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a way to stay competitive in the Democratic primaries against one of the most potent fundraisers in party history, Bill and Hillary Clinton, who are expected to count their receipts on Hillary’s behalf in the billions.</p> </div> </li> <li id="4"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Rand Paul silent on gay marriage ruling</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">DANIEL STRAUSS</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-27T17:26-05:00">6/27/15 5:26 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/energy/110310_rand_paul_ap_318_thumb.jpg" alt="Paul hasn’t refrained from talking about gay marriage before. | AP" title="Paul hasn’t refrained from talking about gay marriage before. | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>Paul’s silence stands in contrast to his voluble response on Thursday, when the justices upheld a key part of the Affordable Care Act.</p> </div> </li> <li id="5"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Defense</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Iranian-Americans set up lobbying arm to counter pro-Israel groups</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">NAHAL TOOSI</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-27T12:05-05:00">6/27/15 12:05 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/defense/140915_iran_flag_ap3_thumb.jpg" alt="'We’ve got all this money on the table, all this political influence that’s not being utilized,' said Jamal Abdi, NIAC Action’s executive director. 'Now we can actually start playing the full political game.' | AP" title="'We’ve got all this money on the table, all this political influence that’s not being utilized,' said Jamal Abdi, NIAC Action’s executive director. 'Now we can actually start playing the full political game.' | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>“We’ve got all this money on the table, all this political influence that’s not being utilized,” said Jamal Abdi, NIAC Action’s executive director.</p> </div> </li> <li id="6"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Health Care</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Supreme Court justices stop playing nice</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">JOSH GERSTEIN</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T19:05-05:00">6/26/15 7:05 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/education/150625_scotus_gay2_msm_thumb.jpg" alt="The series of wins had some liberals conceding that warnings about the Roberts Court being a conservative juggernaut look to have been exaggerated. | M. SCOTT MAHASKEY/POLITICO" title="The series of wins had some liberals conceding that warnings about the Roberts Court being a conservative juggernaut look to have been exaggerated. | M. SCOTT MAHASKEY/POLITICO"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The string of wins for liberals was undeniable.</p> </div> </li> <li id="7"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Bush has a new problem: Roberts</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">ELI STOKOLS</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T19:04-05:00">6/26/15 7:04 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/20150626_john_roberts_gty_thumb.jpg" alt="Jeb Bush was reluctant to criticize the chief justice. | GETTY" title="Jeb Bush was reluctant to criticize the chief justice. | GETTY"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>“I’m disappointed in both decisions,” Bush told Hewitt. “It’s important, I think, to think about going forward what kind of judges we need in the highest court in the land."</p> </div> </li> <li id="8"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">The Grand Old Party’s future shock</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">GLENN THRUSH</a> and <a href="javascript:void(0);">KYLE CHENEY</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T18:43-05:00">6/26/15 6:43 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/150626_jeb_bush_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="It’s a matter of old-fashioned wedge politics. | AP" title="It’s a matter of old-fashioned wedge politics. | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>Many Americans of varying political stripes enjoyed a feel-good national moment. Republicans were worrying about how to keep from being trampled by the accelerating gallop of 21st-century social change.</p> </div> </li> <li id="9"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">POLITICO Magazine: Bobby Jindal on the Supreme Court</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By BOBBY JINDAL</p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T18:18-05:00">6/26/15 6:18 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/150626_jindal_supremecourt_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="If you’re keeping score at home, here’s where we stand. | AP" title="If you’re keeping score at home, here’s where we stand. | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>"I will never stop fighting for religious liberty, and I hope our leaders in Washington will join me," Jindal writes.</p> </div> </li> <li id="10"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Health Care</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Gay marriage ruling has health coverage implications</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">RACHANA PRADHAN</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T18:02-05:00">6/26/15 6:02 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/labor/20150626msmscotus487-web_thumb.jpg" alt="The decision changes a policy CMS put in place after the justices in 2013 said a key component of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. | M. SCOTT MAHASKEY/POLITICO" title="The decision changes a policy CMS put in place after the justices in 2013 said a key component of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. | M. SCOTT MAHASKEY/POLITICO"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>With the court’s landmark 5-4 ruling on Friday, a state’s Medicaid program must now recognize same-sex couples who are married when they apply for eligibility, regardless of where they got married.</p> </div> </li> </ul> <ul class="parent-story-list beta-pos"> <li id="11"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Defense</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">After ‘Bloody Friday,' U.S. reassesses reach of Islamic State</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">BRYAN BENDER</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T17:46-05:00">6/26/15 5:46 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/defense/150626_kuwait_isil_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="The attacks were carried out just days before the first anniversary of ISIL’s declaration of a “caliphate” in the territory it controls. | AP" title="The attacks were carried out just days before the first anniversary of ISIL’s declaration of a “caliphate” in the territory it controls. | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>Earlier this year, the nation’s top intelligence officer, James Clapper, told Congress that ISIL “probably plans to conduct operations against regional allies, Western facilities and personnel in the Middle East.”</p> </div> </li> <li id="12"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Vulnerable GOP senators walk fine line on marriage ruling</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">THEODORIC MEYER</a> and <a href="javascript:void(0);">KEVIN ROBILLARD</a> and <a href="javascript:void(0);">ELENA SCHNEIDER</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T17:02-05:00">6/26/15 5:02 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/150626_ron_johnson_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="“It is my hope that as a nation we can move forward from this decision with civility and a commitment to protect the religious freedom that is guaranteed by the First Amendment to our Constitution,” Johnson said in a statement provided to POLITICO.| AP" title="“It is my hope that as a nation we can move forward from this decision with civility and a commitment to protect the religious freedom that is guaranteed by the First Amendment to our Constitution,” Johnson said in a statement provided to POLITICO.| AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The Republicans senators facing the toughest reelection battles next year said they would accept the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday, even if they personally believed marriage should remain between a man and a woman.</p> </div> </li> <li id="13"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Health Care</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Drug antitrust ruling keeps broad ‘pay-for-delay’ definition</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">SARAH KARLIN</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T16:55-05:00">6/26/15 4:55 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/health_care/140521_pharma_pills_drugs_getty_thumb.jpg" alt="The outcome is a loss for both generic and brand drug makers. | GETTY" title="The outcome is a loss for both generic and brand drug makers. | GETTY"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>Brand and generic drug patent settlements that involve a non-cash transfer of value are subject to antitrust scrutiny, an appeals court said Friday in a precedent-setting ruling.</p> </div> </li> <li id="14"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Financial Services</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">China’s new security law puts economic pledges in doubt</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">VICTORIA GUIDA</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T16:10-05:00">6/26/15 4:10 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/defense/130329_us_china_flags_ap_605_thumb.jpg" alt="China’s top legislative body announced plans to finish its pending national security law this session. | AP" title="China’s top legislative body announced plans to finish its pending national security law this session. | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The law is contentious because it broadly defines national security protections to include actions that inhibit business activities.</p> </div> </li> <li id="15"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Health Care</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">After court ruling, Burwell looks to build ACA momentum</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">JENNIFER HABERKORN</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T15:55-05:00">6/26/15 3:55 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/health_care/150225_sylvia_burwell4_js_thumb.jpg" alt="With the law’s health insurance subsidies preserved, Burwell is hoping to move on. | JOHN SHINKLE/POLITICO" title="With the law’s health insurance subsidies preserved, Burwell is hoping to move on. | JOHN SHINKLE/POLITICO"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The HHS secretary said the ruling gives the administration breathing room to pursue its health care goals.</p> </div> </li> <li id="16"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Defense</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Are base closings no longer a hot ‘third rail?’</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">BRYAN BENDER</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T14:11-05:00">6/26/15 2:11 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/defense/150626_military_base_gty_thumb.jpg" alt="The last base closure round a decade ago still casts a long shadow over any new commission. | GETTY" title="The last base closure round a decade ago still casts a long shadow over any new commission. | GETTY"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The Pentagon has asked Congress each of the last four years to establish a new Base Realignment and Closure Commission, contending that as much as 25 percent of its infrastructure is unneeded.</p> </div> </li> <li id="17"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Gay marriage ruling: A political gift to Clinton?</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">ANNIE KARNI</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T13:45-05:00">6/26/15 1:45 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/150617_hillary_clinton_sc_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="Clinton said the ruling 'represents our country at its best: inclusive, open and striving towards true equality.' | AP" title="Clinton said the ruling 'represents our country at its best: inclusive, open and striving towards true equality.' | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p dir="ltr">It also delivers to her opponents in the Democratic primary a chance to tell voters that they were on the right side of history first — but that might not matter much.</p> </div> </li> <li id="18"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Bevin goes on offensive after same-sex marriage ruling</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">KEVIN ROBILLARD</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T13:24-05:00">6/26/15 1:24 PM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/150623_matt_bevin_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="Matt Bevin blamed the ruling on 'activist judges [who] have chosen to ignore the will of the people, and to ignore the Constitutional principle of state’s rights.' | AP" title="Matt Bevin blamed the ruling on 'activist judges [who] have chosen to ignore the will of the people, and to ignore the Constitutional principle of state’s rights.' | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The Kentuckian may be one of the few Republicans in the country in position to gain politically from opposition to the gay marriage ruling.</p> </div> </li> <li id="19"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Campaigns</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">2016 candidates react to historic gay-marriage ruling</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">JONATHAN TOPAZ</a> and <a href="javascript:void(0);">NICK GASS</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T11:53-05:00">6/26/15 11:53 AM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/campaigns/150501_mike_huckabee_gty_1160_thumb.jpg" alt="Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee issued perhaps the sharpest repudiation of the Supreme Court. | GETTY" title="Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee issued perhaps the sharpest repudiation of the Supreme Court. | GETTY"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>While Democratic candidates all hailed the decision as another marker for equality, the Republican response was more varied, with some expressing their objection more forcefully than others.</p> </div> </li> <li id="20"> <p class="section-flag"><a href="javascript:void(0);">Defense</a></p> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);">Terror attacks rock France, Kuwait, Tunisia</a></h3> <div class="article-meta"> <p class="byline">By <a href="javascript:void(0);">NICK GASS</a></p> <p class="timestamp"> <time datetime="2015-06-26T09:52-05:00">6/26/15 9:52 AM</time> </p> </div> <div class="tn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/ javascript:void(0);"><img class="border" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828im_/http://images.politicopro.com/images/defense/150626_france_terror_attack_ap_thumb.jpg" alt="The facility is owned by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., which is headquartered in Allentown, Pa. | AP" title="The facility is owned by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., which is headquartered in Allentown, Pa. | AP"/></a> </div> <div class="tease"> <p>The attacks, which coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Islamic State declaring itself a caliphate, come at the start of the Ramadan holiday season.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="secondary-content"> <div class="mod mod-pitch"> <div class="mod-head"> <h2>What is POLITICO Pro?</h2> </div> <div class="mod-content"> <p>POLITICO Pro provides the most distinct coverage of Washington and beyond, and thousands of politics and policy professionals depend on us each day to do their jobs.</p> <p>With a team of more than 100 accomplished journalists, we deliver Pro subscribers game-changing developments and exclusive insights in the following coverage areas: Agriculture, Campaigns, Cybersecurity, Defense, Education, eHealth, Energy, Financial Services, Health Care, Labor & Employment, Technology, Trade, Transportation, Tax.</p> <p>Pros also benefit from early-bird editions of our morning newsletters, customized news alerts, access to our in-depth calendars and Pro-only events and more. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/http://www.politicopro.com/proinfo">Click here</a> for more information on what sets us apart.</p> <h3>Ready to go Pro?</h3> <p>Email <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/mailto:info@politicopro.com"> info@politicopro.com </a> or call (703) 341-4600 for more information.</p> </div> </div> <div class="mod ad-bb"> <div class="ad-slot format-vertical flex" id="pro-login_x02"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("pro-login_x02"); }); </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="footer"> <div class="wrap"> <nav class="footer-utility-nav"> <ul class="footer-nav-list"> <li class="nav-home"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/http://www.politicopro.com/">Home</a></li> <li class="nav-learn-more"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/http://www.politicopro.com/proinfo/">Why Go Pro?</a></li> <li class="nav-about"><a href="/web/20150628232828/http://www.politicopro.com/aboutus/">About Us</a></li> <li class="nav-politico"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150628232828/http://www.politico.com/">POLITICO</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="footer-copy"> <p> Copyright© 2015 by POLITICO LLC. 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