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FCC approves sweeping Internet regulation plan, Obama accused of meddling — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted sweeping new regulations sought by President Obama for how Americans use and do business on the Internet, in a party-line vote that is sure to be challenged by the broadband industry.
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Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality — Today, the Federal Communications Commission, by a vote of three to two, enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality, preserving an open Internet by prohibiting broadband providers from blocking or slowing content that flows across their pipes.
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In Net Neutrality Victory, F.C.C. Classifies Broadband Internet Service as a Public Utility — WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility, a milestone in regulating high-speed Internet service into American homes.
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Landmark Internet rules approved
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‘Jihadi John:’ Islamic State killer is identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi — LONDON — The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.
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Missouri gubernatorial candidate dead in apparent suicide — Missouri state Auditor Tom Schweich, a leading Republican candidate for governor in 2016, died Thursday in “an apparent suicide,” police said. — Schweich, 54, was hospitalized earlier Thursday following a single self-inflicted gunshot wound …
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Tom Schweich, Missouri auditor and candidate for governor, dies in apparent suicide — ST. LOUIS • Tom Schweich, Missouri's Republican state auditor and a leading contender for the governor's office in next year's election, has died, according to his office.
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Walker: I took on unions, I can take on ISIS — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) argued his fight with unions has prepared him to be commander-in-chief during his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. — “If I can take on 100,000 protestors I can do the same across the world …
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Gov. Scott Walker: I refuse to take the media's bait
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Scott Walker Is Set to Deliver New Blow to Labor in Wisconsin
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Ben Carson kicks off CPAC
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Jeb Bush, 2016's Gay-Friendly Republican — Shortly after the 2012 election ended, David Kochel, the top-flight Iowa Republican strategist who had run Mitt Romney's campaign in the state, decided to stop keeping his opinion of marriage equality to himself. He had spent years helping …
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CPAC: 8 things to watch
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Christie Emerges as Bush Basher of the Right
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Is Washington Ready for the Death of Obamacare? — The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon eliminate federal subsidies for people buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act is the biggest story in politics and economics that no one wants to talk about.
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A First Step on the Way Out of ObamaCare
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Supreme Court ruling could upend Obamacare politics
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Republicans suspect the White House is hiding ObamaCare fallback plan
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Obama to ban bullets by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle — It's starting. — As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic …
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Jay Carney to Amazon — Mike Allen's Politico Playbook will report: “Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney joins Amazon on Monday as senior vice president for Worldwide Corporate Affairs. — The new position brings the e-commerce giant's worldwide public relations and public policy shops into one department under Carney.


Jeb Bush's Sense and Sensibility — Joe Klein is TIME's political columnist and author of six books, most recently Politics Lost. His weekly TIME column, “In the Arena,” covers national and international affairs. — The candidate's grown-up tone is a breath of fresh air amid so many strident conservative voices
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Speakers Fling Scorn and Sarcasm at Hillary Clinton — The presumed Democratic front-runner isn't far from Republican minds. — Hillary Clinton wasn't in attendance Thursday, but she wasn't far from the minds of Republicans at the Conservative Political Action Conference who are hoping to impede her path to the White House.
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Boehner vs. McConnell — As shutdown looms, tensions are just below the surface as the two operate on separate tracks. — Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid are ready to put an end to Capitol Hill's latest drama and fund the Department of Homeland Security. — There's just one problem: Speaker John Boehner.

Americans divided on Williams return — PPP's annual TV News poll finds that Brian Williams' recent problems haven't had any impact on overall perceptions of NBC News. Voters are evenly divided, with 40% saying they trust NBC News and 40% saying they don't.
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Democrats might skip Benjamin Netanyahu speech — Joe Biden is among those not committed to attending the Israeli prime minister's address to Congress. — Getty — Vice President Joe Biden won't commit to attending Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress next month.
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Welcome to the Brave New World of White Shaming — In a fascinating article that provides an invaluable glimpse into the liberal psyche, the New Republic - long recognized (even by itself) as the whitest publication in America - announced on Monday that it has decided to forgive Hollywood for its whiteness.
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Senate Snowball Toss a Message From Climate Change Denier … This may be a congressional first. — Sen. Jim Inhofe, a devoted climate change denier, tossed a snowball at someone on the Senate floor today as he tried to debunk climate change. — “In case we had forgotten because we keep hearing …
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