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A Closer Look at Hillary Clinton's Emails on Benghazi — Hillary Rodham Clinton last year provided the State Department with 55,000 pages of emails that she said were related to her work as secretary of state, all from the personal account she exclusively used while leading the department.
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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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Hillary Clinton's Speeches Often Well Received Despite the Price
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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
Huckabee decides to skip Iowa Straw Poll
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Suspect in 4 D.C. killings identified after DNA is found on pizza sent to burned home — D.C. police have an arrest warrant for a 34-year-old man, Daron Dylon Wint from Maryland. Law enforcement sources said DNA evidence linked him to the killing of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, young son and housekeeper.
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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Jeb Bush's new Iraq strategy: Blame Obama
Jeb Bush's new Iraq strategy: Blame Obama
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Jeb Bush rails against ‘intellectual arrogance’ in climate change debate — Obama ‘abandoned’ Iraq, Jeb Bush says 01:00 — Story highlights — He says government should provide incentives for methods like hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling — Bedford, New Hampshire (CNN) …
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Paid late, some ex-staffers of White House hopeful Fiorina won't sign on again — Politics has a well-known revolving door, with candidates often rehiring consultants, strategists and vendors as they move from one campaign to the next. But for Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina, that might not be so easy.
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
Frank Fiorina: A regular guy tries on the role of campaign spouse
Frank Fiorina: A regular guy tries on the role of campaign spouse
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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 …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Maybe They Can Phone In.... Sponsors of the first two Republican …
Maybe They Can Phone In.... Sponsors of the first two Republican …
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Trade bill clears major Senate hurdle — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed fast-track trade authority legislation for President Barack Obama past a bipartisan filibuster on Thursday, putting the critical trade bill on a path toward eventual Senate passage.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Paul's filibuster wraps up after more than 10 hours
Paul's filibuster wraps up after more than 10 hours
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Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept:
NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones — The National Security Agency and its closest allies planned to hijack data links to Google and Samsung app stores to infect smartphones with spyware, a top-secret document reveals. — The surveillance project was launched …
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1,400 investigated in child sex abuse inquiry, including politicians — Officer leading Operation Hydrant inquiry says out of 1,433 alleged offenders 76 were politicians, 43 were from music industry and 135 were from TV, film or radio — Police across the country are investigating more than 1,400 men …
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Survey of Non-Group Health Insurance Enrollees, Wave 2 — Liz Hamel, Mira Norton, Larry Levitt, Gary Claxton, and Mollyann Brodie — Introduction — This survey reports on the views and experiences of people purchasing health insurance coverage in the non-group market.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Obamacare's special enrollments draw little interest
Obamacare's special enrollments draw little interest
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Of Bikers and Thugs — On Sunday, there was a deadly biker gang fight and massacre in Waco, Tex. Nine people were killed, and 18 others were injured. — “About 170 bikers were charged with engaging in organized crime linked to capital murder,” The New York Times reported.
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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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Obama Favorable Rating Up, Best Since September 2013 — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' favorable ratings of President Barack Obama now stand at 53%, up four points from March. This comes after a year in which these ratings were mostly below 50% and marks the president's highest score since September 2013.
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Mother of gay son, son speak out about Midland pastor who resigned following ‘sin’ — A mother came forward with new accusations against the local pastor who resigned after being outed as gay. — She said what that pastor told her son nearly drove him to suicide.
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How Al Jazeera America Went from a Home for Idealists to a Sexist Mess — On the morning of May 6, two manholes near Penn Station in Manhattan exploded in succession, spooking pedestrians and temporarily snarling traffic on 8th Avenue as investigators scratched their heads.
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Banks to Pay $5.6 Billion in Probes — Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, RBS and UBS to plead guilty to criminal charges — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says the fines 'reflect the conspiracy's breathtaking flagrancy, its systemic reach and its significant impact.'
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