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Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department — State Department investigators concluded this year that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because of violations of rules governing vacation and sick leave during her tenure as an official in the department.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Clinton aide and confidante was overpaid at State Dept. — State Department investigators have concluded that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 while working at the State Department, the Washington Post reports.
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Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: Federal Judge Orders State Department to Ask Hillary Clinton to Account for Government Records and Email Use, Turn Over All Government Records — (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the U.S. State Department …
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Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
The FBI has subpoenaed lewd text messages between Subway's Jared Fogle and a former Subway franchisee — The FBI has subpoenaed an affidavit containing alleged texts between former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and a former female Subway franchisee in which Fogle says he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl …
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William Saletan / Slate:
The Iran hearings have shown how the Republican Party can no longer be trusted with the presidency. — If Republicans win the White House next year, they'll almost certainly control the entire federal government. Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress …
Politico:
Why Jeb Bush played nice with Hillary Clinton in Florida — She ripped his ‘right to rise’ campaign slogan. He thanked her for being there. — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Appearing Friday at the National Urban League Conference here in the country's most important swing state …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Hits Jeb Bush First, and Hard, in Speech on Race
Hillary Clinton Hits Jeb Bush First, and Hard, in Speech on Race
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush at Urban League: Obama was ‘speaking the truth’ after shooting
Bush at Urban League: Obama was ‘speaking the truth’ after shooting
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Robby Soave / The Daily Beast:
The College That Hates ‘Americans’ — A University of New Hampshire speech guide explains why just about every adjective—including “American”—is somehow problematic. — The administrator who added a confusing, tin-eared Bias-Free Language Guide—a 4,500-word assault on the English language …
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Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Of Lions and Men: Mourning Samuel DuBose and Cecil the Lion — LIKE many others, I was stunned by the story of the Minnesota dentist who hunted and killed a 13-year-old lion, Cecil, in Zimbabwe. It was a brutal, senseless thing. — The story has gone viral because it offers a strange alchemy …
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Anne Saker / Cincinnati.com:
Tensing, through union, demands his UC job back
Tensing, through union, demands his UC job back
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Allen West / Allen B. West:
What's happening to this heroic Navy officer from the Chattanooga shooting will make your blood BOIL — I never like to be reactionary and follow anything that may just be hyperbole or conspiracy theory. That's why I held off on addressing this issue until I got confirmation — which came Friday afternoon via text message.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do? — WASHINGTON — A PATTERN of cutting corners, a patina of entitlement and inevitability, has led to this. — Destroying digital messages and thwarting official investigations while acting all innocent about wiping out sensitive material.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Turns out Obamacare is a government takeover — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — During the legislative debate over the passage of President Obama's healthcare law, supporters of the program were sensitive to any suggestion that it represented a government takeover of the healthcare system.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Obama Appointee And Bundler Blocks More Video Releases By Group Behind Planned Parenthood Sting — A federal judge late Friday granted a temporary restraining order against the release of recordings made at an annual meeting of abortion providers. The injunction is against the Center for Medical Progress …
Olivia / Right Wing Watch:
As Trump's Homeland Security Secretary, Ann Coulter Pledges Protestant-Only Holidays — Ann Coulter shared her love for Donald Trump last week at Eagle Forum's Collegian Summit, where she told the crowd of young conservatives that Trump is “more likely to be the next president than Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio” …
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Washington Post:
Cecil the lion's killer may have trouble avoiding extradition, experts say — Walter Palmer, the wealthy big-game hunter who killed a famous lion, could be headed back to Africa — if the Zimbabwe government has its way. — On Friday, officials in Zimbabwe said they intended to press ahead …
Jessica McMaster / KSHB-TV:
Video of Lenexa PD arrest goes viral, sparks concerns — LENEXA, Kan. - A video that shows two Lenexa police officers making an arrest has gone viral and sparked concerns on social media. — John Sherman said he was at the Winstead's restaurant, located near 95th Street and Quivira …
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
We're Making Life Too Hard for Millennials — TO some, millennials — those urban-dwelling, ride-sharing indefatigable social networkers — are engaged, upbeat and open to change. To others, they are narcissistic, lazy and self-centered. — I'm in the first camp, but regardless of your opinion …
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Dem: Obama Ready To Ignore Congress If Veto On Iran Deal Is Overridden — WASHINGTON — California Rep. Brad Sherman warns that even if Congress were to override Barack Obama's veto of the Iran deal, the president could still get the deal he wants. — Sherman, a Democrat who serves …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Decides to Retaliate Against China's Hacking — The Obama administration has determined that it must retaliate against China for the theft of personal information of more than 20 million Americans from the databases of the Office of Personnel Management, but it still is struggling …
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