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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
'Look ... It's My Name on This': Obama Defends the Iran Nuclear Deal — On Tuesday afternoon, as President Obama was bringing an occasionally contentious but often illuminating hour-long conversation about the Middle East to an end, I brought up a persistent worry.
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Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Obama rejects ‘rubber stamp’ of Israel policies
Obama rejects ‘rubber stamp’ of Israel policies
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Obama's Game of Chicken with the Supreme Court — Sometime next month, the Supreme Court will decide King v. Burwell, and the conventional wisdom about the stakes in the case appears to have shifted. The case represents a challenge to the core of the Affordable Care Act.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Expands Alabama Marriage Ruling Statewide, But Puts Order On Hold
Federal Judge Expands Alabama Marriage Ruling Statewide, But Puts Order On Hold
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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
Nick Gass / Politico:
Blumenthal blamed Benghazi attack on protesters in email to Clinton
Blumenthal blamed Benghazi attack on protesters in email to Clinton
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The Duggars Respond to Reports That Josh Duggar Was Accused of Child Molestation — In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE, Josh Duggar, his wife Anna, and his parents Jim Bob and Michelle are speaking out in response to reports that Josh was once accused of molesting five underage girls as a teen.
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Christie Gets Candid, Profane With N.J. Reporters After Roast — Chris Christie gave an expletive-laced speech at an annual New Jersey media roast Wednesday, taking aim at reporters who had mocked him for the George Washington Bridge scandal, his travels and the state's finances.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Christie faults media bias for ‘Bridgegate’ heat
Christie faults media bias for ‘Bridgegate’ heat
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Boy Scouts' President Calls for End to Ban on Gay Leaders — The president of the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday called for an end to the group's blanket ban on gay adult leaders, warning Scout executives that “we must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be,” and that …
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Jason Sickles / Yahoo! News:
Robert Gates: Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders not sustainable
Robert Gates: Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders not sustainable
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Maggie Gyllenhaal on Hollywood Ageism: I Was Told 37 Is ‘Too Old’ for a 55-Year-Old Love Interest — “It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh,” the actress tells TheWrap — Every time we think things are getting better for women in Hollywood, something comes along to remind us — naaah.
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
Kansas has found the ultimate way to punish the poor — A dollar bill is a special kind of thing. You can keep it as long as you like. You can pay for things with it. No one will ever charge you a fee. No one will ask any questions about your credit history.
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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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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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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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Republicans keep Obama trade agenda alive — On life support as of early Thursday morning, President Barack Obama's trade agenda has found new life. — In a dramatic vote critical to the future of the president's goal of securing new trade deals with Pacific Rim and European countries …
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Senate takes key step toward passing fast-track for Obama
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Edward Snowden Praises Rand Paul's Anti-Patriot Act ‘Filibuster’
Edward Snowden Praises Rand Paul's Anti-Patriot Act ‘Filibuster’
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We were right to fight in Iraq — Obama threw away hard-earned gains. — We were right to invade Iraq in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein, and to complete the job we should have finished in 1991. — Even with the absence of caches of weapons of mass destruction, and the mistakes …
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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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CBS throws Letterman set into Dumpster — Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller Robert Miller — CBS wasted no time in kicking David Letterman to the curb.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Bin Laden had the book on Obama — Being on bin Laden's bookshelf has become, in a way, the modern version of being on Richard Nixon's enemies list. Bob Woodward gets a special award. He gained both distinctions, if that's the right word. — Politico contacted some of the authors in question for comment.
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Prosecutor: 6 Officers Indicted in Death of Freddie Gray — All six officers charged in the police-custody death of Freddie Gray were indicted by a grand jury, a prosecutor said Thursday. — The indictments were very similar to the charges Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced about three weeks ago.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Majority of Democrats, 37 Percent of Republicans Want to Repeal First Amendment — Depressing news from YouGov: … It's important to note here that “stir up hatred against” does not mean “instruct a crowd to kill” or “explicitly incite violence against.”
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