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6:20 PM ET, June 5, 2013

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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Rice to Replace Donilon in the Top National Security Post  —  WASHINGTON — In a major shakeup of President Obama's foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said late Tuesday.
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K.T. McFarland / Fox News:
The real reason Obama tapped Susan Rice for national security adviser  —  President Obama tapped UN Ambassador Susan Rice Tuesday to serve as our nation's next national security adviser.  —  Tuesday morning my reaction was why appoint Susan Rice as national security adviser?  She will be a DISASTER.
Discussion: Mediaite and VodkaPundit
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics:
Obama appoints Susan Rice as national security adviser  —  Hailing her longtime role as a “trusted adviser,” President Barack Obama formally named U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as his next national security adviser on Wednesday.  —  Obama tapped Rice, a target of Republican criticism in recent months …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Two Liberal Voices for Intervention, but Not in Syrian War  —  WASHINGTON — In naming Susan E. Rice and Samantha Power to key national security posts, President Obama has turned to two prominent advocates of liberal interventionism, a foreign-policy credo that calls for the United States …
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Power called Hillary Clinton ‘a monster’
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Tom Donilon resigning as national security adviser; Susan Rice to replace him
David A. Graham / Reuters:
Forget the Charm, Keep the Offensive: Obama's Aggressive New Strategy
Discussion: bigstory.ap.org and The Week
Jim Avila / ABCNEWS:
House Talks on Immigration Reform Near Collapse  —  Rep. Raul Labrador is one of the members of the House Gang of Eight involved in immigration reform.  Image credit: Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images  —  Bipartisan meetings in the House of Representatives on a comprehensive immigration reform bill …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Rubio: I will vote against my own immigration bill unless changes are made … Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican behind the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, says he will not vote for the legislation he helped write and has staked his political future on …
Peter Wallsten / Post Politics:
Michelle Obama confronts protester, threatens to leave fundraiser  —  First Lady Michelle Obama experienced a rare face-to-face encounter with a protester late Tuesday - approaching the activist and threatening to leave a fundraiser if the person did not stop interrupting her speech.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Meet the lesbian who heckled Michelle Obama
Discussion: AMERICAblog and The Dish
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Audio of Michelle Obama Being Interrupted by Heckler
Discussion: Hot Air, The Other McCain and The Dish
Brian Fung / NationalJournal.com:
Lindsey Graham Isn't Sure If Bloggers Deserve ‘First Amendment Protection’  —  Of course they do.  But the question at hand is whether a media shield law should protect them as well.  —  Whether bloggers count as journalists has mostly been a matter of esoterics for reporter types.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hit & Run
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Is there ACA rate shock in California?  —  I wasn't going to weigh in on this, but enough of you have asked me what I think of Avik Roy's claim that California insurance premiums, under ACA, will go up 64% to 146%.  Let me start by telling you this: based on a reading of the secondary commentary …
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Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
Are Young, Single Adults Expecting Obamacare to Cost So Much?
Discussion: New Republic and ThinkProgress
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Top IRS Official For Obamacare Implementation Placed On Administrative Leave, Sources Say  —  Sources say a key official in charge of overseeing health reform implementation, as well as another staffer, have been put on leave for accepting more than $1,000 in free meals and other items at a 2010 conference.
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Politico:
Daniel Werfel places more IRS staffers on leave
Discussion: The Hill
Jordan Smith / Austin Chronicle:
Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent  —  Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments  —  A complaint filed today by several civil rights groups, including one funded entirely by the government of Mexico, alleges that federal Judge Edith Jones has violated …
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Complaint Accuses U.S. Judge in Texas of Racial Bias
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Maddow Blog
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Report: Leon Panetta revealed classified SEAL unit info  —  Former CIA Director Leon Panetta revealed the name of the Navy SEAL unit that carried out the Osama Bin Laden raid and named the unit's ground commander at a 2011 ceremony attended by Zero Dark Thirty filmmaker Mark Boal …
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
TSA shelves plan for knives on planes  —  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Wednesday dropped its plan to allow knives on airplanes, bowing to intense criticism from lawmakers and aviation groups.  —  The TSA had sought to remove knives with blades shorter than 2.36 inches …
Discussion: Politico
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Report Says T.S.A. Screening Is Not Objective
Discussion: National Review
Katharine Weymouth / Ask The Post:
Publisher's letter: How the paywall will work  —  On June 12, we will begin phasing in our metered subscription model.  It will take us a few weeks to get everyone into the system, but doing that will allow us to ensure that you have the best possible experience.
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
DEA: Soccer Mom Ran Massive Pot Grow Operation  —  Budding equestrian, 45, is facing federal narcotics trafficking rap  —  JUNE 4—A suburban mom—and budding equestrian—has for years maintained a secret life as the alleged head of a multimillion-dollar marijuana grow operation …
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Secret Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse  —  A warehouse maintained by contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency contained secret rooms full of exercise equipment, televisions and couches, according to an internal audit.  —  EPA's inspector general found contractors used partitions …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
WPVI-TV:
9 injured, more feared trapped in Center City collapse  —  center city, philadelphia, collapse, local/state  —  A building collapsed at the corner of 22nd and Market streets in Center City Philadelphia, trapping a number of a people under the rubble.  —  The 4-story building …
Philly.com:
Girl's family goes to court over lung transplant  —  The parents of Sarah Murnaghan have asked a federal judge to intervene and order U.S. health officials to alter longstanding organ-donation rules so the 10-year-old Newtown Square girl can get the lung transplant she desperately needs.
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Almost Half of Americans Say Obama Untruthful About IRS  —  Almost half of Americans say President Barack Obama isn't telling the truth when he says he didn't know the Internal Revenue Service was giving extra scrutiny to the applications of small government groups seeking tax-exempt status.
Martin Di Caro / pro.wmal-af.tritonflex.com:
WMAL EXCLUSIVE: 11-Yr-Old Suspended From School For Merely TALKING About Guns  —  OWINGS, MD — The father of a middle schooler in Calvert County, Md. says his 11-year-old son was suspended for 10 days for merely talking about guns on the bus ride home.  —  Bruce Henkelman of Huntingtown says his son …
Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Grassley: Obama hasn't called me in four years  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley, a pivotal deal-maker in Congress, said Tuesday that he has not received a phone call from President Obama in four years.  —  The lack of communication between the Iowa Republican and the president is an indication that Obama's new …
 
 
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