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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
NOW president: Obama's Warren critique sexist — National Organization for Women (NOW) president Terry O'Neill on Wednesday called President Obama's critique of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sexist. — O'Neill told The Hill she took issue with Obama calling Warren by her first name during …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate deals stinging defeat to Obama trade agenda — Senate Democrats on Tuesday delivered a stinging blow to President Obama's trade agenda by voting to prevent the chamber from picking up fast-track legislation. — A motion to cut off a filibuster and proceed to the trade bill fell short of a 60-vote hurdle, 52-45.
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
Here's The Senator Who United Democrats To Block Obama's Trade Agenda — WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been the public face of the Democratic Party's feud with President Barack Obama over his trade agenda. But behind the scenes, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat
Senator suggests gender played into Obama-Warren spat
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Brent Budowsky / The New York Observer:
Obama Hurls Insults at Liberals on Trade
Obama Hurls Insults at Liberals on Trade
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Feud with Warren breaks open amid ‘fast track’ vote
Feud with Warren breaks open amid ‘fast track’ vote
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Foil Obama on Asia Trade Deal
Senate Democrats Foil Obama on Asia Trade Deal
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Dem Senator Accuses Obama of Sexism Toward Elizabeth Warren
Dem Senator Accuses Obama of Sexism Toward Elizabeth Warren
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Facebook Media:
Introducing Instant Articles — As more people get their news on mobile devices, we want to make the experience faster and richer on Facebook. People share a lot of articles on Facebook, particularly on our mobile app. To date, however, these stories take an average of eight seconds to load …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The New York Times-Facebook Deal Is Here — It could represent a seismic change for both the publishing industry and for the media company itself. — 1.9k — Shares — 1k — Tomorrow morning, in what marks a tectonic shift in the publishing industry, the New York Times is expected …
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blog.amtrak.com:
Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 at North Philadelphia — We are deeply saddened by the loss of life from Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 that derailed north of Philadelphia Tuesday evening. We ask the news media to be respectful of our customers, our employees, and their families.
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Paul Nussbaum / Philly.com:
Nutter: At least 5 dead as Amtrak train derails in Port Richmond
Nutter: At least 5 dead as Amtrak train derails in Port Richmond
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Investigation launched into fatal Amtrak crash
Investigation launched into fatal Amtrak crash
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Wall Street Journal:
Republican Field, Mellow Edition — I find myself feeling mellow on the subject of 2016. I have nonspecific affection and sympathy for everyone. Actually when I think of the Republican field the picture that comes to mind is of Cloris Leachman in the movie “Spanglish.” Merrily: “I love you.
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Moody's downgrades Chicago debt to ‘junk’ with negative outlook — Moody's downgraded Chicago's credit rating down to junk level “Ba1” from “Baa2.” — The announcement, which the ratings agency released Tuesday afternoon, cited a recent Illinois court ruling voiding state pension reforms.
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Shot in the Dark
David K. Shipler / New Yorker:
Pamela Geller and the Anti-Islam Movement — The winning cartoon in the contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad, early this month in Garland, Texas, which two gunmen attacked, depicts a fierce Prophet waving a scimitar and saying, “You can't draw me!” The artist, whose hand and pencil are visible …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
There Is No ‘Blue Wall’ — If you were browsing campaign coverage at this point in advance of the 1992 election, you'd be reading a lot about the Republicans' impregnable “red wall.” OK — it wouldn't have been called the “red wall” (the association of Republicans with red states and Democrats …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Center-Right Moment — The most surprising event of this political era is what hasn't happened. The world has not turned left. Given the financial crisis, widening inequality, the unpopularity of the right's stances on social issues and immigration, you would have thought …
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
John Kerry and John McCain: Once friends, now foes — A decades-old friendship between two Vietnam vets and former Senate allies is on the rocks. — Getty — When John Kerry was nominated to be Secretary of State in early 2013, his confirmation was never in real doubt.
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Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
David Cameron to unveil new limits on extremists' activities in Queen's speech — Prime minister will announce counter-terrorism bill including plans to restrict harmful actions of those seeking to radicalise young people — A counter-terrorism bill including plans for extremism disruption orders designed …
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Meghann Myers / USA Today:
Navy to double maternity leave, make fitness changes — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is set to unveil a host of far-reaching initiatives and policy changes aimed at improving quality of life and careers for sailors and Marines, a senior Navy official confirmed to Navy Times.
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Dan Messineo / Local News:
Right-to-work bill passes through Missouri Senate — Democrats attempt to filibuster right-to-work bill — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - — A right-to-work bill passed through the Missouri Senate Tuesday evening after a more than 8 hour filibuster by democrats.
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Tom Baldwin / Guardian:
The BBC was not in the pocket of Labour this election. Quite the opposite — For all its faults, the BBC is an organisation that is invested in fairness. But it has been too easily swayed by pressure from Tory-supporting newspapers — If history is written by the winners …
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Jeffrey E. Stern / The Atlantic:
The Execution of Clayton Lockett — On the morning of his execution, Clayton Lockett hid under the covers. — Before a team of correctional officers came to get him at 5:06 a.m., he fashioned a noose out of his sheets. He pulled the blade out of a safety razor and made half-inch-long cuts on his arms.
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WXIA-TV:
Man saves dog, but gets arrested anyway — A man saves a dog from a hot Mustang but was arrested because of how he did it. The move landed Michael Hammons behind bars. WXIA — CONNECT — ATHENS, GA (WXIA) - A man saves a dog from a hot Mustang but was arrested because of how he did it.
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Washington Post:
Eramo vs. Rolling Stone complaint — A University of Virginia associate dean of students filed a multi-million dollar defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone, alleging that the magazine portrayed her as callous and indifferent to allegations of sexual assault on campus and made her the university's …
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story
U-Va. dean sues Rolling Stone for ‘false’ portrayal in retracted rape story
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