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8:00 PM ET, May 26, 2015

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Weigh Meaning of ‘One Person One Vote’  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a case that will answer a long-contested question about a bedrock principle of the American political system: the meaning of “one person one vote.”
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Major test on voter equality set for review  —  SCOTUS takes Evenwel v. Abbott (Art Lien)  —  The Constitution has been understood for the past half-century to require that no individual's vote count more at election time than anyone else's.  The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday …
Politico:
Senate GOP prepared to replace Obamacare subsidies
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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Stephen Braun / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton company shows complexity of family finances  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly released financial files on Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's growing fortune omit a company with no apparent employees or assets that the former president has legally used to provide consulting and other services …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Hillary scrutinized for arms sales at State
Discussion: RedState
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Vox Media Acquiring ReCode  —  ReCode, the news website led by the veteran journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, is being acquired by Vox Media, a deal that reflects the turmoil among digital organizations focused on covering the tech industry.  —  The all-stock deal …
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Walt Mossberg / Re/code:
A Note to Our Readers  —  We are thrilled to announce that Re/code's parent company, Revere Digital, is being wholly acquired by the highly respected digital-native media company Vox Media.  This is the next big step in our mission to bring you quality tech journalism, because our work …
John Harwood / CNBC:
10 questions with Bernie Sanders  —  Bernie Sanders questions morality of US economy  —  Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders talks with CNBC's John Harwood about his views on income inequality, Hillary Clinton and whether he stands a chance of winning.
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Nathan Koppel / Wall Street Journal:
Appeals Court Keeps Block of Obama Immigration Plan  —  Decision preserves lower-court hold on White House plan to shield millions from deportation  —  A federal appellate court on Tuesday sided with states challenging the Obama administration's plan to defer deportations for millions of undocumented immigrants.
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Obama immigration overhaul, ‘Dreamers’ handed another legal setback
David Brody / CBN.com:
Rubio Warns of ‘Clear, Present Danger’ to Christianity  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly eight years have passed since a young Democrat named Barack Obama captured the White House.  Now, another up-and-coming politician has a chance to take a similar path.  —  This time it's a Republican and his name is Marco Rubio.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Law of Unintended Consequences Hits Liberals Again  —  We've noted here many times the economic illiteracy of the minimum wage, and even the media are picking up on the perverse effects the $15 minimum wage is having on low-margin businesses such as San Francisco comics shops …
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire
Discussion: Hit & Run, Hot Air and Althouse
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Four Words That Imperil Health Care Law Were All a Mistake, Writers Now Say  —  WASHINGTON — They are only four words in a 900-page law: “established by the state.”  —  But it is in the ambiguity of those four words in the Affordable Care Act that opponents found a path to challenge the law, all the way to the Supreme Court.
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Scott Walker Suggests He May Sit Out Florida Primary  —  The not-yet-declared candidate may take a state off the map.  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hasn't even officially declared his presidential candidacy but he's already considering sitting out at least one state.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Signals More Funding and Faster Drug Approval for Alzheimer's
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Scott Walker May Let Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Fight Over Florida
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
Maryland's ‘free range’ parents cleared of neglect in one case  —  A Maryland couple investigated for neglect after they let their two young children walk home alone from local parks have been cleared in one of two such cases, according to the family's attorneys and documents.
Joel Gehrke / National Review:
Carly Fiorina Is a Great Communicator  —  Oklahoma City — A Republican activist approached Carly Fiorina after her speech at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Saturday not just to pledge her support, but also to say that she hopes her daughter grows up to be like the longshot presidential candidate.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Carly Fiorina: The Chinese “Can't Innovate, Not Terribly Imaginative, Not Entrepreneurial”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jessica Hill / Associated Press:
Ex-Santorum Campaign Worker Jumps To Death After Stabbing Former Classmate  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A man who graduated from Yale University last week stabbed a fellow student at an off-campus apartment building Tuesday morning before jumping out of a ninth-floor window to his death, police said.
Discussion: CBS New York and Raw Story
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: IRS Says Thieves Stole Tax Info From 100,000  —  Thieves used an online service provided by the IRS to gain access to information from more than 100,000 taxpayers, the agency said Tuesday.  —  The information included tax returns and other tax information on file with the IRS.
Discussion: Engadget, Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Publisher To Correct Rand Paul's Book After He Writes That Six People Died In Benghazi  —  “We will correct the error in the next printing.”  —  Scott Olson / Getty Images  —  The publisher behind Rand Paul's new book will update future editions to correct a mistake …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
One Man's Millions Turn a Community in Florida Around  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Two decades ago, Harris Rosen, who grew up poor on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and became wealthy in the Florida hotel business, decided to shepherd part of his fortune into a troubled community with the melodious sounding name of Tangelo Park.
Discussion: NOLA River
Scott Walker / Medium:
Reflections on My Recent Trip to Israel … But I never expected to have the opportunity to stand at the top of the Mount of Olives myself or to walk where Jesus walked in Jerusalem.  —  Earlier this month, I was blessed to have such an opportunity, to visit Israel and to marvel at the sites …
Discussion: Fox News, OnPolitics and JSOnline
New York Post:
Televangelist warns men who masturbate: Your hands will be pregnant in afterlife  —  A Muslim televangelist has advised male followers to stop masturbating — because it will leave their hands pregnant in the afterlife.  —  Turkish preacher Mücahid Cihad Han told viewers that masturbation was forbidden in Islam.
 
 
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Scott Walker Keeps Wisconsin Jobs Agency at Arm's Length
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Sam LaGrone / USNI News:
Document: China's Military Strategy
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Pamela Geller / BREITBART.COM:
AFDI's New Free Speech Bus and Train Ad Campaign Featuring Muhammad Cartoon
Alex Roarty / National Journal:
Chuck Schumer Wants Kay Hagan Back
Discussion: Washington Post
Ben Taub / New Yorker:
Journey to Jihad  —  Why are teen-agers joining ISIS?
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Inside the bizarre life of an Upper East Side housewife
Discussion: Daily Mail
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
House bill would make vodka, whiskey and rum cheaper
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
iOS 9 supports ‘iPhone 6S’ Force Touch, may enhance iMessage, Keyboard & Apple Pay
Discussion: The Verge, Mashable and Engadget
Cbssonia / CBS Baltimore:
29 Shootings, 9 Fatal, Over Memorial Day Weekend In Baltimore
Emily Cahn / Roll Call:
Kirkpatrick to Challenge McCain in Arizona
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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