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Judge Orders Kim Davis Freed From Kentucky Jail — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Kentucky clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples may leave jail, but her lawyer says she'll continue blocking licenses when she returns to work.
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Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat — A federal judge has sent a Kentucky county clerk to jail for refusing to issue wedding licenses to gay couples despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June upholding the legality of same-sex marriage.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Just minutes after a judge ordered Kim Davis released from jail on Tuesday, her lawyers told CNN that she would violate a court order by forcing …
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Case appealed — Kentucky clerk faces judge in marriage debate 04:01 — On Monday, Davis' legal team appealed her case to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. — “We would like them to release her from jail and provide reasonable, sensible accommodation so she can do her job,” …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Watch Live: Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis To Be Released From Jail — Judge David Bunning ordered the Rowan County clerk to be released — and that she not interfere with her deputy clerks' efforts to grant marriage licenses to all couples. — WASHINGTON — Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kim Davis Freed From Jail in Kentucky Gay Marriage Dispute — Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed last week after she defied a court's order that she issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, was ordered released on Tuesday. — In a two-page order issued Tuesday …
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The River City News, Outside the Beltway, Towleroad and BuzzFeed
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Kentucky Guv Won't Respond To Kim Davis' Latest Motion To Leave Jail
Kentucky Guv Won't Respond To Kim Davis' Latest Motion To Leave Jail
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Wall Street Journal, Daily Kos, Raw Story and CNN
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo:
Kim Davis to be released from prison, attorney says
CNN:
Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee to meet with jailed Kentucky Clerk
Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee to meet with jailed Kentucky Clerk
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Courier-Journal, Salon, Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Michael Monks / The River City News:
Anti-Gay Christians Come to Judge Bunning's Home in Ft. Thomas
Anti-Gay Christians Come to Judge Bunning's Home in Ft. Thomas
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner's future as speaker in doubt — <p>Something has changed for John Boehner.</p><p>Figures in his close-knit circle of allies are starting to privately wonder whether he can survive an all-but-certain floor vote this fall to remain speaker of the House.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Countdown to shutdown begins — <p>Congress returns from its long summer vacation Tuesday to an all-out, three-week sprint to avert a government shutdown - and no apparent plan yet to quell the conservative rebellion over Planned Parenthood that has dramatically increased the odds …
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, Tampa Bay Times, Associated Press and The Atlantic
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel
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NPR, Campaign for America's Future and Bearing Drift
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Conservatives prepare to make stand on Planned Parenthood
Conservatives prepare to make stand on Planned Parenthood
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LifeNews.com
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Second Review Says Classified Information Was in Hillary Clinton's Email — WASHINGTON — A special intelligence review of two emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton received as secretary of state on her personal account — including one about North Korea's nuclear weapons program …
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Ron Wyden / Medium:
My Statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — The Senate has no weightier responsibility this fall than consideration of the nuclear agreement recently negotiated by the United States, key world powers, and Iran. The decision facing each Senator this week will be whether …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Cheney: Deal would allow Iran to nuke U.S.
Cheney: Deal would allow Iran to nuke U.S.
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Israel Matzav and Washington Free Beacon
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
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AMERICAblog News
ESPN:
Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart — 1h - NFL TOM BRADY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW YORK JETS PITTSBURGH STEELERS CAROLINA PANTHERS ST. LOUIS RAMS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS + more
Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times D.C. shakeup: Carolyn Ryan out, Elisabeth Bumiller in as bureau chief — <p>New York Times Washington bureau chief Carolyn Ryan will step down and be replaced by current Washington Editor Elisabeth Bumiller, the Times said on Tuesday.</p><p>The change, which was announced …
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
New York Times Replaces Its Washington Bureau Chief
New York Times Replaces Its Washington Bureau Chief
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Poynter. and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book — Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Baltimore reaches $6.4 million settlement with Freddie Gray family — Baltimore officials have reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died in April from a neck injury he suffered in police custody, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Get ready for a second GOP debate with even more fireworks — The rapidly shifting dynamic of the 2016 presidential campaign will probably turn the second Republican debate into a far more contentious event than the first. — The month since the first debate in early August has seen …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Hillary In The Hot Seat
The Note: Hillary In The Hot Seat
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Politico and Democratic Strategist
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Is the West Dead Yet? — Ruins of the Colosseum in Rome (Rafael Ben-ari/Dreamstime)
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Conservative dissent is brewing inside the Vatican — VATICAN CITY — On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City. Pristinely dressed in the black robes and scarlet sash of the princes …
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Tribune to fire L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner — Tribune Publishing will announce Tuesday the termination of highly regarded L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner, I've learned. — Beutner's leave-taking may be announced as a resignation. The firing is an unexpected one …
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