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5:50 PM ET, June 13, 2013

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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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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
REVOLT AMONG REPUBLICANS ON IMMIGRATION BILL: 70 HOUSE MEMBERS RISK CAREERS IN PLANNED SHOWDOWN WITH LEADERSHIP  —  Seventy House Republicans are planning a politically risky showdown with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to try to force additional debate on an immigration bill they say will mean amnesty …
TIME:
Chuck Schumer and the Art of the Deal
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner surprised at weak White House defense of NSA
Discussion: Politico
Yahoo! News:
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.
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Rubio Says It Should Be Legal To Fire Someone For Being Gay  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty)  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who is touted as a top GOP presidential prospect in 2016, thinks it should be legal to fire someone for their sexual orientation.
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
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Justices rule human genes cannot be patented
Discussion: CNN, JONATHAN TURLEY and The Week
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
What's Your Hurry?  —  Every Supreme Court decision day that goes …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Althouse
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
New York Times:
Syria Has Used Chemical Arms on Rebels, U.S. and Allies Find  —  WASHINGTON — American and European intelligence analysts now believe that President Bashar al-Assad's troops have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in the civil war in Syria, an assessment that will put added pressure …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bill Clinton splits with Obama on Syria
Emily Schultheis / Politico:
Hillary Clinton talks post-State Dept. priorities
Discussion: The Fix
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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
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 …
Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin, Fox News Together Again  —  Fox News announced on Thursday that Sarah Palin will rejoin the network as a paid contributor.  The Drudge Report was first to break the news.  —  Fox News previously hired Palin as a contributor but did not renew her contract earlier this year.
Brent Budowky / Pundits Blog:
Darrell Issa should share chair of House Oversight Committee with Elijah Cummings  —  Enough is enough.  The House Oversight Committee under Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has been discredited as a fair and neutral source of investigations.  —  The abuses of the committee majority …
Discussion: Politico
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The Revenge of Magic Mike  —  Right now you're probably asking yourself: What would I do if I had $27 billion to toss around?  —  Michael Bloomberg has to ask himself that question every day, people.  He has a dual identity, like an action hero.  By day, he's the mayor of New York City.
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.
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.
 
 
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Matthew DeLuca / U.S. News:
One dead, scores injured in Louisiana chemical plant explosion
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, WAFB-TV, CNN and Daily Kos
CNN:
Report: 4 people fatally shot at St. Louis business
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House dodges questions on Gillibrand military sex assault bill
Discussion: Politico
Rep. Luis Gutierrez / The Huffington Post:
House Republicans: What Happened? You Were Doing So Well
Discussion: Post Politics
Washington Post:
Whites' deaths outnumber births for first time
Discussion: The Week and Althouse
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Would Banning Unpaid Internships Increase Career Opportunities for Low-Income Kids?
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
A Chronic Disease  —  Conservatives and Republicans in Washington …
Discussion: American Prospect and The Dish
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Three Signs Republicans Haven't Learned Any Lessons From 2012
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Scowling face of the state
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