Senate Passes Debt Ceiling Hike, Rand Paul Sues Obama Over NSA Surveillance, Killing in Syria Accelerates: P.M. Links

• The Senate voted to
  raise the debt ceiling this afternoon. Before the vote, Sen.
  
  Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urged Republican senators to reject their
  “Tea Party overlords.”
• Sen.
  Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has filed a suit against President Obama and
  administration officials over NSA surveillance.
• Former New Orleans Mayor
  C. Ray Nagin has been found guilty on corruption charges and is
  facing up to 20 years behind bars.
• President Obama signed an executive order
  raising the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an
  hour.
• 
  Killing in Syria has accelerated amid faltering peace talks in
  Switzerland. Over 230 people a day have been killed in Syria since
  Jan. 22.  
• The trial of
  Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will begin on
  Nov. 3.

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