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2:05 PM ET, June 10, 2015

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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
New Hampshire Republicans Ask Fox News, RNC for Debate Changes  —  GOP figures call for more inclusion in the first-in-the-nation primary state.  —  t aritbenie  —  Low-polling Republican presidential candidates aren't the only ones upset with Fox News's debate rules.
Discussion: Washington Post and Yahoo Politics
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
New Hampshire Republicans ask Fox, RNC to change debate criteria  —  A group of prominent New Hampshire Republicans has written an open letter to Fox News and the Republican National Committee, urging them to reconsider the criteria for the Republican primary debates on the network.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
N.H. Republicans Ask Fox and GOP to Reconsider Debate Limits
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Embracing a New Approach on Battling ISIS in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — In a significant shift of strategy in Iraq, the Obama administration is planning to establish a new military base in Anbar Province and send 400 American military trainers to help Iraqi forces retake the city of Ramadi and repel the Islamic State.
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:   US training base in Iraq hasn't seen a new recruit in weeks
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
President decries ‘endless partisan’ attacks on ObamaCare  —  President Obama on Tuesday made an emotional plea to protect the Affordable Care Act just weeks before the law could face its biggest legal challenge to date.  —  In a half-hour speech to the Catholic Health Association on Tuesday …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems set budget trap for GOP  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday rejected demands by Democratic Senate leaders to hold a budget summit this month.  —  McConnell's dismissal creates a fiscal standoff in the Senate months earlier than expected over whether spending limits …
Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg View:
Reason Magazine Subpoena Stomps on Free Speech  —  Wielding subpoenas demanding information on anonymous commenters, the government is harassing a respected journalism site that dissents from its policies.  The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York claims these comments …
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Anthony Berteaux / The Huffington Post:
An Open Letter to Jerry Seinfeld from a ‘Politically Correct’ College Student  —  Recently, I've heard about your reluctance to perform on college campuses because of how “politically correct” college students are.  You also further made remarks that college students are quick to use the words …
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New York Daily News:
What “Seinfeld” can teach college students
Discussion: Betsy's Page
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A new inside account of Obama's Israel ire  —  President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  —  When it's released June 23, the new book by bestselling historian Michael Oren is going to be the talk of Washington and Jerusalem — not to mention everywhere people …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and The PJ Tatler
NTSB:
NTSB Issues Second Update on its Investigation Into the Amtrak Derailment in Philadelphia  —  WASHINGTON - As part of its ongoing investigation into the May 12, 2015, derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, the NTSB today provides this update on the analysis of the engineer's cell phone and related records.
Kate Aubusson / Sydney Morning Herald:
Christian couple vow to divorce if same-sex marriage is legalised  —  Same-sex marriage opponent plans divorce  —  If same-sex marriage is legalised, Director of the Lachlan Macquarie Institute, Nick Jensen, will divorce his wife of ten years in protest.  —  An Australian couple have vowed …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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Liz Burke / NEWS.com.au:
Nick Jensen threatens to divorce in protest of gay marriage in Canberra CityNews article
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans Still Say Liberties Should Trump Anti-Terrorism  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — The federal government's recent actions to limit the scope of what it can do to prevent terrorism are consistent with Americans' preference to prioritize civil liberties over anti-terrorism efforts when the two come into conflict.
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush, explaining campaign shakeup, calls for ‘patience’  —  BERLIN — In his first comments since Monday's shakeup, Jeb Bush told reporters here he felt the need to reorganize his team based on “the magnitude of the journey,” not any perceived struggles of his nascent campaign.
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Politico:
Behind the Jeb Bush campaign shake-up
Hanna Rosin / The Atlantic:
The Mysterious Columba Bush  —  Now and then in an otherwise unmemorable speech, Jeb Bush will drop a mention of his wife, like a sudden pop of color.  At an event in Nevada this March, one of his first speeches of this campaign season, before a crowd of what The Washington Post called …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Marco's Money … By MICHAEL FALCONE  —  NOTABLES  —ANALYSIS — ABC's RICK KLEIN: It's easy enough to mock a particular media portrayal of Marco Rubio, cast as — shock! — someone who has struggled with his finances yet owns a luxury boat that isn't that fancy and an expensive home that looks, well, fine.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Murder charges dropped against Georgia woman who took abortion pills  —  The murder charge against Kenlissia Jones, a Georgia woman who took abortion pills, have been dropped, Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards said Wednesday.  —  Edwards said in a statement that Georgia law does …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service officers at White House lacked security clearances, officials say  —  A U.S. Secret Service uniformed police officer looks back at the White House during a bomb threat in Washington June 9, 2015.  The U.S. Secret Service cleared the White House briefing room on Tuesday …
Stephen A. Schwarzman / Wall Street Journal:
How the Next Financial Crisis Will Happen  —  After the financial crisis, a focus on safety and soundness was good medicine for the financial system.  New bank liquidity and capital policies, among other initiatives, strengthened a debilitated patient.  The banking system is now stronger …
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Let down by Obama, some black voters ask: Is it even worth backing Clinton?  —  Jacksonville, Fla. — During those two electric Novembers, the chance to elect a black president, and then keep him in office, seized Regenia Motley's neighborhood.  —  Nightclubs were registering voters.
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette
WTVR-TV:
Henrico mom charged with leaving children in hot car while turning herself in to police … HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A Henrico mother was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency or abuse of child after police said she left her children, ages six and one, inside her hot car outside the Henrico County Courthouse.
Discussion: WDTN-TV
Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore prosecutor asked police to target area where Freddie Gray was arrested  —  About three weeks before Freddie Gray was chased from a West Baltimore corner by three Baltimore police officers — the start of a fatal encounter — the office of prosecutor Marilyn Mosby asked police to target …
Allison R. Hayward / USA Today:
The IRS can still silence political dissent: Column  —  From today's Tea Party to the pacifists, socialists & anti-tobacco groups of America before World War II, the tax man has a long history of trying to shut people up.  —  Two years ago, Lois Lerner of the IRS revealed that it unfairly targeted …
 
 
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Bill would require trade deals to be publicly available before fast-track vote
Discussion: Firedoglake and WikiLeaks
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