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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex — Ivana Trump once accused the real estate tycoon of ‘rape,’ although she later clarified: not in the ‘criminal sense.’ — Donald Trump introduced his presidential campaign to the world with a slur against Mexican immigrants …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Mike Huckabee Steals The Spotlight From Trump — NOTABLES —WHAT HUCKABEE IS SAYING: Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee evoked imagery of Nazi death camps when discussing the deal over Iran's nuclear program over the weekend, saying President Barack Obama …
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Trump: The Case for Despairing — About America — No sense pretending: Donald Trump is the only news of the 2016 race, and this fact says something very troubling about the Republican party, the conservative electorate, the mass media culture, and the United States in general.
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Donald Trump and the high priests of the press — Having decided that Donald Trump is unworthy of his popularity, the grandees of journalism are hard-pressed to explain why he is so popular. — “It came slightly ahead of schedule,” The Wall Street Journal gleefully wrote last week …
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Why does the Republican Party exist? What is its purpose …
Why does the Republican Party exist? What is its purpose …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Jon Stewart's secret White House visits — Obama, aides took unusual steps to cultivate ‘Daily Show’ comic — Jon Stewart slipped unnoticed into the White House in the midst of the October 2011 budget fight, summoned to an Oval Office coffee with President Barack Obama that he jokingly told …
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Mike Huckabee on Holocaust remark: The Jewish response has been ‘overwhelmingly positive’ — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says if he was president, he would use the same language when referring to potential deals with Iran — and that the response from Jewish people …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Israeli envoy: Huckabee words on Iran deal inappropriate
Israeli envoy: Huckabee words on Iran deal inappropriate
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Barack Obama: ‘I think if I ran, I would win’ — ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Four more years? — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's confident he could win a third term, if only the Constitution would let him run. — Story Continued Below — “I actually think I'm a pretty good president.
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New York Times:
Editors' Note: Clinton Email Coverage — The Times's coverage last week of Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a personal email account as secretary of state involved several corrections and changes that may have left readers with a confused picture. — The Times reported online Thursday night …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
NYT Publishes A Lengthy Editors' Note About Its Mistaken Clinton Email Story
NYT Publishes A Lengthy Editors' Note About Its Mistaken Clinton Email Story
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Over Protests by Mormon Church — The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its nationwide ban on openly gay adult leaders. But despite a compromise allowing conservative church-sponsored units to pick their own volunteer leaders, the Mormon Church …
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Majority wants Congress to reject Iran deal — Story highlights — Washington (CNN)A majority of Americans want Congress to reject the recently-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran, even as President Barack Obama's approval rating continues to stand in net-positive territory …
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Caleb Melby / Bloomberg Business:
Here's Our Tally of Donald Trump's Wealth — The latest math on Donald Trump: $2.9 billion. — An analysis by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, based in part on a 92-page personal financial disclosure form made public last week, revealed a portfolio dominated by skyscrapers and golf courses.
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Daily Mail:
Hillary boards private jet in Iowa after launching climate push — PLANETARY EMERGENCY: Clinton said reversing climate change ‘is one of the most urgent threats of our time, and we have no choice but to rise and meet it’ - and then was driven to her private jet in Des Moines, Iowa
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Reno Gazette-Journal:
Reno mayor apologizes for LGBT flag over city hall — An LGBT flag was flown over Reno City Hall over the weekend instead of the American flag, sparking an apology from Mayor Hillary Schieve Monday morning. — Schieve was alerted Sunday night that the American flag was not flying over city hall, she said in a statement.
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Brendan Williams / The Hill:
ObamaCare's revolving door — Marilyn Tavenner, who spearheaded the fraught Affordable Care Act rollout for the Obama administration, is but the latest ACA insider to cash in. Lobbying for America's Health Insurance Plans is a natural transition for the former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Elana Schor / Politico:
The holes in Hillary Clinton's climate plan — She has avoided taking stands on Keystone XL, fracking, oil exports and Arctic offshore drilling. — Getty — Hillary Clinton's newly unveiled climate vision sounds ambitious on its face: 500 million new solar panels from coast to coast …
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
China losing control as stocks crash despite emergency measures — Margin debt on the Chinese stock market has reached $1.2 trillion. 'We suspect that it's a matter of time before banks may have to face the music,' Bank of America says — Chinese equities have suffered the sharpest …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Drinking Highest Among Educated, Upper-Income Americans — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Upper-income and highly educated Americans are more likely than other Americans to say they drink alcohol. Whereas eight in 10 adults in these socio-economic status groups say they drink …
Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:
Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist — EXCLUSIVE: A Minnesota father of two is discovered to be the hunter who shot dead Cecil - one of Zimbabwe's most loved lions — Cecil the lion - the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe's national parks - was killed by an American hunter …
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump Holds Big Lead in New Hampshire — A new Monmouth poll in New Hampshire finds Donald Trump leading the GOP presidential race with 24%, followed by Jeb Bush at 12%, John Kasich at 7%, Scott Walker at 7%, Marco Rubio at 6%, Ben Carson at 5% and Rand Paul at 5%. — SHARES — TwitterFacebookLinkedin
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ABC News:
Thousands of Students Perform Haka Dance for Beloved Teacher — Thousands of high school students in New Zealand performed a traditional haka dance as a send-off for a beloved teacher who died. — Video shows at least 1,700 students from Palmerston North Boys' High School …
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Watch heated confrontation over Confederate flags in Douglasville — The incident reportedly happened near Chapel Hill Road's intersection with I-20. — Police confirmed there was an argument between a convoy of trucks and members of a birthday party. — Douglasville police are investigating …
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