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Mike Wynn / USA Today:
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses  —  LOUISVILLE — In returning to work Monday, Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk at the center of the dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, indicated that she will not interfere with any deputy clerk who issues marriage licenses …
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Timothy D. Easley / ABC News:
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kentucky clerk: Issue same-sex marriage licenses without my name  —  Kentucky clerk Kim Davis indicated Monday she would not interfere with her deputies issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples but that she did not want her name on them.  —  “If any of them feels that they must issue …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kentucky Clerk Allows Same-Sex Licenses, but Questions Legality
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
WATCH: Kim Davis' lawyer who compared her to Rosa Parks and MLK now compares her to Abraham Lincoln
Washington Post:
Poll: Trump, Carson top GOP race; Clinton leads Dems but support drops  —  Two non-politicians, businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, dominate the contest for the Republican nomination, together accounting for more than half of the potential vote as support …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   GOP senators would back Trump as Republican nominee
New York Times:
Ben Carson Works His Way Up the Donation Ladder
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.  —  The real action in American politics these days is the in-house feud among Republicans.  It features the center-right GOP establishment in one corner and the talk show hosts and Tea Party activists in the other.
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Fox News:
Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper  —  A man suspected of fatally shooting a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, cops confirmed to FoxNews.com.  —  Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Now-classified Clinton emails sitting on Google servers  —  Aides to the former secretary of state sent sensitive messages through Gmail and other private email services.  —  Classified emails passed through commercial email services like Google and AOL on their path to or from a private server maintained …
Discussion: Hot Air and TalkLeft
John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Secretly Meets With Top Obama Bundler During New York Swing  —  The 28 hours Joe Biden spent in New York City at the end of last week were a whirlwind of activity—much of it feeding the mounting speculation that he is inching ever closer to launching a late-starting presidential campaign.
Associated Press:
HIGHLIGHTS OF WALKER'S ANTI-UNION PROPOSALS  —  Highlights of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed changes to federal labor law affecting unions, which the Republican presidential hopeful plans to lay out on Monday in a town hall meeting in Las Vegas:  —Make it illegal for federal workers to form unions.
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:   Scott Walker to propose abolishing unions for federal workers
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
John Oliver Announces The Shuttering Of His Megachurch, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption  —  John Oliver announced the inevitable in a letter on Sunday: He's closing his month-old church, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.  —  Oliver established his own church in mid-August after realizing …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rebel billionaires eager to follow Trump into politics  —  The Donald's success has Mark Cuban considering a run for office.  He's not the only famously rich guy suddenly inspired.  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is so impressed with Donald Trump's success that he is now considering running for office himself.
Discussion: Business Insider
Jessica Goodman / EW.com:
JACK WHITE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS HE TRIED TO FIGHT BLACK KEYS DRUMMER PATRICK CARNEY IN NYC BAR (UPDATE)  —  UPDATE: Patrick Carney responded to Jack White's statement about the alleged fight that took place between the two musicians in New York Sunday night.
Discussion: UPROXX, Guardian and TMZ.com
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Perry Gets Winnowed  —  The “winnowing” of the vast GOP presidential field proceeded apace this weekend, with Rick Perry “suspending” his campaign.  Officially, that means there are 16 “real” candidates left.  Unofficially, CNN excluded Jim Gilmore from even its Kiddie Table debate this week, so there are a mere 15 left.
Washington Post:
Sanders brings surging campaign to two very different parts of Virginia on Monday  —  The “political revolution” that Bernie Sanders is attempting to lead rolls into Virginia on Monday with a pair of events that will test the mettle of the surging Democratic presidential hopeful.
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Erin Kotlan / The Atlantic:
The Intersection of Faith and Politics
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