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12:25 PM ET, June 20, 2014

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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: ‘Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,’ Rape Victim Says  —  The woman at the center of the scandal over Hillary Clinton's defense of an alleged child rapist speaks out in depth for the first time.  —  Hillary Clinton is known as a champion of women and girls …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
President Obama took credit in 2012 for withdrawing all troops from Iraq.  Today he said something different.  —  President Obama surprised a few people during a news conference Thursday by claiming that the 2011 decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq, a politically popular move …
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James Oliphant / NationalJournal.com:
Welcome to the White House's Nightmare  —  Already swamped by domestic and foreign crises, Obama finds that even his self-proclaimed successes are at risk.  That's just about the last thing he needs now.  —  President Obama speaks about U.S. military personnel returning to Iraq.
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
An enclave strategy for Iraq
Discussion: Lawfare
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Hype Behind the Health Care Scandal  —  You've surely heard about the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs.  A number of veterans found themselves waiting a long time for care, some of them died before they were seen, and some of the agency's employees falsified records to cover up the extent of the problem.
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Washington Post:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suspected of coordinating with outside groups  —  Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) responds to prosecutors allegations that he is connected to a criminal scheme over campaign fundraising.  In a statement, he called the allegations “categorically false.”  ( AP)
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Power Line
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of ‘criminal scheme’
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
5 Exonerated in Central Park Jogger Case Will Settle Suit for $40 Million  —  The five men whose convictions in the brutal 1989 beating and rape of a female jogger in Central Park were later overturned have agreed to a settlement of about $40 million from New York City to resolve …
Parade:
The President and Michelle Obama on Work, Family, and Juggling It All  —  This week, America's foreign policy is dominating the headlines, but it's the White House's second-term domestic agenda that's the focus of our Parade cover story.  On Monday, June 23, the President and Mrs. Obama …
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Presbyterians Vote to Allow Same-Sex Marriages  —  DETROIT — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted at its General Assembly on Thursday to change its constitution's definition of marriage from “a man and a woman” to “two people,” and to allow its ministers to perform same-sex marriages where it is legal.
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Sarah Smith / Politico:
Huckabee slams ‘judicial supremacy’
Discussion: Shakesville, CNN and BarbWire.com
New York Times:
Cochran Asking Blacks to Rescue Him in Republican Primary  —  JACKSON, Miss. — Bishop Ronnie C. Crudup stood before roughly a dozen of his colleagues at a weekly Baptist fellowship meeting last week and asked for their help in a fight that, until now, would have been unthinkable for a black pastor …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Shouting Match Erupts at Chris McDaniel Event
Discussion: The Dish and Talking Points Memo
Kurtis Lee / Denver Post:
HICKENLOOPER SILENT ON GUN LAW COMMENTS; SUPPORTERS AND FOES BAFFLED  —  After several days of fallout over his comments on gun control laws to a recent gathering of county sheriffs, Gov. John Hickenlooper has managed to baffle both victims-rights advocates and Second Amendment supporters.
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Approval of Obama's Handling of Immigration Falls to 31%  —  Americans' approval falls eight percentage points since August  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' approval of President Barack Obama's handling of immigration has dropped to 31%, one of the lowest readings since 2010, when Gallup began polling on his handling of the issue.
Economist:
A dog ate my e-mails  —  IF YOUR taxes are being audited and you tell the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that you just so happen to have lost the records relating to the period in question, you cannot expect much sympathy.  The taxman has heard it all before, and “the dog ate my accounts” gets you nowhere.
Fox News:
IRS boss refuses to apologize over ‘cover-up’ claims ahead of Hill hearing on missing emails  —  June 10, 2014: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen speaks at IRS headquarters in Washington.AP  —  IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said Friday there is no need for his agency …
Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Obama talks tough to Mexico: Illegal-immigrant children won't get to stay  —  Tells Peña Nieto their countries must work to halt child surge  —  President Obama told his Mexican counterpart in a phone call Thursday that immigrants crossing into the U.S. illegally won't qualify …
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Rusty Humphries / Washington Times:
Exclusive inteview with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
How Dallas County Accidentally Backed Reparations  —  Since Ta-Nehisi Coates's cover story on reparations was published this month, he's been asked repeatedly whether he really thought reparations for African Americans were politically feasible.  His answer has been consistent: maybe not, and certainly no time soon.
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
2016 poll: N.H. GOP voters pick Mitt Romney  —  Republican voters in New Hampshire are apparently still ready for Mitt.  —  According to a Suffolk University/Boston Herald poll released Thursday, 24 percent of the likely New Hampshire Republican electorate would vote for Mitt Romney in the state's 2016 GOP presidential primary.
Discussion: CNN
 
 
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Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Liberal Group: Sheldon Adelson Illegally Gave $1M To Pro-Corbett PAC
Discussion: Philly.com and Liberaland
Mollie Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Joe Walsh Was Apparently Kicked Off His Own Radio Show For Using Racial Slurs
Press Association:
Russia ‘secretly working with environmentalists to oppose fracking’
Discussion: BarbWire.com
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Poll is bad for President Obama, but worse for liberalism
Discussion: Betsy's Page
 Earlier Items: 
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The Left's Quiet Advance in Democratic Primaries
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Huckabee Says MLK Would Agree That Marriage Equality Is Like The Holocaust
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Thomson IR:
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 375-5000
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Republican Congressman Has Interesting Response To 9/11 Truther
Discussion: Mediaite
Esquire:
EXCLUSIVE: PROSECUTOR IS CLOSING IN ON GOV. CHRISTIE
Discussion: Politico