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The Hill:
Boehner open to extending unemployment benefits — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) remains open to an extension of emergency unemployment benefits even in the face of growing conservative opposition to such a move. — The Ohio Republican maintains the position he expressed last month that Republicans would …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama looks to re-launch second term bogged down in 2013
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Romney accepts MSNBC apology — Mitt Romney said Sunday that he's forgiven MSNBC after a host and other panelists on the network made comments about his adopted black grandchild. — Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” the former Republican presidential candidate said he accepted the apology …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Romney to make rare Sunday appearance — Mitt Romney, the most recent GOP nominee for president, is scheduled to make a rare Sunday show appearance this week in the wake of a cable news controversy surrounding a photo of one of his grandsons. — Romney, the former Massachusetts governor …
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New York Times:
Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants — BEIRUT, Lebanon — The images of recent days have an eerie familiarity, as if the horrors of the past decade were being played back: masked gunmen recapturing the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Ramadi, where so many American soldiers died fighting them.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Wishes He Could ‘Turn Back The Clock’ — Former GOP presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Sunday said he wished he could go back in time while discussing Obamacare. — “I don't know. I wish I could go back and turn back the clock and take another try,” …
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Jason Samenow / Capital Weather Gang:
An astonishing, dangerous cold snap is about to descend on the U.S. — For days, it's appeared on computer model maps in the form of deep blue and purple shades. Now it's about to get real and up close and personal. Some of the coldest air in years, if not decades, is poised to pour into the U.S. …
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CNN:
Sen. Paul has his own Obamacare debacle — Washington (CNN) - It seems everyday Americans aren't the only ones suffering through a disastrous rollout of Obamacare; politicians are, too. — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, said Sunday on ABC's “This Week” that he's had trouble signing …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Bernanke takes parting shot at Congress, calls fiscal policy ‘counterproductive’ — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a parting critique of Washington's fiscal policy, arguing it weighed down the economic recovery and has been “counterproductive.”
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ABC15 Arizona:
Steven Seagal mulls run for Arizona Governor — Steven Seagal is making headlines once again. — The flamboyant actor and martial arts expert tells ABC15 he's considering a run for the Arizona governor's office. — Seagal says he's had discussions with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dems seize on income inequality for 2014 — Democrats aren't wasting any time tackling an issue they are convinced will help them this election year: income inequality. — One of the Senate's first votes upon returning to Washington from its holiday break Monday will be on a bill reviving …
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Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
Modern Language Association's fascist douchebags outlaw The Daily Caller from convention — The Daily Caller has been banned from the convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), an annual showcase for academic douchebags. — Although this reporter had been looking forward to the four …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rand Paul backs Snowden, bashes Clapper — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday went to bat for NSA leaker Edward Snowden — and took a swing at Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, while Sen. Chuck Schumer advocated a tougher line on Snowden. — “I don't think Edward Snowden deserves …
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Lawrence Wright / New Yorker:
THE AL QAEDA SWITCHBOARD — Edward Snowden has started a critical debate about the legality and the effectiveness of the N.S.A.'s practice of collecting unlimited records of telephone calls made to, from, and within the United States. Last month, two federal judges came to opposing conclusions about these issues.
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