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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Relents on Proposal to End ‘529’ College Savings Plans — WASHINGTON — President Obama, facing angry reprisals from parents and from lawmakers of both parties, will drop his proposal to effectively end the popular college savings accounts known as 529s, but will keep an expanded tuition tax credit …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Obama scraps plan to tax college accounts — President Obama is scrapping his proposal to tax withdrawals from a popular savings account for college expenses, after facing sharp criticism from both Republicans and outside groups, a White House official said Tuesday.
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Politico and Weekly Standard
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Obama drops proposal to cut tax benefits of 529 college savings plans — President Obama on Tuesday abandoned a proposal to end a major tax benefit of popular college savings accounts used by millions of American families after the White House faced mounting criticism from lawmakers and parents.
New York Times:
White House Drone Crash Described as a U.S. Worker's Drunken Lark
White House Drone Crash Described as a U.S. Worker's Drunken Lark
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Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Boehner to Sue Obama, Again
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Clinton willing to testify before Benghazi panel, Democrat says — Hillary Clinton is willing to testify before the House Select Committee that is investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, according to the panel's top Democrat. — Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) …
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ABC News, Political Wire, CNN and The Week
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Congressman: Hillary Clinton agrees to testify to House's Benghazi panel
Congressman: Hillary Clinton agrees to testify to House's Benghazi panel
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Obama Is Setting Up Hillary Clinton to Fail
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Huckabee Couldn't Deal With Women At Fox News Who Swore In The Office — Mike Huckabee channeled his internal Ned Flanders last week, lamenting the fact that he doesn't just hear cuss words in the office these days, but he even hears them coming from women.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Mike Huckabee complains of ‘trashy’ women at Fox News
Mike Huckabee complains of ‘trashy’ women at Fox News
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Political Wire
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Huckabee Not a Fan of Women Swearing in Workplace: ‘Just Trashy!’
Huckabee Not a Fan of Women Swearing in Workplace: ‘Just Trashy!’
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Politico
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say — How the language police are perverting liberalism. — Around 2 a.m. on December 12, four students approached the apartment of Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, who had recently published a column in a school newspaper about his perspective as a minority on campus.
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Alex Pareene / Gawker:
Punch-Drunk Jonathan Chait Takes On the Entire Internet — So, here is sad white man Jonathan Chait's essay about the difficulty of being a white man in the second age of “political correctness.” In a neat bit of editorial trolling, New York teased the column with following question …
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National Review, Balloon Juice and Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republican leaders look for escape plan on immigration — Republican leaders in the House and Senate are boxed in on immigration and searching for a way out. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) are struggling to find a way to fund the Department …
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Prairie Weather
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Keep immigration riders off DHS bill, all Senate Dems say
Keep immigration riders off DHS bill, all Senate Dems say
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The Hill, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Senate Democrats give Obama an Iran deadline
Senate Democrats give Obama an Iran deadline
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RedState, PJ Media, US News and Israel Matzav
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Netanyahu Disaster — Benjamin Netanyahu, making friends and influencing people (Reuters/The Atlantic) — Benjamin Netanyahu believes he has just one job, and that is to stop Iran from getting hold of nuclear weapons. He might argue that this description of his mission …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Would a U.S. Strike Against Iran Actually Work?
Would a U.S. Strike Against Iran Actually Work?
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Hullabaloo
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
State Department-Funded Group Bankrolling Anti-Bibi Campaign
State Department-Funded Group Bankrolling Anti-Bibi Campaign
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Bloomberg.com:
Sheldon Silver Built Power by Speaking Softly While Punishing Foes — The state assembly speaker practiced politics the old-fashioned way. — t hgoldman77 — (Bloomberg) — New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver became the state's most powerful lawmaker by practicing politics the old-fashioned way …
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Mike Cason / al.com:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore says he will continue to recognize ban on same-sex marriage — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has released a letter to Gov. Robert Bentley saying that he intends to continue to recognize the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and urging the governor to do so.
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Hot Air, NPR, Hit & Run, Towleroad News #gay, Metro Weekly and ThinkProgress
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Lashes Out At Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Lashes Out At Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
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Right Wing Watch and al.com
Wall Street Journal:
Indiana Governor to Expand Medicaid Coverage — Move Comes After Securing a Key Concession From Obama Administration — Indiana on Tuesday announced plans to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act after securing concessions from the Obama administration that could pave …
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The Week and The Atlantic Online, more at Mediagazer »
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Politico:
The importance of being Ernst — The just-elected Iowa senator aims to be a player in 2016. — DES MOINES, Iowa — Sen. Joni Ernst hasn't been in office a month, but she's already delivered the GOP response to the State of the Union. And now the Iowa Republican is looking to parlay …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Politico:
Koch donors give Marco Rubio early nod — Straw poll at donor summit rates 5 GOP hopefuls. — Getty — The Koch brothers' conservative network is still debating whether it will spend any of its massive $889-million budget in the Republican presidential primaries, but the prospect …
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Associated Press, ABC News and Political Wire
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Michelle Obama's uncovered head draws Saudi Twitter critique — First lady Michelle Obama faced backlash from Twitter users in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for not wearing a head covering during her brief visit there with the president. — Obama wore loose-fitting clothes including a long blue jacket …
Austin American-Statesman:
Rick Perry loses second request to dismiss case against him — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Perry has long insisted he was exercising his line item veto authority. — Rick Perry was indicted for abusing his powers in the veto threat of the Public Integrity Unit.
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Political Wire, Off the Kuff and New York Times
The Onion:
NYC Mayor: ‘Reconcile Yourselves With Your God, For All Will Perish In The Tempest’ — NEW YORK—As a major winter storm continued its advance toward New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio advised residents Monday to make peace with whatever higher power they call God, for all shall meet their death in the coming tempest.
Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Earnings: The Staggering Numbers - The Numbers — Profit — Apple posted net of $18.0 billion for its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 27, up 38% from $13.1 billion in the same period a year earlier. — Earnings Per Share — 48% — Earnings per share rose more sharply …