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7:10 PM ET, May 27, 2013

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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels  —  The leaders of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army told the senator they want the U.S. to provide arms, a no-fly zone, and strikes on Hezbollah.  Josh Rogin reports.
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lemonde.fr:
Chemical warfare in Syria  —  Reporters for Le Monde spent two months clandestinely in the Damascus area alongside Syrian rebels.  They describe the extent of the Syrian tragedy, the intensity of the fighting, the humanitarian drama.  On the scene during chemical weapons attacks …
Discussion: Guardian, BBC and Outside the Beltway
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:   McCain meets with rebel leaders in Syria
Erika Solomon / Reuters:
Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
John McCain in Syria, meets rebels
Discussion: CNN
Martin Robinson / Daily Mail:
Tensions on streets after slaughter of British soldier: War memorials defaced and mosque firebombed as EDL march on Westminster  —  Two of Britain's most celebrated war memorials have been defaced, apparently with the word ‘Islam’ scrawled across them and inscriptions scrubbed out with red paint.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Obama honors fallen as US turns ‘page on a decade of conflict’  —  President Obama said that the United States was turning “a page on a decade of conflict” as he delivered a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington on Monday  —  Obama noted the drawing …
Discussion: Politico
Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
War memorials vandalised
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
CNN:
Poll: Do you support or oppose the health care law?  —  Washington (CNN) - A majority of Americans still oppose the nation's new health care measure, three years after it became law, according to a new survey.  —  But a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday also indicates …
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New York Times:
Polarized Congress Thwarts Changes to Health Care Law
Discussion: The Plum Line
New York Times:
Nonprofit Applicants Chafing at I.R.S. Tested Political Limits  —  When CVFC, a conservative veterans' group in California, applied for tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service, its biggest expenditure that year was several thousand dollars in radio ads backing a Republican candidate for Congress.
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Trump researching 2016 run  —  Donald Trump has spent more than $1 million on electoral research for a potential presidential run in 2016.  —  Sources said the tough-talking “Celebrity Apprentice” host is increasingly being asked to speak at Republican events, and he appeared …
P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
Stupid  —  “You're stupid,” is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.  But on Friday morning I picked up the Wall Street Journal and learned that the president had given a speech about the war on terror saying, “This war, like all wars, must end.”
James Legge / The Independent:
Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Chastain among the front-runners to play Hillary Clinton in Rodham  —  Upcoming film expected to hit cinemas in time for the next presidential election  —  Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon are among actresses being considered to portray …
Susan Sarkauskas / Daily Herald:
Warning lands Batavia teacher in hot water  —  A Batavia High School teacher's fans are rallying to support him as he faces possible discipline for advising students of their Constitutional rights before taking a school survey on their behavior.  —  They've been collecting signatures on an online petition …
Juliet Eilperin / The Fix:
A White House counsel known for her shoes  —  It may say more about Washington than White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler that she's known in the West Wing for her fabulous shoes.  —  Ruemmler first attracted attention for her glam heels as a Justice Department prosecutor trying Enron executives Ken Lay …
Discussion: Mediaite
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Obama riddle  —  You wonder if President Obama sometimes finds himself singing a variant on Kermit the Frog's anthem about the burdens of being green: It's not easy being Barack Obama.  —  This is not simply or even primarily a matter of color, although the president's racial background …
Discussion: National Review and Guardian
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
House lawmakers press on with IRS investigation over recess  —  Lawmakers may be out of Washington this week, but congressional staffers will be working to ensure that the IRS controversy is teed up for them when they return.  —  Both Democrats and Republicans left the recent string …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Views in U.S. That Gov't Is Too Powerful Show Little Change  —  Republicans much more likely to perceive that government has too much power  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Fifty-four percent of Americans say the federal government today has too much power.  Despite the recent controversies facing federal agencies …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
CNN:
High court poised for a month of high-stakes rulings  —  Photos: Today's Supreme Court  —  (CNN) — Four weeks.  Four major legal rulings.  What the Supreme Court decides by the end of June could fundamentally change lives and legacies on a range of politically explosive issues.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
‘Show Me Your Papers’ Bill Could Make North Carolina The Next Arizona  —  North Carolina is set to vote on a piece of anti-immigration legislation on par with Arizona and Alabama's racially-tinged laws that drew national attention and ire from immigration advocates.
 
 
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Sen. Bernie Sanders / The Huffington Post:
What can we learn from Denmark?  —  Danish Ambassador Peter …
Steve Rose / Kansas City Star:
President Obama's arrogance is undoing his presidency
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Paris police search for ‘bearded man seen praying’ before soldier attack
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Twitchy
Fox News:
2 victims of Benghazi attack to be honored with plaques at California veteran's memorial
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pat Dollard
International Business Times:
Woolwich Terror Backlash: Two Arrested after Grimsby Mosque ‘Attacked with Petrol Bombs’
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
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Globe and Mail:
Toronto police spoke to Mayor Ford's senior staffer after tip linked killing to alleged drug video
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
America's oldest veteran to spend quiet Memorial Day at Texas home
Discussion: Washington Wire
Guardian:
Letters: Lose the lads' mags or risk legal action
Fox News:
Tea Party gets a bump after being targeted by IRS
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
News Corp. Says It Was Not Told of Subpoena for Reporter's Phone Records
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Dems prepare game plan for Benghazi