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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.”
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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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Disastrous Clinton Post-Presidency — The best-case scenario: They screwed everything up. — Shares — The qualities of an effective presidency do not seem to transfer onto a post-presidency. Jimmy Carter was an ineffective president who became an exemplary post-president.
Brian Fallon / Medium:
‘Clinton Cash’ & NYT Fail to Prove Any Connection Between Hillary Clinton & Russian Purchase of Uranium Assets — Relying largely on research from the conservative author of Clinton Cash, today's New York Times alleges that donations to the Clinton Foundation coincided with the U.S. government's 2010 approval …
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 …
ABC News:
Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became Secretary of State
Bill Clinton Cashed In When Hillary Became Secretary of State
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
5 things we learned about ‘Clinton Cash’ without reading it
5 things we learned about ‘Clinton Cash’ without reading it
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
An ‘Exclusive’ Arrangement on a Clinton Book, and Many Questions
An ‘Exclusive’ Arrangement on a Clinton Book, and Many Questions
Nick Gass / Politico:
Hillary Clinton struggles to contain media barrage on foreign cash
Hillary Clinton struggles to contain media barrage on foreign cash
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton has a baggage problem
Hillary Clinton has a baggage problem
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
For Clintons, speech income shows how their wealth is intertwined with charity
For Clintons, speech income shows how their wealth is intertwined with charity
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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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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
Weinstein Family Statement on Disclosure of the Death in Captivity of Warren Weinstein
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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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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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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General After Long Delay
Senate Confirms Loretta Lynch as Attorney General After Long Delay
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Tom McCarthy / Guardian:
Loretta Lynch confirmed as US attorney general after delay ‘to spite Obama’
Loretta Lynch confirmed as US attorney general after delay ‘to spite Obama’
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Steve King unveils radical court scheme — Under the American system of government, elected legislators are responsible for writing laws. If those statutes are legally controversial, they're challenged in the courts and evaluated by judges. It's Civics 101.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
GOP bill would block courts on gay marriage
GOP bill would block courts on gay marriage
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New York Times:
David Petraeus Is Sentenced to Probation in Leak Investigation — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced David H. Petraeus, the highest-profile general from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to two years' probation for disclosing classified information.
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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
Trey Gowdy asks Hillary Clinton to appear twice on emails, Benghazi
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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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