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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq — WASHINGTON — In a major shift of focus in the battle against the Islamic State, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province and send 400 American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems set budget trap for GOP — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday rejected demands by Democratic Senate leaders to hold a budget summit this month. — McConnell's dismissal creates a fiscal standoff in the Senate months earlier than expected over whether spending limits …
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Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg View:
Reason Magazine Subpoena Stomps on Free Speech — Wielding subpoenas demanding information on anonymous commenters, the government is harassing a respected journalism site that dissents from its policies. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York claims these comments …
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CJCiaramella / BuzzFeed:
Justice Department Subpoenas Reason.com To Unmask Commenters
Justice Department Subpoenas Reason.com To Unmask Commenters
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NTSB:
NTSB Issues Second Update on its Investigation Into the Amtrak Derailment in Philadelphia — WASHINGTON - As part of its ongoing investigation into the May 12, 2015, derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, the NTSB today provides this update on the analysis of the engineer's cell phone and related records.
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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
New Hampshire Republicans Ask Fox News, RNC for Debate Changes — GOP figures call for more inclusion in the first-in-the-nation primary state. — t aritbenie — Low-polling Republican presidential candidates aren't the only ones upset with Fox News's debate rules.
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
N.H. Republicans Ask Fox and GOP to Reconsider Debate Limits
N.H. Republicans Ask Fox and GOP to Reconsider Debate Limits
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush, explaining campaign shakeup, calls for ‘patience’ — BERLIN — In his first comments since Monday's shakeup, Jeb Bush told reporters here he felt the need to reorganize his team based on “the magnitude of the journey,” not any perceived struggles of his nascent campaign.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Marco's Money … By MICHAEL FALCONE — NOTABLES —ANALYSIS — ABC's RICK KLEIN: It's easy enough to mock a particular media portrayal of Marco Rubio, cast as — shock! — someone who has struggled with his finances yet owns a luxury boat that isn't that fancy and an expensive home that looks, well, fine.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A new inside account of Obama's Israel ire — President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — When it's released June 23, the new book by bestselling historian Michael Oren is going to be the talk of Washington and Jerusalem — not to mention everywhere people …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
President decries ‘endless partisan’ attacks on ObamaCare — President Obama on Tuesday made an emotional plea to protect the Affordable Care Act just weeks before the law could face its biggest legal challenge to date. — In a half-hour speech to the Catholic Health Association on Tuesday …
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Is Obama Trying to Sway the Supreme Court?
Is Obama Trying to Sway the Supreme Court?
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Still Say Liberties Should Trump Anti-Terrorism — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — The federal government's recent actions to limit the scope of what it can do to prevent terrorism are consistent with Americans' preference to prioritize civil liberties over anti-terrorism efforts when the two come into conflict.
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The New / New York Times:
Police Officer in McKinney, Tex., Resigns Over Incident Caught on Video — The police officer seen in a video throwing a 14-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers has resigned from the police force in McKinney, Tex.
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Stephen A. Schwarzman / Wall Street Journal:
How the Next Financial Crisis Will Happen — After the financial crisis, a focus on safety and soundness was good medicine for the financial system. New bank liquidity and capital policies, among other initiatives, strengthened a debilitated patient. The banking system is now stronger …
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Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project:
NATO Publics Blame Russia for Ukrainian Crisis, but Reluctant to Provide Military Aid — Publics of key member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) blame Russia for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Many also see Russia as a military threat to other neighboring states.
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Survey Points to Challenges NATO Faces Over Russia
Survey Points to Challenges NATO Faces Over Russia
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Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore prosecutor asked police to target area where Freddie Gray was arrested — About three weeks before Freddie Gray was chased from a West Baltimore corner by three Baltimore police officers — the start of a fatal encounter — the office of prosecutor Marilyn Mosby asked police to target …
WTVR-TV:
Henrico mom charged with leaving children in hot car while turning herself in to police … HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A Henrico mother was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency or abuse of child after police said she left her children, ages six and one, inside her hot car outside the Henrico County Courthouse.
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Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Let down by Obama, some black voters ask: Is it even worth backing Clinton? — Jacksonville, Fla. — During those two electric Novembers, the chance to elect a black president, and then keep him in office, seized Regenia Motley's neighborhood. — Nightclubs were registering voters.
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Miles Johnson / Mother Jones:
Donald Rumsfeld Apparently Forgot the Times He Said the Iraq War Was Good for Democracy — It's a good thing we are here to remind him. — A few days ago, Donald Rumsfeld tried to distance himself from former President George W. Bush on the Iraq War, noting that he never bought …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Rumsfeld: Democracy in Iraq was ‘unrealistic’
Rumsfeld: Democracy in Iraq was ‘unrealistic’
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service officers at White House lacked security clearances, officials say — A U.S. Secret Service uniformed police officer looks back at the White House during a bomb threat in Washington June 9, 2015. The U.S. Secret Service cleared the White House briefing room on Tuesday …
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic:
The Mysterious Columba Bush — Now and then in an otherwise unmemorable speech, Jeb Bush will drop a mention of his wife, like a sudden pop of color. At an event in Nevada this March, one of his first speeches of this campaign season, before a crowd of what The Washington Post called …
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New York Daily News:
What “Seinfeld” can teach college students — When one of the most famous and beloved entertainers on the planet says he won't perform for college students — a demographic practically hardwired to fawn over celebrities of even questionable talent — it's a little like Derek Jeter saying …
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