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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Darrell Issa Acknowledges He Learned Nothing New From His Benghazi Hearing — House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) tacitly admitted on Wednesday that his hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks the same day didn't turn up any new information. — “I'm curious, did you learn anything new today?”
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: The RNC Benghazi Attack Ad that Never Ran — It was the Benghazi attack ad the Republican National Committee created but never aired. — ABC News has obtained an ad the RNC made last fall and approved to air in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.
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Politico and Post Politics
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Meet Democrats' Newest Republican Crush: Ted Cruz?!?! — Starting around the time he launched a bogus attack on then-Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, Democrats have loved to hate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). — They made sure as many as people as possible saw him condescend to Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
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The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog and Taylor Marsh
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama pushes $9 minimum wage bill in visit to red state Texas
Obama pushes $9 minimum wage bill in visit to red state Texas
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
Obama Austin Tech Tour Raises Democrat Profile in Texas
Obama Austin Tech Tour Raises Democrat Profile in Texas
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The Heritage Foundation and Political Capital
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The Benghazi hearings: what's new and what's not — “I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed” — Gregory Hicks, former U.S. deputy chief of mission to Libya, testifying on his reaction to U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice's remarks on the terror attack in Benghazi, May 8, 2013
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Sen. Coburn: ‘Glaring omission’ in Benghazi information from State Dept.
Sen. Coburn: ‘Glaring omission’ in Benghazi information from State Dept.
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Politico, Hot Air, CNN, The PJ Tatler, Wake up America, TheBlaze.com, Yahoo! News, BuzzFeed and NationalJournal.com
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Failings of Bam & Hill laid bare
Failings of Bam & Hill laid bare
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The Hill, Real Clear Politics, Washington Times, CANNONFIRE, American Spectator, PJ Media and Power Line
Politico:
McCarthy's nomination in doubt, angering Democrats — President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency is in jeopardy after Republicans formed a united front Thursday to deny her a vote in committee. — Democrats erupted in frustration at the GOP “obstructionism” …
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Daily Kos, Yahoo! News, Campaign for America's Future, Mother Jones and E2-Wire
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U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:
EPW Republicans Not To Attend Gina McCarthy Nomination Vote
EPW Republicans Not To Attend Gina McCarthy Nomination Vote
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New York Times, Washington Wire, The Mahablog and The Caucus
Ryan Koronowski / ThinkProgress:
Republican Senators Boycott Vote On Gina McCarthy's Nomination To Head EPA
Republican Senators Boycott Vote On Gina McCarthy's Nomination To Head EPA
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Crooks and Liars, E2-Wire, campaignmoney.org, BuzzFeed and The Impolitic
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Benghazi patsy — Nakoula Basseley Nakoula deserves a place in American history. He is the first person in this country jailed for violating Islamic anti-blasphemy laws. — You won't find that anywhere in the charges against him, of course. As a practical matter, though …
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Rush Limbaugh, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and Washington Free Beacon
Politico:
Heritage Foundation does damage control — The Heritage Foundation has gone into damage-control mode in the last few days, after coming under fire from Republicans and conservative outside groups over a report it published that puts the price tag of immigration reform at $6.3 trillion.
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BuzzFeed, Right Turn, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota House approves gay marriage bill after two-hour debate — The measure now goes to the Senate, which will take up the issue Monday. — A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Minnesota House Passes Marriage Equality Bill, 75-59
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
McCain working on bill to allow for ‘a la carte’ cable TV packages — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is working on legislation that would pressure cable and satellite providers to allow their customers to pick and choose the channels they pay for, his office confirmed on Wednesday.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
House lawmakers pen Gosnell resolution — Three House members introduced a resolution Wednesday night calling on lawmakers to review abortion policies in wake of the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion provider charged with first-degree murder for killing four babies …
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate fails to approve resolution condemning illegal medical practices
Senate fails to approve resolution condemning illegal medical practices
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CNN, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, LifeNews.com and Hot Air
Frank Phillips / The Boston Globe:
Gomez took $281,500 home tax deduction — Republican US Senate nominee Gabriel E. Gomez claimed a $281,500 income tax deduction in 2005 for pledging not to make any visible changes to the facade of his 112-year-old Cohasset home, a concession so valuable that it is classified …
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Yahoo! News, CBS Boston and TBogg
Dylan Byers / Politico:
POLITICO to test metered paywall — From the folks up top: … Also: We started experimenting with sponsored content today.
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The Dish, Capital New York, Business Insider and WJLA-TV, more at Mediagazer »
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Felix Salmon:
The tragedy of US higher education — The tragedy of Cooper Union is endemic to most American higher education, outside a few community colleges; Cooper is just the special case where the blind rush to some kind of global greatness directly and explicitly violates the institution's founding mission.
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Wonkblog and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Nancy Pelosi: Kermit Gosnell case ‘really disgusting’ … During her press conference Thursday afternoon, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was asked if she was aware of the Kermit Gosnell case and whether Congress should hold hearings to make sure similar atrocities are not occurring in other abortion clinics.
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Yahoo! News, National Review and Hot Air
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations — The battle for control of dangerous digital shapes may have just begun. — On Thursday, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson received a letter from the State Department Office …
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Mother Jones, Engadget, The Verge, The Raw Story, Mashable, BBC, The Truth About Guns, Wake up America, Hit & Run, The PJ Tatler and National Review
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate panel vote signals GOP support for immigration reform — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday adopted a substitute amendment to immigration reform legislation with a strong bipartisan margin, signaling which Republicans are most likely to support the bill.
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Politico and The Plum Line
Oleg Atbashian / American Thinker:
Ariel Castro, Cleveland Kidnapper, Is a Registered Democrat — According to voter registration records, Ariel Castro, the Cleveland kidnapper, is a registered Democrat. He was also the alleged leader among the three Castro brothers, who were arrested this week, and the owner of the house …
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The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, ABCNEWS, The Week, NY Daily News, The Daily Caller and ViralRead
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Prince Harry begins US tour with visits to Capitol Hill, White House — Prince Harry caused a stir in Washington on Thursday, visiting Capitol Hill and the White House, his first stops during a week-long tour of the United States. — Screaming girls greeted the prince's arrival …
FBI:
Tunisian Man Charged with Visa Fraud Related to Terrorism, Intended to Remain in U.S. to Facilitate an Act of International Terrorism … Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; George Venizelos, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office …
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The Jawa Report, BBC and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
TIME:
Top White House Aide Has A Secret Beer With Rep. Paul Ryan — On April 10, the day President Obama released his 2014 budget, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough held a secret meeting with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan at a K Street restaurant, Brasserie Beck, to talk …
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CNN, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo, Yahoo! News, Politico, Post Politics and Mother Jones
Douglas Brinkley / Rolling Stone:
Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview — The vice president on guns, global warming and why he's “the last guy in the room” on every decision Obama makes — There is a keen Kennedy-like vigor to Joe Biden that overwhelms any room. As was once said of Theodore Roosevelt, he, too …