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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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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Clinton's statements on family history conflict with public records — Hillary Clinton's statements that all her grandparents immigrated to the U.S. are in conflict with public records, a report says. — According to Buzzfeed, Clinton spoke in Norwalk, Iowa, on Wednesday about her family's arrival in the country.
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Chipotle Manager: Hillary Clinton Didn't Leave Anything in Tip Jar
Chipotle Manager: Hillary Clinton Didn't Leave Anything in Tip Jar
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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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Tulsa World:
Sources: Supervisors told to falsify reserve deputy's training records; department announces internal investigation — Supervisors ordered to credit reserve deputy with proper papers. — Image (2) — VIDEO: Tulsa World writers appear on CNN to discuss reserve deputy fatal shooting case
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CNN:
Lincoln Chafee: 'I'm running' and here's why — Former Gov. Chafee: No doubt I'm an underdog 02:15 — (CNN)Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Thursday on CNN that he's running for the Democratic nomination for president, just a week after announcing he formed an exploratory committee …
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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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New York Times:
NBC News Alters Account of Correspondent's Kidnapping in Syria — NBC News on Wednesday revised its account of the 2012 kidnapping of its chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel, saying it was likely that Mr. Engel and his reporting team had been abducted by a Sunni militant group …
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Antonin Scalia / TIME:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg — The high Court's counterweight — Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had two distinguished legal careers, either one of which would alone entitle her to be one of TIME's 100. When she was a law professor at Rutgers and later Columbia, she became the leading (and very successful) …
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Cliff Asness / Wall Street Journal:
In Praising ObamaCare, They Bury It — The law's cheerleaders tend to cite two main accomplishments. Both of them are irrelevant. — By — In the five years since the passage of ObamaCare, the battle over the law has not abated. One popular salvo is the supposedly objective …
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?
Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth?
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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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Hillary Clinton / TIME:
The 100 Most Influential People — Elizabeth Warren
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Leon Hendrix / WOOD-TV:
Shop owner will deny ‘openly gay’ customers — GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — The owner of a Grandville auto repair shop says he won't hesitate “to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons.” — Brian Klawiter, the owner of Dieseltec on Ottawa Avenue in Grandville …
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Jacqueline Klimas / Washington Times:
U.S. military ‘hostile’ to Christians under Obama; morale, retention devastated … Soon there may only be atheists in the foxholes. — Christians are leaving the U.S. military or are discouraged from joining in the first place because of a “hostile work environment” that doesn't let them express …
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Washington Monthly:
A New Agenda for Political Reform — Instead of trying to weaken the pressure of corporate money in Washington, let's try strengthening Congress's capacity to resist it. — America's political institutions are suffering from profound decay. The political parties—especially the Republicans …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Where Clinton must win — Hillary Clinton may be one of the most famous people in the world, and most people have already decided whether her chance to become our first woman president tops everything else they know of her. But there is a pocket of the electorate left for her to penetrate.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A Florida newspaper is along for the ride — and catches flak … If a reporter and his newspaper know in advance — months in advance, as it turns out — that a man intended to undertake a stunt that could sow panic in the nation's capital, are they obligated to alert law-enforcement authorities?
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Tavis Smiley Battles O'Reilly on Police, Race: ‘How Many Isolated Incidents Equal a Pattern?’ — Bill O'Reilly tonight went off on “cop haters” who he believes are trying to demonize all cops, when the reality is most cops aren't bad. Of course, O'Reilly said, what Officer Michael Slager …
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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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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Jorge Ramos Corners Rubio: Would You Attend a Gay Wedding? — One day after he confirmed to CNN's Jake Tapper that he believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) went on Jorge Ramos' Fusion show where the host confronted him on the issue using a new angle.
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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Steve Dorsey / Fox News:
Mass movement: US Christians don orange in church to honor ISIS victims — Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State (IS) are marched by armed men along a beach. — A new campaign sweeping through American churches has worshipers wearing orange …
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Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Conservative Leaders Plan Two Secret Meetings Aimed at Picking a 2016 Candidate — Behind closed doors, a discreet group of right-wing vote-brokers will audition contenders and choose one it thinks can beat the GOP establishment favorite. — A secretive group that serves as the umbrella operation …
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