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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Senate advances NSA reform — but program to lapse at midnight — The Senate advanced legislation 77-17 to reform the National Security Agency on Sunday, but parts of the Patriot Act will nonetheless lapse for a few days amid opposition from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
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Politico:
GOP senators tear into Paul — One fellow Republican accuses him of ‘lying’ about government surveillance to get more campaign donations. — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) are pictured. Getty — The Rand Paul pile-on session began a few hours before sunset Sunday evening.
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Business Insider, New York Times and The Week
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Paul: Colleagues hoping for an attack to blame on him — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) late Sunday suggested that supporters of a National Security Agency (NSA) phone records surveillance program are hoping for a terrorist attack after the program expires so they can blame it on the Kentucky Republican.
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Political Wire
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain, Paul scuffle amid NSA debate
McCain, Paul scuffle amid NSA debate
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OnPolitics, Hot Air and Telegraph
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Defiant Tsipras threatens to detonate European crisis rather than yield to creditor “monstrosity” — The Greek prime minister has accused Europe's leaders of ‘issuing absurd demands’ — Greek premier Alexis Tsipras has accused Europe's creditor powers of issuing “absurd demands” …
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New York Times:
Challenging Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Gains Momentum in Iowa — DES MOINES — A mere 240 people live in the rural northeast Iowa town of Kensett, so when more than 300 crowded into the community center on Saturday night to hear Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, many driving 50 miles …
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Outside the Beltway, Hinterland Gazette and Washington Post
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
How Bernie Sanders' ‘radical’ ideas entered the municipal mainstream
How Bernie Sanders' ‘radical’ ideas entered the municipal mainstream
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Balloon Juice, The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune and Liberaland
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Dick Cheney Ramping Up New Policy Push — Former vice president to release book and mount lobbying campaign that is likely to play into 2016 presidential election — CASPER, Wyo.—Few people noticed the 74-year-old in the tan Stetson at a high-school rodeo here. Dick Cheney was happy to blend in.
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Politico, New York Times and Political Wire
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Bush: Retirement age should be phased in to ‘68 or 70’ — Jeb Bush wants to push back the retirement age for Social Security by as many as five years. — Instead of allowing Americans to collect full benefits at age 65, the former Florida governor and likely GOP presidential candidate suggested …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Supreme Court risks healthcare chaos — “This Congress, your honor?” — That snappy one-liner got a rare laugh from the packed crowd at the Supreme Court back in March. — Justice Antonin Scalia had asked Solicitor General Donald Verilli if there was any chance Congress could put aside politics …
CNN:
Oklahoma troopers fatally shoot man during high water response — Story highlights — (CNN)Highway patrol troopers in Oklahoma fatally shot a man whom they had been trying to get out of high water, authorities said. — The two troopers responded to a stranded motorist call south …
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Hinterland Gazette and Daily Mail
Joe St. George / WTVR-TV:
Family says dog died after being left in drying cage at Petco — POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. - A Powhatan family blames human error by a groomer at Petco for their young dog's tragic death. Family members said Allison Marks dropped Colby, a two-year-old golden retriever, off at the Petco at Westchester Commons in Chesterfield County Friday.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Prospects for Polygamy — ON every issue save abortion, social liberalism is suddenly ascendant in America. The shift on same-sex marriage has captured the headlines, but the change is much more comprehensive: In just 15 years, we have gone from being a society divided roughly evenly between progressive …