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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators — Putin is set to respond to Obama's sanctions of Russian officials with his own list. Several U.S. Senators and officials will be banned from visiting Russia, including Sen. Dick Durbin. — U.S. senators, congressmen and top Obama administration officials …
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Garry Kasparov / Politico:
Vladimir Putin and the Lessons of 1938 — He's not Hitler. But we've got to stop him all the same. — It's been a busy few weeks for Vladimir Putin. In the last month, the Russian president has hosted the Olympic Games, invaded a neighboring country and massed troops along its border.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S., E.U. announce sanctions following vote in Crimea — The Obama administration slapped sanctions on 11 Russian and Ukrainian officials Monday, saying it was targeting “cronies” and senior advisers of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian arms industry and those responsible …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
US Sanctions On Russia Freeze Top Officials' Assets
US Sanctions On Russia Freeze Top Officials' Assets
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Marie-Louise Gumuchian / CNN:
U.S., EU announce sanctions after Crimea vote
U.S., EU announce sanctions after Crimea vote
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEight:
What the Fox Knows — FiveThirtyEight is a data journalism organization. Let me explain what we mean by that, and why we think the intersection of data and journalism is so important. — If you're a casual reader of FiveThirtyEight, you may associate us with election forecasting …
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Marilyn Tavenner / HHS.gov:
Marketplace Enrollment Hits 5 Million Milestone — As this historic open enrollment period enters its final weeks, millions of Americans are finding quality, affordable coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Fernando Valdez and Denise Schroeder were part of a weekend wave of consumers signing …
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
We overhauled U.S. health care — to insure 4.2 million people?
We overhauled U.S. health care — to insure 4.2 million people?
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Daniel Simmons-Ritchie / Rapid City Journal:
Phil Jensen: South Dakota's most conservative lawmaker? — It was July 10, 2003, and Phil Jensen, a life-long Kansas boy and red-blooded Republican, was set for a big move. — Jensen and his wife were relocating from Wichita to Rapid City to live closer to family.
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Lauren McGaughy / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
It's official: Edwin Edwards is running for Congress — Just three years after his release from federal prison, former Gov. Edwin Edwards is throwing his hat into the open race for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. — The 86-year-old Silver Fox, known for his memorable …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Ex-gov announces bid for Congress — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards officially announced he is running for Congress on Monday, hoping to recharge a political career after serving nearly a decade in prison on federal corruption charges. — Edwards announced his bid Monday at a weekly meeting …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Koch Group Abandons Obamacare ‘Horror’ Stories After Fact-Check Backlash — Have we heard the last Obamacare “horror” story? If new ads from the Koch Brothers-backed group are any indication, we might have. — Americans for Prosperity, the well-funded conservative group …
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Nature:
All you need to know about gravitational waves — A beginner's guide to the BICEP2 discovery of primordial gravitational waves. — Rights & Permissions — Astronomers have announced the detection of the imprint of primordial ‘gravitational waves’ that originated in the Big Bang that created our Universe 13.8 billion years ago.
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Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Detection of Waves in Space Buttresses Landmark Theory of Big Bang
Detection of Waves in Space Buttresses Landmark Theory of Big Bang
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Scott Brown pans ‘self-serving’ pledge — Scott Brown on Saturday blasted Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) challenge to limit outside spending in the New Hampshire Senate race as “self-serving and hypocritical.” — Brown, the former Massachusetts senator who is gearing up for a run in New Hampshire …
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New York Times:
Amid Mayoral Missteps, Irish Eyes Are Rolling in New York City — He wants to close schools for the Chinese New Year, has pledged fealty to an Israeli political group, sprinkles Spanish and Italian phrases into his speeches and speaks frequently of his wife's Caribbean heritage.
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William J. Dobson / Slate:
The Malaysia Airlines Pilot's Politics — Zaharie Ahmad Shah supported Anwar Ibrahim. That's common sense, not zealotry. — There is an axiom in Malaysian politics: Eventually everything comes back to Anwar Ibrahim. So, the longer that the fumbling and inept investigation …
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Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
L'Wren Scott dead: Fashion designer and Mick Jagger girlfriend found dead in apparent suicide — Mick Jagger is ‘completely shocked and devastated by the news,’ spokesperson says in statement. Scott's body, discovered hanging from a scarf tied to a doorknob in her apartment on 11th Avenue …
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Gothamist, Telegraph, Daily Mail, TalkLeft and Syracuse Post-Standard
Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Mississippi Will Drug Test Welfare Recipients — Last week, Mississippi's state Senate passed a bill to drug test some welfare recipients after it passed the House earlier this year. It's now waiting for a signature from Gov. Phil Bryant (R), who praised its passage. It will take effect July 1.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not? — The MSNBC host has Beltway buzz for his flirtation with the 2016 presidential race. Republican primary voters may be a different story. — NASHUA, N.H.—In the end, Joe Scarborough's name wasn't on the ballot for the presidential straw poll …
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Stenographer: ‘Assignment’ From Holy Spirit Prompted Outburst On House Floor — The stenographer who was carried off the House floor in October for an outburst in which she yelled into a microphone about God, Freemasons and a divided government explained in a video published Sunday that she acted on “assignment” from the Holy Spirit.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Obama trap — Thanks to Obamacare, Democrats just lost a special election in a Florida House district that President Obama won in 2012. So what do you think vulnerable Democrats in states and districts Obama lost in 2012 are thinking today? — Answer: Run away!
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
CNN Host Speculates Whether Malaysia Jet's Disappearance Was ‘Supernatural’ (VIDEO) — Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing for so long that CNN is speculating whether its disappearance had something to do with the “supernatural.” — After a commercial airline pilot had trouble explaining …
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Fritz Klug / MLive.com:
Poll has Gary Peters leading Terri Lynn Land in US Senate race — A new poll has U.S. Rep Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Hills, leading former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. — If the election were held now, 39.7 percent of the people asked would vote for Peters and 36.7 percent for Land …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Revenge of the Republican consultants — Ten of the consulting firms that formed the core of the push to elect Mitt Romney — reaping a combined $1 billion in the process — have survived a tea party assault and are again among the highest-grossing and best-positioned players in Republican politics.
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Yahoo! News:
MH370 flew as low as 1,500m to avoid detection, says paper — The Malaysian Insider - 11 hrs ago — As the search for the missing flight MH370 enters its 10th day with few clues as to its whereabouts, the New Straits Times said today the Boeing 777-200ER dropped 5,000 feet (1,500m) to evade commercial radar detection.
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