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3:55 PM ET, June 1, 2015

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Vanity Fair:
Introducing Caitlyn Jenner  —  See Vanity Fair's July 2015 cover.  Shot by Annie Leibovitz, the cover features the first photo of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce.  —  Meet Caitlyn Jenner, Vanity Fair's July cover star.  Pulitzer Prize-winning contributing editor and author …
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 …
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Politico:
GOP hits another roadblock on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Hit & Run
Mark Sherman / ABC News:   Justices Rule for Muslim Denied Job Over Headscarf
Julian Zelizer / CNN:   Obamacare ruling a time bomb for Democrats?
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court rules for Muslim woman denied job over head scarf
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
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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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham has a plan to win the GOP nomination.  If it works, it'd be a first.  —  As a native South Carolinian, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham's candidacy could shake up that early-voting state's primary.  —  But that's not the same thing as shaking up the presidential race.
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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.
Rebecca Leber / The New Republic:
Lindsey Graham: A Republican That Environmentalists Can Love
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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Peter Baker / New York Times:   Jeb Bush Faces Challenge in Winning Over Brother's Team
Jonathan Heaf / GQ:
True Detective's Vince Vaughn covers British GQ  —  Forget the Frat Pack's fast-talking “so money” man: instead, he's America's plain-speaking superstar.  From calling time on the “assembly-line comedies” to his career-redefining role in TV's darker-than-noir detective thriller, True Detective …
Journalism.org:
Millennials and Political News  —  Social Media - the Local TV for the Next Generation?  —  When it comes to where younger Americans get news about politics and government, social media look to be the local TV of the Millennial generation.  About six-in-ten online Millennials (61%) …
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Journalism.org:
Facebook Top Source for Political News Among Millennials
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hastert judge also donated to his campaigns  —  The donations could fuel questions about the judge's impartiality in the case.  —  The federal judge assigned to preside over the criminal case against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) donated at least twice to Hastert's congressional campaigns …
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Once Taboo, Some Behaviors Now More Acceptable in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — While a select few actions remain deeply taboo for much of the country, there has been an increasing shift to moral acceptability for some of these over time.
Discussion: Politico, LifeNews.com and The Week
Garth Kant / WND:
WHY AMERICA IS MOVING LEFT  —  Trio of powerful conservative women explain reversible trend  —  Garth Kant is WND Washington news editor.  Previously, he spent five years writing, copy-editing and producing at “CNN Headline News,” three years writing, copy-editing and training writers at MSNBC …
Discussion: Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Meet The Man Pushing SCOTUS For A Monumental Change To Voting Laws  —  Edward Blum has been trying to take down “one person, one vote” — a tenet of modern voting rights law — since 1997.  Last week brought him his biggest breakthrough yet, with the Supreme Court surprising many election law experts …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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 …
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.
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Justice Department Studying ‘Far-Right’ Social Media Use  —  The Department of Justice is concentrating on “far-right” groups in a new study of social media usage aimed at combatting violent extremism.  —  The Justice Department's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded Michigan State University $585,719 …
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 and Hinterland Gazette
 
 
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What We Know About the Dennis Hastert Scandal
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The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It
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
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Dan Pfeiffer joins CNN as contributor
David Sirota / Salon:
The cash donations Hillary simply has no answer for
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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