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Excessive Speed Probed in Amtrak Train Crash in Philadelphia — At least 7 people dead after train heading from Washington to New York derails — PHILADELPHIA—An Amtrak train involved in a fatal crash here appears to have been traveling at more than 100 miles an hour as it entered …
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
House panel votes to cut Amtrak budget hours after deadly crash — “Starving rail of funding will not enable safer train travel,” Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) said. — House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers said the cuts are needed to stay in line with the caps imposed …
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New York Times:
Amtrak Train That Derailed Was Going 100 M.P.H., Officials Say; 7 Killed — PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least seven people, was traveling at a speed of at least 100 miles an hour, twice the speed limit on that stretch of track …
Paul Nussbaum / Philly.com:
Sources: Train reportedly speeding; engineer mum — Investigators of Tuesday's deadly Amtrak derailment say they are focusing on reports that the train was traveling more than twice the 50-mile-an-hour speed limit when it entered a sharp curve in Frankford.
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CNN:
‘Absolute disastrous mess’: 6 dead, 146 injured after Amtrak train derails — Story highlights Philadelphia (CNN) — Latest developments — • A sixth person has died as a result of the Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia, a doctor at Temple University Hospital said Wednesday morning.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Derailed Amtrak train was traveling at more than 100 mph — An Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night was apparently traveling at more than 100 miles per hour at the time of the crash, according to The Wall Street Journal. — Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 …
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush: Iraq Questioning Is Disservice to Slain Soldiers — Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Wednesday that questioning about how he would have handled Iraq War authorization “does a disservice” to military service members killed in action.
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Gov. John Kasich says U.S. shouldn't have attacked Iraq — ' class="> Enlarge Image — Dealing with a question that tripped up Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich says that the U.S. never should have gone to Iraq, knowing what we know now. — “There's a lot of people who lost limbs and lives over there …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Why Jeb Can't Ditch Dubya
Quin Hillyer / National Review:
Yes, I Would Have Ousted Saddam from Power
Yes, I Would Have Ousted Saddam from Power
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘Of course’ Iraq was a mistake
Cruz: ‘Of course’ Iraq was a mistake
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Chris Christie hits Jeb Bush on Iraq War
Chris Christie hits Jeb Bush on Iraq War
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Sarah Buynovsky / WNEP-TV:
Student Suing Misericordia University Officials After Failing to Pass Course … DALLAS TOWNSHIP — A nursing student is suing some Misericordia University officials after she failed to pass a course twice. — Jennifer Burbella of Stroudsburg said school officials failed to abide by federal law.
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Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Text images between Missouri House Speaker John Diehl and intern reveal sexually charged exchanges — Screenshots of text messages obtained by The Star — › — ‹ — Text messages obtained by The Star reveal a sexually charged relationship between House Speaker John Diehl …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
White House on Sherrod Brown: 'He'll find a way to apologize' — The White House responded Wednesday to Sen. Sherrod Brown's criticism of President Barack Obama's treatment of fellow Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. — White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Brown is “a stand-up guy.”
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Scenes from the Democratic meltdown
Scenes from the Democratic meltdown
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Seeks Strategy for Debates Amid Expanding Candidate List — WASHINGTON — Republican leaders, searching for a fair-minded but strategically wise way to conduct the presidential primary debates, are grappling with how to manage White House contenders in a sprawling field …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker Still Leads Nationally, Clinton Over 60%
Walker Still Leads Nationally, Clinton Over 60%
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Washington Post:
10 members of Congress took trip secretly funded by foreign government — The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference at Baku on the Caspian Sea in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post.
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Wall Street Journal:
China Lashes Out Over U.S. Plan on South China Sea — Pentagon proposal to use aircraft and Navy vessels in region prompts swift response: ‘We are severely concerned’ — Beijing condemned on Wednesday a proposed U.S. military plan to send aircraft and Navy ships near disputed South China Sea islands …
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Will Leitch / Bloomberg Business:
Two Former Leaders of the Free World Sitting Around Chatting — Bill Clinton and David Letterman go down memory lane. — t williamfleitch — When former President Bill Clinton was introduced as a guest on Late Show With David Letterman on Tuesday night, he was greeted with an extended saxophone solo …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bill Clinton: I'll move back to White House 'if I'm asked'
Bill Clinton: I'll move back to White House 'if I'm asked'
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Rob Quinn / USA Today:
USA about to get Cuba's lung cancer vaccine — (NEWSER) - Closer American ties with one of the world's major cigar exporters could actually be good news in the fight against lung cancer. Cuba has developed Cimavax, an effective lung cancer vaccine, and American researchers can now finally get their hands on it, reports Wired.
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
The Great Democratic Crack-Up of 2016 … Maryland might seem a peculiar venue for a blood feud over the future of the Democratic Party. It is the second-bluest state in the United States, after Massachusetts, according to Gallup; its registered Democrats, more than 30 percent of whom are black …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Oath Keepers Founder: Traitor McCain Should Be ‘Hung By The Neck Until Dead’ — The founder of the Oath Keepers, a loose-knit group of current and former law enforcement officials and military who pledge to defend the Constitution, called for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to be “hung by the neck until dead” …
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Samantha Audia / The College Fix:
College students told to report ‘hurtful statements’ to campus authorities — If someone says anything mean-spirited at the University of Colorado Boulder - campus administrators want to know about it. Not only that - they want to know the offender's name, age, email address and more.
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Jeff Sneider / The Wrap:
Marvel Courting Ava DuVernay to Direct Diverse Superhero Movie (Exclusive) — The “Selma” filmmaker is being eyed to join the MCU, but will she take the reins of “Black Panther” or “Captain Marvel?” — Marvel is courting “Selma” filmmaker Ava DuVernay to direct one of its diverse superhero movies …
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