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3:00 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
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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
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
Reuters:   Donald Trump Slams Cameron And Khan On Islam Comments: 'Don't Pretend It's Not A Problem'
Mirror.co.uk:
Donald Trump slams Sadiq Khan and warns he may not have ‘good relationship’ with David Cameron
Discussion: alan.com
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 and KFOR-TV
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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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: FiveThirtyEight and Politico
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
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.
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
 
 
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Zach Despart / Burlington Free Press:
Burlington College to shut down programs
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Obama on Trump: “In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue”
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Mark Halperin Thinks Sexual Assault is Legal
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:
Christina Aguilera: Hillary ‘stared’ at my chest!
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Homeland Security Official: ISIS Training Terrorists South of Border With Help from Mexican Drug Cartels
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
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Baptism turns violent when Hawaii man is shot in the back at Seventh-day Adventist church
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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