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Poll: Bush, Trump rising nationally for GOP, but both trail Clinton — Story highlights — Washington (CNN)With nearly all of the expected 2016 presidential candidates formally in the race, a new CNN/ORC national poll finds two recent entrants to the GOP field on the rise …
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MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Macy's dumps Donald Trump — What's Next for Donald Trump? — (CNN)Macy's is pulling Donald Trump brand merchandise from its stores after the Republican presidential candidate's recent controversial remarks created a public uproar. — The department store …
Daily Mail:
Email bombshells from Hillary's secret account show she didn't know when cabinet meetings were held, was dumbfounded by a fax machine and emailed aides to fetch her iced tea — State Department published a massive tranche of Hillary Clinton's emails Tuesday night from her days as secretary of state
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New York Times:
New Trove of Hillary Clinton's Emails Highlights Workaday Tasks at the State Department — WASHINGTON — The State Department released a trove of email messages on Tuesday night from Hillary Rodham Clinton's first year as secretary of state amid deep curiosity in both parties about what they will show …
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US Department of State:
Virtual Reading Room Documents Search Results
Virtual Reading Room Documents Search Results
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New Hillary Clinton emails show expansive role of Sidney Blumenthal
New Hillary Clinton emails show expansive role of Sidney Blumenthal
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Taylor Marsh and Washington Free Beacon
New York Times:
Gov. Chris Christie's Phony Truth-Telling — On his new website, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey portrays himself as a guy who gets attacked for “telling it like it is,” but that's what his mom told him to do from her deathbed. — It is part of the legend Mr. Christie has carefully cultivated …
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NBC News:
First Read: A Tale of Two Republican Brackets
First Read: A Tale of Two Republican Brackets
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Political Wire, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post and New York Times
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: What's Coming Up For Cuba
The Note: What's Coming Up For Cuba
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Fusion, The Federalist and Political Wire
Cindy Archer / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Filing a Civil-Rights Lawsuit — Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and his agents ransacked my house and ruined my career. — By — After much soul-searching, I am filing a civil-rights lawsuit on Wednesday against Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
US, Cuba to open embassies on July 20 — The United States and Cuba will re-establish diplomatic ties and open their long-shuttered embassies on July 20, the Cuban government said Wednesday. — Cuba's foreign ministry made the announcement after the U.S.'s top diplomat in Havana delivered …
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Brent Budowksy / The Hill:
Budowsky: Obama could sink 2016 Dems — Nothing better dramatizes the damage that President Obama has done to Democrats than the fact that Republicans now control the House of Representatives, the Senate and a majority of governorships across America. — Nothing better illustrates the reason …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans slam the door on scrapping the filibuster
Senate Republicans slam the door on scrapping the filibuster
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Raises Record $45 Million in First Quarter of Campaign — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign raised at least $45 million during its first quarter, her campaign told Bloomberg on Wednesday. — Clinton's haul from her campaign's launch in mid-April through June 30 is a record for a candidate's first quarter.
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Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
America is not racist — In wake of the Charleston massacre in South Carolina, many on the left want us to believe America is a racist nation dominated by white supremacy and hatred for blacks. — They're wrong. — “Racism, we are not cured of it. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say n—
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CNN:
South Carolina church fire: Mt. Zion AME burns in Greeleyville — Story highlights — Then President Bill Clinton called for racial national unity before the dedication of the new church — (CNN)A fire broke out at the Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, on Tuesday.
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Elizabeth Drew / The Atlantic:
Richard NIxon Was Not Misunderstood — Every once in a while someone writes a book arguing that Richard Nixon has been misunderstood. These authors tend to focus on some particular aspect of his presidency that, the argument goes, is more important than that Watergate business.
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Billie Jean Shaw / WIS-TV:
Female pastors in Clarendon County receive letters threatening their safety — Two Clarendon County pastors say they have been targeted with threats of violence just because they are women. — The two pastors received letters where the writer used Bible verses to threaten the women, leaving them concerned about their safety.
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Kim Soffen / New York Times:
Independently Drawn Districts Have Proved to Be More Competitive — Buoyed by a Supreme Court ruling, opponents of gerrymandering want to get more state legislatures out of the business of drawing congressional districts. So it's worth examining the performance of the independent redistricting …
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WBIR-TV:
East Tennessee hardware store puts up ‘No Gays Allowed’ sign — (WBIR) An East Tennessee store owner is using what some call a controversial sign to express his beliefs following the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage. — Several WBIR 10News viewers brought this story to our attention on Facebook.
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Peter Spiegel / Financial Times:
Alexis Tsipras backs down on many Greece bailout demands — Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will accept most of the bailout creditors' conditions offered last weekend but is still insisting on a handful of changes that could thwart a deal, according to a letter he sent late on Tuesday night.
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USA Today:
FBI investigating 11 attacks on San Francisco-area Internet lines — The FBI is investigating at least 11 physical attacks on high-capacity Internet cables in California's San Francisco Bay Area dating back a year, including one early Tuesday morning. — Agents confirm the latest attack …
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Daniel J. Ikenson / Cato Institute:
Free Market Capitalists Should Celebrate Ex-Im's Demise, But the “Eternal Vigilance” Thing — At midnight tonight, the gears of crony capitalism will grind to a halt at 811 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. After 81 years of funneling taxpayer dollars to favored companies, projects …
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Barack Obama / BostonGlobe.com:
Why America needs the Export-Import Bank
Why America needs the Export-Import Bank
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