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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Senators Offer a New Blueprint for Immigration — A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a set of principles for a sweeping overhaul of the immigration system, including a pathway to American citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants that would hinge on progress in securing the borders …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Senate group reaches immigration deal — A powerful group of senators from both parties has reached a deal on the outlines of a comprehensive immigration overhaul, a development that will drive an emotional debate on a hot-button issue unseen in Washington for more than half a decade.
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Michelle Malkin:
Suicidal GOP senators join open-borders Dems for Shamnesty Redux
Suicidal GOP senators join open-borders Dems for Shamnesty Redux
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Los Angeles Times:
Senators agree on immigration overhaul plan
Senators agree on immigration overhaul plan
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Senate group reaches immigration deal
Senate group reaches immigration deal
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rep. Israel ‘optimistic’ about bipartisan immigration reform framework
Rep. Israel ‘optimistic’ about bipartisan immigration reform framework
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Marco Rubio / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Ex-Las Vegan Rubio outlines a GOP vision for immigration reform
Ex-Las Vegan Rubio outlines a GOP vision for immigration reform
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Reading the new New Republic — Last week, I attended a panel in New York City on “the unexpected future of media” hosted by The New Republic. Chris Hughes, the 29-year-old owner, publisher, and editor-in-chief of the magazine, said a few introductory words.
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Christine Haughney / New York Times:
The New Republic Reimagines Its Future
The New Republic Reimagines Its Future
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CBS News:
Obama and Clinton: The 60 Minutes interview — The following script is from “The President and the Secretary of State” which aired on Jan. 27, 2013. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Michael Radutzky, Maria Gavrilovic and L. Franklin Devine, producers. — There are few people …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama and Clinton Appear on ‘60 Minutes’
Obama and Clinton Appear on ‘60 Minutes’
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Makers, Takers, Fakers — Republicans have a problem. For years they could shout down any attempt to point out the extent to which their policies favored the elite over the poor and the middle class; all they had to do was yell “Class warfare!” and Democrats scurried away.
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Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
The Price of Palin: $15 per Word Spoken During FOX Contract — Sarah Palin uttered more than 189,000 words over 150 appearances on various FOX broadcasts during her three years as an analyst at the network, or $15.85 per word — With the three-year contract now expired between FOX News and Sarah Palin …
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Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
President Obama names Fox? …
President Obama names Fox? …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Democrats, tea party unite vs. Mitch McConnell — Tea party activists looking to oust Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a GOP primary may get some help from an unlikely source: Democrats. — Big Democratic donors, local liberal activists and a left-leaning super PAC in Kentucky …
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Charlie Brennan / Daily Camera:
JonBenet Ramsey grand jury voted to indict parents in 1999, but DA refused to prosecute — Legal expert: Alex Hunter may have been legally obligated to sign indictment — John Ramsey looks on as his wife, Patsy, holds an advertisement promising a reward for information leading to the arrest …
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BBC:
Iran ‘successfully sends monkey into space’ — Images of the monkey being prepared for lift-off were shown on Iranian television — Iran says it has successfully sent a monkey into space. — The primate travelled in a Pishgam rocket, which reached an altitude of some 120km (75 miles) …
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Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
Iran launches monkey into space: state news agency
Iran launches monkey into space: state news agency
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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Why Obama picked Hagel — Bob Woodward is an associate editor of The Post. His latest book is “The Price of Politics.” Evelyn M. Duffy contributed to this column. — In the first months of the Obama presidency in 2009, Chuck Hagel, who had just finished two terms as a U.S. senator …
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Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post:
Ex-CIA man: Iran blast largest sabotage case in decades — Former Revolutionary Guards member tells ‘Post’ that such a blow to Fordow nuclear facility would harm Iran drastically; says Tehran “has decided to retaliate against Israel from Lebanon.” — Iranian dissident-turned CIA operative …
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Mary Beth Marklein / Associated Press:
Study: Nearly half are overqualified for their jobs … Nearly half of working Americans with college degrees are in jobs for which they're overqualified, a new study out Monday suggests. — The study, released by the non-profit Center for College Affordability and Productivity …
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Sheriff David Clarke Jr.: Skip 911, defend yourself — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr. said on Monday a radio ad in which he urges residents to take a safety course in handling firearms because “calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option.”
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Paul Krugman: U.S. has ‘running room’ — Paul Krugman on Monday said the deficit isn't his top concern and called for President Barack Obama to stay focused on job creation. — “We still have substantial running room,” Krugman, the economist and New York Times columnist, said on MSNBC's “Morning Joe.”
New York Times:
Beyond Selma-to-Stonewall — By including gay rights in the arc of the struggle for civil rights — the road “through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall” — President Obama linked his presidency to ending antigay discrimination and underscored the legal wrong of denying gay people the freedom to marry.
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