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11:50 AM ET, May 24, 2013

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Michael Isikoff / Open Channel:
Holder OK'd search warrant for Fox News reporter's private emails, official says  —  Attorney General Eric Holder signed off on a controversial search warrant that identified Fox News reporter James Rosen as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act and authorized seizure …
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Fox News:
Roger Ailes' letter to Fox employees  —  The recent news about the FBI's seizure of the phone and email records of Fox News employees, including James Rosen, calls into question whether the federal government is meeting its constitutional obligation to preserve and protect a free press in the United States.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
There's a fly in my soup  —  “Horrible customer service.”  That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment.  —  In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor.
Discussion: Althouse and NetRight Daily
Erik Wemple:
Fox News's Roger Ailes responds to Justice Dept. investigation
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Medea Benjamin Surprised Obama Drones Speech Protest Worked  —  WASHINGTON — Even Medea Benjamin was surprised she managed to get into President Barack Obama's major national security address at National Defense University on Thursday.  The long-time Code Pink protestor (and HuffPost blogger) …
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New York Times:
The End of the Perpetual War  —  President Obama's speech today was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America.  For the first time, a president stated clearly and unequivocally that the state of perpetual warfare …
Glenn Thrush / Politico:   Obama debates Obama  —  A heckler briefly interrupted President …
Stephanie Gaskell / Reuters:
DOD: Heckler pretended to be press
Discussion: Mediaite and Jammie Wearing Fools
KOMO News:
Cars, people sent tumbling into Skagit River as I-5 bridge collapses  —  By KOMO Staff & news services Published: May 23, 2013 at 7:39 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 11:20 PM PDT  —  MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening …
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Tom Whitehead / Telegraph:
Woolwich attack: Suspect Michael ‘Mujahid’ Adebolajo led away in handcuffs at fanatic's trial
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Billionaire's super PAC on offense in Bay State  —  The super PAC created by San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer is preparing a new offensive in the Massachusetts Senate race.  —  The PAC, known as the NextGen Committee, is launching a campaign to paint Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez as a …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:   Gabriel Gomez calls Ed Markey ‘pond scum’
DAngelo Gore / FactCheck.org:
A False Claim of Blame in Mass. Senate Race
New York Times:
Huma Abedin Is an Unexpected Driving Force in Weiner's Comeback  —  When Chelsea Clinton wanted to make a low-key visit to the hurricane-stricken Rockaways last fall, she arranged to take a trip with her close friend Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Wesley Pruden / Washington Times:
Bubba, the weenie and a New York minute
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo's Attack on Weiner? It's Now Called a Joke
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
California Will Be Spared the Obamacare Apocalypse  —  No sticker shock here—just affordable insurance premiums  —  Predictions of an Obamacare apocalypse seem a little less credible today, thanks to California.  —  On Thursday, officials in that state offered the first detailed glimpse …
Chris Trenkmann / WFTS:
Paula Broadwell says she's sorry  —  Former mistress of David Petraeus speaks out  —  CHARLOTTE, NC - The woman at the center of a scandal that helped bring down the director of the CIA said she is sorry about what happened.  Paula Broadwell told TV station WSOC in Charlotte that she regrets …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Budget Cuts Get Personal; Those Who Are Hurt, Holler  —  The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began in March - and they're far less sanguine than others about the economy's prospects overall.
Sky News:
Fighter Jets Scrambled To Passenger Plane  —  RAF fighter jets have escorted a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft from Manchester Airport to Stansted Airport, a Ministry of Defence spokesman has said.  —  Essex Police have confirmed that two men have been arrested on suspicion …
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Governor Finally Remembers He Has One Latino On His Staff  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) remembered the one Latino in his administration on Thursday, one day after ThinkProgress highlighted an exchange in which he said “we do not have any staff members” who are Latino.
Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
Grassley Chief of Staff David Young Set to Enter US Senate Race  —  TheIowaRepublican.com has learned that David Young, Sen. Chuck Grassley's Chief of Staff, has submitted his resignation and plans to officially enter Iowa's U.S. Senate race sometime in June.
Discussion: Ballot Box and Post Politics
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Three big federal agencies to close Friday  —  Three of the largest federal agencies will close to the public on Friday, the first time since the government shutdowns of the 1990s that large corners of the government have ceased operations on a weekday.  —  The mass furlough of 115,000 employees …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Strassel: Conservatives Became Targets in 2008  —  The Obama campaign played a big role in a liberal onslaught that far pre-dated Citizens United.  —  The White House insists President Obama is “outraged” by the “inappropriate” targeting and harassment of conservative groups.
Asianews.it:
Afghan university students protest against women's rights  —  During yesterday's protest in Kabul, protesters called for the repeal of a decree that defines domestic violence as a crime, bans child and forced marriages and says that rape victims cannot be prosecuted for adultery.
Quin Hillyer / American Spectator:
Laying Down My Pen  —  When an opportunity comes to do something good, one must grab it.  —  At 2 p.m. central time Thursday afternoon in Mobile, word spread that U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner, a six-term Republican from a dark red district, would announce that he is resigning mid-term (Aug. 15) …
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Congressman: Women Should Be Forced To Give Birth To Fetuses With No Brain Function  —  At a congressional committee hearing to discuss a proposed measure to criminalize abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a Texas lawmaker told a woman who made the difficult choice to terminate …
BBC:
High court: Sally Bercow's Lord McAlpine tweet was libel  —  The High Court has ruled that a tweet by Sally Bercow about Lord McAlpine was libellous.  —  A subsequent hearing will determine the damages she now owes him.  —  Mrs Bercow, the wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow …
Chris Richards / Washington Post:
White House press secretary Jay Carney discusses favorite band, Guided by Voices  —  On the walls of Jay Carney's office: a photo of the Berlin Wall being dismantled.  Snaps of his kids.  His employer, President Obama, gracing the cover of his former employer, Time magazine.
Discussion: NewsBusters and National Review
Yahoo! News:
Terry McAuliffe's brother was once an abortion-clinic-protesting conservative activist.  Now he's a Democrat  —  Terry McAuliffe, a Democratic operative embroiled in a tight race to become Virginia's next governor, knows a thing or two about conservatives like his Republican opponent, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Poll: Hillary Clinton tops in Iowa for 2016  —  Hillary Clinton beats Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in potential 2016 matchups in Iowa, according to a new poll Friday.  —  Clinton, a Democrat, would best Rubio 48 percent to 37 percent and she runs ahead of Paul 46 percent to 42 percent …
Discussion: CNN and No More Mister Nice Blog
 
 
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
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Discussion: Wired.co.uk, The Verge and TechCrunch
Allan Hall / Daily Mail:
How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler: Explosive book reveals former President's praise for the Nazis …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
King blames Reagan for Obama presidency
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