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Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
HUGO CHAVEZ, FIERY VENEZUELAN LEADER, DIES AT 58 — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
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Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
Chavez's breathing problems worsen, has severe new infection
Chavez's breathing problems worsen, has severe new infection
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CNN:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Disagrees With His Own Book Hours After It's Published — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) told MSNBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday that he would support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants “if you can craft that in law where you can have a path to citizenship …
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Bashes Romney, Obamacare In New Book
Jeb Bush Bashes Romney, Obamacare In New Book
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jeb Bush: Heartbroken by Mitt Romney loss
Jeb Bush: Heartbroken by Mitt Romney loss
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
House spending bill requires Saturday mail delivery — The new House GOP spending bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail six days a week, against the wishes of the nation's postmaster general. — A House Appropriations aide confirmed that the spending measure …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House Dems back down from strongly opposing GOP spending bill — House Democratic leaders have decided against uniting their party's rank and file in opposition to a Republican spending bill that would fund the government. — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said the GOP's continuing resolution …
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Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
A tale of two falsehoods — Education Secretary Arne Duncan …
A tale of two falsehoods — Education Secretary Arne Duncan …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Email tells feds to make sequester as painful as promised — The Obama administration denied an appeal for flexibility in lessening the sequester's effects, with an email this week appearing to show officials in Washington that because they already had promised the cuts would be devastating, they now have to follow through on that.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Top Republican Blows Off Food Inspection Cuts
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
White House cancels tours due to sequester — The White House announced Tuesday that it was canceling tours of the executive mansion beginning on Saturday until further notice due to “staffing reductions resulting from sequestration.” — An e-mail sent to lawmakers from the White House visitor's office …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
More sequester pain: White House cancels tours
More sequester pain: White House cancels tours
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Peter Nicholas / Washington Wire:
White House Cancels Tours, Blaming Sequester
White House Cancels Tours, Blaming Sequester
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline.com:
Jon Stewart Taking Summer ‘Daily Show’ Hiatus To Direct ‘Rosewater;’ John Oliver To Sub — EXCLUSIVE: Jon Stewart will take a 12-week hiatus from hosting Comedy Central's The Daily Show to make his feature directing debut this summer. Stewart has written the script, and will direct Rosewater …
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Bill would forbid parents from getting no-fault divorce — Seven Republicans in the Iowa House are pushing a bill to prohibit parents of minor children from getting a “no fault” divorce and the proposal could be debated in a House committee this week. — A three-member subcommittee debated the bill today.
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David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
Washington Post report confuses one prostitute with another in bid to debunk Menendez allegations — The Washington Post mistook one prostitute for another Monday in a report that initially seemed to debunk a November 2012 Daily Caller exposé of New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez.
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John Feehery / The Hill:
Tag-teaming Obama — Don't tell the Tea Party, but the tag team of John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are currently mopping the floor with Barack Obama. — The president convincingly won a second term in November, but since that time, the congressional Republican leadership has outfoxed …
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Zach Carter / The Huffington Post:
ACORN, In New GOP Budget Bill, Would Be Defunded Again, Even Though It No Longer Exists — WASHINGTON — A new short-term budget bill introduced on Monday by House Republicans includes a bizarre provision banning federal funding to anti-poverty group ACORN, despite the fact that the group …
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CNN:
Brennan, approved by committee, still faces battle from Republicans — Washington (CNN) - John Brennan, nominated last month by President Barack Obama to become the next CIA director, came one step closer Tuesday to assuming that role after being approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Brennan Vote by Senate Intelligence Panel
Brennan Vote by Senate Intelligence Panel
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Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
Bob McDonnell not invited to speak at CPAC — Chris Christie isn't the only Republican governor getting snubbed by the Conservative Political Action Conference. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was not invited, according to someone close to CPAC who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Jeff Plungis / Bloomberg:
TSA Will Permit Knives, Golf Clubs on U.S. Planes — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, along with golf clubs, hockey sticks and plastic Wiffle Ball-style bats.
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Paul Krugman:
Urk, Charlie Rose Edition — Well, we'll see how it comes out after editing, but I feel that I just had my Denver debate moment: I was tired, cranky, and unready for the blizzard of misleading factoids and diversionary stuff (In 1997 you said that the aging population was a big problem!
Pew Research Center:
Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion — The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys. This is the conclusion of a year-long Pew Research Center study that compared …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
2012 blame game: Will it ever end? — Four months after taking an electoral pounding, Republicans can't agree on what went wrong in 2012 — let alone on a path to recovery. — Each week brings a new diagnosis of the party's woes. Karl Rove says it's candidate quality.
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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
Obama Administration Says President Can Use Lethal Force Against Americans on US Soil — Drones: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Always Afraid to Ask — Here's Why Obama Won't Say Whether He Can Kill You With a Drone: Because He Probably Can — 8 Drones That Aren't Out to Kill You
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP centrists balk at Ryan Medicare shift — House Republican centrists are furious that GOP leaders are considering abandoning their pledge not to change Medicare retirement benefits for people 55 years and older. — According to several sources, a handful of centrist GOP lawmakers attending …
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USA Today:
Dow Jones high on Fed steroids: Our view … Like all good things, the performance-enhancing policies must come to an end. — Four years after the stock market hit bottom, it is flirting with an all-time high. On Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average enjoyed its second highest close ever …
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