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5:10 PM ET, June 13, 2013

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Rubio: 'I'm done' if immigration bill includes gay couple amendment  —  Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a co-author and key proponent of the Senate immigration bill, said he will revoke his support if an amendment is added that allows gay unauthorized immigrants to claim foreign same-sex partners as family.
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate rejects border security amendment to immigration bill  —  The Senate voted 57-43 on Thursday to table an amendment to the immigration reform bill that would have required increased border security before providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
REVOLT AMONG REPUBLICANS ON IMMIGRATION BILL: 70 HOUSE MEMBERS RISK CAREERS IN PLANNED SHOWDOWN WITH LEADERSHIP
TIME:
Chuck Schumer and the Art of the Deal
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:   EXCLUSIVE: Rubio Says It Should Be Legal To Fire Someone For Being Gay
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rubio: If same-sex marriage provision is in Senate immigration bill, 'I'm gone'
Ken Dilanian / Los Angeles Times:
Officials: Edward Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive  —  Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency.  (The Guardian / Associated Press / June 9, 2013)  —  WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner surprised at weak White House defense of NSA
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
Lawmakers tire of playing ‘20 questions’ in surveillance briefings
Discussion: Shakesville and Prairie Weather
Nikki Finke / Deadline.com:
News Corp's Rupert Murdoch Files For Divorce Which Won't Affect News Corp Split  —  EXCLUSIVE 9 AM, 4TH UPDATE 11 AM WRITETHRU (new details): News Corp Chairman/CEO Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce from wife Wendi Deng Murdoch this morning in New York State Supreme Court, Deadline learned at 9 AM.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
After 14 Years of Marriage, Murdoch Seeks Divorce
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Rules Human Genes May Not Be Patented  —  WASHINGTON — Human genes may not be patented, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.  —  The case concerned patents held by Myriad Genetics, a Utah company, on genes that correlate with increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
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Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable  —  The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that human genes isolated from the body can't be patented, a victory for doctors and patients who argued that such patents interfere with scientific research and the practice of medicine.
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Hillary Clinton talks post-State Dept. priorities  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke to the Clinton Global Initiative conference in Chicago Thursday, outlining her priorities now that she's officially part of the organization.  —  In one of her most high-profile speeches since …
Discussion: The Fix
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Washington Post:
Document: Major resources needed for Obama Africa trip  —  When President Obama makes his first extended trip to sub-Saharan Africa this month, the federal agencies charged with keeping him safe won't be taking any chances.  —  Hundreds of U.S. Secret Service agents will be dispatched …
Ann Coulter / Official:
IF THE GOP IS THIS STUPID, IT DESERVES TO DIE  —  Democrats terrify Hispanics into thinking they'll be lynched if they vote for Republicans, and then turn around and taunt Republicans for not winning a majority of the Hispanic vote.  —  This line of attack has real resonance with our stupidest Republicans.
Gallup:
Americans' Confidence in Congress Falls to Lowest on Record  —  Congress ranks last on list of 16 institutions; military earns top spot again  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in Congress as an institution is down to 10%, ranking the legislative body last on a list of 16 societal institutions for the fourth straight year.
Pew Social Trends / Pew Social & Demographic Trends:
A Survey of LGBT Americans  —  Attitudes, Experiences and Values in Changing Times  —  OVERVIEW  —  An overwhelming share of America's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults (92%) say society has become more accepting of them in the past decade and an equal number expect it to grow even more accepting in the decade ahead.
TIME:
NEW TIME POLL: Support for the Leaker—and His Prosecution  —  More than half of Americans approve of a former intelligence contractor's decision to leak classified details of sprawling government surveillance programs, according to the results of a new TIME poll.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Pelosi Can't Explain Difference Between Gosnell Slayings and Late-Term Abortions  —  At a Thursday press conference, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi condemned a bill that would prohibit abortions during the final four months of pregnancy with and exception for when the life and physical health of the mother is at risk.
Politico:
Obamacare?  We were just leaving ...  Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.  —  The fear: Government-subsidized premiums will disappear …
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Lise Olsen / Houston Chronicle:
Rare formal review ordered for federal judge  —  Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court formally ordered on Wednesday that a rare public judicial misconduct complaint against 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones be reviewed by officials in a different circuit — one based in the nation's capital.
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Sen. Paul: Taxpayer dollars funding ‘war against Christianity in the Middle East’  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pitched a conservative audience on a noninterventionist foreign policy on Thursday, advocating against arming Syrian rebels and warning that American tax dollars are funding “a war against Christianity.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's Snooping Excludes Mosques, Missed Boston Bombers  —  Homeland Insecurity: The White House assures that tracking our every phone call and keystroke is to stop terrorists, and yet it won't snoop in mosques, where the terrorists are.  —  That's right, the government's sweeping surveillance …
Hannah Jeffrey / Texas on the Potomac:
Rep. Ralph Hall wanders into LGBT event, enjoys hospitality before realizing he's in wrong place  —  Maybe it's not so hard to teach an old dog new tricks.  —  At least, that's what some were thinking after Texas Rep. Ralph Hall showed up at an LGBT event for the Victory Fund last week …
Richmond Times-Dispatch:
GOP's Jackson discusses past drug use, bankruptcy  —  No. 2 on GOP ticket also acknowledges that he filed for bankruptcy in the past  —  E.W. Jackson, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor acknowledged Wednesday that he used marijuana and experimented with other controlled substances in his youth.
Josh Kraushaar / NationalJournal.com:
Three Signs Republicans Haven't Learned Any Lessons From 2012  —  After last year's drubbing, Republicans vowed to change their ways.  But as 2013 wears on, they're sticking to the script that got them in trouble.  —  To much acclaim, the Republican National Committee released its road map …
James Bamford / Wired:
THE SECRET WAR  —  INFILTRATION.  SABOTAGE.  MAYHEM.  FOR YEARS FOUR-STAR GENERAL KEITH ALEXANDER HAS BEEN BUILDING A SECRET ARMY CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING DEVASTATING CYBERATTACKS.  —  Illustrations by Mark Weaver  —  INSIDE FORT MEADE, Maryland, a top-secret city bustles.
 
 
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Darrell Issa should share chair of House Oversight Committee with Elijah Cummings
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House dodges questions on Gillibrand military sex assault bill
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Rep. Luis Gutierrez / The Huffington Post:
House Republicans: What Happened? You Were Doing So Well
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Washington Post:
Whites' deaths outnumber births for first time
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
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A Chronic Disease  —  Conservatives and Republicans in Washington …
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