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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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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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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 …


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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War Zone: Baltimore Erupts Into Violence, Chaos as #BlackLivesMatter Riots Rage — BALTIMORE, Maryland — Racial protests supposed to be peaceful quickly turned into violent riots on Saturday evening, closing down the city of Baltimore for some time—and creating a panic for thousands of people …
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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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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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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 …


8 Obama Jokes That Stood Out From The White House Correspondents Dinner — It's a long-time ritual — American presidents going before the Washington journalists who cover them to recognize some of the best work of the prior year from the assembled crowd. — Of course, there are also jokes.
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Obama jokes about his fourth-quarter ‘bucket list’ at WHCD
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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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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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George W. Bush Opens Up About 2016 Race — LAS VEGAS - Former President George W. Bush offered rare, and broad-ranging, remarks Saturday night about current national security threats and the 2016 presidential campaign to a large audience of Jewish donors, suggesting that sanctions on Iran …
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