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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Weiner's Campaign Manager Quits After Latest Revelations — In a new sign of tumult within Anthony D. Weiner's embattled political operation, his campaign manager has quit, leaving his already skeletal team without a day-to-day leader. — According to two people told of the decision …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Weiner's campaign manager quits after revelations
Report: Weiner's campaign manager quits after revelations
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Obama on unilateral action: Lawyers? I don't need lawyers. — In an interview after his speech Wednesday in Galesburg, Illinois, President Obama was asked if he consulted White House lawyers before unilaterally delaying the employer mandate in Obamacare. Since Congress, in the Affordable Care Act …
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Nile Gardiner / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
President Obama calls the United States and Europe ‘developing countries’ in latest embarrassing gaffe — You can imagine the derision that would have flowed from the liberal “mainstream media” if George W. Bush had referred to the United States as well as its European allies as “developing countries.”
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Interview With President Obama
Interview With President Obama
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Obama criticizes pro-Keystone pipeline jobs, gas price claims
Obama criticizes pro-Keystone pipeline jobs, gas price claims
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Melissa Klein / New York Post:
Iconic Ground Zero photo was nearly excluded from museum for being too ‘rah-rah’ American — This iconic picture of firefighters raising the stars and stripes in the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9/11 Memorial Museum — because it was “rah-rah” American, a new book says.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Lew warns GOP to avoid ‘false crises’ over spending, debt limit — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Republicans to avoid “false crises” over a government shutdown and the debt limit in the coming months. — Appearing on ABC's “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Lew: IRS exhibited ‘equal opportunity bad judgment’ in targeting
Lew: IRS exhibited ‘equal opportunity bad judgment’ in targeting
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Greenwald Claims Private Contractors Can Spy On Calls, Emails: ‘I Defy NSA Officials To Deny’ These Capabilities — Following up on Edward Snowden's earlier claim that he could wiretap anybody as a low-level defense contractor—a claim denied by NSA officials and House Intelligence Committee …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Greenwald: Low-level NSA analysts allowed to spy on phone calls
Greenwald: Low-level NSA analysts allowed to spy on phone calls
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Jim Mustian / Baton Rouge news …:
Sheriff's Office sets up park stakeouts to ensnare gay men — An undercover East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's deputy was staking out Manchac Park about 10 a.m. one day this month when a slow-moving sedan pulling into the parking lot caught his attention. The deputy parked alongside …
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
EXCLUSIVE: 4 IN 5 IN US FACE NEAR-POVERTY, NO WORK — You are here — Home » Barack Obama » Exclusive: 4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work — WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Going for Bolingbroke — BEFORE political movements can be understood by others, they need to understand themselves: what they want to be, what they actually are and how they might bridge the gap between aspiration and reality. — Today, the post-George W. Bush, post-Mitt Romney conservative movement is one-third of the way there.
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Feinstein: Filner should resign — San Diego Mayor Bob Filner (D) should resign over sexual harassment allegations, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Sunday. — “I don't think that somebody who is lacking a moral compass really sets a role model or really will provide the kind …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
ObamaCare funding battle pits Tea Party against establishment Republicans — The latest fight between Tea Party and establishment Republicans is a familiar one: ObamaCare. — The Tea Party is ready to take a stand on defunding the divisive healthcare law and willing to risk a government shutdown in the process.
Peter Buffett / New York Times:
The Charitable-Industrial Complex — I HAD spent much of my life writing music for commercials, film and television and knew little about the world of philanthropy as practiced by the very wealthy until what I call the big bang happened in 2006. That year, my father, Warren Buffett …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: Rand Paul destroying GOP reputation on national security — Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that the libertarian wing of the Republican party is damaging the GOP's reputation on national security. — King criticized Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a potential 2016 presidential candidate …
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Va. first lady McDonnell spent thousands from husband's PAC on clothes, other items — RICHMOND — Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell bought nearly $9,800 in clothing with money from her husband's political action committee and tapped into his campaign and inaugural funds to buy $7,600 …
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
TCA: NBC Unveils Hillary Clinton Mini to Star Diane Lane — Also in works are 'Rosemary's Baby' and ‘Tommyknockers’ reboots and Plymouth Rock mini — NBC Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt opened his Television Critics Assn. exec session by talking up the Peacock's “year of improvement” …
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Orders Hillary Clinton, 'Rosemary's Baby,' Stephen King's ‘Tommyknockers,’ Plymouth Rock Miniseries
NBC Orders Hillary Clinton, 'Rosemary's Baby,' Stephen King's ‘Tommyknockers,’ Plymouth Rock Miniseries
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