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Associated Press:
GOP basic strategy for 2016 looks deeply unsettled — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party's road map for winning presidential elections looks hazier than ever as GOP lawmakers and others reject what many considered obvious lessons from Mitt Romney's loss last year.
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Climate plan to be unveiled Tuesday — President Barack Obama will unveil his plan to combat climate change in a speech Tuesday, detailing what's expected to be a proposal relying on executive actions, including the regulation of carbon emissions from existing power plants.
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Juliet Eilperin / Post Politics:
Obama to announce Tuesday he will regulate existing power plants as part of climate strategy — President Obama will announce Tuesday that he plans to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants, according to individuals who have been briefed on the plan but asked not to be identified.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Cantor, Hoyer trade blame on farm bill failure — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) blamed each other for the House's failure to pass the farm bill Thursday. — Hoyer started by accusing House Republicans of taking a bipartisan bill that was reported …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House GOP ratchets up battle with Senate over student loan rates
House GOP ratchets up battle with Senate over student loan rates
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
House Republicans Hate Poor Too Much to End Farm Socialism
House Republicans Hate Poor Too Much to End Farm Socialism
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
IRS Sent $46,378,040 in Refunds to 23,994 ‘Unauthorized’ Aliens at 1 Atlanta Address — (CNSNews.com) - The Internal Revenue Service sent 23,994 tax refunds worth a combined $46,378,040 to “unauthorized” alien workers who all used the same address in Atlanta, Ga., in 2011 …
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Washington Post:
Probe into gifts to McDonnells finds new undisclosed items valued at tens of thousands — Federal authorities are asking Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's associates about previously undisclosed gifts given by a campaign donor to McDonnell's wife that total tens of thousands of dollars …
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New York Post:
‘Kill Whitey’ Panther is held on gun rap — The tattoo on his face says, “Kill Whitey” in block letters, and cops say the gun he carried was loaded and unlicensed. — But that didn't stop Maruse Heath — head of the Philadelphia chapter of the New Black Panther Party …
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Judy Nicastro / New York Times:
My Abortion, at 23 Weeks — KIRKLAND, Wash. — I BELIEVE that parenthood starts before conception, at the moment you decide you want a child, and are ready and able to create a safe and loving home for her or him. I support abortion rights, but I reject the false distinction between the terms “pro-choice” and “pro-life.”
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Facebook Security / Facebook:
Important Message from Facebook's White Hat Program — At Facebook, we take people's privacy seriously, and we strive to protect people's information to the very best of our ability. We implement many safeguards, hire the brightest engineers and train them to ensure we have only high-quality code behind …
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Fox News:
Trail of Benghazi security lapses leads to State Department senior leadership, records show — The decision to keep U.S. personnel in Benghazi with substandard security was made at the highest levels of the State Department by officials who have so far escaped blame over the Sept. 11 attack …
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Patrick Condon / bigstory.ap.org:
MINN.'S FRANKEN HARDLY A GOP TARGET FOR DEFEAT — You are here — Home » United States Senate » Minn.'s Franken hardly a GOP target for defeat — ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Al Franken barely made it into the Senate the first time, squeaking by with 312 votes after months …
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U.S. News:
US charges NSA leaker Snowden with espionage — Federal prosecutors filed espionage charges against alleged National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, officials familiar with the process said. Authorities have also begun the process of getting Snowden back to the United States to stand trial.
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U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs
U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs
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JohnE / Ace of Spades HQ:
Is Michael Bloomberg Using City Resources For His “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” Group? — I really hate doing the question headline, but this definitely needs answering. I started poking around last night. — At first I pinged mayorsagainstillegalguns.org and found that it was resolving at a New York City government IP address.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
How Republicans stopped worrying and learned to love big government — The budget talks are foundering on a Republican demand that the federal government start predicting the deficit 30 years into the future. The immigration bill is hung up over Republican demands that the government achieve full control …
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