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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
5 Questions Hillary Clinton Ducked
5 Questions Hillary Clinton Ducked
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Clinton Campaign Gets Off To A Grim Start
The Clinton Campaign Gets Off To A Grim Start
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Hillary acts stupid when she plays dumb
Hillary acts stupid when she plays dumb
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Morning Joe, Bill Kristol Blame Racist SAE Video on Rap Music — The concerned parents on Morning Joe found something to be outraged about over the video of SAE frat members engaged in a racist chant: namely the rapper Waka Flocka Flame's decision not to perform for the fraternity …
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Robert Wilonsky / The Scoop Blog:
Parker Rice, parents of Levi Pettit apologize for ‘horrible mistake’ made in OU SAE video — Update at 6:40 p.m.: Moments after Levi Pettit's family apologized for their son's behavior in the SAE video, Parker Rice — the recent Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas graduate — sent his own apology, via his father Bob.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Morning Joe Finds the Real Racists in Oklahoma: Rap Musicians
Morning Joe Finds the Real Racists in Oklahoma: Rap Musicians
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Guardian
Jean-Luc Renaudie / Agence France-Presse:
As Israel vote looms, centre-left pulls ahead of PM Netanyahu's Likud — Jerusalem (AFP) - Less than a week before Israel's second general election in two years, Isaac Herzog's centre-left Zionist Union opened up a lead on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud, polls showed Wednesday.
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Gallup:
Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's much-publicized and controversial address to Congress, Americans' opinions of him have worsened. His favorable rating is down seven percentage points, to 38%, while his unfavorable rating has increased five points, to 29%.
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Fox News:
Embattled Ferguson police chief to resign, sources say — FILE 2014: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson will announce his resignation on Wednesday, sources tell Fox News. Jackson's department has been criticized after a Justice Department probe. (Reuters)
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John Eligon / New York Times:
Ferguson Police Chief, Thomas Jackson, Expected to Step Down Amid Criticism — FERGUSON, Mo. — The embattled police chief of Ferguson, the focus of bitter complaints of racial discrimination within his department that turned into national protests after one of his white officers fatally shot …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
McCain: GOP letter to Iran not ‘most effective’ response — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), one of the signers of the controversial letter to Iran's leadership, admitted Tuesday night that the letter might not have been the way to express frustration that President Obama isn't working with Congress on nuclear negotiations with Tehran.
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Andrew DeMillo / The Baxter Bulletin:
Bill would allow Sen. Cotton to run for president
Bill would allow Sen. Cotton to run for president
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David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Precedent for GOP's Iran letter hard to find, historians say — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Historian's Office has so far been unable to find another example in the chamber's history where one political party openly tried to deal with a foreign power against a presidential policy …
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Admit: That Iran Letter Was a Dumb Idea
Republicans Admit: That Iran Letter Was a Dumb Idea
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Tom LoBianco / Indianapolis Star:
Indiana state rep apologizes for sexting with Sydney Leathers — Indiana Rep. Justin Moed is apologizing for sexting with Sydney Leathers, the Evansville woman at the center of the 2013 Anthony Weiner sexting scandal. — “I am truly sorry I have hurt the ones I love most with my poor judgment.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Aaron Schock: I ‘certainly hope’ I didn't break the law — The embattled congressman gets testy in a face-to-face interview. — Getty — PEORIA, Ill. — The question to Rep. Aaron Schock was simple: Do you think you've broken any rules or federal laws? But the scandal-plagued congressman did not have a definitive answer.
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
“Former Fetus” Signs Cause Stir at Capitol … Signs calling some state lawmakers former fetuses are causing a stir at the Capitol, with one representative accusing another of intimidating his staff by removing them. — One of the signs appeared Wednesday morning on the wall outside Rep. Jonathan Stickland's office.
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ProPublica:
Emails Reveal Lobbyist Had Undisclosed Role In Cuomo Financial Crisis Investigation — The Albany Times Union co-published a version of this story. — Previously undisclosed emails by a mortgage industry lobbyist doubling as a consultant for then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo show …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's claim that the IRS tax code has more words than the Bible — In a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) talked about how the U.S. could restore “growth and opportunity” for small businesses, saying the answer is through tax and regulatory reform.
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Reuters:
Russia says has right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea: report — (Reuters) - Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
More evidence Republicans will probably do nothing if Supreme Court guts subsidies — Scott Walker has now supplied yet another piece of evidence that Republicans will likely find themselves unable or unwilling to act if the Supreme Court guts Obamacare subsidies for millions in three dozen states.
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Politico:
Susan B. Glasser — Susan Glasser is the Editor of POLITICO. She was also the founding editor of POLITICO Magazine, the award-winning publication featuring both long-form reporting and opinion journalism. Launched in November 2013, the magazine publishes daily online and bimonthly in print …
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The Huffington Post:
Senate Bill Would Effectively End The Federal War On Medical Marijuana — A sweeping Senate bill introduced Tuesday seeks to significantly roll back the federal government's war on medical marijuana. — The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney boosts French comedian with anti-Semitic history — Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney shared her latest comedy recommendation with Facebook and Twitter followers last night. The Georgia Democrat, who was the Green Party's 2008 presidential nominee …
Igor Bobic / The Huffington Post:
Michele Bachmann Warns Of Impending Sharknado Outside White House — WASHINGTON — A star has been born. — Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) on Tuesday starred in a cameo for “Sharknado 3,” the cult-classic fantasy movie series featuring vicious, airborne sharks riding deadly tornadoes from the sea.
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