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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.
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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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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court tosses rulings backing Obamacare contraception coverage — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out lower-court rulings that had required Christian employers to comply with a mandate in President Barack Obama's healthcare law to provide female workers insurance covering birth control …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Supreme Court asks for Obamacare birth control compromise — The Supreme Court on Monday told the Obama administration and the religious nonprofits challenging Obamacare's birth control coverage requirement to go back to the lower courts to find a solution that satisfies both parties.
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sought a compromise Monday on challenges by non-profit religious groups to the federal requirement that they play a minor role in offering free coverage of contraceptives to their female employees.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sends Obamacare contraception case back to lower courts
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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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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton: I'd put Bill ‘in charge of revitalizing the economy’ — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton — is beginning to hint at what role her husband, former President Bill Clinton — , could have in her administration if elected president. — At a campaign stop in Fort Mitchell …
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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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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
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Even supporters agree: Clinton has weaknesses as a candidate. What can she do?
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. Here are 12 ways she could lose it.
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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 — NOTABLES —PRIEBUS — TRUMP HAS ‘REWRITTEN THE PLAYBOOK’: While presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump faced more scrutiny this week for not releasing his tax returns, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said Trump has “rewritten the playbook” …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Pro-Clinton super PAC to start airing general election ads on Wednesday
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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 — Donald Trump has issued a warning to David Cameron that the two may not have a good relationship if Mr Trump becomes the next US president. — The US Republican presidential hopeful …
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Ruth Davidson / The ITV Hub:
It can't be good if Donald Trump is US President
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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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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.
David McCabe / The Hill:
Trump adviser to attend meeting with Facebook — A senior aide to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — 's campaign team will attend a meeting with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week, which is aimed at calming fears among conservatives, a company spokesperson confirmed on Monday.
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Adelle Nazarian / Breitbart:
Glenn Beck, Anti-Trump Conservatives to Meet with Facebook's Zuckerberg
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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 …
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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Austin American-Statesman:
Pastor to drop lawsuit against Whole Foods over anti-gay slur on cake — The man who accused Whole Foods Market of writing a homophobic slur on a cake will drop a lawsuit against the grocery chain. — “The company did nothing wrong,” Pastor Jordan Brown said in a statement.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Homeland Security Official: ISIS Training Terrorists South of Border With Help from Mexican Drug Cartels — A top ranking Homeland Security official says Mexican drug cartels are helping ISIS sneak across the southern border to scope out targets for terrorist attacks.
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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 …
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