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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Abortion bill dropped amid concerns of female GOP lawmakers — This item has been updated. — House Republican leaders abruptly dropped plans late Wednesday to vote on an anti-abortion bill amid a revolt by female GOP lawmakers concerned that the legislation's restrictive language …
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Why Everyone Should Be Terrified By The GOP's Abortion Bill Debacle — Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court legalizing abortion on demand throughout pregnancy. The pro-life movement commemorates this day with marches, worship services and lobbying for bills to protect unborn children.
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Daniel Doherty / Townhall.com:
Surprise: White House Unlikely to Sign Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Into Law
Surprise: White House Unlikely to Sign Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Into Law
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Shot in the Dark and Washington Post
National Journal:
GOP Leaders Pull Abortion Bill After Revolt by Women, Moderates
GOP Leaders Pull Abortion Bill After Revolt by Women, Moderates
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Political Insider blog and Talking Points Memo
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Renee Ellmers Says She Won't Flip-Flop on Bill Protecting Viable Infants from Late-Term Abortion
Renee Ellmers Says She Won't Flip-Flop on Bill Protecting Viable Infants from Late-Term Abortion
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The Daily Caller, RedState, Daily Signal and LifeNews.com
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP stumbles over abortion bill
GOP stumbles over abortion bill
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The Hill, Jezebel and ThinkProgress
New York Times:
Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges — Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a case that is likely to throw Albany into disarray.
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New York Times:
Sheldon Silver, Speaker of New York Assembly, Is Arrested in Corruption Case — The powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday, sending shock waves through the political establishment and upending the new legislative session.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Romney and Jeb Bush to Meet in Utah — WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney are scheduled to meet privately this week in Utah, raising the possibility that the two former governors will find a way to avoid competing presidential campaigns that would split the Republican establishment next year …
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Curtis Skinner / Reuters:
Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush set to meet privately in Utah: New York Times
Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush set to meet privately in Utah: New York Times
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New York Times:
U.S. Not Expected to Fault Officer in Ferguson Case — WASHINGTON — Justice Department lawyers will recommend that no civil rights charges be brought against the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo., after an F.B.I. investigation found no evidence to support charges …
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Israeli Mossad Goes Rogue, Warns U.S. on Iran Sanctions — The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has broken ranks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling U.S. officials and lawmakers that a new Iran sanctions bill in the U.S. Congress would tank the Iran nuclear negotiations.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
White ‘vigilante’ puts 62-year-old black man in chokehold for legally carrying gun in Florida Walmart — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has asked vigilantes to please be careful about which gun owners they choose to attack …
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New York Times:
Measles Cases Linked to Disneyland Rise, and Debate Over Vaccinations Intensifies — LOS ANGELES — A measles outbreak that began at Disneyland is spreading across California and beyond, prompting health officials to move aggressively to contain it — including by barring unvaccinated students from going to school in Orange County.
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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Joni Ernst's Family Got Hundreds Of Thousands In Farm Subsidies — I put Joni's SOTU response up there so you can listen to her little anecdote at the beginning again, but this time with a little more transparency and truth around her “bread bag” story. — Please be still, my beating heart …
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
White House: Boehner invite to Netanyahu breach of protocol — ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says House Speaker John Boehner's invitation for Israel's prime minister to come to Washington is a breach of normal diplomatic protocol. — President Barack Obama's press secretary …
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Nick Hanauer / Politico:
The Pitchforks Are Coming... For Us Plutocrats — To: My Fellow Zillionaires — You probably don't know me, but like you I am one of those .01%ers, a proud and unapologetic capitalist. I have founded, co-founded and funded more than 30 companies across a range of industries …
Elana Schor / Politico:
US Senate votes that climate change is real but Republicans stop short of attributing that to human activity — Republicans outfox Democrats on climate votes — The GOP accepts the notion of climate change - but not the way Democrats wanted them to. — Senate Republicans head-faked Democrats …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
A Debt-Free State of the Union — Want to understand why President Obama sounded so exuberant last night and the Republicans who responded to him sounded so cautious? The answer lies in the sudden disappearance of two all-important words from America's political lexicon: deficit and debt.
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis officers fatally shoot armed passenger in stolen car — ST. LOUIS • A 19-year-old passenger in a stolen car was fatally shot when he got out holding a gun and confronted two officers late Wednesday, St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said. — Dotson said the red Chevrolet Monte Carlo …
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
‘American Sniper’ Is Almost Too Dumb to Criticize — I saw American Sniper last night, and hated it slightly less than I expected to. Like most Clint Eastwood movies - and I like Clint Eastwood movies for the most part - it's a simple, well-lit little fairy tale with the nutritional value …
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Peter Bernard / WFLA-TV:
2-year-old child dead in Pinellas after accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound — Kaleb Ahles' grandparents sobbed as Pinellas detectives investigated the 2-and-a-half-year-old's death. — Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said the boy's father, Kevin Ahles, put his son in the family car.
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FreakOutNation and Raw Story
Jon Ward / Yahoo! News:
Orrin Hatch is the happiest senator in Washington — Yahoo News 2 hrs ago — WASHINGTON — It's good being the president pro tempore of the Senate. — Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has been in the Senate for 37 years, and he's seen it all. But for the first time in his career, he has a security detail.
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Political Wire
Richard Weizel / Reuters:
Town votes to demolish Sandy Hook killer's Connecticut home — (Reuters) - The town council of Newtown, Connecticut, voted unanimously on Wednesday to demolish the home of a 20-year-old man who killed 26 children and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
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