los Angeles Times:
Candlelight vigil, memorial walk to mark anniversary of Isla Vista shootings  —  A candlelight vigil and memorial walk are planned Saturday night in Isla Vista — one year after a young man embarked on a killing spree that left six UC Santa Barbara students dead and several more injured before taking his own life.
Discussion: 89.3 KPCC
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: Outside the Beltway and ABC News
 
 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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