A.M. Links: FIFA President Refuses to Retire, New Clinton Foundation Ties to Sidney Blumenthal Unearthed, Nebraska Abolished the Death Penalty

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  In the face of a mounting corruption scandal, FIFA President Sepp Blatter is refusing to retire.

• The Clinton Foundation reportedly paid Sidney Blumenthal $10,000 a month while he provided advice about Libya to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

• According to a new poll, Hillary Clinton faces her biggest threat in 2016 from Republican candidates Marco Rubio and Rand Paul.

• Nebraska is now the 19th state to have abolished the death penalty.

• Hundreds of people have been ordered to evacuate flood-threatened parts of Texas.

• Former New York Gov. George Pataki has announced his intentions to seek the White House in 2016.

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Editor's Note: This post originally misadentified Sepp Blatter as one of the 14 FIFA officials indicted by U.S. authorities.