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Republicans Warn Iran — and Obama — That Deal Won't Last — A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won't last after Obama leaves office.
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Republican Senators Write To Leaders Of Iran, Attempt To Sabotage Nuclear Deal — Forty-seven Republican senators are seeking to undermine the international negotiations aimed at containing Iran's nuclear program with an open letter to the government of Iran, warning the Persian leaders …


Republican Senators Write to Iran: Deal With Obama Can Be Revoked — A group of nearly 50 Republican senators have written a letter to Iran to explain how the U.S. Constitution works. The letter is “An Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
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Emails May Be a Key to Addressing ‘Pay-to-Play’ Whispers at Clinton Foundation — There are not two Clinton controversies. There is one big, hairy deal. — “Follow the money.” That apocryphal phrase, attributed to Watergate whistle-blower “Deep Throat,” explains why the biggest threat …
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Hillary Clinton Faces Test of Record as Women's Advocate — MIAMI — It was supposed to be a carefully planned anniversary to mark one of the most important and widely praised moments in Hillary Rodham Clinton's political career — and to remind the country, ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign …
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Bill Clinton won't weigh in on Hillary's emails
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Clinton, Inc. is what's wrong with America
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Silence is hurting Clinton, Dem says
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Lindsey Graham Explains Why He Doesn't Use E-mail — The luddite question heard 'round the world. — CONCORD, N.H.—It was not the news that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham went on TV to make. Meet the Press host Chuck Todd, who like the rest of Washington was exploring every angle …
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OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity under investigation after video of racist chant leaks online — Editor's Note: This story contains graphic and racially-charged language. — OU's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members have been allegedly implicated in a video showing members participating …
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity closes OU chapter after racist video appears online
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Poll: Fox News most trusted network — Fox News has the most trusted network and cable news coverage in the United States, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Monday. But network TV is much less trustworthy than it was in the days of Walter Cronkite, American voters say.
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How conservatives capsized school reform — Last week President Obama invited a small group of journalists, including me, to talk with him at the White House. — The conversation was off-the-record. But speaking generally about the two-hour talk, I can say the president is intent on what is happening in Congress.
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Dan Pfeiffer's Exit Interview: How the White House Learned to Be Liberal
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Washington Post and Political Wire


The Islamic State appears to be fraying from within — BEIRUT — The Islamic State appears to be starting to fray from within, as dissent, defections and setbacks on the battlefield sap the group's strength and erode its aura of invincibility among those living under its despotic rule.
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Austria is fast becoming Europe's latest debt nightmare — A mini-Greece is about to go off in Europe's heartlands, and markets don't even know it — Ah Austria, land of schnitzel, lederhosen, Mozart, alpine meadows and beer drinking. Less widely appreciated is its special place in the history of catastrophic banking crises.
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Vox Popoli


2016's top ten most vulnerable senators — Senate Democrats are hoping to take advantage of a favorable electoral map in 2016 to swing majority control back their way. — This cycle, Republicans are defending 24 seats compared to Democrats' 10, including seven in states President Obama carried twice.


Florida banned state workers from using term ‘climate change’ - report — ‘Global warming’ and ‘sustainability’ among phrases allegedly barred at state's Department of Environmental Protection, investigative report finds — Officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection …
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Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin Signs ‘Right to Work’ Bill — MADISON, Wis. — For decades, states across the South, Great Plains and Rocky Mountains enacted policies, known as “right to work,” that prevented organized labor from forcing all workers to pay union dues or fees. But the industrial Midwest resisted.
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US tourists caught carving names into Rome's Colosseum — Two California women break away from tour group to scratch their initials into ancient amphitheatre, where defacing walls is strictly forbidden — Tourists are once again getting into trouble in Italy, with two American women caught carving their names into Rome's Colosseum.
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