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1:35 PM ET, May 27, 2015

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Alejandro Burzaco / U.S. Department of Justice:
Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption  —  The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) …
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New York Times:
FIFA Inquiry Yields Indictments; U.S. Officials Vow to Pursue More  —  United States law enforcement officials declared in forceful terms on Wednesday that their broad investigation of FIFA had only begun and pledged to rid the international soccer organization of systemic corruption.
Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Corrupt FIFA Has Clinton Foundation Ties; World Cup Host Qatar Gave Millions  —  Both Bill Clinton and his family's charity have been tied to soccer's governing body, as well as Qatar's disastrous World Cup bid.  —  And just like that, another Clinton Foundation donor is in the news.
New York Times:
FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Blatter Isn't Among Them  —  ZURICH — Swiss authorities conducted an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges.
Jeffrey Webb / New York Times:
Here Are the FIFA Officials Indicted on Corruption Charges
CNN:
FIFA: U.S. arrests officials; Switzerland opens separate probe
Discussion: news.admin.ch and New York Times
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The decline of Rand Paul  —  Rand Paul took a left turn on his journey to the Republican nomination, and now his hopes seem to be headed south.  —  The libertarian Kentucky senator's new book, “Taking a Stand,” came out Tuesday, and it is chock-full of lines that would position Paul well …
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gov.la.gov:
Gov. Jindal: Senator Paul Unsuited to Be Commander-in-Chief  —  Today, Governor Jindal released the following statement after Senator Rand Paul commented this morning that ISIS exists because of hawkish foreign policy.  —  Governor Jindal said, “This is a perfect example of why Senator Paul is unsuited to be Commander-in-Chief.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Jindal lashes out at Paul, saying he's ‘unsuited’ to be president
Discussion: Hit & Run
Nick Gass / Politico:
Chris Christie attacks Rand Paul for ‘siding with’ Edward Snowden
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Hit & Run
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul blames ‘hawks in our party’ for Islamic State's rise
Discussion: The Week
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
Have Democrats Pulled Too Far Left?  —  AMONG liberals, it's almost universally assumed that of the two major parties, it's the Republicans who have become more extreme over the years.  That's a self-flattering but false narrative.  —  This is not to say the Republican Party hasn't become a more conservative party.
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
A tiny string of text can disable iPhone Messages  —  Apple device owners have discovered a string of text characters that, when received on an iPhone in Messages, can lock people out of the app and — reportedly in some cases — crash the phone.  Users who receive the string with Messages open …
Discussion: 9to5Mac and WTVR-TV
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
iOS bug causes Messages to crash, iPhone to reboot when a certain text is received
Discussion: Mashable and Daily Mail
Ben Gittleson / ABC News:
Rick Santorum Announcing Run for President … Rick Santorum, the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania, will announce today that he will seek the GOP nomination for president in 2016, ABC News has learned.  ABC News' Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos will sit down for an exclusive interview with Santorum this afternoon.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Rick Santorum Launching Second White House Run
Discussion: Yahoo Politics and ABC News
Michael Falcone / ABC News:   The Note: Rick Santorum's Second Chance
Los Angeles Times:
L.A. labor leaders seek minimum wage exemption for firms with union workers  —  Labor leaders, who were among the strongest supporters of the citywide minimum wage increase approved last week by the Los Angeles City Council, are advocating last-minute changes to the law that could create …
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Daily Caller
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting case
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Give the ‘bigot’ bomb a break  —  Reducing human beings to their worst idea or comment diminishes us all.  —  A lesbian couple purchased engagement rings from a Christian jeweler.They were so pleased with the service, they referred a friend to the shop to purchase a ring for his girlfriend.
Alana Massey / The New Republic:
The White Protestant Roots of American Racism  —  he Apotheosis of Washington," painted in 1865 by Constantino Brumidi, is a fresco of the first president of the United States ascending to the heavens.  The goddesses of Victory and Liberty, along with 13 maidens who represent America's original colonies …
Discussion: Horizons and Progress Pond
WUSA9:
Police officer charged in Waldorf McDonald's homicide ID'd  —  A Prince George's County police officer is charged in a murder at the Waldorf McDonald's and detective say his service weapon may have been used by his mother in the crime WUSA  —  WALDORF, Md. (WUSA9) — A Prince George's County police officer …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama suffers another defeat on immigration in federal court  —  A federal appeals court dealt President Obama a defeat on Tuesday when it declined to lift a judge's order blocking the president's sweeping executive action on immigration.  —  The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sided …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
President Obama's legacy is increasingly in legal jeopardy
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Read Bernie Sanders's populist, policy-heavy speech kicking off his campaign  —  On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a rousing speech kicking off his campaign in his home state of Vermont.  —  “This campaign,” Sanders said, “is not about Bernie Sanders.  It is not about Hillary Clinton.
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
It's not your everyday Americans at Bernie Sanders' kickoff rally
Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
Military bans Big Macs, other treats at Guantánamo legal meetings  —  In this image reviewed by the U.S. military, Guantánamo detainees look out from fenced-in areas as a guard closes a door in Camp Echo detention facility on the U.S. Navy Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.
Discussion: BarbWire.com and The Week
Chicago:
CPD cops posed for photo standing over black man dressed in antlers  —  It's a racially charged photo the Chicago Police Department didn't want the public to see: two white cops posing with rifles as they stand over a black man lying on his belly with deer antlers on his head.
Politico:
Democrats hope for Hillary Clinton coattails  —  Candidates expect her presence would affect their fates as well.  —  Her campaign is still in its infancy.  The presidential election is nearly 18 months away.  But Democrats are already banking on a “Hillary effect,” an anticipated wave …
Discussion: The Reaction
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
President Obama asserts power over small waterways  —  The Obama administration on Wednesday asserted its authority over the nation's streams, wetlands and other smaller waterways, moving forward with one of the most controversial environmental regulations in recent years.
Discussion: epa.gov and susiemadrak.com
Ike Brannon / The Hill:
How Obama could hijack tax reform  —  If congressional Republicans offered the president a deal that would make the tax code markedly more progressive, raise more revenue and also fund several of his second-term priorities, would he agree to such a thing?  —  The answer the White House …
Washington Monthly:
James Fallows on the Draft  —  Six months after the last American troops left Saigon, Washington Monthly contributing editor James Fallows revisited his experience with the draft as a Harvard undergraduate for an essay on how the Vietnam War had deepened America's class divide.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Immigration Activists Vow Voter Repercussions Over Ruling  —  Immigration activists vowed Republicans will pay a political price after a federal appeals court kept President Barack Obama's action to defer deportation on hold.  —  The 2-1 decision by a panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court …
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP senators call for over-the-counter birth control
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Scramble begins as Patriot Act teeters
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Los Angeles Times:
Ex-LAPD officer suspected in slaying is arrested in Mexico, officials say
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian:
Vatican says Ireland gay marriage vote is ‘defeat for humanity’
 

 
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