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Travis J. Tritten / Stars & Stripes:
In his words: Brian Williams' interview with Stars and Stripes — WASHINGTON — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Sunday scuttled what would have been his first public appearance to explain his situation when he canceled a planned appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Claire Atkinson / Page Six:
Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams — Former NBCUniversal boss Bob Wright is sticking his neck out for embattled anchorman Brian Williams. — Wright says if NBC News had issues with some of Williams dramatics beyond the newscast, it should have said so when it first learned of them.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Should NBC's Brian Williams Stay or Go? — NBC News has the highest rated evening news program, and anchor Brian Williams is a popular fixture on the program. But now that Williams has been caught in a lie, Americans tend to think he hurts NBC's credibility and needs to go.
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Brian Williams / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
NBC anchor Brian Williams' Katrina account challenged by ex-French Quarter hotel manager
NBC anchor Brian Williams' Katrina account challenged by ex-French Quarter hotel manager
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Here's the Full Audio of Brian Williams' Apologetic Stars and Stripes Interview
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Brian Williams and the God Complex
Brian Williams and the God Complex
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Mike Allen / Politico:
NBC's outsized Tom Brokaw factor
NBC's outsized Tom Brokaw factor
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
David Brock resigns from Hillary Clinton PAC — David Brock on Monday abruptly resigned from the board of the super PAC Priorities USA Action, revealing rifts that threaten the big-money juggernaut being built to support Hillary Clinton's expected presidential campaign.
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Julie Pace / ABC News:
Democratic Wise Man Splits Loyalties Between Obama, Clinton — John Podesta built his reputation as a Democratic Party wise man by trying to salvage the second terms of two presidents. He's about to duck out of the White House to try to engineer the election of a third.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
RNC launching 'Hillary's hiding' campaign
RNC launching 'Hillary's hiding' campaign
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama prepares for divisive veto
Obama prepares for divisive veto
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Aides: War powers request this week
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary vs. Warren would split Hollywood
Hillary vs. Warren would split Hollywood
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
New Jeb Bush Chief Technology Officer Deleting Old Tweets About “Sluts” — Ethan Czahor's tweets began disappearing today after news broke that he had been hired by Jeb Bush. A spokesperson for Bush told BuzzFeed News: “Governor Bush believes the comments were inappropriate.
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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Jeb Bush Hires Co-Founder of Hipster.com … Right to Rise PAC
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Marriage Equality Is Coming To America This June — If there was any doubt left, Justice Clarence Thomas ended it on Monday morning. — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas — AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman / Via s3.amazonaws.com — WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court …
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New York Times:
Gay Marriage in Alabama Begins, but Only in Parts
Gay Marriage in Alabama Begins, but Only in Parts
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Richard Wolf / Associated Press:
First Take: Handwriting on the wall for gay marriage
First Take: Handwriting on the wall for gay marriage
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
WHIP LIST: Dems skipping Netanyahu speech — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might be giving the most controversial speech to a joint session of Congress ever by an international leader, and Vice President Biden and a number of top Democrats won't be attending.
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Netanyahu considering changes to Congress speech after criticism — (Reuters) - Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has already provoked.
Richard Kirsch / The Hill:
Under GOP plan, pay more for junk insurance, leave more uninsured — In the hope that they will give cover to the Supreme Court gutting a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), three prominent Republican members of Congress revealed a plan to replace the ACA last week.
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Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Meet the Unusual Plaintiffs Behind the Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Obamacare
Meet the Unusual Plaintiffs Behind the Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Obamacare
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Daily Kos, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and The Reality-Based Community
Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed:
Staples Threatens To Fire Staff For Working More Than 25 Hours A Week — In 2015, an Affordable Care Act provision requiring large employers to offer health insurance to staff working more than 30 hours a week kicked into effect. Now, some part-time staff at Staples say management has become extra vigilant about limiting their hours.
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Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Insured, but Not Covered — WHEN Karen Pineman of Manhattan …
Insured, but Not Covered — WHEN Karen Pineman of Manhattan …
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Jonathan Jones / The Charlotte Observer:
Where was Nicole Holder? Snowmobiling in Colorado, then off to New York City — Where in the world is Nicole Holder? — It's the question that has rankled district attorney Andrew Murray since November. Law enforcement interviewed relatives, talked to her former employer …
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Vox:
Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation — In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign. He worried, he said, about …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Bobby Jindal vs. the world — He says elites can't stand the idea of an Ivy-League-educated pure conservative. — AP Photo — In the past few weeks, Bobby Jindal has been attacked for insisting that Europe allows Muslims to control special “no-go zones,” belittled by the Weekly Standard for offering a …
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Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
Fewest Americans Satisfied With Abortion Policies Since 2001 — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2015, 34% of Americans say they are satisfied with current U.S. abortion policies. This is the lowest percentage since Gallup first asked the question in 2001.
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Politico:
Congressman's spending brings Schock and awe — His “Downton Abbey” decor fits a pattern of spending on resort hotels, charter flights and a personal photographer. — He charters private planes and employs a personal photographer. In Aspen, Colorado, he stays at the Little Nell, a five-star resort near the ski slopes.
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