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Ben Montgomery / Tampa Bay Times:
Ruskin mailman tries flying to Capitol in gyrocopter to deliver campaign reform message to Congress — UPDATE 1:33 p.m.: It appears as though Hughes has landed on the lawn of the Capitol. Tweets from Washington congressional reporters indicate Capitol Police hustled out of the building and confronted Hughes at the gyrocopter.
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The Hill:
Copter lands on Capitol grounds, sparking security concerns
Copter lands on Capitol grounds, sparking security concerns
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Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
A gyrocopter just landed on the Capitol lawn
A gyrocopter just landed on the Capitol lawn
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James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Foundation to Keep Foreign Donors — Board's decision to continue accepting funding from some countries could become 2016 campaign issue — The board of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has decided to continue accepting donations from foreign governments …
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Los Angeles Times:
Column What are the Democrats' alternatives to Clintonland?
Column What are the Democrats' alternatives to Clintonland?
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Hillary Clinton owns big security edge
Hillary Clinton owns big security edge
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Hot Air, Weekly Standard and Bloomberg Business
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Wrong On Family's Immigration History, Records Show — “Her grandparents always spoke about the immigrant experience and, as a result she has always thought of them as immigrants,” a spokesperson says. “As has been correctly pointed out, while her grandfather was an immigrant …
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New York Post and The PJ Tatler
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Chipotle Manager: Hillary Clinton Didn't Leave Anything in Tip Jar — One of the great political mysteries of the early 2016 presidential campaign has been solved: Hillary Clinton did not leave a tip at the Chipotle franchise she visited during her road trip to Iowa on Sunday.
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Cokie Roberts: ‘About 3 People’ Won't Vote for Hillary Because of Email Story
Cokie Roberts: ‘About 3 People’ Won't Vote for Hillary Because of Email Story
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Even in New Hampshire, ‘Bridgegate’ Dogs Christie — LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Chris Christie's name has tumbled off the list of top-tier presidential candidates. He is sagging in the polls. And in the kind of indignity that creeps up on him with agonizing regularity, a stranger …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Christie Is Served a Ribbing at New Hampshire Restaurant
Christie Is Served a Ribbing at New Hampshire Restaurant
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Politico, Business Insider and The Week
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Chris Christie Changes Vaccine Position During New Hampshire Town Hall
Chris Christie Changes Vaccine Position During New Hampshire Town Hall
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Richard Engel / NBC News:
New Details on 2012 Kidnapping of NBC News Team in Syria — Here is what we found based on facts gathered from dozens of sources inside and outside of Syria.
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The Week, Deadline and The Huffington Post
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Improving Economic Mood — Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes may be buoyed by a more optimistic feeling about President Barack Obama and the economy seen in a new Bloomberg Politics poll. — Americans are becoming more optimistic …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Deep Partisan Split on Israel and Iran
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Deep Partisan Split on Israel and Iran
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The Week, Washington Monthly, The Intercept and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
President Vladimir Putin's Dangerous Moves — President Vladimir Putin of Russia has added new, chilling nuclear threats to his aggression in Ukraine, where 6,000 people have been killed in a war with Russian-backed separatists. Mr. Putin wants to expand his country's influence and standing …
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Arthur Allen / Politico:
George W. Bush: Jeb has a problem: ‘Me’ — CHICAGO — Jeb Bush's candidacy has a problem, says brother George. — “Me.” — Story Continued Below — “It's an easy line to say, 'Haven't we had enough Bushes?' After all, even my mother said, ‘Yes,’” the former president told an audience …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
WATCH: Terrified ‘Tea Party Patriot’ realizes he could lose Obamacare if GOP wins in 2016 — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A conservative video blogger with over a million views on YouTube said this week that he would likely vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton …
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James Pethokoukis / The Week:
Right-wing hostility to Marco Rubio's tax plan shows the GOP is stuck in the past — If voters think the GOP's big economic idea is tax cuts for rich people, the next American president will probably be another Democrat. — The American electorate isn't exactly eager to help the wealthy keep more of their money.
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Rubio Rhetoric Breaks With Past, but Ideas Don't
FACT CHECK: Rubio Rhetoric Breaks With Past, but Ideas Don't
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Hullabaloo
Susan Davis / USA Today:
100 days of Congress: Stumbles but signs of progress — WASHINGTON — Now that the first 100 days of the first GOP-controlled Congress in nearly a decade are in the rearview mirror, Republicans say the party is knocking the dust off its governing playbook for what could be one of the more productive legislative periods in recent years.
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Daily Mail:
Campaign staff DROVE ‘ordinary’ Iowans to Hillary's first campaign stop - including health care ‘lobbyist in training’ who was an Obama campaign intern and Biden chauffeur — Austin Bird sat for coffee on Tuesday morning in the town of LeClaire, Iowa, chatting with Hillary Clinton as photographers snapped pictures
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New York Times:
Dean Skelos, New York Senate Leader, and His Son Are Said to Be Focus of Corruption Inquiry — Federal prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand jury considering a case against the leader of the New York State Senate, Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, and his son, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Political Wire and New York Magazine
Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee House votes Bible as official state book — The Holy Bible is the official book of Tennessee in the view of the Tennessee House of Representatives. — Despite questions of constitutionality, lawmakers beat back an attempt to make Andrew Jackson's Bible the official book …
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Ann Coulter: US Needs Literacy Tests To Make It ‘More Difficult To Vote’ (VIDEO) — Conservative commentator Ann Coulter advocated for the administration of literacy tests as a prerequisite for voting on Wednesday during an appearance on “Fox & Friends.” — During a segment …
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