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Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
U.S. patent office cancels Redskins trademark registration, says name is disparaging — The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the Washington Redskins trademark registration, calling the football team's name “disparaging to Native Americans.”
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In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team — The United States Patent and Trademark Office has canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans” …
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
U.S. Patent Office Cancels Redskins Trademark Registration — The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, canceled the trademark registration of the name Redskins for use in connection with a professional football team, saying that …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
US Patent Office ruling cancels ‘disparaging’ Redskins trademark
US Patent Office ruling cancels ‘disparaging’ Redskins trademark
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Wall Street Journal:
The Collapsing Obama Doctrine — Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many. — As the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threaten Baghdad, thousands of slaughtered Iraqis in their wake, it is worth recalling a few …
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U.S. Rules Out Iraq Airstrikes for Now
U.S. Rules Out Iraq Airstrikes for Now
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Halimah Abdullah / CNN:
Cheney rips Obama over foreign policy in op-ed
Cheney rips Obama over foreign policy in op-ed
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Wall Street Journal:
Poll Shows Erosion in President's Support — As clouds gather abroad, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds Mr. Obama's job approval rating at 41%, matching a previous low.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama's Foreign Policy Rating Plummets, Even Without Iraq — And respondents are evenly divided if the details of Bergdahl's disappearance from his base in Afghanistan matter in the U.S. decision to secure his release: 47 percent say the details matter, while 46 percent say they don't.
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Ted Cruz says he'd never heard of Peter King
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Karl Rove: Bill Clinton revealed Hillary Clinton's health — Karl Rove is continuing to raise questions about Hillary Clinton's health and says Bill Clinton is the one who revealed new details about the extent of her lengthy recovery. — “She has a problem with the fact …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
America Divided Over Hillary Clinton Presidency, NBC/WSJ Poll Finds
America Divided Over Hillary Clinton Presidency, NBC/WSJ Poll Finds
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Fox's Bret Baier Relentlessly Hammers Hillary Clinton on Benghazi
Fox's Bret Baier Relentlessly Hammers Hillary Clinton on Benghazi
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Washington Post:
Too many questions remain about Benghazi attacks, Hillary Clinton says
Too many questions remain about Benghazi attacks, Hillary Clinton says
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Sources: Hillary Clinton book sells ‘strong’ 100,000
Sources: Hillary Clinton book sells ‘strong’ 100,000
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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Extremists Said to Take Control of Iraq's Biggest Oil Refinery — BAGHDAD — Iraq's biggest oil refinery fell to Islamic extremists Wednesday morning, after army helicopter gunships failed to beat back an attack on the facility 130 miles north of Baghdad, according to refinery workers …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Politico's reporting disaster — Politico's media blogger, Dylan Byers, regularly supplies his readers with tidbits on comings and goings in the news business, but this week he provided an additional service: a lesson in the limitations of armchair journalism.
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obamacare subsidies push cost of health law above projections — The large subsidies for health insurance that helped fuel the successful drive to sign up some 8 million Americans for coverage under the Affordable Care Act may push the cost of the law considerably above current projections, a new federal report indicates.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Federal insurance exchange subsidies cut premiums by average of 76%, HHS reports
Federal insurance exchange subsidies cut premiums by average of 76%, HHS reports
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Robert A. Moffitt / New York Times:
Cutting the Poor Out of Welfare — Over the past three decades, Congress has conducted a major experiment in anti-poverty policy. Legislators have restructured benefits and tax breaks intended for the poor so that they penalize unmarried, unemployed parents — the modern day version of the “undeserving poor.”
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
White House: GOP Shutdown Threat Is All About Protecting ‘Big Polluters’ — The White House fired a warning shot to Republican senators on Wednesday after several of them expressed interest in using a must-pass government funding bill to block the Obama administration's environmental regulations.
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James Poulos / The Daily Beast:
Paging Rose Mary Woods: Obama's Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails — The IRS scandal's back, with Lois Lerner mislaying two years of communiqués—just like Nixon's secretary and her erased tapes. But the presidential characters couldn't be more different.
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Politico:
New ads hit AK-SEN, AR-GOV — Obama raises for super PACs — Clinton suits up — Polling wars rage — With Tarini Parti, Manu Raju and Steven Shepard — The following newsletter is an abridged version of Campaign Pro's Morning Score. For an earlier morning read on exponentially more races …