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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Dominates Republican Field in Pre-Debate Bloomberg Poll — Billionaire Donald Trump is lapping the Republican field, a new Bloomberg Politics national poll shows, as two prominent governors, Chris Christie of New Jersey and John Kasich of Ohio, rank in the top 10 ahead of the first presidential debate.
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
WMUR poll: Donald Trump surges to top of GOP primary field in NH — Outspoken business exec leads Jeb Bush, 24 percent to 12 percent — For the first time in the 2016 Republican presidential primary campaign, there is a clear Granite State frontrunner. Business executive Donald Trump's …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Unhappy Voters Shake Up Presidential Race — Unsettled electorate gives a lift to antiestablishment candidates, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds — Pollsters Fred Yang and Bill McInturff sit down with WSJ's Jerry Seib to break down the new poll numbers on the 2016 candidates …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump: Shut Down the Government to Defund Planned Parenthood — He gives exactly the answer many conservative activists wanted to hear. — The Republican Party's front-running presidential candidate wants congressional leaders to shut down the federal government in order to defund Planned Parenthood.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Loses Ground With White Women — WSJ/NBC Poll
Hillary Clinton Loses Ground With White Women — WSJ/NBC Poll
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: New high for Trump, new low for Clinton
Fox News Poll: New high for Trump, new low for Clinton
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton's Popularity Drops Sharply in NBC/WSJ Poll
Hillary Clinton's Popularity Drops Sharply in NBC/WSJ Poll
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The Hill:
Senate GOP thwarted in effort to defund Planned Parenthood — A measure to defund Planned Parenthood failed in the Senate on Monday in a 53-46 vote, likely punting the issue into the fall debate over preventing a government shutdown. — Republicans fell short of the 60 votes needed …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump: Shut down government over Planned Parenthood — Donald Trump says that he supports shutting down the government to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of a series of controversial undercover videos of organization officials. — The Republican presidential contender was asked on …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
How the Public Views Planned Parenthood and the NRA — Planned Parenthood and the National Rifle Association may both be the targets of protests and heated rhetoric, but they are still viewed more favorably than the candidates running for president on both sides of the aisle.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Democrats Who Blocked Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Admit They Haven't Watched Undercover Videos
Democrats Who Blocked Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Admit They Haven't Watched Undercover Videos
Brett LoGiurato / Yahoo Politics:
TRUMP: I think we have to shut down the government to defund Planned Parenthood
TRUMP: I think we have to shut down the government to defund Planned Parenthood
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Business Insider
gov.state.la.us:
GOVERNOR JINDAL ANNOUNCES THE TERMINATION OF MEDICAID CONTRACT WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD
GOVERNOR JINDAL ANNOUNCES THE TERMINATION OF MEDICAID CONTRACT WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
The Campaign Against Planned Parenthood Is Causing a Headache for Republicans
The Campaign Against Planned Parenthood Is Causing a Headache for Republicans
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg View, Daily Kos, Slate and Hullabaloo
John Dickerson / Slate:
Raw Emotion — Joe Biden's “end of summer” decision is near. — A discussion about whether Vice President Joe Biden should run for president gets deep pretty fast. Any talk about ambition, a life's purpose, and the end of a career must take into account of all the woe Biden has had to face in his life.
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Biden challenge to Clinton would face high hurdles
Biden challenge to Clinton would face high hurdles
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Political Wire
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Donald Trump on Top
The Note: Donald Trump on Top
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Crisis in Santorum campaign — The moves leave the winner of the 2012 Iowa Caucuses without a campaign manager and raise questions about whether he can last until Iowa votes on Feb. 1 next year. — Several top staffers have left Rick Santorum's campaign to create a new super PAC …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
The Freakishness of Christianity — Evangelical Christianity has long had a stranglehold on how Americans imagine public faith. Vague invocations of “religion”—whether it's “religion vs. science” or “religious freedom”—usually really mean “conservative, Protestant, evangelical Christianity …
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National Journal and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Charles Koch's focus on ‘injustices’ is fueled by an unlikely partnership — DANA POINT, Calif. — Last month, billionaire industrialist and conservative donor Charles Koch was meeting in his Wichita office with Michael Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund …
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Philip Eliott / TIME:
Charles Koch Mocks Common Measure of Prosperity
Charles Koch Mocks Common Measure of Prosperity
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Los Angeles Times:
2 immigrants in U.S. illegally are named to Huntington Park commissions — Julian Zatarain always assumed the doors of City Hall were closed to him because he is here illegally, arriving from Sinaloa in 2007 when he was 13. — The 21-year-old college student found other outlets for service …
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Bill Turque / Washington Post:
Montgomery boxes Confederate statue to protect it from vandalism — Montgomery County has erected a wooden box around a Confederate monument recently spray-painted with the words “Black Lives Matter,” in hopes of shielding the statue from further vandalism as officials seek to move it out of downtown Rockville.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Scott Walker just got punked at a New Hampshire pizza shop — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Maybe it should have been a tip-off that the two 20-somethings were so overly excited to meet Scott Walker. Like dramatically excited. The young woman was literally bouncing with excitement.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
New Hampshire Voters First Forum: 5 takeaways — For some GOP candidates, the desperation is beginning to show. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — The candidate forum that drew 14 Republican presidential candidates to New Hampshire Monday night served as a practice round ahead of the first official GOP primary debate …
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KC Downey / WMUR:
2 killed in tent collapse at Lancaster fairgrounds, initial reports say — Approximately 15 people injured in accident — Initial reports said two people were killed when a circus tent collapsed at the Lancaster fairgrounds as severe weather moved through the area Monday evening.
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ACLU:
S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office — UNPUBLISHED — The children, an 8-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, were so small that the school resource officer, Kenton County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Sumner in Covington, Kentucky, locked the handcuffs around the children's biceps and forced …
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New York Times:
President Obama's Tough, Achievable Climate Plan — President Obama's Clean Power Plan, announced on Monday, is unquestionably the most important step the administration has taken in the fight against climate change. — It imposes the first nationwide limits on carbon dioxide pollution from power plants …
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