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3:35 PM ET, August 13, 2015

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Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Hillary elites are freaking out.  This memo tells them to STOP.  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign circulated a memo to top allies in Washington this week with an unmistakably Obama-esque theme: Don't worry, we've got this.  —  It comes at a time when Clinton's elite Acela-corridor allies …
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The Hill:
Dems near Clinton panic mode  —  Democrats are worried that the furor over Hillary Clinton's private email server will be prolonged and intensified after her sudden move to hand it to the FBI.  —  The Clinton campaign's decision to give up the server and a thumb-drive containing back-up copies …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's biggest problem, in one sentence … That comes from Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign.  In an interview with the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Trippi lays out a few reasons he thinks the road forward for Sanders is even harder than it was for Dean …
Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Sounding Out Allies About a 2016 Bid  —  Some Democrats press the vice president to run as an alternative to Hillary Clinton  —  Vice President Joe Biden is using part of his vacation in South Carolina this week to sound out friends and family about a presidential bid …
John R. Schindler / The Daily Beast:
The Spy Satellite Secrets in Hillary's Emails  —  These weren't just ordinary secrets found in Clinton's private server, but some of the most classified material the U.S. government has.  —  After months of denials and delaying actions, Hillary Clinton has decided to turn over her private email server to the Department of Justice.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hillary Clinton email probe turns to Huma  —  Clinton's top aide is likely to face more questions, not least from congressional investigators, about her access to Clinton's system.  —  Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's most trusted confidante, is increasingly becoming a central figure …
Fox News:
Official: Clinton ‘inner circle’ may have stripped email classification markings
Discussion: Power Line and Hot Air
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Senate committee seeks email facts from Clinton's tech company
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall.com
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Why Hillary's Email Saga Hurts
ABC News:
Tips on Deleting Emails From Email Book Hillary Clinton Wanted to Read
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's e-mail server turned over to FBI
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson: No apologies for 1992 fetal tissue research  —  Ben Carson defended the use of fetal tissue for medical research Thursday, after a blog published excerpts of a 1992 paper describing work the neurosurgeon-turned-presidential candidate carried out using aborted fetuses.
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Dr. Jen Gunter:
Ben Carson did research on 17 week fetal tissue  —  Dr. Ben Carson, GOP nominee hopeful, told Fox's Megyn Kelly that “There's nothing that can't be done without fetal tissue” and that the benefits of fetal tissue have been “over promised” and the results have “very much under-delivered.”
Virginia Hughes / BuzzFeed:   Ben Carson Once Did Research On Fetal Brain Tissue
Peter Baker / New York Times:
DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding's Love Life  —  WASHINGTON — She was denounced as a “degenerate” and a “pervert,” accused of lying for money and shamed for waging a “diabolical” campaign of falsehoods against the president's family that tore away at his legacy.
Lauren French / Politico:
Liberals poised to give Barack Obama a win on Iran  —  His backstop in the House, the Democratic Caucus, is holding firm.  —  New York Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer stole the headlines and put the White House on the defensive when he said he would vote against President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Algemeiner.com
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If I Were an Israeli Looking at the Iran Deal
New York Times:
Donors Descend on Schumer and Others in Debate on Iran
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Black lawmakers stand behind disruptions of Sanders, Dem events  —  Black lawmakers on Capitol Hill are defending the young activists using confrontation to press top Democratic presidential candidates to tackle the nation's protracted problems of racial injustice.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Daily Kos
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Roger Ailes to Donald Trump: ‘We resolve this now...or go to war’  —  Fox News chairman Roger Ailes woke up Monday morning thinking that his network and Donald Trump's campaign had reached an understanding.  —  After a weekend's worth of stressful phone calls, the tacit agreement …
Associated Press:
CLERK'S OFFICE DEFIES ORDER; NO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES  —  MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk's office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge's order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don't excuse officials from following the law.
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Anti-Gay Clerk Ignores Court Order, Still Refuses To Do Her Job
Discussion: AOL Article and Raw Story
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jeb Bush offered inaccurate version of Iraq war history  —  Foreign policy speech aimed at undercutting Hillary Clinton twisted facts  —  He omitted fact his brother set date for U.S. withdrawal  —  Is there any point to arguing now over who lost Iraq? … WASHINGTON
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Eric M. Johnson / Reuters:
Chelsea Manning could face solitary confinement at military prison  —  Chelsea Manning, a soldier imprisoned for leaking classified U.S. information to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, could face solitary confinement on charges she violated prison rules by having prohibited reading material, her attorney said on Wednesday.
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Eric Martin / Bloomberg Business:
Sorry Donald Trump, Mexico Says It Will Not Pay for Border Wall  —  Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's administration said there's no truth to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's assertion that the nation would pay for a wall along the border between the countries.
Emily Steel / New York Times:
‘Sesame Street’ to Air First on HBO for Next 5 Seasons  —  The letters of the day on “Sesame Street” are H, B and O.  —  Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit group behind the children's television program, has struck a deal with HBO, the premium cable network, that will bring the next five seasons of …
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Lerner slammed ‘evil and dishonest’ GOP inquisitors  —  Emails give a revealing look behind the scenes at the IRS leading up to the nonprofit targeting scandal.  —  Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner walks out of a House Oversight Committee hearing after refusing to answer questions …
Hartford Courant:
Connecticut Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional, Bars Execution Of Any Inmate  —  After a sweeping two-year review, the state Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in Connecticut Thursday, saying the state's death penalty no longer comports with evolved societal values and serves no valid purpose as punishment.
 
 
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