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Dylan Byers / Politico:
White House holds ‘deep background’ Benghazi briefing — The White House held a “deep background” briefing with reporters on Friday afternoon to discuss recent revelations about the Benghazi investigation, sources familiar with the meeting tell POLITICO. — The meeting was conducted on …
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Alex Koppelman / News Desk:
Spinning Benghazi — It's a cliché, of course, but it really is true: in Washington, every scandal has a crime and a coverup. The ongoing debate about the attack on the United States facility in Benghazi where four Americans were killed, and the Obama Administration's response to it, is no exception.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House denies misleading public on Benghazi talking points — White House press secretary Jay Carney maintained Friday he did not mischaracterize the White House and State Department's role in developing of talking points regarding the attack on the American diplomatic post in Benghazi.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Susan Rice Barely Discussed The Possibility That Al-Qaeda Was Involved In Benghazi When She Was On Sunday Shows
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Weekly Standard
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Benghazi Isn't Watergate. But the White House Didn't Tell the Full Story.
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The Strata-Sphere, Hot Air, Capital New York, ABCNEWS and Washington Free Beacon
Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Clinton facing calls to testify on Benghazi
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Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, ABCNEWS and The Daily Caller
David Weigel / Slate:
Jason Richwine Resigns from the Heritage Foundation — The Heritage Foundation tells without much more detail. The full explanation: … Some background: I'd been asking whether Heritage read Richwine's dissertation, or talked about any of the potentially explosive IQ research, before hiring him.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Jason Richwine, Heritage immigration expert quits — The Heritage Foundation announced the resignation Friday of senior policy analyst Jason Richwine, co-author of a controversial report critical of the Senate's immigration reform bill. After Heritage issued the report this week …
Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Jason Richwine resigns from Heritage Foundation
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Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Author of Heritage Immigration Report Quits
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
The IRS was wrong to target the tea party. They should've gone after all 501(c)4s. — Let's be very clear: because the Internal Revenue Service holds so much private data, and because it can make people's lives absolutely miserable, it is of paramount importance in our political system that it both is …
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Josh Eidelson / thenation.com/blogs/171221:
Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit — Two updates appear below. — Hundreds of Detroit fast food workers plan to walk off the job beginning at 6 AM today, making the motor city the fourth in five weeks to see such strikes. Organizers expect participants from at least 60 stores …
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Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com:
Largest fast food strike yet as workers walk out in Michigan
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BBC:
Guatemala court jails ex-leader — A court in Guatemala has found former military leader Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. — A three-judge tribunal sentenced the 86-year-old to 80 years in prison. — Rios Montt was convicted of ordering the deaths …
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Carbon Dioxide Level Is at Its Highest in Human History — The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported on Friday, reaching a concentration not seen on the earth for millions of years.
Michele McPhee / ABCNEWS:
‘Mounting Evidence’ Boston Bombers Involved in 2011 Triple Murder — Massachusetts investigators have developed what they call “mounting evidence,” bolstered by “forensic hits,” that point to the possible involvement of both Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar in a gruesome …
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Wesley Lowery / Boston Globe:
Virginia woman who coordinated Tamerlan Tsarnaev's burial says protests showed ‘America at its worst’
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Budget request denied, Sebelius turns to health executives to finance Obamacare — HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking private industry executives to help fund Obamacare's implementation. — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has gone, hat in hand …
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Politico, Hot Air, Mediaite, CNN, The Raw Story and The Lonely Conservative
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Embassy Staff Undercut ‘Whistleblower’ Testimony On Benghazi — Staff who served in Libya with Gregory Hicks, the GOP's primary “whistleblower” in this week's hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks, undercut his story that State Department officials demoted him as retribution for speaking out …
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Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Maps Exit From Stimulus — Timing of Wind-Down Is Uncertain, but Focus Is on Managing Unpredictable Market Expectations — Federal Reserve officials have mapped out a strategy for winding down an unprecedented $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program meant to spur the economy …
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Business Insider, Biz Beat Blog and The Lonely Conservative
Daniel Winn / Local News:
Movie theater publicity stunt triggers officers to respond to active shooter situation — Movie theater publicity stunt triggers police response — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - — Management at the Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters is defending what it calls a publicity stunt at the movie theaters this past weekend.
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The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Daily Kos and Gawker
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Elon Musk and David Sacks Depart Fwd.us, Mark Zuckerberg's Political Action Group — Elon Musk and David Sacks, two of the Silicon Valley stars behind Fwd.us, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political action committee, have left the group, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Politico, The Hill, ThinkProgress and Business Insider
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Pakistan Orders Times Reporter to Leave — Pakistan's Interior Ministry has ordered the expulsion of The New York Times bureau chief in Islamabad on the eve of national elections, the newspaper said Friday. The Times has strongly protested the move and is seeking his reinstatement.
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