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New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting — The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues continued to say he had exaggerated his experiences.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal plan — The Senate's chief referee has dealt a significant setback to conservatives who want to send an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president's desk this year. — GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
If SCOTUS kills Obamacare subsidies, Republicans don't have an exit strategy — If the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, the decision would eliminate billions of dollars in subsidies received by Americans who bought coverage on Healthcare.gov. And Republicans …
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Washington Monthly and US News
Gallup:
Story Highlights — Medicaid expansion, state exchanges linked to greater reductions — No state reported a statistically significant increase in uninsured — Nationwide, full-year uninsured rate drops 3.5 points from 2013 to 2014 — This story is part of Gallup's annual …
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Washington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Officials Close Investigation Into Death of Trayvon Martin — The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation found insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida.
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New York Times, TalkLeft and Mashable
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ABC News:
Trayvon Martin: DOJ Set to Announce No Charges Against George Zimmerman … While the public waits for a Justice Department announcement over two separate investigations spurred by the summer shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the department is going to first announce its findings in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
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The Daily Caller, Hinterland Gazette, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite and Colorlines
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’ — The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
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msnbc.com, Common Dreams, Mediaite, Shakesville, Booman Tribune, Hit & Run and The Verge
David Wood / The Huffington Post:
VA Secretary Robert McDonald Falsely Claimed He Served In ‘Special Forces’ — WASHINGTON — Robert McDonald, the secretary of veterans affairs, wrongly claimed in a videotaped comment earlier this year that he served in the Army's elite special forces, when his military service of five years …
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New York Post:
Eric Garner's daughter on Al Sharpton: 'He's all about the money' — Al Sharpton (left) and Erica Snipes. — Al Sharpton is all about the Benjamins, a daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner claims in a bombshell videotape. — Erica Snipes tees off on the reverend as interested primarily …
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TVNewser, Mediaite, BizPac Review, Pat Dollard, Hinterland Gazette, The Gateway Pundit, Truth Revolt and Twitchy
Washington Post:
On Homeland Security funding, Republicans govern without logic — WHATEVER ITS merits or shortcomings, a federal judge's decision last week blocking the Obama administration's immigration policy offered congressional Republicans an escape path from the corner into which they had painted themselves …
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CBS New York, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Mediaite and New York Magazine
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The Hill:
McConnell moves to prevent Homeland Security shutdown
McConnell moves to prevent Homeland Security shutdown
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Hugh Hewitt to moderate first GOP presidential debate — Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt will moderate the first Republican presidential debate as part of a partnership between Salem Media Group and CNN. The debate will take place Sept. 16 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner and Washington Post
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Evan D. Masyr / PR Newswire:
Salem Media Group & CNN Team Up for Republican Presidential Primary Debates
Salem Media Group & CNN Team Up for Republican Presidential Primary Debates
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National Review, Hot Air, Pat Dollard and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Boehner, McConnell: Pipeline veto purely political — The White House should look for common ground on Keystone, not interest group approval. — Tuesday, as promised, the new Congress is sending the White House legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker breaks out in national GOP race — PPP's newest national Republican poll finds a clear leader in the race for the first time: Scott Walker is at 25% to 18% for Ben Carson, 17% for Jeb Bush, and 10% for Mike Huckabee. Rounding out the field of contenders are Chris Christie and Ted Cruz at 5% …
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The Daily Caller and Political Wire
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Carol Felsenthal / Politico:
The humbling of Rahm — All signs point to a second term for the Chicago mayor. But at what cost? — It ought to be a coronation, Rahm Emanuel must figure. But as he nears what might or might not be the end of his exhausting race for a second term as Chicago's mayor …
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Betsy's Page and Moe Lane
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Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
Chicago Deciding Mayor Emanuel's Re-Election Fate
Chicago Deciding Mayor Emanuel's Re-Election Fate
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Washington Monthly
Agence France-Presse:
UN climate panel head resigns amid sex claims — Tristan McConnell with Mariette Le Roux in Paris — Nairobi (AFP) - The head of the UN's climate science panel, Rajendra Pachauri, stepped down Tuesday in the wake of sexual harassment claims against him that have surfaced at a crucial time on the climate agenda.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
U.N. climate chief steps down amid sexual harassment charges
U.N. climate chief steps down amid sexual harassment charges
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Guardian and Washington Free Beacon
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Durbin: Selma Anniversary Should Give GOP Pause About Opposing Loretta Lynch — Race and a top nomination for the Obama cabinet. — The nomination of Loretta Lynch for attorney general has not moved through the Senate quite as quickly as Democrats had hoped.
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Political Wire
Steve Quinn / Reuters:
Alaska allows recreational marijuana as campaign spreads — (Reuters) - Smoking, growing and owning small amounts of marijuana became legal in Alaska on Tuesday, as a growing decriminalization movement reached the United States' wild northwest frontier. — The Republican-leaning state …
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Anchorage Daily News, The Atlantic Online, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Marijuana Is Now Legal In Alaska, The 3rd U.S. State With Legal Pot
Marijuana Is Now Legal In Alaska, The 3rd U.S. State With Legal Pot
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Anchorage Daily News, Bloomberg Business, Common Dreams and New York Magazine
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Growing Support for Campaign Against ISIS - and Possible Use of U.S. Ground Troops — Shifting Views on How Best to Defeat Global Terrorism — The public has grown more supportive of the U.S. fight against ISIS, as about twice as many approve (63%) as disapprove (30%) …
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Jeb and the ‘Immortal 306’ — Today, the Republican nomination process is a muddle. The Washington Post recently christened Jeb Bush the frontrunner, and for good reason. He is pulling in the top Republican talent — the donors, consultants, and various policy advisors necessary to fund and run a top-notch campaign.
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post and The Atlantic Online
Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Two Senate Democrats Invite Netanyahu to Separate Meeting — Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein write to the prime minister. — (Bloomberg) — Two U.S. Senate Democrats who criticized the circumstances surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress next week …
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