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New York Times:
Obama Yields, Allowing Congress Say on Iran Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — The White House relented on Tuesday and said President Obama would sign a compromise bill giving Congress a voice on the proposed nuclear accord with Iran as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in rare unanimous agreement …
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Iran Deal Reached In Senate; Read The Details
Iran Deal Reached In Senate; Read The Details
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Obama could accept revised bill on Iran nuclear vote: White House
Obama could accept revised bill on Iran nuclear vote: White House
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
The GOP's plan to turn Hillary into Mitt Romney — Republicans are readying a familiar template: The out-of-touch plutocrat who lives in a world of private planes, chauffeured vehicles and million-dollar homes. — Forget about the Arkansas days, the small-bore scandals, her health care plan, and most everything else from the 1990s.
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Kristen Desilva / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Is Hillary Clinton the democrats' Mitt Romney?
Is Hillary Clinton the democrats' Mitt Romney?
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Stephen A. Nuño / Talking Points Memo:
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig
Marco Rubio Is The Lipstick, The GOP Is The Pig
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Marco Rubio: 'I've done more immigration than Hillary Clinton ever did'
Marco Rubio: 'I've done more immigration than Hillary Clinton ever did'
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Jin Zhao / Raw Story:
Religious right pundit: Hillary Clinton too hideously ugly to become president — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — We expected to see some punches thrown at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as soon as she announced her run for president for a second time on Sunday.
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Don Feder / GrasstopsUSA.com:
Top Ten Reasons Why Hitlery Will Never Be President — GrassTopsUSA Exclusive Commentary — Think Evita after Botox treatments. Think Madame Defarge on a bad hair day. Think Lady Macbeth with serious issues ("Out, out, damned bimbo!"). — To listen to the babbling heads …
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David Hochman / Playboy:
PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: BILL MAHER — Inside Bill Maher's office in Los Angeles, you don't need a poli-sci degree to know which way the political winds are blowing. There's a (fake) Zagat guide to marijuana dispensaries, a bumper sticker that reads HONK IF YOU HATE AMERICA …
Angelamartincbs / CBS Dallas:
Dallas Woman Posts On Facebook “A Female Shouldn't Be President” — DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - “A female shouldn't be President,” is a direct quote from a Dallas woman's Facebook page. — As you might imagine, the post has attracted quite a bit of attention from people across the country.
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Yahoo Politics:
Chris Christie bets on bold — Chris Christie sat impassively at the round mahogany table in his family kitchen Monday as I recounted some of the data that suggested he was too damaged to run for president. A recent CBS News poll found that 42 percent of Republican voters wouldn't even consider voting …
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Modest Proposal: Barack Obama Should Be Hillary Clinton's Running Mate — Because Hillary Clinton is white and no longer young, a strain of political thought holds that she might lack Barack Obama's inherent appeal to new and minority voters and thus that she won't be able to ride …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A decision on Brian Williams's future at NBC could be coming soon — Andrew Lack, the former and current head of NBC News, started his old job anew last week staring at a monumental dilemma: What to do about Brian Williams? — The anchorman who was the face of NBC News and its signature …
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Deepak Saini / WGNO:
Lawsuit: Transgender man fired because he refused to wear a dress — NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans law firm is taking on the civil rights case of a Lake Charles man who says he was fired from his job, after he refused to wear a dress, and be treated as a woman.
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon: Russian intercept of US plane ‘sloppy airmanship’ — The Pentagon on Monday denounced a recent incident in which a Russian pilot intercepted a U.S. aircraft over the Baltic Sea as “sloppy airmanship.” — “Frankly, this is an example of sloppy airmanship on the part of a Russian pilot …
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New York Times:
Obama Endorses Removing Cuba From Terrorism List — MEXICO CITY — The White House announced on Tuesday that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government's list of nations that sponsor terrorism, eliminating a major obstacle to the restoration of diplomatic relations after decades of hostilities.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terror list
Obama to remove Cuba from state sponsor of terror list
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David Nather / Politico:
Hillary Clinton names top three wonks for campaign — Hillary Clinton has named three senior policy advisers to lead the development of an agenda for her presidential campaign, setting the stage for a series of policy rollouts that campaign officials hope to begin late next month after her early phase of road trips to meet voters.
Amnesty International:
Nigeria: Abducted women and girls forced to join Boko Haram attacks — Picture: Private. — At least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted by Boko Haram since the start of 2014 and many have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight, said Amnesty International on the first anniversary …
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Islamic Extremists Have Seized Control Of U.S. Cities, Says NRA Seminar — National Rifle Association members hold hands during the opening prayer at the annual meeting of members at the NRA convention Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Sex, Dementia and a Husband on Trial at Age 78 — There is no question that Donna Lou Rayhons had severe Alzheimer's. — In the days before being placed in a nursing home in Garner, Iowa, last year, Mrs. Rayhons, 78, could not recall her daughters' names or how to eat a hamburger.
Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
CBS4 Investigation: TSA Screeners At DIA Manipulated System To Grope Men's Genitals — DENVER (CBS4) - A CBS4 investigation has learned that two Transportation Security Administration screeners at Denver International Airport have been fired after they were discovered manipulating passenger screening systems …
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Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Prison time for some Atlanta school educators in cheating scandal — Story highlights — (CNN)There was nothing routine about a sentencing hearing Tuesday in Atlanta that wrote the final legal chapter of one of the most massive school cheating scandals in the country.
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Swinging at CEOs and Hedge Fund Managers — MONTICELLO, Iowa—Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign here Tuesday with aggressive attacks on the financial system as she offered broad strokes of her case for running at her first formal event.
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Som Lisaius / Tucson News Now:
Marana police video shows cruiser ram crime spree suspect — TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Police released dash cam video showing how a police officer used his cruiser to put an end to a crime spree in February that stretched from Tucson to Marana. — In the video, an apparent gunshot …
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Kevin Quealy / New York Times:
Less essential analysis: Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average — Hillary Clinton's Chipotle Order: Above Average — On Monday, Hillary Rodham Clinton ordered a burrito bowl at a Chipotle outside Toledo, Ohio. — Let others deconstruct her apparent anonymity or how her visit compared with President Obama's.
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Irene / Judicial Watch:
ISIS Camp a Few Miles from Texas, Mexican Authorities Confirm — ISIS is operating a camp just a few miles from El Paso, Texas, according to Judicial Watch sources that include a Mexican Army field grade officer and a Mexican Federal Police Inspector. — The exact location where the terrorist group …
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Obama pro-union rule to take effect — An Obama administration rule that speeds up the process by which employees can unionize will take effect Tuesday after Republicans last month failed to block the measure. — Under the new National Labor Relations Board rules, employees …
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