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9:05 AM ET, May 22, 2015

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Josh Duggar / In Touch Weekly:
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TMZ.com:
Josh Duggar Admits Molestation ... Resigns from Family Research Council
Discussion: FOX2now.com and KTLA
Washington Post:
Clinton Foundation reveals up to $26 million in additional payments  —  The Clinton Foundation reported Thursday that it has received as much as $26.4 million in previously undisclosed payments from major corporations, universities, foreign sources and other groups, despite an ethics agreement …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The magic of Bill Clinton  —  My theory about how Democrats can win a big victory in the 2016 presidential campaign has long been based on the following.  —  The most popular American president in many decades is John F. Kennedy.  The most popular living former president is Bill Clinton.
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Another reason why Hillary Clinton does not deserve to be president  —  Anti-Hillary Clinton political ads are writing themselves on a weekly basis.  The latest source is this New York Times report that Hillary's private email account contained sensitive information.
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
50 Cent Backs Hillary Clinton For President: 'It's Hillary Time!'
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and CBS DC
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: Senate staying in session until work is done  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is turning up the pressure on senators to make a deal on three important bills, vowing to keep the chamber in session until its work is done.  —  The Senate is quickly approaching …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
This Time, Senate Votes to Advance Trade Pact
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business:
White House Makes Final Lobbying Push to Pass NSA Bill in Senate
Discussion: The Hill
Ahmed Ali / New York Times:
Calm Down.  ISIS Isn't Winning.  —  WASHINGTON — THE fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, and of the Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, is a big gain for the Islamic State, but not an utter disaster, as many observers fear.  —  Rather than inducing panic in Western capitals …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
You want hypotheticals?  Here's one.  —  Ramadi falls.  The Iraqi army flees.
William Kristol / USA Today:
We were right to fight in Iraq
Discussion: Hot Air and The Atlantic
WMAR:
6 Baltimore Police officers in Freddie Gray case indicted  —  BALTIMORE - The six Baltimore Police officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray have been indicted, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Thursday.  —  The six officers will be arraigned on July 2.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
Freddie Gray death: Grand jury indicts police officers
Juliet Linderman / Associated Press:
Prosecutor: 6 Officers Indicted in Death of Freddie Gray
Elise Young / Bloomberg Business:
Christie Gets Candid, Profane With N.J. Reporters After Roast  —  Chris Christie gave an expletive-laced speech at an annual New Jersey media roast Wednesday, taking aim at reporters who had mocked him for the George Washington Bridge scandal, his travels and the state's finances.
Suzy Strutner / The Huffington Post:
New Grads Can't Really Afford To Live Anywhere, Report Finds  —  Life after college graduation is thrilling... until you try to find somewhere to live.  Entry level salaries coupled with sky-high rents in the country's most desirable cities often makes finding a place more of a headache than a happy ending.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
Politico:
Warren was paid up to $90,000 as witness in 2000 trade case  —  The senator who wants to keep an investor dispute process out of the Pacific trade deal was an expert witness in the same kind of case 15 years ago.  —  Elizabeth Warren is trying to kill President Barack Obama's trade agenda …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Rate hikes expose shaky foundation of Obamacare  —  Though supporters of President Obama's healthcare program tout its success in providing insurance to millions of Americans, recent rate filings from large insurers have revealed that the law is built on a shaky foundation.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
'Look ... It's My Name on This': Obama Defends the Iran Nuclear Deal  —  On Tuesday afternoon, as President Obama was bringing an occasionally contentious but often illuminating hour-long conversation about the Middle East to an end, I brought up a persistent worry.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Greatly Overestimate Percent Gay, Lesbian in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — The American public estimates on average that 23% of Americans are gay or lesbian, little changed from Americans' 25% estimate in 2011, and only slightly higher than separate 2002 estimates of the gay and lesbian population.
Douglas Dalby / New York Times:
Referendum in Ireland Could Complete a Rapid Shift on Same-Sex Marriage  —  DUBLIN — In 1993, Ireland was among the last countries in the Western World to decriminalize homosexuality.  Some 22 years later, it could become the first to legalize same-sex marriages by popular vote.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Week and NPR
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
State department worker accused of ‘sextortion’ arrested in Atlanta  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Magistrate grants bond to State Department staffer accused of using his computer to stalk and humiliate women  —  Federal agents arrested a State Department employee flying out of Atlanta this week …
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
New York Post:
CBS throws Letterman set into Dumpster  —  Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller  —  CBS wasted no time in kicking David Letterman to the curb.
Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Ed Driscoll and CNNMoney
 
 
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Inside Palmyra, the Ancient City ISIS Just Sacked
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Bin Laden had the book on Obama
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