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Q: OK. Thank you. I appreciate it. — PRESIDENT OBAMA: You may be mad at me. (Laughter.) — Q: I'm not. (Laughter.) — A couple questions on national security. On Syria, you said that the red line was not just about chemical weapons being used but being spread, and it was a game changer, seemed cut and dry (sic).
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President Obama's April 30, 2013, news conference (TRANSCRIPT) — By Washington Post Staff, … PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Hello. — Good afternoon — or good morning, everybody. I am here to answer questions in honor of Ed Henry, as he wraps up his tenure as president of the White House Correspondents' Association.
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Online dating, affairs service picks Sanford as poster boy — A website connecting users looking for casual, and often extramarital, affairs is making Mark Sanford the face of their new marketing campaign, and it could not come at a worse time for the former governor.
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Elizabeth Colbert Busch Goes There On Argentine Affair In Debate With Mark Sanford — In their first and only debate ahead of a May 7 special election for the House, Mark Sanford (R) and Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) sparred over budgets, guns, and — of course — the Republican candidate's personal life.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Elizabeth Colbert Busch attacks Mark Sanford in slugfest
Elizabeth Colbert Busch attacks Mark Sanford in slugfest
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Gina Smith / The State:
Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch trade jabs in only debate
Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch trade jabs in only debate
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Jeff Flake · 19,977 like this — Nothing like waking up to a poll saying you're the nation's least popular senator. Given the public's dim view of Congress in general, that probably puts me somewhere just below pond scum. — Now, notwithstanding the polling firm's leftist bent …
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Joanna Allhands / Arizona Republic:
Defending Jeff Flake
Defending Jeff Flake
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Kathleen Miles / The Huffington Post:
If Koch Brothers Buy LA Times, Half of Staff May Quit — At a Los Angeles Times in-house awards ceremony last week, columnist Steve Lopez addressed the elephant in the room. — Speaking to the entire staff, he said, “Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Austin Beutner's group.”
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Fred Backus / CBS News:
Poll: Americans against U.S. intervention in Syria, N. Korea — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — Most Americans continue to say that the U.S. does not have a responsibility to intervene in Syria and think that North Korea is a threat that can be contained for now, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.
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Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
In Poll, Public Opposes U.S. Action in Syria and North Korea
In Poll, Public Opposes U.S. Action in Syria and North Korea
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Associated Press:
Former ricin suspect's home is unlivable: lawyer — Christi McCoy, an attorney for Kevin Curtis said she had spoken with authorities about getting her client's property repaired or replaced. — Kevin Curtis speaks to reporters as his brother Jack Curtis looks on in Oxford …
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FBI looking into relationship between McDonnells, donor — FBI agents are conducting interviews about the relationship between Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, his wife, Maureen, and a major campaign donor who paid for the food at the wedding of the governor's daughter, according to four people familiar with the questioning.
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April 2013 Tracking Poll — The April poll finds much of the public remains confused about the status of the law. The April poll provides a rough baseline of public awareness of the ACA before more intensive consumer information and consumer assistance efforts begin.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Poll: 42 percent of Americans unsure if Obamacare is still law
Poll: 42 percent of Americans unsure if Obamacare is still law
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Simon Calder / The Independent:
The end of the free upgrade: the great airline business upgrade auction is ready for take-off — A free move into business class could become a thing of a past as the major airlines look to raise extra revenue online — The economy passenger's dream ticket - a free upgrade at the departure gate - now looks endangered.
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Margaret Carlson / Bloomberg:
How Sarah Palin Is Right About Washington — We call it the “nerd prom,” hoping that a dose of irony will inoculate us. But there's no use denying it: The White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner is a deeply narcissistic event. — I realize I'm jumping on the bandwagon late here …
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Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
Are Gay Guys Checking You Out in the Locker Room? — NBA player Jason Collins, left, in 2009. Collins recently came out as gay in a Sports Illustrated op-ed, the first active player in a major-league sport to do so. — As the first active member of one of the major sports leagues to come out as gay …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Governor Explains Away Poor Jobs Numbers: Most Unemployed People Are On Drugs — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) is facing an uphill fight for re-election as he battles negative job approval ratings and a slow economic recovery. The state's unemployment rate has dropped to 7.9 percent …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Don't be a jerk, Sen. Cruz. — It is a shopworn technique of hard-line conservatives to declare themselves men and women of principle in contrast to those other Republicans — the ones, you know, who pass legislation and try to represent their constituents.
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits — By: — The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned.
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur — In 2007, Republicans waged culture war on undocumented immigrants — and they've been paying for it at the ballot box ever since. Back in the bunker. — Minutemen demonstrate in Los Angeles in May 2007. — For the Republicans in Washington …
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Regrets Voting Against Same-Sex Adoption — WISCONSIN — Former GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a Wisconsin town hall audience on Monday that he now supports the right of same-sex couples to adopt children, even though he still opposes marriage equality.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Congressman: Attorney General Holder Is On The Side Of The Boston Bombers — A Republican Congressman suggested on Tuesday that Attorney General Eric Holder permitted a federal judge to read Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights because the Obama cabinet official is biased towards terrorism.
Martin Fackler / New York Times:
Radioactive Water Imperils Fukushima Plant — TOKYO — Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world's second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive wastewater that workers are struggling to contain.
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Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Name Wheeler to Head FCC — President Barack Obama is expected to soon nominate a former top lobbyist for the cable and wireless industries to lead the Federal Communications Commission, two people familiar with the matter said. — Tom Wheeler, a venture capitalist …
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