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Denis Hamill / NY Daily News:
Democratic mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner talks about his marriage, the sexting scandal and his hopes for City Hall — Anthony Weiner's campaign to be the Democratic candidate for mayor has been fraught with challenges. He sat down with Denis Hamill talk about these difficulties, his home life and what he wants from office.
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Concern grows for Huma Abedin within Clinton world — In 2011, Huma Abedin had support from her friends and Clinton associates when she decided to stay with her husband, scandal-plagued New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. — The past week, that support has morphed into concern.
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msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers and CNN
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
A Bet on Clinton: If They Network, She Will Run — A new group dedicated to paving the way for a Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 has already recruited dozens of the Democratic Party's most elite donors and bundlers, effectively kicking off the presidential money hunt more than three years before Election Day.
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The Hill, Taegan Goddard's … and Yahoo! News
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — July 29, 2013 - Weiner Should Drop Out, NYC Likely Dem Voters Tell Quinnipiac University Poll; Quinn Leads, With De Blasio, Thompson Tied For Second — Congressman Anthony Weiner drops to fourth place among likely Democratic primary voters in the race for New York City mayor …
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Sources: Clintons' Patience Growing Thin with Anthony Weiner — Bill and Hillary Clinton increasingly see Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign as an embarrassment and potential liability, and are signaling through associates that they are eager to see him exit the race, several former Clinton aides and advisers told ABC News.
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The Daily Caller, Yahoo! News and The Reaction
Lara Seligman / The Hill:
Weiner's wife meets with Hillary Clinton spokesman — Huma Abedin, the wife of former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), dined Monday night with Hillary Clinton's spokesman Philippe Reines. — The two were spotted at Meiwah, a Chinese restaurant in Washington, D.C.
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Weekly Standard
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
The latest action in the war on women: Column
The latest action in the war on women: Column
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Hot Air and Conservatives4Palin
Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
Blaming Huma Abedin
Blaming Huma Abedin
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The Daily Caller, TheBlaze.com, The Verge and The Fix
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
NEWS/ Julianna Margulies Talks Anthony Weiner Scandal: “It's the Gift That Keeps on Giving” for The Good Wife
NEWS/ Julianna Margulies Talks Anthony Weiner Scandal: “It's the Gift That Keeps on Giving” for The Good Wife
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Politico and The Huffington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Offer New Deal on Corporate Taxes, Jobs — By - PETER NICHOLAS and - JOHN MCKINNON — Hoping to break an impasse, President Barack Obama today will extend a new offer to congressional Republicans in which he would back an overhaul of the corporate tax system in exchange for a guarantee …
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americanthinker.com, White House Dossier and VodkaPundit
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Jessica Yellin / CNN:
President to propose ‘grand bargain’ on jobs — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama will offer a new proposal Tuesday that would cut corporate taxes while investing in programs that could put more Americans in well paying, full-time jobs, White House officials said.
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Obama to propose ‘grand bargain’ on corporate tax rate, infrastructure — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose a “grand bargain for middle-class jobs” on Tuesday that would cut the U.S. corporate tax rate and use billions in revenues generated by a business tax overhaul to fund projects aimed at creating jobs.
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New York Times:
Choosing the Next Fed Leader — Despite a campaign from allies both inside and outside the White House, the recent drive to install Lawrence Summers as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve seems to be faltering — and with good reason: He is not the best person for the job …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Fear of a Female Fed Chief
Fear of a Female Fed Chief
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Paul Krugman, Wall Street Journal, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Calculated Risk, Econbrowser and msnbc.com
Chris Frates / NationalJournal.com:
Inside Boehner's Strategy to Slow Walk Immigration to the Finish Line — House leaders put off immigration votes until after August recess, seeing delay as the best way to pass reform. — House Republicans head home for the August break having done little to pass immigration reform …
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Jules Witcover / Baltimore Sun:
GOP's Obamacare obsession is starting to look like political suicide — There is no chance Republicans will prevail in attempt to repeal or de-fund the health care law — Many present-day Republicans seem bent on making “Backward, Christian Soldiers” their marching song in their relentless determination …
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Daily Kos
Tom LoBianco / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: GOP Donor's School Grade Changed — Former Indiana and current Florida schools chief Tony Bennett built his national star by promising to hold “failing” schools accountable. But when it appeared an Indianapolis charter school run by a prominent Republican donor might receive a poor grade …
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The Reality-Based Community and Mercury Rising
Washington Examiner:
Obamacare train wreck is crashing employment, too — Every day we hear new reports of challenges surrounding the implementation of the president's health care law. More workers and businesses are coming forward to express frustration with the law. — Under the law's employer mandate …
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes — The power of eminent domain has traditionally worked against homeowners, who can be forced to sell their property to make way for a new highway or shopping mall. But now the working-class city of Richmond, Calif., hopes to use the same legal tool to help people stay right where they are.
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Law Blog and Obsidian Wings
Bill Draper / Associated Press:
Jackson County Circuit judge fires 34-year court veteran for good deed — A Kansas City man freed from prison three decades after being wrongfully convicted of rape considers Sharon Snyder his “angel” for giving him a public document that showed him how to properly seek DNA tests.
Reuters:
Abbas: ‘Not a single Israeli’ in future Palestinian state — PA president says would agree to int'l presence in W. Bank. — CAIRO - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas laid out his vision on Monday for the final status of Israeli-Palestinian relations ahead of peace talks due …
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Jerusalem Post, americanthinker.com and Israel Matzav
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Big-Name G.O.P. Donors Urge Members of Congress to Back Immigration Overhaul — WASHINGTON — More than 100 Republican donors — many of them prominent names in their party's establishment — sent a letter to Republican members of Congress on Tuesday urging them to support an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.
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The Hill, Washington Post and The Caucus
Rachel Abrams / Variety:
Hollywood Studios Denied Payments from China — China's new value-add tax has kept profits away from studios since at least January — Sony just got the green light for “Smurfs 2″ to play in China, but there's one big problem facing the studio: China hasn't paid Hollywood in months.
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The Verge, Deadline.com and New York Times
BBC:
Bars targeted in Nigeria Kano blasts — At least 10 people have been killed in a series of explosions that targeted bars in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, officials say. — Witnesses said the blasts shook a Christian neighbourhood that has previously been attacked by militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Says DOMA Ruling Changes Private Companies' Retirement Plans — “Following the [Supreme] Court's ruling, the term ‘Spouse’ is no longer unconstitutionally restricted to members of the opposite sex, but now rightfully includes those same-sex spouses in ‘otherwise valid marriages,’” judge rules.
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
Groups That Are Often at Odds Join Forces to Oppose Spitzer's Campaign — Alarmed by Eliot Spitzer's momentum in his unexpected bid to win citywide office, an unlikely coalition of business leaders, women's groups and labor unions is vowing to finance an ambitious effort to thwart the former governor's ambition.
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ABC News and Politicker
Associated Press:
AP sources: Pentagon likely to cut furlough days — WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense department civilians will likely face up to five fewer unpaid furlough days than originally planned, as Pentagon leaders scrimp to find up to $900 million in savings in the final months of the budget year that ends Sept. 30 …
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Weekly Standard and Outside the Beltway
Rebecca Elliott / Politico:
Changing Colorado 6th could be 2014's tightest race — With the trifecta of big money, deep investment from both parties and a split electorate with a sizable swing vote, the race between Republican Rep. Mike Coffman and Democrat Andrew Romanoff in Colorado's 6th Congressional District stands …