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Dylan Byers / Politico:
George Stephanopoulos discloses $50,000 contribution to Clinton Foundation — ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos has given $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, charitable contributions that he did not publicly disclose while reporting on the Clintons or their non-profit organization …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
‘Clinton Cash’ publisher corrects ‘7 or 8’ inaccurate passages — In trying to defuse the potential damage of the buzzy book “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” Hillary Clinton's campaign and its allies seized …
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos Donated $50,000 to Clinton Foundation — ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos donated $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, records show. The contribution is publicly available information, but the host had not previously disclosed …
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
College Student to Jeb Bush: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’ — Jeb Bush at a town-hall-style meeting in Reno, Nev., on Wednesday. — James Glover/Reuters — RENO, Nev. — “Your brother created ISIS,” the young woman told Jeb Bush. And with that, Ivy Ziedrich, a 19-year-old college student …
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
How Jeb Bush Stumbled His Way Through Four Days Of Iraq Questions — More than a decade after President George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), ended up in his own Iraq quagmire this week. — The likely presidential contender for months somehow …
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Alana Abramson / ABC News:
Meet the College Democrat Who Told Jeb Bush: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
Meet the College Democrat Who Told Jeb Bush: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
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Marina Fang / The Huffington Post:
Jeb Bush Confronted By College Student: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
Jeb Bush Confronted By College Student: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush May Skip Iowa In 2016, Sources Say
Jeb Bush May Skip Iowa In 2016, Sources Say
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Reuters:
Jeb Bush, in apparent slip, says 'I'm running for president'
Jeb Bush, in apparent slip, says 'I'm running for president'
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Matt Berman / National Journal:
Jeb Bush Inadvertently Says He's Running for President
Jeb Bush Inadvertently Says He's Running for President
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Won't Run for President — John Bolton, one of the Republican Party's most prominent national security hawks, has decided not to run for president. — Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, bowed out of the 2016 contest on Thursday …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Bolton to announce 2016 plans
Bolton to announce 2016 plans
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Pataki to make 2016 call on May 28 — Former New York …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
O'Malley, eyeing the presidency, plans May 30 announcement — DURHAM, N.H. — Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, who has been ramping up for a potential White House bid, plans to make an announcement about his political future on May 30 in Baltimore, aides said Wednesday.
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
O'Malley to Announce Presidential Plans on May 30
O'Malley to Announce Presidential Plans on May 30
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Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:
So wrong it's funny — In troubled times, it's good to take a moment to laugh at the GOP's hilariously wrong predictions about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). — Let's start with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who predicted in 2011, “[ObamaCare] will bankrupt our nation, and it will ruin our economy.”
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ABC News:
Amtrak Engineer of Derailed Train, Brandon Bostian, Can't Remember Crash … Brandon Bostian, the engineer driving the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, has no recollection of the crash itself, his attorney told ABC News. — The attorney for Bostian, 32, a Queens …
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Jad Mouawad / New York Times:
Technology That Could Have Prevented Amtrak Derailment Was Absent
Technology That Could Have Prevented Amtrak Derailment Was Absent
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Russ Feingold Running For Senate In 2016 — WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrat Russ Feingold announced Thursday that he will run for Senate in 2016, hoping to win back the seat he lost six years ago. — Feingold made his announcement in a video that was provided in advance to The Huffington Post.
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Greg Barnes / abc11.com:
Elderly cancer patient calls 911 because he has no food — When 81-year-old Clarence Blackmon returned home Tuesday after spending months in the hospital for cancer treatments and rehab, his refrigerator was empty. — UPDATE: Donations, food pour in for veteran — He had nothing to eat and no way to get to the store.
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Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig / The New Republic:
The Deterioration of the Christian Right Is Imminent — Mike Huckabee's recent entry into the presidential race has turned boring early campaign season into something worth watching. Huckabee's presence has revealed a process of decay that has been steadily unfolding over the last several years …
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Washington Post:
Veterans Affairs improperly spent $6 billion annually, senior official says — The Department of Veterans Affairs has been spending at least $6 billion a year in violation of federal contracting rules to pay for medical care and supplies, wasting taxpayer money and putting veterans at risk …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
After Lobbying by Obama, Senate Agrees to Vote on Trade Bill After All — WASHINGTON — Senate leaders, after personal intercessions by President Obama, reached an agreement Wednesday on a path to grant the president accelerated power to complete a sweeping trade accord ringing the Pacific Ocean …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
“Democrats in Disarray,” Part II
“Democrats in Disarray,” Part II
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
House Votes to End N.S.A.'s Bulk Phone Data Collection
House Votes to End N.S.A.'s Bulk Phone Data Collection
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Mark Stencel / Politico:
The weaponization of fact-checking — Can fact-checkers adapt what they do to the way politicians have adapted to them? — Lead image by Getty. — The TV commercial started with a barrage of four-megaton words in all caps, all attributed to serious news organizations and read aloud in a disapproving voice:
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Promises to Match Iran in Nuclear Capability — WASHINGTON — When President Obama began making the case for a deal with Iran that would delay its ability to assemble an atomic weapon, his first argument was that a nuclear-armed Iran would set off “free-for-all” of proliferation in the Arab world.
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