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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 …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Repeatedly Mocks And Misgenders Caitlyn Jenner — A segment on Fox Business' Cavuto repeatedly mocked Caitlyn Jenner, who debuted her new identity Monday on the cover of Vanity Fair, and misidentified her with male pronouns. — Neil Cavuto introduced the segment by asking in an exaggerated voice …
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Politico:
GOP hits another roadblock on Obamacare repeal — After winning both chambers of Congress, they thought they could get a repeal bill to the president's desk. It's turning out to be more complicated than that. — Yislaine Diaz sits with Amaury Garcia an insurance agent from Sunshine Life …
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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 …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
SCOTUS rules in favor of man convicted of posting threatening messages on Facebook
SCOTUS rules in favor of man convicted of posting threatening messages on Facebook
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Supreme Court risks healthcare chaos
Supreme Court risks healthcare chaos
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Supreme Court rules against Abercrombie in hijab case
Supreme Court rules against Abercrombie in hijab case
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Muslim woman denied job at clothing store
U.S. Supreme Court rules for Muslim woman denied job at clothing store
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Julian Zelizer / CNN:
Obamacare ruling a time bomb for Democrats?
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court throws out conviction for violent Facebook postings
Supreme Court throws out conviction for violent Facebook postings
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court rules for Muslim woman denied job over head scarf
U.S. top court rules for Muslim woman denied job over head scarf
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Court sides with Muslim woman in workplace discrimination case
Court sides with Muslim woman in workplace discrimination case
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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 …
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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
Lindsey Graham, in announcing White House run, gets personal
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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.
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Josh Hafner / Des Moines Register:
Trump: I won't do straw poll if everyone backs out — Donald Trump, the reality TV star, businessman and serial flirter with presidential campaigns, recently announced that he'll declare his 2016 ambitions on June 16 in New York City. — Before he heads to Iowa this week with visits …
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ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports … An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives …
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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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Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Rand Paul Won't Get Amendments on NSA Reform Bill—But Mitch McConnell Will — The majority leader is staging one last plot to weaken the USA Freedom Act. — Sen. Rand Paul succeeded in forcing a temporary lapse of the Patriot Act's spy provisions. Despite all his fundraising and fiery grandstanding …
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Politico:
GOP senators tear into Rand Paul
GOP senators tear into Rand Paul
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Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Bernie Sanders on Hillary Clinton: ‘Would she be interested in being my vice president?’ — Bernie Sanders says he isn't running for president to push Hillary Clinton further to the left nor to become a candidate for vice president on a potential Clinton ticket. — “No,” Sanders told Yahoo News' Katie Couric on Monday.
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Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
LIVE: Bernie Sanders talks to Katie Couric
LIVE: Bernie Sanders talks to Katie Couric
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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 …
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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 …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Judge digs deeper into House GOP's lawsuit against Obama — A federal judge who is hearing a lawsuit from House Republicans against President Obama is requesting more information about a funding dispute at the center of the case. — The House argues the president overstepped his executive authority …
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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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Science:
Editor's note — The Ask Alice article, “Help! My adviser won't stop looking down my shirt,” on this website has been removed by Science because it did not meet our editorial standards, was inconsistent with our extensive institutional efforts to promote the role of women in science …
New York Times:
Blatter's Top FIFA Deputy Is Said to Have Transferred Money Central to Bribery Case — Federal authorities believe that Sepp Blatter's top lieutenant at FIFA made $10 million in bank transactions that are central elements of the bribery scandal engulfing international soccer …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
What We Know About the Dennis Hastert Scandal … New details about an alleged hush money scandal involving former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert have been trickling out over the weekend. — Now, sources say, two male students who knew Hastert, 73, when he was a high school teacher …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Today's college feminists are too fragile to read — When a professor criticizes equal rights law, it is not a violation of equal rights. — They told me that if I voted for Mitt Romney, campus witch hunts would leave professors afraid to write about feminism. And they were right!
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