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Introducing Caitlyn Jenner — See Vanity Fair's July 2015 cover. Shot by Annie Leibovitz, the cover features the first photo of Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce. — Meet Caitlyn Jenner, Vanity Fair's July cover star. Pulitzer Prize-winning contributing editor and author …
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GOP senators tear into Paul — One fellow Republican accuses him of ‘lying’ about government surveillance to get more campaign donations. — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and U.S. Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) are pictured. Getty — The Rand Paul pile-on session began a few hours before sunset Sunday evening.
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McCain, Paul scuffle amid NSA debate
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Rand Walks Back Saying Some In DC ‘Secretly Want’ A Terrorist Attack (VIDEO)
Rand Walks Back Saying Some In DC ‘Secretly Want’ A Terrorist Attack (VIDEO)
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Paul walks back charge that some ‘secretly’ hoping for terrorist attack
Paul walks back charge that some ‘secretly’ hoping for terrorist attack
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Supreme Court risks healthcare chaos — “This Congress, your honor?” — That snappy one-liner got a rare laugh from the packed crowd at the Supreme Court back in March. — Justice Antonin Scalia had asked Solicitor General Donald Verilli if there was any chance Congress could put aside politics …
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Supreme Court rules against Abercrombie in hijab case — The Supreme Court ruled against the retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, 8-1, deciding that the company's failure to accommodate a job applicant who wore a hijab violated civil rights law. — The clothing chain declined to hire Samantha Elauf …
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Mark Sherman / ABC News:
Justices Rule for Muslim Denied Job Over Headscarf
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Lindsey Graham, in announcing White House run, gets personal — The veteran lawmaker has started talking more about his humble beginnings — CENTRAL, S.C. — He's spent a third of his life in Congress and is a fixture on the Sunday morning news show circuit, making nearly 70 appearances in the last five years.
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham has a plan to win the GOP nomination. If it works, it'd be a first.
Lindsey Graham has a plan to win the GOP nomination. If it works, it'd be a first.
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Lindsey Graham: A Republican That Environmentalists Can Love
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Lindsey Graham Announces Presidential Bid
Lindsey Graham Announces Presidential Bid
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Dick Cheney Ramping Up New Policy Push — Former vice president to release book and mount lobbying campaign that is likely to play into 2016 presidential election — CASPER, Wyo.—Few people noticed the 74-year-old in the tan Stetson at a high-school rodeo here. Dick Cheney was happy to blend in.
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Millennials and Political News — Social Media - the Local TV for the Next Generation? — When it comes to where younger Americans get news about politics and government, social media look to be the local TV of the Millennial generation. About six-in-ten online Millennials (61%) …
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True Detective's Vince Vaughn covers British GQ — Forget the Frat Pack's fast-talking “so money” man: instead, he's America's plain-speaking superstar. From calling time on the “assembly-line comedies” to his career-redefining role in TV's darker-than-noir detective thriller, True Detective …
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On the trail of Hillary Clinton, not everyone is allowed to jump into the press pool — When it comes to covering Hillary Rodham Clinton, some campaign reporters are feeling less equal than others. — Major news organizations have established their own press pool to cover the leading Democratic candidate …
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O'Malley on changing his mind about Clinton: ‘Times change’
O'Malley on changing his mind about Clinton: ‘Times change’
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Hastert judge also donated to his campaigns — The donations could fuel questions about the judge's impartiality in the case. — The federal judge assigned to preside over the criminal case against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) donated at least twice to Hastert's congressional campaigns …
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EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports … An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives …
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WHY AMERICA IS MOVING LEFT — Trio of powerful conservative women explain reversible trend — Garth Kant is WND Washington news editor. Previously, he spent five years writing, copy-editing and producing at “CNN Headline News,” three years writing, copy-editing and training writers at MSNBC …
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Once Taboo, Some Behaviors Now More Acceptable in U.S. — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — While a select few actions remain deeply taboo for much of the country, there has been an increasing shift to moral acceptability for some of these over time.
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Release Detail — June 1, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back Supreme Court Ok For Gay Marriage, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Less Support For Death Penalty - Except For Terrorism — American voters say 56 - 38 percent they would support a U.S. Supreme Court decision granting same-sex couples …
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Family says dog died after being left in drying cage at Petco — POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. - A Powhatan family blames human error by a groomer at Petco for their young dog's tragic death. Family members said Allison Marks dropped Colby, a two-year-old golden retriever, off at the Petco at Westchester Commons in Chesterfield County Friday.
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Meet The Man Pushing SCOTUS For A Monumental Change To Voting Laws — Edward Blum has been trying to take down “one person, one vote” — a tenet of modern voting rights law — since 1997. Last week brought him his biggest breakthrough yet, with the Supreme Court surprising many election law experts …