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New York Times:
Senate Approves Bill to Rein In N.S.A. Surveillance — WASHINGTON — In a remarkable reversal of national security policy formed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Senate voted on Tuesday to curtail the federal government's sweeping surveillance of American phone records …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul, Ron Wyden Release Nine Amendments to USA Freedom Act
Rand Paul, Ron Wyden Release Nine Amendments to USA Freedom Act
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Bloomberg Business:
Senate Votes to Renew U.S. Spy Programs, Sending Bill to Obama
Senate Votes to Renew U.S. Spy Programs, Sending Bill to Obama
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The Bob and Chez Show
CNN:
Poll: New speed bumps for Clinton — Hillary Clinton's 2016 announcement in under 2 minutes — Sen. Rand Paul running for president — Ted Cruz is first out of the gate in 2016 race — Is there room for a non-Hillary Democratic candidate? — Story highlights
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Mark Peterson / New York Magazine:
Not the Bush You Think He Is — Jeb Bush is more ruthless than he looks, more conservative than moderates like to believe, and possibly more appealing to Latinos than Marco Rubio. — Photographs by — There's a substantial gulf between the Jeb Bush who served two formidable terms …
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Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee On Transgender People: I Wish I Could've Said I Was Transgender In HS To Shower With The Girls — “There is something inherently wrong about forcing little children to be a part of this social experiment.” — View Video › — buzzfeed-video1.s3.amazonaws.com
Eliyahu Berkowitz / JP Updates:
Obama's Close Advisers Open Up About Strained Obama-Netanayhu Relationship — In advance of an exclusive interview with President Barack Obama, Channel 2's Ilana Dayan interviewed the people who were most close to the president in the past years, finding out what happened to the US-Israel relationship …
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Jamie Weinstein / The Daily Caller:
Obama: ‘I Am The Closest Thing To A Jew That Has Ever Sat In This Office’ — President Barack Obama apparently thinks he's the closest thing to a Jewish president America has ever had. — Speaking to JPUpdates.com, top Obama confidant David Axelrod described a moment where the president …
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NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Sarah Boesveld / National Post:
Becoming disabled by choice, not chance: ‘Transabled’ people feel like impostors in their fully working bodies — Oh, The Humanities: Part of a series showcasing research at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences this week. — OTTAWA — When he cut off his right arm with a …
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Hmsadusky / CBS Denver:
Kitchen Manager Fired For Giving Lunch To Students Without Money — AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - Della Curry is out of work, and unashamed, after being fired by the Cherry Creek School District. — A married mother of two, Curry is the former kitchen manager at Dakota Valley Elementary School in Aurora.
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Jeffrey Toobin / CNN:
Supreme Court unleashes its inner libertarian — Supreme Court rules on case about Facebook threats 01:44 — Story highlights — Jeffrey Toobin is CNN senior legal analyst and author of “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
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Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald:
Boston police: Man killed by FBI agent, cop during active terror probe — Photo by: — Boston police officers and detectives investigate at the scene of a shooting Tuesday morning at 4600 Washington St. in Roslindale. — By: — An armed man in his 20s being surveilled …
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Evan Allen / BostonGlobe.com:
Man armed with ‘military-style’ knife shot, killed in Roslindale
Man armed with ‘military-style’ knife shot, killed in Roslindale
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Daily Mail, NBC News and The Jawa Report
Associated Press:
FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities — 3 photos — WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology — all hidden behind fictitious companies …
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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting
Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting
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By David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
The inside story of how the Clintons built a $2 billion global empire — Chevy Chase was on the plane with Bill Clinton. So was a former president of Brazil. The founders of Google. A former president of Mexico. And John Cusack. — They were all going to Davos …
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Washington Monthly
David Kumbroch / WHNT-TV:
Bill scrapping marriage licenses hits Alabama House after passing Senate — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - This month, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on the issue of same-sex marriage. It should settle a lot of questions once and for all. At least, that's the idea.
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New York Times:
Sepp Blatter, Under Investigation, to Resign as FIFA President — Sepp Blatter, who was re-elected last week for a fifth term as president of world soccer's governing body, said Tuesday that he would resign his position as law enforcement officials confirmed that he was a focus of a federal corruption investigation.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Fellow Congressman Was Told About Dennis Hastert Abuses, Source Says — WASHINGTON — At least one member of Congress was likely aware that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) allegedly sexually molested a former male student prior to his time in Congress.
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Politico:
Why We're Suspending the “Run Warren Run” Campaign — But we're still declaring victory. — Today we announce the suspension of our campaign to draft Elizabeth Warren into the presidential race. There's no sugar-coating it: We didn't achieve our central goal.
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Official Laverne Cox Tumblr:
On May 29, 2014, the issue of timemagazine magazine which proclaimed the “Transgender Tipping Point” was revealed with me on the cover. June 1, 2015 a year and 3 days later, Caitlyn Jenner's vanityfair cover was revealed proclaiming #CallMeCaitlyn I am so moved by all the love and support Caitlyn is receiving.
Wall Street Journal:
State Officials Had Secret Huddle on Health-Law Subsidies — Few contingencies were found if the Supreme Court rules some Affordable Care Act credits should be voided — Officials from states across the nation flew to Chicago in early May for a secret 24-hour meeting to discuss their options …
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Adrian Chen / New York Times:
The Agency … Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got a call from a resident who had just received a disturbing text message. “Toxic fume hazard warning in this area until 1:30 PM,” the message read.
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Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:
Obama: I Don't Believe In Divisive Racial Politics — President Obama explained to a group of young Asian leaders today that it was important not to betray one's principles while being a leader. — He pointed out that one of his core principles is to “treat everyone fairly” regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.
Baltimore Sun:
Elijah Cummings' Baltimore rowhome caught fire Tuesday — Congressman Elijah Cummings' West Baltimore rowhome caught fire Tuesday morning, a fire department spokesman said. — Firefighters were called to the three-story brick rowhome in the 2000 block of Madison Ave. at 10:42 a.m. …
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Naomi Schaefer Riley / New York Post:
The feminist revolution is eating its own — The revolution always eats its own. That's the lesson from a recent essay by Northwestern University's Laura Kipnis. — Two students were so offended by her article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on why banning romantic relationships between faculty …
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Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Two admit plot to bomb police station, kill St. Louis County prosecutor and Ferguson police chief — ST. LOUIS • Two men admitted in federal court here Tuesday that they plotted to blow up a police station, vehicles and perhaps other targets, including the St. Louis County prosecutor and Ferguson police chief.
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