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11:10 AM ET, June 1, 2015

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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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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain, Paul scuffle amid NSA debate  —  Republican Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) faced off late Sunday afternoon, as the Kentucky Republican tried to speak from the Senate floor about expiring provisions of the Patriot Act.  —  McCain and Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) …
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
NSA reform: Bush-era powers expire as US prepares to roll back surveillance  —  Sweeping intelligence capabilities exposed by Edward Snowden shut down as hawks concede defeat on first major surveillance reform in a generation  —  Sweeping US surveillance powers, enjoyed by the National Security Agency since …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Paul walks back charge that some ‘secretly’ hoping for terrorist attack
Discussion: The Week and Hit & Run
Al Weaver / The Daily Caller:
Rand Paul: My Opponents ‘Secretly Want’ Terror Attack ‘So They Can Blame It On Me’ [VIDEO]
Discussion: Mediaite and Weekly Standard
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Paul: Colleagues hoping for an attack to blame on him
Discussion: Political Wire
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Senate advances NSA reform — but program to lapse at midnight
Discussion: Hit & Run, Politico and ABC News
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 …
Discussion: Politico
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Richard L. Hasen / SSRN:
Essay: Celebrity Justice: Supreme Court Edition  —  University of California, Irvine School of Law  —  Abstract:  —  It is not your imagination.  Supreme Court Justices are in the news more than ever, whether they are selling books, testifying before Congress, addressing a Federalist Society …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Adam Liptak / New York Times:   Justices Get Out More, but Calendars Aren't Open to Just Anyone
Nick Gass / Politico:
O'Malley on changing his mind about Clinton: ‘Times change’  —  Martin O'Malley supported Hillary Clinton in 2008 and 2012, but “times change,” the Democratic presidential candidate and former governor of Maryland said Monday in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
On the trail of Hillary Clinton, not everyone is allowed to jump into the press pool
Joe Kovacs / WND:
KATHLEEN WILLEY: HILLARY A ‘MONEY-HUNGRY HYPOCRITE’
Discussion: Truth Revolt
New York Times:
Challenging Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Gains Momentum in Iowa
John Fund / National Review:
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.
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” …
Discussion: The Other McCain and Forbes
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  June 1, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back Supreme Court Ok For Gay Marriage, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Less Support For Death Penalty - Except For Terrorism  —  American voters say 56 - 38 percent they would support a U.S. Supreme Court decision granting same-sex couples …
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 …
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette
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JJ Burton / KOKI-TV:
Wife of man shot by state trooper wants to see dash cam footage
Discussion: Slantpoint, Guardian and Daily Mail
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 …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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.
Discussion: fox13now.com and New York's PIX11
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Dan Pfeiffer joins CNN as contributor  —  Washington (CNN)Dan Pfeiffer, a long-time top aide to President Barack Obama, is joining CNN as a contributor, network president Jeff Zucker announced Monday.  —  The 39-year-old Pfeiffer is a Wilmington, Delaware, native and a graduate of Georgetown University.
Discussion: FishbowlDC
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Lindsey Graham, in announcing White House run, gets personal  —  The veteran lawmaker has started talking more about his humble beginnings  —  CENTRAL, S.C. — He's spent a third of his life in Congress and is a fixture on the Sunday morning news show circuit, making nearly 70 appearances in the last five years.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Hot Air
Fox News:
Qatar extends travel ban on ex-Guantanamo detainees ‘Taliban 5’  —  Qatar has agreed to temporarily extend travel bans on five senior Taliban leaders released last year from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a State Department official confirmed to Fox News Sunday.
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New York Post:   As five Taliban officials walk free, Bergdahl deal stink grows
 
 
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Countdown: Obama has 1 month to strike deal with Iran
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Connecticut liberal battles Obama on trade
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The cash donations Hillary simply has no answer for
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Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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