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Evan Perez / CNN:
Obama's expected pick for Attorney General — Washington (CNN) — Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, is expected to be President Barack Obama's pick for Attorney General, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CNN. — An announcement is expected in the coming days …
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New York Times:
Loretta Lynch, Federal Prosecutor, Is Called a Leading Candidate for Attorney General — WASHINGTON — Loretta E. Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, has emerged as a leading contender to be the next attorney general, officials close to the process said, as President Obama looks outside …
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Javier E. David / CNBC:
Payrolls grow by 214K; jobless rate hits 6-year low — CNBC's Jim Cramer and David Faber share their thoughts on today's jobs data that saw nonfarm payrolls increase by 214,000. — The U.S. economy created 214,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department reported Friday …
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Jobs Data Show Steady Gains Even as Voters Signal Anxiety — Three days after voters expressed their discontent with the state of the economy, the government on Friday reported strong signs of improvement, estimating that employers added 214,000 jobs in October, while the official jobless rate dropped …
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Wall Street Journal:
Jobs Report: U.S. Adds 214,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.8%
Jobs Report: U.S. Adds 214,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.8%
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Market adds 214K jobs; jobless rate 5.8 percent
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats plan a legislative rush before power shifts to the GOP — Before ceding full control of Congress to the GOP in January, Senate Democrats are planning to rush a host of critical measures to President Obama's desk, including bills to revive dozens of expired tax breaks and avoid a government shutdown for another year.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hatch: Reid ‘a pathetic majority leader’
Hatch: Reid ‘a pathetic majority leader’
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Sam Youngman / Lexington Herald-Leader:
McConnell: If Rand Paul runs for president, 'he'll be able to count on me' — LOUISVILLE — There were only two things Mitch McConnell didn't want to talk about Thursday — whether he will run for re-election in 2020 and his eventual legacy. — In his first one-on-one interview since …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lame duck swims to Asia — If President Barack Obama expects to escape the spate of brutal post-election news by traveling 6,000 miles and 12 time zones to Asia, he's in for a surprise. — Regional players are taking stock of whether the U.S. president once seen as a global rock star …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Triumph of the Wrong — The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet midterms to men of understanding. Or as I put it on the eve of another Republican Party sweep, politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.
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Dan Sewell / Associated Press:
GAY MARRIAGE ON WAY BACK TO US SUPREME COURT — CINCINNATI (AP) — A month after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule on gay marriage, the issue is headed its way again. — A federal appeals court Thursday halted a run of rulings supporting same-sex marriage by the U.S. courts …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Appeals court upholds bans on same-sex marriage for first time
Appeals court upholds bans on same-sex marriage for first time
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Issa praises Sharyl Attkisson — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) had high praise for Sharyl Attkisson on Thursday evening and low praise for most others. — Speaking at a party celebrating Attkisson's new book “Stonewalled,” Issa said the former CBS News reporter never backs down.
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MacKenzie Elmer / Des Moines Register:
Joni Ernst spokeswoman resigned after OWI arrest — Gretchen Hamel, a campaign spokeswoman for Joni Ernst's U.S. Senate campaign, was arrested on Oct. 29 for operating while intoxicated and resigned the morning after the incident. — West Des Moines police found Hamel passed out behind …
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Eric Schnurer / The Atlantic Online:
Steal This Article — Late one evening in September, I opened my locker at the gym and was surprised to find my phone ringing. I was about to become collateral damage in today's take-no-prisoners political culture. — BuzzFeed was reporting that the “jobs plan” of the Democratic nominee …
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National Journal:
He says he wants to live a normal life. But he can still taste the White House. — Certainly, Ryan has given his suitors some cause for optimism: the visits to early primary states, the discussions with GOP donors, the high-profile blitz to promote his book, The Way Forward, which reads in parts like a presidential manifesto.
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Jay Kolls / KSTP-TV:
Mpls. Mayor Flashes Gang Sign with Convicted Felon; Law Enforcement Outraged — 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has obtained a photo of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges posing with a convicted felon while flashing a known gang sign. — The man in the photo is a twice-convicted felon for drug selling …
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Agence France-Presse:
Tanks cross from Russia, fighting kills five soldiers: Ukraine — 2 hrs ago — Max DELANY with Nicolas MILETITCH in Donetsk — Kiev (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine said Friday that dozens of tanks and truckloads of soldiers had crossed from Russia into Kremlin-backed rebel territory …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Sen. Mary Landrieu faces runoff alone — NEW ORLEANS — Mary Landrieu is on a solo mission to retain her Senate seat. — Democrats are scrapping a multimillion dollar ad buy, liberal groups aren't jumping in to help her campaign and national political staffers haven't moved down en masse to help get out the vote.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ben Carson video to air in 22 states — Ben Carson is introducing himself as a potential 2016 presidential candidate in a 40-minute video that will be aired on TV stations in 22 states and Washington, D.C. — Armstrong Williams, a conservative commentator who is Carson's business manager …
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Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Ben Carson TV Documentary Set to Air Across Country
Ben Carson TV Documentary Set to Air Across Country
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