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Trump's popularity spikes among Republicans — Donald Trump's popularity has surged among Republicans after dominating several news cycles with his anti-illegal immigration rhetoric, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. — Nearly six in 10 — 57 percent …
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Donald Trump: I don't know why I'm meeting Ted Cruz — Donald Trump is meeting with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Manhattan on Wednesday, though he claimed in an interview on MSNBC that he does not know why. — “Ted Cruz called me. And I don't know why I'm meeting him, to be honest …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead shrinks among Democrats
Poll: Hillary Clinton's lead shrinks among Democrats
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Swears He's Not Running For President As A Democratic Plant (VIDEO)
Trump Swears He's Not Running For President As A Democratic Plant (VIDEO)
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Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Trump's Popularity Rises, Still 2-1 Negative, While Clinton Regains Positive Territory (POLL)
Trump's Popularity Rises, Still 2-1 Negative, While Clinton Regains Positive Territory (POLL)
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USA Today:
Poll: Trump leads the GOP field but falters against Clinton
Poll: Trump leads the GOP field but falters against Clinton
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump to meet Wednesday in New York
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump to meet Wednesday in New York
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Here we go: Trump leads GOP field nationally with 17% in new USA Today poll
Here we go: Trump leads GOP field nationally with 17% in new USA Today poll
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Tyler Miller / The Daily Beast:
Planned Parented Doesn't Sell Fetuses: The Real Story Behind That Shady Video — A pro-life group's viral video would have you believe an abortion doctor is hawking body parts. — Pro-lifers are already calling it the end of Planned Parenthood. An undercover video released early Tuesday morning …
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Statement from Planned Parenthood on New Undercover Video — Statement from Eric Ferrero, Vice President of Communications, Planned Parenthood Federation of America: — “In health care, patients sometimes want to donate tissue to scientific research that can help lead to medical breakthroughs …
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Washington Post:
Undercover video shows Planned Parenthood official discussing fetal organs used for research — Editor's note: Contains graphic language. The Center for Medical Progress released a video that allegedly shows a Planned Parenthood executive talking about selling fetal organs. (The Center for Medical Progress)
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Steve Allen / National Review:
‘A Lot of People Want Liver’: Planned Parenthood's Bloody Business — lot of people want liver. " So says Planned Parenthood's director of medical services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, between bites of what one must assume are fava beans and sips of a nice Chianti, Dr. Nucatola doing a fair impersonation of Dr. Lecter.
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Congress Will Investigate Planned Parenthood for Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies
Congress Will Investigate Planned Parenthood for Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies
Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Live Action Puts Out Another Titillating but Misleading Video About Planned Parenthood
Live Action Puts Out Another Titillating but Misleading Video About Planned Parenthood
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Planned Parenthood's PR Firm: Harvesting Organs of Aborted Babies a ‘Humanitarian Undertaking’
Planned Parenthood's PR Firm: Harvesting Organs of Aborted Babies a ‘Humanitarian Undertaking’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Republican senators warn Iran in open letter — Republican senators want to give Iranian leaders — and the president — a refresher on the constitutional balance of power. — In a highly unusual move, a group of 47 Republicans in the upper chamber has written to Iran's top leaders …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The next GOP president won't walk away from the Iran deal. Here's why. — Now that we have a nuclear deal with Iran, Republicans are jostling each other to determine who can make the most angry and apocalyptic statements about it. — Scott Walker said it “will be remembered as one of America's worst diplomatic failures.”
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Sen. Mark Kirk On Iran Deal: Obama “Wants To Get Nukes To Iran,” Predicts Nuclear War In Middle East — “...tens of thousands of people in the Middle East are gonna lose their lives because of this decision by Barack Hussein Obama.” — Mark Wilson / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
Far Worse Than Munich
Far Worse Than Munich
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Dick Cheney: Iran deal makes ‘actual use of nuclear weapons’ more likely
Dick Cheney: Iran deal makes ‘actual use of nuclear weapons’ more likely
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Politico:
Revenge of Citizens United — Republicans could barely contain their glee when the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision cleared the way for unlimited spending in political campaigns. — But now — headed into a crowded presidential primary that promises to be longer …
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Julie Bykowicz / Associated Press:
Presidential election already fueled by $377 million
Presidential election already fueled by $377 million
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
How Democrats will pretend to fight the nuclear deal — Fifty-nine days and counting: That's where we are now when it comes to the Iran nuclear deal announced almost gleefully by President Obama on Tuesday morning. — Congress has 59 days to vote against it.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Obama Makes His Case on Iran Nuclear Deal
Obama Makes His Case on Iran Nuclear Deal
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP crafts Iran deal attack plan
GOP crafts Iran deal attack plan
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
C-SPAN to preempt first GOP debate — C-SPAN is partnering with a handful of regional newspapers in early-voting states for a nationally televised forum with the Republican presidential candidates just days before Fox News Channel's first scheduled debate. — The network has invited all 17 …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Re-Re-Re-Reintroducing Hillary Clinton … A few minutes before my meeting with Hillary Clinton on the Fourth of July, during my drive to the Mount Washington hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., where she was staying, I passed a moose near the side of the road.
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Los Angeles Times:
This is the video Gardena police didn't want you to see — In the two years since Gardena police officers fatally shot an unarmed man, city officials fought to keep graphic video of the killing under wraps. — The grainy videos, captured by cameras mounted in two patrol cars …
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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Dems: Benghazi panel has ‘abandoned’ its work to focus on Hillary — Democrats serving on the House Select Committee on Benghazi say the panel's GOP chairman has “abandoned” plans for hearings to shift the focus of the investigation to Hillary Clinton. — “At the beginning of this year …
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