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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Gowdy: Benghazi probe could run into '16 — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said the special committee he'll lead on Benghazi could continue into the 2016 campaign, when Hillary Clinton might be running for the White House. — Asked about that posibility Wednesday on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Why Republicans should just leave the Monica Lewinsky story alone — Monica Lewinsky is back! — The one-time paramour of the sitting President of the United States is featured in Vanity Fair breaking her silence and telling her side of the story. Even though that story isn't out yet …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: No reason for new Benghazi committee, but GOP ‘calls the shots’ in the House — New York (CNN) - Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she is “absolutely” satisfied with what she knows about the Benghazi terror attack, and cast doubt on the intentions …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trey Gowdy Says People Shouldn't Fundraise Off Benghazi, NRCC Apparently Disagrees — WASHINGTON — Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Wednesday morning urged his fellow lawmakers not to use the investigation he is leading into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, to raise money, calling it a subject that “transcends politics.”
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Alex Rogers / TIME:
New Benghazi Committee Chairman Wants Hillary to Speak
New Benghazi Committee Chairman Wants Hillary to Speak
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
DCCC chair Steve Israel: Boycott the GOP's Benghazi probe, Dems
DCCC chair Steve Israel: Boycott the GOP's Benghazi probe, Dems
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Andrew Clark / National Republican Congressional …:
Here's What You Need To Know About Trey Gowdy & The House GOP's Select Committee On Benghazi
Here's What You Need To Know About Trey Gowdy & The House GOP's Select Committee On Benghazi
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Lisa Desjardins / CNN:
Women building: GOP-led House to vote on women's museum
Women building: GOP-led House to vote on women's museum
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
NRCC fundraising off of Benghazi
NRCC fundraising off of Benghazi
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP struggles to land punches at ObamaCare insurance hearing — Republicans struggled to land punches against ObamaCare in a hearing Wednesday as responses from insurance companies deflated several lines of questioning. — Democratic lawmakers were emboldened to defend the Affordable Care Act …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
FEC chair warns that conservative media like Drudge Report and Sean Hannity face regulation — like PACs — WASHINGTON SECRETS SUPREME COURT FEC MEDIA CONSERVATISM ELECTIONS CITIZENS UNITED ENDORSEMENTS DRUDGE REPORT JOHN PAUL STEVENS — Government officials, reacting to the growing voice …
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin Announces Pullback From Ukraine Border — MOSCOW — In an apparent attempt to halt the escalating violence in southeastern Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was pulling troops back from the border, and he urged Ukrainian separatists to call off a referendum …
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Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Federal appeals court stays ruling halting Doe probe into Walker recall — By Jason Stein, Patrick Marley and Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel — Less than 24 hours after a federal judge halted a probe into conservative groups and the campaign of Gov. Scott Walker …
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Gov. Scott Walker / JSOnline:
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall
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House votes to hold Lerner in contempt of Congress — May 22, 2013: Director of Exempt Organizations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Lois Lerner prepares to deliver an opening statement to a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on alleged targeting …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
House Holds Ex-I.R.S. Official in Contempt in Tea Party Case — WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to hold in contempt Lois Lerner, a former Internal Revenue Service official who is the focus of multiple investigations into whether the agency targeted President Obama's opponents.
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Eric Kelsey / Reuters:
A Minute With: Megyn Kelly on Fox News and foe Jon Stewart — (Reuters) - A decade ago Megyn Kelly was practicing law and moonlighting as a local TV reporter before Fox News Channel came calling, starting a relationship that would take her career from newbie legal correspondent to the host of her own prime-time gig.
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A GOP Senate Candidate Blows The Lid Off Conservative Racial Politics — Whether North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis wins the Senate GOP primary tonight, or finds himself stuck in a run-off until July, he'll be contending with this recently resurfaced video from 2011 …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Tillis Wins, Boosts GOP's 2014 Hopes
Tillis Wins, Boosts GOP's 2014 Hopes
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Ray Sanchez / CNN:
Nearly 80% of Americans think no one survived Flight 370, CNN poll finds — The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 — (CNN) — Most Americans believe the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 should continue, but roughly half the country thinks the arduous search …
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Chris Joseph / The Daily Pulp:
Charlie Crist Says Race Was Big Reason He Left GOP — Echoing sentiments he made a couple of months ago, Florida gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist says race was a big reason he chose to bolt the Republican Party. — Crist sat down with Fusion TV on Tuesday and said the GOP's hostile treatment …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Burning the Beret — WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says she would meet me for a drink. — I'm game. — In her new meditation in Vanity Fair, Monica mashes Hawthorne and Coleridge, proclaiming that she's ready to rip off her “scarlet-A albatross,” “reimagine” her identity and reclaim her narrative.
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David Weigel / Slate:
What's This “Silence” That Monica Lewinsky Is Breaking?
What's This “Silence” That Monica Lewinsky Is Breaking?
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Brad Plumer / Vox:
Nine maps that show how climate change is already affecting the US — Climate change isn't just a problem for future generations — it's already affecting broad swaths of the United States. — That's the upshot of the National Climate Assessment, a massive new US government report detailing …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Insurance Companies Testify: Obamacare Website Still Not Fixed — Six health insurance executives testified on Capitol Hill today. And all six, each representing a different company, unanimously agreed: The Obamacare website is still not entirely fixed. — The witnesses included Frank Coyne …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Insurers Say Most Who Signed Up Under Health Law Have Paid Up
Insurers Say Most Who Signed Up Under Health Law Have Paid Up
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Calls Nigeria Kidnappings ‘An Act Of Terrorism’ … On Wednesday Hillary Clinton called the kidnapping of more than 300 school girls in Nigeria “abominable”, “criminal” and “an act of terrorism.” — The government of Nigeria has been “somewhat derelict in its responsibility” …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Russian Diplomat's Sexist Attack On Pussy Riot — Emails obtained by BuzzFeed show a Russian diplomat disparaging Russian dissidents, praising Stalin, and talking about America's “homosexual authoritarianism.” — Nadya Tolokonnikova (center) and Maria Alyokhina (center left) of Pussy Riot.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Holocaust School Assignment Sheet Included Text Lifted From Holocaust Denial Website — A disputed essay assignment that asked students in a California school district to argue “whether or not you believe the Holocaust was an actual event in history” incorporated a source that dismissed gassings …
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