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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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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump adviser Michael Cohen apologizes for rape comment — Story highlights — Washington (CNN)A top adviser to Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for comments he made in an explosive interview while defending the Republican presidential candidate from a decades-old rape accusation.
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Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
Ivana Trump rejects rape allegations, says she and Donald Trump are ‘the best of friends’
Ivana Trump rejects rape allegations, says she and Donald Trump are ‘the best of friends’
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Mike Huckabee Steals The Spotlight From Trump
The Note: Mike Huckabee Steals The Spotlight From Trump
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Memo To Donald Trump: Here's What The Law Actually Says About Raping Your Spouse
Memo To Donald Trump: Here's What The Law Actually Says About Raping Your Spouse
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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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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Jon Stewart Stunned Into Silence By Huckabee's Holocaust Comments (VIDEO) — Jon Stewart was stunned into silence Monday night on “The Daily Show” by Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's (R) comments comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the Holocaust.
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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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Says ‘I Could Win’ 3rd Term as President
Obama Says ‘I Could Win’ 3rd Term as President
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Political Wire and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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David Daley / Salon:
Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby — In exclusive Salon interview, the cultural critic finds parallels between Cosby and Clinton, takes down modern p.c. — Camille Paglia, the political and cultural critic, has been a brave and brilliant provocateur on Salon for almost 20 years now.
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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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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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The Vox conversation — When Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his presidential campaign, few treated it as a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton. Sanders, after all, isn't even a Democrat: He's an “democratic socialist.” But his campaign struck a chord. He's raised more than $15 million …
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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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Hot Air, Truth Revolt and Washington Free Beacon
Susan Page / USA Today:
Israeli envoy: Huckabee words on Iran deal inappropriate — WASHINGTON — The Israeli ambassador to the U.S., now lobbying intensively against the Iran nuclear accord, on Monday rejected as inappropriate the harsh language that Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee used likening it to the Holocaust.
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Anna Brand / msnbc.com:
Jewish groups react to Mike Huckabee's ‘oven’ remarks
Jewish groups react to Mike Huckabee's ‘oven’ remarks
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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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Wall Street Journal:
The Stonewall at the Top of the IRS — If the president doesn't tell Commissioner Koskinen to go, then we in Congress should impeach him. — Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen needs to go. — When it was revealed in 2013 that the IRS had targeted conservative groups …
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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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Martin Rand, III / Rockdale News:
Armed veteran enters Army recruitment office in Conyers — CONYERS - A local veteran was arrested for bringing a gun in to the Conyers Army recruitment office in an effort to “keep the guys on their toes” after a military recruitment center in Chattanooga, Tenneessee was attacked the week prior.
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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 …