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5:30 PM ET, April 23, 2015

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Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation as Russians Pressed for Control of Uranium Company — The headline in Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin's latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when the newspaper served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.”

Jonathan Allen / Reuters:

Exclusive: Clinton charities will refile tax returns, audit for other errors — (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's family's charities are refiling at least five annual tax returns after a Reuters review found errors in how they reported donations from governments, and said they may audit …

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Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:

Clinton Cash Author Is Targeting Jeb Bush Next — The past week can't have been very pleasant for Peter Schweizer. On Sunday, the New York Times revealed that his forthcoming book, Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich …

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Brian Fallon / Medium: ‘Clinton Cash’ & NYT Fail to Prove Any Connection Between Hillary Clinton & Russian Purchase of Uranium Assets

Nick Gass / Politico:
Hillary Clinton struggles to contain media barrage on foreign cash

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton has a baggage problem

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Disastrous Clinton Post-Presidency

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
An ‘Exclusive’ Arrangement on a Clinton Book, and Many Questions

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ABC News: Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became Secretary of State

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
5 things we learned about ‘Clinton Cash’ without reading it

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
For Clintons, speech income shows how their wealth is intertwined with charity

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Erin Dooley / ABC News:

Obama: ‘I Take Full Responsibility’ For US Operation That Killed Innocent Hostages Held By Al Qaeda … President Obama said today that he takes “full responsibility” for a U.S. government counterterrorism operation that killed two innocent hostages held by al Qaeda.

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Adam Entous / Wall Street Journal:

American, Italian Hostages Killed in CIA Drone Strike in January — Drone strike kills pair in Pakistan, U.S. officials say; White House orders review of incident — A U.S. drone strike in January targeting a suspected al Qaeda compound in Pakistan inadvertently killed an American and Italian …

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Bring Warren Home:
Weinstein Family Statement on Disclosure of the Death in Captivity of Warren Weinstein

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
2 Qaeda Hostages Were Accidentally Killed in U.S. Strike, White House Says

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The White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary

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Bobby Jindal / New York Times:

I'm Holding Firm Against Gay Marriage — BATON ROUGE, La. — THE debate over religious liberty in America presents conservatives and business leaders with a crucial choice. — In Indiana and Arkansas, large corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials …

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

At New York Reception, Ted Cruz Is Said to Strike Different Tone Toward Gays — Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican presidential candidate, has positioned himself as a strong opponent to same-sex marriage, urging pastors nationwide to preach in support of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman …

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Washington Post:
Poll: Gay-marriage support at record high

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Alex Sherman / Bloomberg Business:

Comcast Plans to Drop Time Warner Cable Deal — Comcast Corp. is planning to walk away from its proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, after regulators decided that the deal wouldn't help consumers, making approval unlikely.

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New York Times:
Comcast Is Said to End $45 Billion Bid for Time Warner Cable

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Wall Street Journal:
FCC Staff Recommends Hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger

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Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today Media …:

Native Actors Walk off Set of Adam Sandler Movie After Insults to Women, Elders — Approximately a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler's newest film production, The Ridiculous Six, on Wednesday.

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Senate votes 56-43 to confirm Lynch as attorney general — The Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch's long-delayed nomination Thursday, giving the country its first female African American attorney general. — Senators voted 56-43 to confirm Lynch, more than 160 days after she was nominated by President Obama.

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Tom McCarthy / Guardian:
Loretta Lynch confirmed as US attorney general after delay ‘to spite Obama’

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch To Be The First Black Female Attorney General

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The Huffington Post:

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's attorney told House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Wednesday that the ball is in his court. — Responding to a letter sent by Gowdy last month requesting Clinton appear for a private interview with the committee to answer questions concerning …

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Lauren French / Politico:

Trey Gowdy asks Hillary Clinton to appear twice on emails, Benghazi — The House Committee investigating Benghazi is asking Hillary Clinton to appear for two public hearings on the 2012 terrorist attacks and her email use, according to a letter sent to her lawyer on Thursday.

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USA Today:

Apologetic Petraeus gets probation for leaking secrets to his mistress — Petraeus punishment expected Thursday WCNC — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Petraeus, the retired four-star general leader who once commanded military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, pleaded guilty Thursday …

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New York Times:
David Petraeus Is Sentenced to Probation in Leak Investigation

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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:

‘F*ck this court — I AM Justice’: Woman uncorks berserk legal rant after civil rights suit tossed — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A self-described “Floridian-American” sovereign citizen submitted a nine-page, profanity-laced tirade against a judge who dismissed a lawsuit she filed on behalf of her husband and son.

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Julia Belluz / Vox:

The new surgeon general's 4 rules for health … President Obama nominated him for the post of US surgeon general, the nation's top spokesperson for public health, back in November 2013. The Senate then promptly blocked his nomination for more than a year, particularly after the National …

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