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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Inside The GOP Meltdown On Abortion And Rape — Tens of thousands of Americans descended on Washington for the annual March For Life on Thursday only to see House Republicans melt down over their signature issue: abortion. — A symbolic messaging bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks …
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Anti-Abortion Activists Rise Up Against House Republicans' ‘Pain-Capable’ Fumble
Anti-Abortion Activists Rise Up Against House Republicans' ‘Pain-Capable’ Fumble
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
House Passes Anti-Abortion Bill On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
House Passes Anti-Abortion Bill On Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade
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Daily Kos and Truth Revolt
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Men dominate GOP floor speeches on abortion bill
Men dominate GOP floor speeches on abortion bill
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The Nation, Townhall.com, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos, Washington Times and Jezebel
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans pulled a classic bait-and-switch with abortion bill
Republicans pulled a classic bait-and-switch with abortion bill
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The Federalist, Hot Air and Hullabaloo
Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
House votes to block federal funding of abortion
House votes to block federal funding of abortion
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The Hill
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Include Tax Hike In Latest Abortion Bill
Republicans Include Tax Hike In Latest Abortion Bill
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and PoliticusUSA
Associated Press:
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dead at 90 — Saudi King Abdullah speaks before a meeting in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia on June 27, 2014. — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi state TV says King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who joined Washington's fight against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom has died.
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Washington Post:
Saudi King Abdullah's death sets up complex succession process — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Adbul Aziz died Thursday evening, setting the stage for a transition of power at a critical moment as the key U.S. ally in the Middle East struggles with falling oil prices and rising Islamist violence.
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New York Times, The White House, Gawker, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and The Huffington Post
Angus McDowall / Reuters:
Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
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Business Insider and The PJ Tatler
Russell Berman / The Atlantic Online:
Will Democrats Spoil Obama's Trade Initiatives? — There's at least one big piece of President Obama's agenda where Republicans aren't his problem—Democrats are. — For years, GOP leaders have practically begged the president to make an aggressive push for new trade deals …
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Julie Pace / ABC News:
Obama to Pass on Meeting Netanyahu During Washington Visit — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned trip to Washington in March is kicking up a diplomatic dust storm in the nation's capital. — On Thursday, the White House said President Barack Obama would not meet …
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The Hill
Susan Heavey / Reuters:
U.S.'s Kerry, like Obama, will not meet with Israel's Netanyahu during visit
U.S.'s Kerry, like Obama, will not meet with Israel's Netanyahu during visit
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Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Marco Rubio Moves Toward 2016 Presidential Bid … Sen. Marco Rubio has begun taking concrete steps toward launching a presidential bid, asking his top advisors to prepare for a campaign, signing on a leading Republican fundraiser, and planning extensive travel to early-voting states in the coming weeks, ABC News has learned.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Three GOP Presidential Hopefuls to Appear on Panel Moderated by ABC's Jonathan Karl
Three GOP Presidential Hopefuls to Appear on Panel Moderated by ABC's Jonathan Karl
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Hot Air
New York Times:
After Arrest, New York Speaker Sheldon Silver Should Step Down — As astonishing as it was to see Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York Assembly, surrender to the F.B.I. on corruption charges this morning, it is even more incredible that he can choose to go on serving in his job …
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Tom Steyer / The Huffington Post:
Tom Steyer … Like all Americans, I care passionately about the American Dream — both the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” and also the opportunity for our country to fulfill its promise: to do what's right (whatever it takes) and lead the world.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
GOP rep.: Keep minimum wage low ‘for minorities’ who aren't worth more than $7 an hour — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — California Republican Rep. Tom McClintock said on Thursday that the minimum wage should not be raised because low pay was necessary for minorities …
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Daily Kos, New York Times and Balloon Juice
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Here's How Hillary Clinton Will Distance Herself From Barack Obama — She may have tipped her hand in a post-State of the Union tweet. — Anybody wondering how Hillary Clinton would distance herself from President Obama in 2016 needs only to parse her post-State of the Union tweet:
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US News, Hot Air, Washington Post and The Daily Caller
Mario Draghi / ECB:
Introductory statement to the press conference (with Q&A) — Jump to the transcript of the questions and answers — Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-President and I are very pleased to welcome you to our press conference. Let me wish you all a Happy New Year.
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Insider, Bloomberg View, Washington Post, Calculated Risk and NPR
Nicky Woolf / Guardian:
Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months for ‘merely linking to hacked material’ — The journalist and former Anonymous member is also ordered to pay nearly $900,000 in what he calls a ‘dangerous precedent’ for indicting hacktivists — In a rebuke to a legion of online supporters …
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Nick Bryant / Gawker:
Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz on Pedophile Billionaire's Sex Jet — Bill Clinton took repeated trips on the “Lolita Express”—the private passenger jet owned by billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—with an actress in softcore porn movies whose name appears in Epstein's address book under an entry for …
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Victoria Tang / Wired:
Here Are All the Senators Who Do and Don't Believe in Human-Caused Climate Change — Calved icebergs from the nearby Twin Glaciers are seen floating on the water on July 30, 2013 in Qaqortoq, Greenland. Joe Raedle/Getty Images — United States Senators stood up for what they believed in today—and it wasn't pretty.
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
The ‘American Sniper’ Freakout — Why the left can't tolerate this movie. — “So-called ‘sand movies,’ the term Hollywood sometimes uses for films set in Afghanistan and Iraq, have a terrible box office track record,” noted the New York Times. Or rather, they had a terrible box office track record.
Politico:
Watchdog group: Gohmert improperly used campaign funds — A liberal watchdog group has filed an ethics complaint against Texas GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert alleging that he improperly used campaign funds to cover his expenses from a recent trip to London. — In a filing with the Office …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Ethics watchdog files complaint on Gohmert
Ethics watchdog files complaint on Gohmert
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Mediaite and Truth Revolt