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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
GOP Swiftly Rejects Obama's ‘One-Sentence Fix’ to Obamacare If Supreme Court Voids Subsidies — A Supreme Court ruling is expected within weeks. — President Barack Obama had barely finished proposing an idea to deal with a far-reaching Supreme Court decision on Obamacare before Republicans fired …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP fears it will win ObamaCare court battle — Republicans in Congress are worried the Supreme Court will hand them a major headache this month if it rules against the federal health insurance exchanges in more than 30 states, ending subsidies for millions of people.
New York Post:
From ObamaCare to ISIS: The president's fictions of the day — U.S. President Barack Obama, center, laughs as he looks at British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, with French President Francois Hollande at right, during a G7 session in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014.
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Court: U.S. passports must say ‘Jerusalem’ not ‘Israel’
Court: U.S. passports must say ‘Jerusalem’ not ‘Israel’
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The Hill:
Obama: Supreme Court wrong to take up ObamaCare challenge
Obama: Supreme Court wrong to take up ObamaCare challenge
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama: Supreme Court shouldn't have heard Obamacare challenge
Obama: Supreme Court shouldn't have heard Obamacare challenge
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New York Times:
Struggles With Finances Track Marco Rubio's Career — WEST MIAMI, Fla. — For years, Senator Marco Rubio struggled under the weight of student debt, mortgages and an extra loan against the value of his home totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. But in 2012, financial salvation seemed to have arrived …
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K. McDonald / CW33 NewsFix:
15-Year-Old Who Shot McKinney Pool Party Video Speaks Out — MCKINNEY, TX - Brandon Brooks, the 15-year-old boy who shot the McKinney pool party video that's being broadcast around the world, is telling his side of the story to NewsFix. — “The cops showed up and the parents immediately started yelling …
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Dems move to ban plastic guns — Congressional Democrats are proposing to ban plastic guns, following reports of major security lapses at the nation's airports — Plastic guns can be even more dangerous than traditional firearms because they're harder to detect, says Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.).
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Caroline May / BREITBART.COM:
TSA Failed To Identify 73 Aviation Workers With ‘Links To Terrorism’
TSA Failed To Identify 73 Aviation Workers With ‘Links To Terrorism’
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Dennis Hastert to Appear in Chicago Court for Arraignment — CHICAGO — J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House of Representatives who has been publicly silent and out of sight since he was indicted late last month, is to appear in court here on Tuesday afternoon for his arraignment.
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Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
Dennis Hastert to Be Represented by High-Powered D.C. Attorney Thomas Green
Dennis Hastert to Be Represented by High-Powered D.C. Attorney Thomas Green
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Emily Lane / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
After 4 decades in solitary, Albert Woodfox's release ordered by federal judge — A federal judge in Baton Rouge has called for the unconditional release of Albert Woodfox, the only remaining imprisoned member of the Angola 3. — Woodfox, 68, was placed solitary confinement …
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Des Moines Register:
Santorum calls crowd of 4 in rural Iowa a success — HAMLIN, Ia. - When just one Iowan showed up to Rick Santorum's 2 p.m. campaign stop at a restaurant here Monday, the winner of the 2012 Iowa caucuses made a quick decision: Might as well order lunch. — “I haven't eaten, actually …
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9news.com.au:
Woman charged after allegedly stubbing lit cigarette into 9NEWS reporter's face — A woman visiting court to witness murder charges against another woman has been arrested after allegedly stubbing a lit cigarette into a 9NEWS reporter's face. — The 23-year-old woman pushed a baby stroller …
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Fox News:
Obama under fire for saying no ‘complete strategy’ yet for training Iraqis — President Obama took heat Monday for admitting he doesn't yet have a “complete strategy” in hand for training Iraqis to fight the Islamic State — months into the coordinated campaign to defeat the deadly terrorist network.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee to Megyn Kelly: Media exploiting Duggar family — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee continued to defend the Duggar family in an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly on Monday night, attacking the media for its “exploitation” of the girls whom older brother Josh Duggar admitted to molesting when he was a teenager.
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
CIA chief makes secret visit to Israel ahead of Iran deal — John Brennan was the guest of Mossad chief Tamir Pardo and met with various members of the Israeli intelligence community, as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — United States Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan came …
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Politico and Israel Matzav
Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
Temperament Counts — President Obama, wrote the Washington Post's Greg Jaffe in a recent story about the president's view of his country, articulates “his vision of a nation that can acknowledge and, learn from, its mistakes.” Would that this vision applied to himself.
Lindsay Abrams / Salon:
Fox News host gets schooled on fracking — and angrily orders his guest off the show — “Why would you not frack on our own property and then prescribe it for other people in America?” — The long-awaited study on fracking and water contamination released Thursday by the EPA almost seemed designed …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Cadre of 1984 Hart campaign veterans critical for O'Malley's long-shot bid — They're grayer now and thicker around the middle, with real jobs, families and responsibilities. But they still cling to the idealism that led them to work for Gary Hart's come-from-nowhere 1984 presidential campaign.
New York Times:
Cleveland Leaders Bypass Prosecutors to Seek Charge in Tamir Rice Case — WASHINGTON — Community leaders in Cleveland, distrustful of the criminal justice system, said Monday that they would not wait for prosecutors to decide whether to file charges against the police officers involved …
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
The Right Way and Wrong Way to Win the Presidency — Hillary Clinton appears to be taking the easy path. It would be the wrong one. — Democratic and Republican presidential candidates face a choice: They can appeal to the broadest possible audience or pander to their most devoted partisans.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Clinton Family Foundation Donation To New York Times Charity Came After Endorsement — WASHINGTON — A charity administered by the New York Times received a $100,000 check from the Clinton Family Foundation on July 24, 2008, months after the paper endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
The N.Y. Times vs. Washington Free Beacon
The N.Y. Times vs. Washington Free Beacon
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Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Spike TV will cut Eastwood's Jenner joke — Clint Eastwood is courting controversy again, this time with a Caitlyn Jenner joke at the Spike TV Guys' Choice 2015 awards on Saturday night. — USA TODAY has learned that Spike TV will cut an Eastwood joke about Jenner when the show airs Saturday, June 18.
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