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Steven Dennis / The World's Greatest Deliberative Body:
McConnell Throws in Towel on DHS Fight, but Reid Is Waiting for Boehner to Cave (Updated)  —  Reid is holding out for more.  (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)  —  Updated 5:20 p.m. |  In an extraordinary sequence of events, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered Democrats exactly …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal plan  —  The Senate's chief referee has dealt a significant setback to conservatives who want to send an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president's desk this year.  —  GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags …
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
If SCOTUS kills Obamacare subsidies, Republicans don't have an exit strategy
Discussion: Washington Monthly and US News
U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Officials Close Investigation Into Death of Trayvon Martin  —  The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Shakesville and Mashable
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ABC News:
Trayvon Martin: DOJ Set to Announce No Charges Against George Zimmerman … While the public waits for a Justice Department announcement over two separate investigations spurred by the summer shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the department is going to first announce its findings in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
USA Today:
No federal charges for Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin death
Discussion: Hot Air
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Won't Charge George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Killing
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’  —  The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
Gregory Korte / Associated Press:
Obama: Keystone pipeline bill ‘has earned my veto’  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline, making good on a threat to reject a proposal embraced by Republicans as a jobs measure but opposed by environmentalists as contributing to climate change.
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama will quickly veto Keystone bill  —  President Obama is poised to reject GOP-backed legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline with a swift veto designed to minimize any distraction from a looming shutdown within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Most Keystone oil would stay in U.S., study says
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Democratic FCC commissioner balks at net neutrality rules  —  A Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission wants to narrow the scope of new net neutrality rules that are set for a vote on Thursday, The Hill has learned.  —  Mignon Clyburn, one of three Democrats on the FCC …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality  —  WASHINGTON — Last April, a dozen New York-based Internet companies gathered in the Flatiron Building boardroom of the social media website Tumblr to hear dire warnings that broadband providers were about to get the right …
Discussion: Guardian, Gawker, Gizmodo and Eschaton
Slate:
The FCC's Plan to Protect the Internet
BuzzFeed:
Ron Paul: Black Caucus Only Against War Because They Want That Money For Food Stamps  —  “They are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps for people here.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul, the father of potential presidential candidate Rand Paul …
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Ron Paul: Congressional Black Caucus opposes war because they want food stamps
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won't run for U.S. Senate  —  Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Tuesday that he would not enter the race for Barbara Boxer's seat in the U.S. Senate, leaving state Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris as the only major candidate.
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Antonio Villaraigosa / Facebook:
My grandfather came to this great state more than 100 years ago …
Discussion: Politico, KQED News and Washington Post
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker breaks out in national GOP race  —  PPP's newest national Republican poll finds a clear leader in the race for the first time: Scott Walker is at 25% to 18% for Ben Carson, 17% for Jeb Bush, and 10% for Mike Huckabee.  Rounding out the field of contenders are Chris Christie and Ted Cruz at 5% …
Rasmussen Reports:
Do Voters Believe Obama Loves America?  —  U.S. voters overwhelmingly say they love this country, but one-out-of-three doesn't believe President Obama feels that way.  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 35% of Likely U.S. Voters agree with this statement …
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Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
John Lewis: Giuliani's Comments Show ‘Scars and Signs of Racism’ Still Present in U.S.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Nevada Lawmaker Says Cancer Is A Fungus, Recommends Simply Washing It Out  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison, File  —  Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R) wants to reform the rules of end-of-life medical care so that more cancer patients can simply flush out their disease using baking soda.
Discussion: Ralston Reports and Raw Story
New York Post:
Eric Garner's daughter on Al Sharpton: 'He's all about the money'  —  Al Sharpton (left) and Erica Snipes.  —  Al Sharpton is all about the Benjamins, a daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner claims in a bombshell videotape.  —  Erica Snipes tees off on the reverend as interested primarily …
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
Broward deputy drags cuffed woman through courthouse hallway by her feet … Get unlimited digital access.  99¢ for 4 weeks.
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Durbin: Selma Anniversary Should Give GOP Pause About Opposing Loretta Lynch  —  Race and a top nomination for the Obama cabinet.  —  The nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general has not moved through the Senate quite as quickly as Democrats had hoped.
Discussion: US News and The Daily Caller
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Black conservatives seek to draft Condoleezza Rice for Senate race  —  The Black Conservatives Fund wants to draft former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for a Senate bid in 2016, as they argue she represents the GOP's best chance to win a Senate seat in deep-blue California.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Hugh Hewitt to moderate first GOP presidential debate  —  Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt will moderate the first Republican presidential debate as part of a partnership between Salem Media Group and CNN.  The debate will take place Sept. 16 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Mitch McConnell endorses Rand Paul's call for GOP presidential caucus in Kentucky  —  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's push for a Republican presidential caucus in Kentucky, lending heavy weight Tuesday to a proposal that had raised concerns among …
Discussion: Hit & Run and Political Wire
Reuters:
Special Report: How Iran's military chiefs operate in Iraq  —  (Reuters) - The face stares out from multiple billboards in central Baghdad, a grey-haired general casting a watchful eye across the Iraqi capital.  This military commander is not Iraqi, though.  He's Iranian.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Video Shows Cop Making Unprovoked Attack On Homeless Man  —  Cell phone video captured at a bus terminal in Ft. Lauderdale shows a police officer throwing a homeless man to the ground and slapping him for trespassing.  However, the incident is not an isolated one.
Discussion: miamiherald and FreakOutNation
 
 
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
GOP Rep: Obama Treats ‘Americans, Republicans, Conservatives, Christians’ As A Greater Threat Than Islamist Terrorists
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
White House Lowers Bar for Iran Nuke Deal
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
That Time Harry Reid Wore Dark Sunglasses to a News Conference
Discussion: Politico
Salim Furth, Ph.D. / Heritage Foundation:
Who Is Working Less?  —  Labor force participation …
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Cracks Down on Marketers of “Melanoma Detection” Apps
Ian Millhiser / Slate:
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Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
As Cuba Shifts Toward Capitalism, Inequality Grows More Visible
Discussion: Hit & Run
Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Muslim advocacy group skeptical of ‘no-go zone’ bill
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Growing Support for Campaign Against ISIS - and Possible Use of U.S. Ground Troops
Carol Felsenthal / Politico:
The humbling of Rahm  —  All signs point to a second term for the Chicago mayor.
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Agence France-Presse:
UN climate panel head resigns amid sex claims
Discussion: Associated Press
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Jeb and the ‘Immortal 306’  —  Today, the Republican nomination process is a muddle.