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Wall Street Journal:
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 106 M.P.H., Officials Say; 7 Killed — PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least seven, was barreling into a sharp turn at 106 miles an hour — more than twice the speed limit on that stretch …
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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Washington Post:
Train approached curve at 106 mph, twice the limit
Train approached curve at 106 mph, twice the limit
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Associated Press:
The latest on Amtrak crash: Associated Press staffer killed
The latest on Amtrak crash: Associated Press staffer killed
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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
NTSB Team In Philadelphia To Investigate Amtrak Derailment
NTSB Team In Philadelphia To Investigate Amtrak Derailment
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Derailed Amtrak train was traveling at more than 100 mph
Report: Derailed Amtrak train was traveling at more than 100 mph
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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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Reuters:
Jeb Bush, in apparent slip, says 'I'm running for president' — Republican Jeb Bush appears to have unintentionally announced his candidacy for president in 2016 in a conversation with reporters on Wednesday that was caught on video. — Speaking in Nevada, the former Florida governor seemed …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
On the trail, Jeb Bush faces hostile questions about Iraq war — RENO, Nev. — In his most confrontational exchange to date with voters, presumed Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush faced sharp questions about his support for the Iraq war. — The most hostile question came …
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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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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb: Answering That Iraq Question Would Be A ‘Disservice’ To The Troops
Jeb: Answering That Iraq Question Would Be A ‘Disservice’ To The Troops
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Quin Hillyer / National Review:
Yes, I Would Have Ousted Saddam from Power
Yes, I Would Have Ousted Saddam from Power
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Walker Still Leads Nationally, Clinton Over 60% — PPP's national Republican poll for May continues to find Scott Walker leading the field, but it's tightly clustered and his support has actually dropped two consecutive surveys now. — Walker's at 18% to 13% for Marco Rubio …
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Chris Moody / CNN:
Being Moody: This question stumps Republicans — Being Moody: Who's the greatest living president? — Greenville, South Carolina (CNN)It's a simple question, but one that stops Republican presidential hopefuls in their tracks: Who do you think is the greatest president alive today?
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Seeks Strategy for Debates Amid Expanding Candidate List
G.O.P. Seeks Strategy for Debates Amid Expanding Candidate List
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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 …
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.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Martin O'Malley to top progressives: Warren's not running, I am — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has a message for progressives clamoring for Sen. Elizabeth Warren's entry into the presidential race: she's not running, but I am. — As part of an effort to position himself …
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Scenes from the Democratic meltdown
Scenes from the Democratic meltdown
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John Harwood / CNBC:
10 questions for Mitch McConnell
10 questions for Mitch McConnell
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Nick Gass / Politico:
White House on Sherrod Brown: 'He'll find a way to apologize'
White House on Sherrod Brown: 'He'll find a way to apologize'
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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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Marco Rubio / Medium:
The Rubio Doctrine — Strength, globalization and core values should guide American foreign policy — I'd like to begin my remarks today by quoting from the closing of another set of remarks—from a speech that echoes across history due to its proximity to tragedy, but that stands more importantly …
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Potty-mouthed Alan Grayson and his offshore investments — U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, the outspoken, populist Democrat who thunders against Wall Street fat cats,and used to to joke about Mitt Romney's low tax bill, incorporated a couple hedge funds in the Cayman Islands so investors could avoid taxes.
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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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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Google Comms and Policy Head Whetstone Takes Over That Job at Uber — Rachel Whetstone, the longtime head of Google's public policy and communications unit, is taking on that job at Uber as SVP of policy and communications. — That position has been held by David Plouffe …
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
House Votes to End N.S.A.'s Bulk Phone Data Collection — WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to end the federal government's bulk collection of phone records, exerting enormous pressure on Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
WH: Abortion ban's treatment of rape victims ‘disgraceful’ — The Obama administration on Wednesday said it was “disgraceful” for House Republicans to push a late-term abortion ban bill that also puts up barriers for rape and sexual assault victims. — “It's disgraceful that House Republicans …
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