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Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC News: Brian Williams suspended for 6 months without pay — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for six months without pay following his false claims about an experience he had during the Iraq war, NBC News president Deborah Turness announced Tuesday night.
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New York Times:
Brian Williams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months Without Pay — Brian Williams, the embattled NBC news anchor whose credibility plummeted after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay, the network said Tuesday night.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Following Suspension, Brian Williams Probably Wishes He'd Gotten the Tonight Show Job He Wanted — He reportedly lobbied for the hosting gig. — Shares — Forty seven minutes after the Nightly News - without Brian Williams - ended its broadcast tonight, NBC News president Deborah Turness issued …
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Don Kaplan / NY Daily News:
NBC will resolve Brian Williams controversy ‘today or tomorrow’: sources — Brian Williams could lose his job, be slapped with a lengthy suspension or even return to the broadcast with a more heartfelt, honest — and specific — apology than the one he offered last week, according to sources.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
NBC's fact-checking of Brian Williams will be finished ‘sooner rather than later’
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show — Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's ‘The Daily Show,’ will step down later this year, the president of the network confirmed in a statement to POLITICO on Tuesday. — “For the better part of the last two decades, I have had the incredible honor and privilege of working with Jon Stewart.
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The A.V. Club:
Jon Stewart says he's leaving The Daily Show — Ending one of the most venerable and trusted careers in making a complete mockery of the news, Jon Stewart has announced that he is stepping down as host of The Daily Show. According to sources who were there (some of whom are already passing word along …
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jon Stewart Will Leave ‘The Daily Show’ on a Career High Note — Jon Stewart, who turned Comedy Central's “The Daily Show” into a sharp-edged commentary on current events, delivering the news in layers of silliness and mockery, said on Tuesday that he would step down after more than 16 years as its anchor.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Jon Stewart to sign off ‘Daily Show’
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: I didn't mislead voters on gay marriage — President Obama is denying a former top political adviser's contention that he intentionally deceived voters about his position on gay marriage in an interview published Wednesday. — The president said David Axelrod, his former senior adviser …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama Defends His Legacy: “These Are The Kinds Of Things You Learn” — WASHINGTON — On Feb. 10, 2007, Barack Obama stood outside the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and announced his candidacy for president, promising a generational call to change the “ways of Washington,” gauzily promising a “future of endless possibility.”
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BuzzFeed:
Full Transcript Of BuzzFeed News' Interview With President Barack Obama — FULL TRANSCRIPT: — BuzzFeed News: So, eight years ago, today actually, you announced your campaign in Springfield. I read that speech last night and I was struck by how much it's a generational call to your generation, I guess to some degree mine.
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The Hill:
Obama's ISIS war powers request to ban ‘enduring’ troops — The White House will ask Congress to approve military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that bans “enduring offensive ground operations.” — Administration officials briefed lawmakers on Tuesday …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama to Seek War Power Bill From Congress, to Fight ISIS
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Obama's War Authorization Limits Ground Forces
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy Seen Leaning Toward His Father's — Naming Meghan O'Sullivan as Top National Security Aide Would Suggest an Approach Different From His Brother's — Jeb Bush faces a unique dilemma as he builds a Republican presidential campaign—whether to follow …
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Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush Staffer Praised Martin Luther King Jr. For Not Wearing ‘Pants Sagged To His Ankles’
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's chief technology officer resigns after racially insensitive comments
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T.C. Sottek / The Verge:
Jeb Bush dumps emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online — Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida.
New York Times:
Emerging Clinton Team Shows Signs of Disquiet — Lingering tensions between Hillary Rodham Clinton's loyalists and the strategists who helped President Obama defeat her in 2008 have erupted into an intense public struggle over who will wield money and clout in her emerging 2016 presidential campaign.
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Statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued the following statement: — “First, on behalf of the people of Israel, I wish to send condolences to President Obama, the American people and the family of Kayla Mueller. We stand with you.
Wall Street Journal:
New Questions Swirl on an Affordable Care Act Challenger — Plaintiff Listed Motel as Her Address, Which Was Basis for Her Legal Grounds — One of the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case against the Affordable Care Act listed a short-term-stay motel as her address when she joined the lawsuit …
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Lisa Zyga / Phys.org:
No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning — (Phys.org) —The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of general relativity. The model may also account for dark matter and dark energy …
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