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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap — Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a speech that was at times sweeping and times policy laden, on Saturday delivered a pointed repudiation of Republican economic policies and a populist promise to reverse the gaping gulf between …
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Clinton formally launches White House bid, evoking FDR
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign's latest phase
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The Nation and Politico
New York Times:
U.S. Is Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in Eastern Europe — RIGA, Latvia — In a significant move to deter possible Russian aggression in Europe, the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 American troops in several Baltic …
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Reuters, Business Insider, Guardian and NPR
Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law — In the early '90s, gang shootings gripped Connecticut. Bystanders, including a 7-year-old girl, were getting gunned down in drive-bys. “The state is becoming a shooting gallery, and the public wants action,” an editorial in the Hartford Courant said at the time.
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Washington Monthly, opposingviews.com/homepage.xml and Hot Air
Robin McKie / Observer:
Tim Hunt: 'I've been hung out to dry. They haven't even bothered to ask for my side of affairs' — In an exclusive interview Tim Hunt and his wife Professor Mary Collins tell how their lives fell apart after his quip about women in science went viral on Twitter
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The Reality-Based Community, Mashable and Guardian
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Why Hillary Clinton Will Be Hard to Beat — Hillary Clinton is often at the center of controversy. But it would be a mistake to think this has undermined her candidacy, at least based on polling so far. As a political figure, she has a strong foundation.
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Washington Post
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Favorite Son or Total Stranger? Nearly Three-Quarters of Florida's Voters Have Never Seen Jeb Bush on a Ballot — Jeb Bush's big political credential, and his presumed strength in the presidential campaign he'll launch on Monday, is the broad appeal he demonstrated over two terms as Florida governor …
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Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
Rachel Dolezal's Brother Says She Warned: “Don't Blow My Cover” — Ezra Dolezal told BuzzFeed News that his adopted sister warned him to not tell anyone in Spokane that she wasn't really black as she started a new life for herself. — It was 2012, and Rachel Dolezal had a warning …
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney gives a brutal PowerPoint critique of Obama's foreign policy — PARK CITY, Utah — Ever since Mitt Romney's humiliating loss to President Obama in 2012, it has become a mantra in the Republican Party that on foreign policy especially, “Romney was right.”
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Political Wire
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mitt's new mission — Romney is working to rid the GOP presidential primary of the mayhem that marked his own race. — DEER VALLEY, Utah — Mitt Romney is working with an unlikely collaborator — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who bankrolled Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign …
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Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg Business, No More Mister Nice Blog and Talking Points Memo
Tony Perry / Los Angeles Times:
Ex-campaign worker admits lying about San Diego congressional candidate — In 2014, the national Republican Party was confident that it could defeat a Democratic member of Congress from San Diego. — Registration in the 52nd District is closely split. The incumbent, Scott Peters …
Fox News:
Explosives found after gunmen open fire on Dallas police outside headquarters — DEVELOPING - Multiple suspects with automatic weapons opened fire on police officers outside Dallas Police headquarters early Saturday morning, before one man fled the scene in an armored van …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Transcript: Hillary Clinton's official campaign launch speech — CLINTON: Thank you! Oh, thank you all! Thank you so very, very much. (Cheers, applause.) — It is wonderful to be here with all of you. — To be in New York (cheers) with my family, with so many friends …
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TIME, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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