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Des Moines Register:
Grassley's court maneuver threatens his legacy, reputation — In late February, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley was taking increasing fire for his refusal to hold hearings to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He dismissed questions about the impact the public uproar might have on his legacy.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
BREAKING: SCOTUS Punts On Obamacare Contraceptive Case — In a surprise move Monday, the Supreme Court punted on a major Obamacare case challenging the law's contraceptive mandate, and specifically, how it accommodates religious nonprofits that object to birth control.
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court tosses rulings backing Obamacare contraception coverage
U.S. top court tosses rulings backing Obamacare contraception coverage
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Infowars and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Supreme Court asks for Obamacare birth control compromise
Supreme Court asks for Obamacare birth control compromise
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ABC News, Mother Jones and Washington Post
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court calls for compromise on contraceptive mandate
Supreme Court calls for compromise on contraceptive mandate
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RedState
Fox News:
Supreme Court sends ObamaCare contraception mandate case back to lower courts
Supreme Court sends ObamaCare contraception mandate case back to lower courts
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LifeNews.com, The Federalist Papers and Patterico's Pontifications
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts
Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts
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Washington Free Beacon
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Little Is Off Limits as Donald Trump Plans Attacks on Hillary Clinton's Character — Donald J. Trump plans to throw Bill Clinton's infidelities in Hillary Clinton's face on live television during the presidential debates this fall, questioning whether she enabled his behavior and sought to discredit the women involved.
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New York Times:
Inside Donald Trump's Plans to Attack the Clintons, and Why They Might Fail — Donald J. Trump plans to attack the character, honesty and authenticity of Hillary and Bill Clinton in the months ahead, in hopes of increasing their unpopularity among voters and deflecting attention from his vulnerabilities.
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Daily Kos
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton: I'd put Bill ‘in charge of revitalizing the economy’
Clinton: I'd put Bill ‘in charge of revitalizing the economy’
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CNN:
Trump: London mayor made ‘very rude statements’ about me — (CNN)Donald Trump said Monday London's new mayor made “very rude statements” about him — and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee warned he won't have a good relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron if he's elected.
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Donald Trump / ITV:
Trump warns of poor relationship with Cameron over PM's refusal to withdraw ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ comment
Trump warns of poor relationship with Cameron over PM's refusal to withdraw ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ comment
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New York Times, Guardian, Politico, Washington Times and Mashable
Ruth Davidson / The ITV Hub:
It can't be good if Donald Trump is US President
It can't be good if Donald Trump is US President
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NBC News, Reuters, Washington Post, Politico, Guardian, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Clinton team looking for a VP who will be fighter, excite Sanders supporters — Hillary Clinton is considering a running mate who could make a direct appeal to supporters of Bernie Sanders, bridging a generational and political divide, according to four people close to the campaign.
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Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast:
Wendell Pierce of ‘The Wire’ Arrested After Fight Over Bernie Sanders
Wendell Pierce of ‘The Wire’ Arrested After Fight Over Bernie Sanders
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. Here are 12 ways she could lose it.
The Daily 202: The presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. Here are 12 ways she could lose it.
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Politico, Power Line, Mediaite and BizPac Review
Sinead O'Connor / TMZ.com:
Missing, Possibly ‘Suicidal’ — Sinead O'Connor has gone missing, and police have reason to believe she's at risk of suicide. — The singer went out on a bicycle ride Sunday around 1 PM in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, and has not been seen since. Someone called cops to report …
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Maria Puente / USA Today:
Police in Chicago suburb looking for missing Sinead O'Connor — Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer with a history of mental illness, is missing in a Chicago suburb, according to police. — A check-for-well-being alert, sent out by police Sgt. Michael Robinson in the village of Wilmette …
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People.com:
Inside Donald Trump's '91 Apology for Pretending to Be His Own Spokesman - How Marla Maples Shamed Him Into Fessing Up — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flatly denied Friday that he posed as his own spokesman during a June 26, 1991, phone call to then-PEOPLE reporter Sue Carswell …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: More Troubles for Trump
The Note: More Troubles for Trump
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David Horowitz / Breitbart:
Bill Kristol: Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew — While millions of Republican primary voters have chosen Donald Trump as the party's nominee, Bill Kristol and a small but well-heeled group of Washington insiders are preparing a third party effort to block Trump's path to the White House.
National Review:
Exclusive: In Koch World ‘Realignment,’ Less National Politics — On a frigid Tuesday in February, a team of top political operatives from the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the umbrella group that controls political activities for the sprawling donor network led by billionaire industrialists Charles …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Former Trump girlfriend hits back at ‘upsetting’ NYT cover story — The New York Times' article published Saturday with the headline “Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private” begins with an anecdote from a woman named Rowanne Brewer Lane, who as a 26-year-old model …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump on Warren: ‘You mean Pocahontas?’ — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — is not reining in his attacks against Sen. Elizabeth Warren — (D-Mass.). — When New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd asked Trump if “he had been chided by any Republicans” …
Denise Grady / New York Times:
Man Receives First Penis Transplant in the United States — A man whose penis was removed because of cancer has received the first penis transplant in the United States, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. — Thomas Manning, 64, a bank courier from Halifax, Mass., underwent the 15-hour transplant operation on May 8 and 9.
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Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Princeton Prof: Transgenderism Not Scientific, ‘Superstitious Belief’ — A noted Princeton University professor has attacked the very notion of transgenderism, saying that the belief “that a woman can be trapped inside a man's body” is ludicrous and superstitious, with no basis in medical fact.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Federalist Papers and The Daily Caller
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors: Longtime Pa. congressman abused his office ‘over and over again’ — PHILADELPHIA — Federal prosecutors on Monday began laying out a complicated criminal corruption case against Rep. Chaka Fattah Sr. of Pennsylvania on Monday, telling jurors the longtime Democratic legislator abused his office …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
3 states are down to one Obamacare insurer. What if they fall to zero? — There are at least three states that currently have just one health insurer planning to sell on their Obamacare marketplace in 2017: Alaska, Alabama, and Wyoming. — The health care law doesn't have a backup plan …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Trump's Asymmetric Warfare — It has been somewhat fascinating and sometimes fun to watch Elizabeth Warren do battle with Donald Trump in alternating salvos of tweets, but in the end I fear that this approach of trying to “beat a bully,” as Warren put it in one of her tweets, is a futile effort.
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Rich Calder / New York Post:
Business scored lucrative contract after donating to de Blasio — A businessman whose dealings with the de Blasio administration are already under federal investigation used a middleman to profit from a nearly $6 million city contract for rat-repellent trash bags, The Post has learned.