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3:20 PM ET, May 16, 2016

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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.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court tosses rulings backing Obamacare contraception coverage
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Supreme Court asks for Obamacare birth control compromise
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Supreme Court calls for compromise on contraceptive mandate
Discussion: RedState
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts
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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Reuters:   Donald Trump Slams Cameron And Khan On Islam Comments: 'Don't Pretend It's Not A Problem'
Donald Trump / ITV:
Trump warns of poor relationship with Cameron over PM's refusal to withdraw ‘divisive, stupid and wrong’ comment
Mirror.co.uk:
Donald Trump slams Sadiq Khan and warns he may not have ‘good relationship’ with David Cameron
Discussion: alan.com
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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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: The presidency is Hillary Clinton's to lose. Here are 12 ways she could lose it.
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, AOL, WREG-TV, Fox 59 and KFOR-TV
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Maria Puente / USA Today:
Police in Chicago suburb looking for missing Sinead O'Connor
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Jillian Kay Melchior / Heat Street:
BREAKING: Burlington College Closes Due To “Crushing Weight of Debt” Acquired By Jane Sanders  —  Burlington College announced today that it will close on May 27 after it found itself unable to recover from “the crushing weight of the debt” incurred under Jane O'Meara Sanders, the college's former president and wife of Bernie Sanders.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Zach Despart / Burlington Free Press:
Burlington College to shut down programs
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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.
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 …
Discussion: WhoWhatWhy
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: More Troubles for Trump
Discussion: Politico and FiveThirtyEight
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.
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 …
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” …
Discussion: Daily Kos and RedState
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.
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.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Hot Air
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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Ex-Butler Still Wants Obama Killed After Secret Service Questions Him
Discussion: Mediaite
Zack Kopplin / The Daily Beast:
School Teaching Creationism With Video From Islamic Sex Cult
Discussion: Mediaite, LawNewz and Raw Story
Angela Dewan / CNN:
Angelina Jolie slams Trump for anti-Muslim comments
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Congressman: Classified Details of Iran's Treatment of U.S. Sailors Will Shock Nation
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Yahoo:
In surprising turnabout, Oklahoma eyes Medicaid expansion
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Prosecutors: Longtime Pa. congressman abused his office ‘over and over again’
Discussion: Associated Press
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
3 states are down to one Obamacare insurer. What if they fall to zero?
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Obama on Trump: “In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue”
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mark Halperin Thinks Sexual Assault is Legal
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Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:
Christina Aguilera: Hillary ‘stared’ at my chest!
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump backers face ‘scam PAC’ charges
Discussion: RedState and The Week
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Clinton's Crimes and Comey's Choice
 

 
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