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4:35 PM ET, June 24, 2013

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Guardian:
White House: Hong Kong had ‘plenty of time’ to stop Snowden - live coverage  —  Sort by:  —  5.37pm BST  —  Carney says “it's safe to assume” that classified information Snowden has with him has already been obtained by foreign intelligence services.  —  “It's safe to assume that information …
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New York Times:
U.S. Urges Russia to Hand Over Snowden  —  MOSCOW — Intrigue deepened on Monday over the whereabouts of Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive former National Security Agency contractor accused of espionage, when he did not leave Moscow on a planned flight to Havana, one day after Hong Kong frustrated …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Hasty Exit Started With Pizza Inside a Hong Kong Hideout  —  HONG KONG — For Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has acknowledged leaking numerous documents about American surveillance operations around the world, the path to a sudden departure …
Max Read / Gawker:
Snowden Snow Job: Leaker Fools Reporters on to Cuba Flight Without Him  —  NSA Leaker Edward Snowden was supposed to be on Aeroflot Flight 180 from Moscow to Havana.  He wasn't.  But “dozens” of journalists are.  It just took off.  And there's no booze service on board.  Welcome to the Cuban Whistleblower Crisis.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Assange: Snowden is ‘healthy and safe,’ awaiting asylum decision
Discussion: Politico and CNN
New York Times:
China Said to Have Made Call to Let Leaker Depart
CNN:
Court rules in affirmative action case  —  What do you think of the court's decision?  Share your thoughts in a short video on CNN iReport.  —  Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court sidestepped a sweeping decision on the use of race-conscious school admission policies …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Support snowballs ahead of Senate immigration reform vote  —  Immigration reform has gotten a new burst of life as a growing number of Senate Republicans have embraced the 1,000-page-plus legislation, setting up President Obama for a big victory this week.  [WATCH VIDEO]
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Fawn Johnson / NationalJournal.com:
Time's Up. Immigration Won't Pass This Year
Kevin Derby / Sunshine State News:
Sarah Palin: Marco Rubio 'Pelosi'-ing the Immigration Bill
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS chief: Agency improperly screened groups until last month  —  The acting head of the IRS said Monday that the agency was still giving improper scrutiny to groups seeking tax-exempt status when he arrived in May, suggesting that the probe into the IRS's treatment of conservative groups could widen.
Discussion: Politico
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Alan Fram / bigstory.ap.org:
IRS CHIEF: INAPPROPRIATE SCREENING WAS BROAD  —  You are here  —  Home » United States » IRS chief: Inappropriate screening was broad  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer …
Eliana Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
The IRS's Best Friend in Congress
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Legislator Claims Rape Kits Are A Form Of Abortion  —  In the midst of all the chaos on Sunday night as the Texas legislature pushed through a series of stringent restrictions on abortion and women's health, it was easy to miss what might have been the most inaccurate and dangerous claim …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court enters appointments battle  —  Stepping into a constitutional controversy with deep roots in American history, along with major implications for today's politics, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to define when the President can act alone to fill vacant government posts.
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Zack Colman / E2-Wire:
Supreme Court declines to hear ethanol fuel case
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Erik Wemple:
David Gregory whiffs on Greenwald question  —  On Sunday's “Meet the Press,” NBC News host David Gregory conducted an informative and provocative interview with Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has broken much of the recent material on National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance.
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Erik Wemple:
Greenwald: Beltway media types are ‘courtiers to power’
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Et Tu, Bernanke?  —  For the most part, Ben Bernanke and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have been good guys in these troubled economic times.  They have tried to boost the economy even as most of Washington seemingly either forgot about the jobless, or decided that the best …
Ed Payne / CNN:
Transgender first-grader wins the right to use girls' restroom  —  (CNN) — A transgender first-grader who was born a boy but identifies as a girl has won the right to use the girls' restroom at her Colorado school.  —  The Colorado Rights Division ruled in favor of Coy Mathis in her fight …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Surveillance Is Not Aimed at Terrorists  —  By Leonid Bershidsky 2013-06-23T22:00:00Z  —  The debate over the U.S. government's monitoring of digital communications suggests that Americans are willing to allow it as long as it is genuinely targeted at terrorists.
BuzzFeed:
The Anthony Weiner Story The New York Times Didn't Want You To See  —  Published.  Then deleted.  Update: Several hours after this story was posted the New York Times republished their story.  —  On June 10, The New York Times inadvertently briefly posted an article on the lives …
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: 'I'm Focused On Poverty These Days'  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Monday that he's focused primarily on addressing poverty, a week after he complained that the farm bill did not include enough cuts to the food stamp program.
Millarworld New Topics:
JIM CARREY CONDEMNS KICK-ASS 2 VIOLENCE!  —  First off, I love Jim Carrey.  When producer Matthew Vaughn and director Jeff Wadlow called me up and suggested we do a conference call with him to talk about the sequel to the 2010 original I was genuinely excited.  Like you, I love Eternal Sunshine, Man on the Moon and The Truman Show.
 
 
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Red panda missing at National Zoo
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Christie challenger takes a dig at Bill Clinton
Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook, With a Focus on Mobile, Works on Project for News Via Users
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Report: Federal Defense Contractors Paid Almost Double Obama's Salary
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Russ Blinch / The Huffington Post:
Obama Needs to Seize His Sputnik Moment on Climate
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas official: Stopping Assad priority over ‘jihad in Palestine’
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Miranda Leitsinger / U.S. News:
Same-sex marriage opponents plan for DOMA ruling, weigh constitutional challenge
Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Ben Quayle shifts focus, joins law firm
Discussion: Ballot Box
Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Climate Plans Face Yearslong Fight
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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