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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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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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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Rush Limbaugh
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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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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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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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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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
Los Angeles Times:
Column What are the Democrats' alternatives to Clintonland? — Don't despair, political junkies. There's still going to be a vigorous debate in the Democratic presidential primary campaign — even though it won't really be about who the nominee should be.
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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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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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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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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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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) …
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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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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.
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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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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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Alix Culbertson / Daily Express:
Statue of Liberty-sized ASTEROID on collision course to hit EARTH, experts fear — AN asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty is on a collision course to hit EARTH, scientists fear. — Getty — The asteroid has already passed Earth once and could be even closer this time
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Has Obamacare Turned Voters Against Sharing the Wealth? — With the advent of the Affordable Care Act, the share of Americans convinced that health care is a right shrank from a majority to a minority. — This shift in public opinion is a major victory for the Republican Party.
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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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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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