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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Poll: Bernie Sanders surges ahead of Hillary Clinton in N.H., 44-37 — N.H. Democrats lukewarm to her tough image — Photo by: — Boston Herald front page - Aug 12. 2016 — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has rocketed past longtime front-runner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Donald Trump Is Winning The Polls — And Losing The Nomination — Twelve years ago, in August 2003, Joe Lieberman led in most polls of the Democratic primary. Eight years ago, in August 2007, Rudy Giuliani maintained a clear lead in polls of Republicans, while Hillary Clinton led in polls of the Democratic nomination contest.
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Poll: Sanders surges ahead of Clinton in NH — A stunning new poll has Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) beating presumptive Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. — Sanders has eclipsed Clinton by a 44 to 37 percent margin, according to a new Franklin Pierce …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Black Lives Matter protesters try to disrupt Hillary Clinton event
Black Lives Matter protesters try to disrupt Hillary Clinton event
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Washington Post:
100,000 people have come to recent Bernie Sanders rallies. How does he do it?
100,000 people have come to recent Bernie Sanders rallies. How does he do it?
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Jamil Smith / The New Republic:
BlackLivesMatter Activists Plan to Disrupt Hillary Clinton Event
BlackLivesMatter Activists Plan to Disrupt Hillary Clinton Event
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘Top Secret’ emails found as Clinton probe expands to key aides — Four former aides have turned over personal emails — Senior senator skeptical of the extent of the review — Intelligence investigators say they have yet to see aides' emails … WASHINGTON
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Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton agrees to provide private e-mail server to FBI — Hillary Rodham Clinton's attorney has agreed to provide the FBI with the private server that housed her e-mail during her four years as secretary of state, Clinton's presidential campaign said Tuesday.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton will turn over email server to Justice Department
Clinton will turn over email server to Justice Department
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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
Clinton campaign says email server to go to Justice Dept
Clinton campaign says email server to go to Justice Dept
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
How Roger Ailes Picked Trump, and Fox News' Audience, Over Megyn Kelly — Ailes had to mute his defense of his star anchor after the GOP debate. — Shares — In the fallout since the first GOP debate, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has found himself caught between Donald Trump …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Issues Unconditional Surrender
Fox Issues Unconditional Surrender
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Chuck Schumer working the phones on Iran — He calls colleagues to explain his decision and assure them he will not be whipping opposition. — With liberal groups furious over his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, Sen. Chuck Schumer has been quietly reaching out to dozens of his colleagues …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
NBC ends suspension of Brian Williams — NBC has reportedly ended its on-air suspension of Brian Williams. — The former “NBC Nightly News” anchor and managing editor — who was suspended without pay after he admitted in February that a story he recounted several times about coming under enemy fire …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Brian Williams' suspension is over
Brian Williams' suspension is over
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump is Planned Parenthood's Favorite Republican — Donald Trump said in an interview Tuesday that he supported the status quo when it comes to Planned Parenthood. The group couldn't be more pleased. — Planned Parenthood gained an unlikely new booster on Tuesday morning: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Donald Trump backs off Planned Parenthood defunding push
Donald Trump backs off Planned Parenthood defunding push
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
How Obama could salvage the Iran deal — Even if Congress votes against the deal (and overrides a veto), Obama could halt many of the sanctions on his own. — Getty — If Congress votes down the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama says, the agreement will collapse and war will come “soon.”
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
16 GOP candidates invited to CNN debate — Sixteen Republican presidential candidates — the entire GOP field, minus Jim Gilmore — have been invited to participate in the CNN/Reagan Library presidential debate on Sept. 16. — The debate will be split into two back-to-back debates …
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Suffolk University:
Poll: Trump Leads Iowa GOP Field but Shows Less Strength among Debate Viewers — With just six months until the Iowa caucuses, businessman Donald Trump (17 percent) leads the field of Republicans among likely GOP caucus voters, according to a poll from Suffolk University.
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Sen. Claire McCaskill / Politico:
How I helped Todd Akin win — so I could beat him later — It was August 7, 2012, and I was standing in my hotel room in Kansas City about to shotgun a beer for the first time in my life. I had just made the biggest gamble of my political career—a $1.7 million gamble—and it had paid off.
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
GAO Employees Indicted for School Lunch Fraud (Updated) — Five employees with the Government Accountability Office, and one GAO employee's spouse, were indicted Tuesday for working to illegally obtain reduced-price lunches for their children. — The indictment resulted …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
‘Speech Nuts’ — Does the left like anything in the Bill of Rights? — By — “The First Amendment has something in common with the Second Amendment,” writes the New Yorker's Kelefa Sanneh: “Both are unusually broad legal guarantees that mark a difference between America and the rest of the world.”
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Facebook is working on a Twitter-like app that lets publishers send mobile breaking news alerts to the masses — Facebook is working on a stand-alone mobile news application that seems to be part of its Facebook for Business initiative. — This product, which sounds similar to Twitter …
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