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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Carson says Iraq invasion was a mistake — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told The Hill on Wednesday that it was a mistake for the U.S. to invade Iraq, arguing that the nation should have found a different way to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Paul's filibuster wraps up after more than 10 hours — Presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ceded the Senate floor just before midnight Wednesday after more than 10 hours. — “My voice is rapidly leaving, my bedtime has long since passed,” the Kentucky Republican said as he wrapped up his speech.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
NSA will begin winding down spying program this weekend
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Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Obama Admin: NSA Spying Will Begin Shutting Down This Week
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Rand Paul Launches His ‘Filibuster’ Against Patriot Act Renewal
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Gov. Mike Huckabee / Des Moines Register:
My focus is on Iowa caucuses - not straw poll — I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love Iowa. My goal is to run a well-funded, well-organized, and well-executed campaign to do extremely well in the Iowa caucuses in 2016. — In 2008, I competed and finished second in the Iowa straw poll …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Huckabee decides to skip Iowa Straw Poll — His decision, revealed in an opinion piece published in The Des Moines Register, is yet another blow to the Republican Party of Iowa — Mike Huckabee, who used the Iowa Straw Poll eight years ago to launch his underfunded 2007 presidential campaign, is skipping the 2016 straw poll.
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Iowa Republicans Are Worried About Jeb Bush's Viability — Focus group participants say they're worried the former governor's family loyalty-and his last name-could hurt him. — t margarettalev — Iowa Republicans say they feel overwhelmed by the large number of potential candidates …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
First Batch of Hillary Clinton Emails Captures Concerns Over Libya — WASHINGTON — The State Department is expected to release the first batch of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email address in the coming days. — The emails set for release, drawn from some 55,000 pages …
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John Tabin / New York Post:
Hillary's private spy and their shady foreign policy — Hillary Clinton listens to Sid Blumenthal, and she doesn't care who knows it. — Never mind that Clintonland's longtime hatchet man fed her information at the State Department, which she then forwarded to her subordinates …
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
A Closer Look at Hillary Clinton's Emails on Benghazi
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Fox News rules will limit the field in first GOP presidential debate — Fox News, which is hosting the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign, will require participants to place in the top 10 in an average of the five most recent national polls in the run-up to the event …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Major Banks Agree to Parent-Level Guilty Pleas — Five major banks - Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and UBS AG - have agreed to plead guilty to felony charges. Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays PLC, and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc …
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders' 2014 speaking gigs netted less than $2K — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) netted of $1,867.42 for two paid speeches and a television appearance last year, according to according to financial disclosure reports. — The total reflects a paltry sum compared to the millions …
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‘FATHER’ TO MARRY ‘SON,’ WITH COURT'S BLESSING! — The Pandora's box of same-sex marriage has just released a new pairing unimaginable a few short years ago. — Norman MacArthur and Bill Novak, father and son, though not biologically, will soon be husband and ... whatever, reports the Patch of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ferguson plans permanent memorial to Michael Brown — The mayor of Ferguson, Mo., announced on Wednesday that his city would construct a permanent memorial to Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager shot and killed by a police officer there last summer. — Mayor James Knowles III said that the tribute …
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
A Gunfight, Not a Riot: What Happened in Waco — The shootout between members of rival outlaw motorcycle gangs in Waco has brought out a great deal of stupidity on the left — too much stupidity to catalogue, in fact. But let us look at a few lowlights. — Making the comparison with Baltimore …
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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Exclusive: China warns U.S. surveillance plane — High stakes surveillance over the South China Sea 03:47 — Above the South China Sea (CNN)The Chinese navy issued warnings eight times as a U.S. surveillance plane on Wednesday swooped over islands that Beijing is using to extend its zone of influence.
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USA Today:
Poof! CNN's Jake Tapper disappears from Clinton Foundation website: Column — Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be part of it. — Yet another high-profile TV newsman may find himself embroiled in controversy over his connections to the Clinton Foundation.
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Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Super PAC Struggles to Raise Money — Priorities USA Action, an outside group backing the Democratic presidential candidate, has garnered only $5 million in ‘hard commitments’ — The super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton's presidential bid is struggling to raise money …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Sick man whose Obamacare story went viral could be screwed again by Supreme Court — By now you may have learned of the plight of one Luis Lang, a South Carolina man whose story went viral after it was reported that he couldn't afford to treat an illness that was threatening to make him blind — and blamed Obamacare for it.
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Randal C. Archibold / New York Times:
U.S. and Cuba Nearing Deal to Fully Restore Diplomatic Ties — MEXICO CITY — The United States and Cuba are closer than ever to reaching an agreement to fully restore diplomatic relations and reopen embassies, officials in both countries say, as negotiators prepare to meet Thursday in Washington …
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Washington Post:
Md. man suspected in killings of four people in Northwest Washington — (Tony Powell/Washington Life Magazine) — D.C. police late Wednesday said they have identified a suspect in the killings of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, young son and housekeeper, who authorities believe were held captive in the family's Northwest D.C. home.
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Hillary hires illegal immigrant ‘Dreamer’ … Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign has hired an illegal immigrant “Dreamer” to work on her 2016 bid, activists said Wednesday, in a move that sees the Democratic front-runner check off yet another wish-list item for Hispanic voters.
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Ray Daudani / WWBT-TV:
Joe Morrissey confirms child with former receptionist — Virginia Senate candidate Joe Morrissey confirmed during a radio program on Wednesday morning he is the father of a child with his former receptionist. — Speaking on the Jack Gravely Show on WLEE radio, Morrissey confirmed …
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Frank Fiorina: A regular guy tries on the role of campaign spouse — Frank Fiorina trudged through the aisles of Costco one day last week with a press handler, a photographer and a newspaper reporter. It wasn't his idea, and the whole thing made him feel odd.
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