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2:00 PM ET, May 22, 2015

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Mike Huckabee / Facebook:
Janet and I want to affirm our support for the Duggar family.  Josh's actions when he was an underage teen are as he described them himself, ‘inexcusable,’ but that doesn't mean ‘unforgivable.’ He and his family dealt with it and were honest and open about it with the victims and the authorities.
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Kay Steiger / ThinkProgress:
Mike Huckabee Makes Excuses For Duggar Family Hiding Years Of Sexual Abuse  —  Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee made a statement on Facebook Friday addressing the revelations that eldest son Josh Duggar admitted to sexually molesting “girls,” presumably his own sisters, as a teenager.
Duggar Family Official / Facebook:
Please read the following messages:  —  From Jim Bob and Michelle:  —  Back 12 years ago our family went through one of the most difficult times of our lives.  When Josh was a young teenager, he made some very bad mistakes and we were shocked.  We had tried to teach him right from wrong.
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Josh Duggar quits Family Research Council amid child molestation claims
Discussion: Political Wire
Josh Duggar / In Touch Weekly:
Bombshell Duggar Police Report: Jim Bob Duggar Didn't Report Son Josh's Alleged Sex Offenses For More Than a Year
People.com:
The Duggars Respond to Reports That Josh Duggar Was Accused of Child Molestation
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Flashback: Duggars Call LGBT People A Threat To Child Safety; Duggar Resigns From FRC
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Acutely Aware of Pitfalls, Avoids Press on Campaign Trail  —  CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton was in a forgiving mood.  She had been discussing the small-business economy at a round-table gathering at a bike shop here on Tuesday when the Fox News correspondent Ed Henry interrupted.
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
CNN:
Clinton Foundation didn't disclose as much as $26M in speaking fees
Discussion: New York Times and America Rising
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
On Social Ideology, the Left Catches Up to the Right  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Thirty-one percent of Americans describe their views on social issues as generally liberal, matching the percentage who identify as social conservatives for the first time in Gallup records dating back to 1999.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
You want hypotheticals?  Here's one.  —  Ramadi falls.  The Iraqi army flees.  The great 60-nation anti-Islamic State coalition so grandly proclaimed by the Obama administration is nowhere to be seen.  Instead, it's the defense minister of Iran who flies into Baghdad …
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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 …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trade and Trust  —  One of the Obama administration's underrated virtues is its intellectual honesty.  Yes, Republicans see deception and sinister ulterior motives everywhere, but they're just projecting.  The truth is that, in the policy areas I follow, this White House has been remarkably clear …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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Politico:
Warren was paid up to $90,000 as witness in 2000 trade case
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Health Insurers Seek Hefty Rate Boosts  —  Proposals set the stage for debate over federal health law's impact  —  Major insurers in some states are proposing hefty rate boosts for plans sold under the federal health law, setting the stage for an intense debate this summer over the law's impact.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Rate hikes expose shaky foundation of Obamacare
Discussion: Hit & Run
Wall Street Journal:
In Search of an ObamaCare Breakout  —  How to prevent a legal victory from becoming a political defeat.  —  We often ask Congressional Republicans how they prefer the Supreme Court to rule in the ObamaCare subsidies case—as a matter of politics, putting aside the law.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:   Exclusive: States quietly consider ObamaCare exchange mergers
Jessica Heslam / Boston Herald:
BU hire set up sex profile for rival  —  Was ‘jealous’ coed when busted in 2008  —  By:  —  Troubling tweets disparaging white male college students may be just the tip of the iceberg for incoming Boston University professor Saida Grundy, who has a history of Internet misdeeds, the Herald has learned.
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 …
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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Maggie Ybarra / Washington Times:
FBI admits no major cases cracked with Patriot Act snooping powers
Reuters:
Russia warns Google, Twitter and Facebook on law violations  —  Russia's media watchdog has written to Google, Twitter and Facebook warning them against violating Russian Internet laws and a spokesman said on Thursday they risk being blocked if they do not comply with the rules.
Discussion: The Hill, SiliconBeat and Hot Air
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Man, 29, who arranged for his lover to shoot dead his wife in front of their toddler son …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Apple Wants Local TV in Its Web TV Service, Which Could Lead to Delays
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush, seeking more distance from his brother, offers some rare criticism
Kim Stephens / Sydney Morning Herald:
Dramatic arrest interrupts Today reporter's live cross in Brisbane
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Mediaite
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. publicly challenges China's moves in disputed islands
Discussion: Fox News
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Daily Mail:
ISIS execute a man with a BAZOOKA in shocking new video: Terror group blast prisoner after tying him to a post
Suzy Strutner / The Huffington Post:
New Grads Can't Really Afford To Live Anywhere, Report Finds
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and Shakesville
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Set to Strengthen Federal Role in Clean Water Regulation
Discussion: The Week and Balloon Juice
Douglas Dalby / New York Times:
Referendum in Ireland Could Complete a Rapid Shift on Same-Sex Marriage
Discussion: The Week, Wall Street Journal and NPR