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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Clinton can win 45 states — The GOP's Benghazi disease has metastasized into yet another committee in the Republican House of Inquisitions, seeking to waste taxpayer money in yet another failed effort to exploit the death of Americans and prosecute yet another witch hunt against Hillary Clinton.
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USA Today:
Put Benghazi attack in perspective: Our view — Let's hope new committee can turn attention to more important issues than prior hearings. — Welcome to the Benghazi investigation, version 2.0. — After 19 months of House hearings that regularly strike up a frenzy in the conservative echo chamber …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Meet the chief prosecutor in the GOP's Benghazi show trial — Rep. Trey Gowdy, the tea party Republican tapped to lead the new committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks, made a telling slip Wednesday morning in describing his mission. — Asked by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
House votes to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress
House votes to hold Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress
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Trey Gowdy / Associated Press:
Rep. Trey Gowdy: Benghazi needs deeper scrutiny
Rep. Trey Gowdy: Benghazi needs deeper scrutiny
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Elijah Cummings: Stop Benghazi cash grab
Elijah Cummings: Stop Benghazi cash grab
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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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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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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
House Vote on Former I.R.S. Official Signals Element of G.O.P. Election Strategy
House Vote on Former I.R.S. Official Signals Element of G.O.P. Election Strategy
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Hillary's State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists — Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department repeatedly declined to fully go after the terror group responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls. — The State Department under Hillary Clinton fought hard against placing …
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CNN:
310 people killed in latest Boko Haram attack; hundreds of girls remain missing — CNN anchor Isha Sesay will be live from Abuja on CNN International on Thursday at 5, 7, 8.30 and 9 p.m. CET. — Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, whose country's effort …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Honoring the Missing Schoolgirls
Honoring the Missing Schoolgirls
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Islamist Militants Kill Hundreds of Civilians in Northeastern Nigeria
Islamist Militants Kill Hundreds of Civilians in Northeastern Nigeria
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Wall Street Journal:
Political Speech Wins in Wisconsin — A federal judge rebukes prosecutors trying to silence conservatives. — The four-year effort by Democratic prosecutors to criminalize political speech in Wisconsin has hit the wall of the U.S. Constitution. In a ruling that could have consequences nationwide …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Called by Republicans, Health Insurers Deliver Unexpected Testimony — WASHINGTON — House Republicans summoned a half-dozen health insurance executives to a hearing Wednesday envisioned as another forum for criticism of the Affordable Care Act. But insurers refused to go along with the plan …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP struggles to land punches at ObamaCare insurance hearing
GOP struggles to land punches at ObamaCare insurance hearing
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Joshua Green / Businessweek:
The Tea Party Gets Into the News Biz — Last year the conservative Heritage Foundation had more influence on the direction of the Republican Party than just about anyone else—and not necessarily for the better. Over the summer, the conservative think tank's president …
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Nancy Cook / The Atlantic Online:
Why Are Americans So Bad With Money? — The financial know-how of most Americans stinks, roughly five years after the global financial recession officially ended. — The majority of people still can't correctly answer five basic questions about interest rates, mortgages, bonds, inflation, and risk-taking.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Four Years in, GOP Support for Tea Party Down to 41% — Support for the movement nationwide drops to 22% — PRINCETON, NJ — About four in 10 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents classify themselves as supporters of the Tea Party, while 11% are opponents and 48% are neither.
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
It's given him reason to feel disappointed. — David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, has a message for the world, noted by Daniel Halper of The Weekly Standard: … Remnick asked: “Do I think that at the end of eight years this will go down as a terrible presidency?” He answered: “I don't.
Derek Willis / New York Times:
Campaign Finance: The Most Republican Company? The Makers of Wonder Bread — The Most Republican Company? The Makers of Wonder Bread — Flowers Foods takes the cake as the most lopsided corporate political donor — 99 percent to Republicans. — URBAN PLANNING | MAY 7, 12:28 PM
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CNN:
House panel to subpoena Shinseki in dying veterans probe — (CNN) — The House Veterans Affairs Committee voted Thursday to subpoena Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in the wake of his department being accused of deadly delays in health care at some of its hospitals.
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
President Obama: Republicans blocked 500 bills — President Barack Obama is railing against congressional Republicans, telling a Hollywood crowd that the midterm elections are crucial because the GOP is willing “to say no to everything.” — The president, speaking at a Democratic Congressional …