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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Stephanopoulos Challenges Clinton Cash Author: ‘Is There a Smoking Gun?’ — Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer appeared on This Week and faced a very skeptical George Stephanopoulos, who argued that his accusations that Hillary Clinton exchanged favorable treatment from the U.S. State Department …
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Charity watchdog: Clinton Foundation a ‘slush fund’ — The Clinton Foundation's finances are so messy that the nation's most influential charity watchdog put it on its “watch list” of problematic nonprofits last month. — The Clinton family's mega-charity took in more than $140 million …
Maura Pally / Clinton Foundation:
A Commitment to Honesty, Transparency, and Accountability — Over the past few days, many questions have been raised about the Clinton Foundation, its initiatives, and the financial support that allows us to do the uniquely impactful philanthropic work that we do at home and around the world.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Our Mean-Spirited President Cuts Loose — There has been quite a bit of news coverage of this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner. Don't ask me why. The annual lovefest between Democratic politicians and Democratic journalists hasn't generated any actual news in a long time.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
At correspondents dinner, Obama lets second-term anger out — Depending on your perspective, President Obama's performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night was either funny or filled with rage. Or perhaps it was funny about being filled with rage.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Obama jokes about his fourth-quarter ‘bucket list’ at WHCD
Obama jokes about his fourth-quarter ‘bucket list’ at WHCD
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Evan Serpick / citypaper.com:
City Paper photo editor J.M. Giordano beaten by police at Freddie Gray protest — City Paper Photo Editor J.M. Giordano was tackled and beaten by Baltimore City police outside of Western District headquarters last night while covering protests over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
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Ric Anderson / LasVegasSun.com:
The big lie: Las Vegan watches as his Reid tale takes off — A Las Vegas man claims he started a false rumor that the injuries suffered by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid several months ago were the result of an attack by Reid's brother, not an exercise accident.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cruz warns of ‘liberal fascism’ targeting Christians — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday said Democrats had gone to extremes in their persecution of Christians. — “Today's Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today's Democratic Party,” he said at the Iowa Faith …
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Climbers trapped on Mount Everest ‘are getting desperate’ — ITANAGAR, India — Helicopter teams began evacuating critically injured climbers at Mount Everest's base camp Sunday morning, but the effort came to an abrupt halt when a significant new aftershock triggered more avalanches and fears …
Mike Allen / Politico:
GARDEN BRUNCH EDITION — NBC PRESSURES BRIAN WILLIAMS to resign: Leaks aim to cut his leverage - OBAMA'S NEW MEME: ‘Bucket!’ - POTUS on ‘Black-ish’ — B'DAY: Larry Grisolano, Luke Frans — By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mallen) and Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Warren to Obama: Stop making ‘untrue’ trade claims — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told President Obama on Saturday he was making “untrue” claims about his opponents — including herself. — The feud between Obama and the left continued Saturday, when Warren and Sen. Sherrod Brown …
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