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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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ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Weighs in on Benghazi Investigation — Former secretary of state shares her thoughts on the 2012 terrorist attack on the American Consulate. … Now on ABC News is always on.
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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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Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: No reason for new Benghazi committee, but GOP ‘calls the shots’ in the House
Hillary Clinton: No reason for new Benghazi committee, but GOP ‘calls the shots’ in the House
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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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Alex Rogers / TIME:
New Benghazi Committee Chairman Wants Hillary to Speak
New Benghazi Committee Chairman Wants Hillary to Speak
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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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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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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 …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Lynne Cheney Suggests Hillary Approved Monica Piece to ‘Get It Out of the Way’
Lynne Cheney Suggests Hillary Approved Monica Piece to ‘Get It Out of the Way’
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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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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Putin Announces Pullback from Ukraine Border — MOSCOW — In an apparent attempt to halt the spiraling 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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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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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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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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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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Gov. Scott Walker / JSOnline:
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall — By Daniel Bice and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — A federal judge ordered a halt Tuesdayto the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and conservative groups …
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Jason Stein / JSOnline:
Federal appeals court stays ruling halting Doe probe into Walker recall
Federal appeals court stays ruling halting Doe probe into Walker recall
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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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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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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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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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