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Corrie MacLaggan / Reuters:
Texas House approves sweeping abortion restrictions — (Reuters) - The Texas House of Representatives approved sweeping abortion restrictions on Tuesday, including a ban after 20 weeks of pregnancy and tougher standards for clinics that perform the procedure.
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Annrose / Daily Kos:
Interview with Victorian Prude the woman forcibly removed from testifying in Texas — Feel free to ignore any questions you would not care to respond to no explanation needed. Also feel free to add anything you would like to say that I don't cover or ask about. — First off, what was your prepared statement?
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Texas Abortion Bill Author In 2007: No Health Care For Unborn Because 'They're Not Born Yet' — WASHINGTON — Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R), the author of the radically anti-abortion bill making its way through the Texas Legislature this week, argued for hours on Tuesday that lawmakers …
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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Texas House Provisionally Approves Draconian Abortion Law — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House on Tuesday night provisionally approved tough new abortion restrictions, making good on a third attempt to pass the measure this year. — Activists on both sides of the issue from across …
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Texans Call Out Rick Perry: If You Want To Reduce Abortions, Then Back Sex Ed
Texans Call Out Rick Perry: If You Want To Reduce Abortions, Then Back Sex Ed
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Wendy Davis: Disputed Texas abortion bill likely to pass
Wendy Davis: Disputed Texas abortion bill likely to pass
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Politico:
Immigration reform heads for slow death — Republicans walked away from their 2012 debacle hell-bent on fixing their problems with Hispanics. Now, they appear hell-bent on making them worse. — In private conversations, top Republicans on Capitol Hill now predict comprehensive immigration reform …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Republican Women Cringe As Men Lead Abortion Fight
Republican Women Cringe As Men Lead Abortion Fight
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Micah Cohen / FiveThirtyEight:
Rubio Is Losing Support Among Republican Voters
Rubio Is Losing Support Among Republican Voters
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TMZ.com:
Justin Bieber Pisses Into Restaurant Mop Bucket — ‘F*** Bill Clinton!’ [VIDEO] — PISSES INTO RESTAURANT MOP BUCKET — ‘F*** Bill Clinton!’ — EXCLUSIVE — Justin Bieber is an oblivious, self-important little twit who goes out of his way to make the working man's life miserable …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart says it will pull out of D.C. plans should city mandate ‘living wage’ — The world's largest retailer delivered an ultimatum to District lawmakers Tuesday, telling them less than 24 hours before a decisive vote that at least three planned Wal-Marts will not open in the city if a super-minimum-wage proposal becomes law.
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Alex Barron / Washington Post:
Wal-Mart: The D.C. Council has forced our hand
Wal-Mart: The D.C. Council has forced our hand
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
McDonnell's corporation, wife allegedly benefited from $120,000 more from donor — RICHMOND — A prominent political donor gave $70,000 to a corporation owned by Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and his sister last year, and the governor did not disclose the money as a gift or loan, according to people with knowledge of the payments.
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Jim Nolan / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Governor's son arrested, charged with intoxication, swearing
Governor's son arrested, charged with intoxication, swearing
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Russell Simmons / The Huffington Post:
Just in Case George Zimmerman Walks Free... Like so many people across the country, I have followed the murder trial of George Zimmerman very closely. As we enter what is probably the last week of the trial, I am sure that everyone is anxious about the outcome.
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Martin Was Shot as He Leaned Over Zimmerman, Court Is Told
Martin Was Shot as He Leaned Over Zimmerman, Court Is Told
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Emad Mekay / Al Jazeera English:
Exclusive: US bankrolled anti-Morsi activists — Berkeley, United States - President Barack Obama recently stated the United States was not taking sides as Egypt's crisis came to a head with the military overthrow of the democratically elected president. — But a review of dozens …
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Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Egypt Is Arena for Influence of Arab Rivals
Egypt Is Arena for Influence of Arab Rivals
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James Hohmann / Reuters:
Sarah Palin considering 2014 Senate bid — Sarah Palin opened the door Tuesday to running for Senate next year in Alaska. — “I've considered it because people have requested me considering it, but I'm still waiting to see what the lineup will be and hoping that ... there will be some new blood …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters blogs:
Sarah Palin Considering 2014 Senate Run
Sarah Palin Considering 2014 Senate Run
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John O'Connor / Associated Press:
Illinois enacts nation's final concealed-gun law — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns as lawmakers rushed Tuesday to finalize a proposal ahead of a federal court's deadline. — Both chambers of the Legislature voted …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Linchpin for Obama's plan to predict future leakers unproven, isn't likely to work, experts say — WASHINGTON — In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based …
New York Times:
Seeing Opening, House G.O.P. Pushes Delay on Individual Mandate in Health Law — WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders on Tuesday seized on the Obama administration's one-year delay of a mandate for larger employers to offer health insurance or face penalties, demanding the same postponement …
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TIME:
Obamacare Delay Increases Costs and Complications
Obamacare Delay Increases Costs and Complications
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Talking Points Memo:
Mike Lee Slams Obama For Trying To Fill Judicial Vacancies — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) attacked President Obama on Wednesday for seeking to fill three judicial vacancies on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that those seats need not be filled before the court can function without them.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
A brand-new U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan. And nobody to use it. — The U.S. military has erected a 64,000-square-foot headquarters building on the dusty moonscape of southwestern Afghanistan that comes with all the tools to wage a modern war. A vast operations center with tiered seating.
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Peggy Noonan's Blog:
Whistleblowers — Two data points and a question. — Point one: Daniel Ellsberg yesterday in the Washington Post, in a piece on the Snowden case, referred to what might, surprisingly, be called the more easygoing legal climate of 1971, when he gave the Pentagon papers to the New York Times …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Senate Democrats set for decisive meeting on ‘nuclear option’ — Senate Democrats will huddle Thursday to determine whether to trigger the “nuclear option” to ram through nominees with a simple majority vote. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced Tuesday that he planned …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Poll: Majority say Snowden a whistle-blower not a traitor — A majority of Americans say that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a whistle-blower not a traitor, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. — The Quinnipiac University poll found 55 percent identifying Snowden …
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