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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Al Gore Insiders “Figuring Out If There's A Path” For Him To Run — Supporters of Al Gore have begun a round of conversations among themselves and with the former vice president about his running for president in 2016, the latest sign that top Democrats have serious doubts that Hillary Clinton is a sure thing.
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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 …
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 …
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Wolfgang Beylschmidt / USA Today:
Personal attack on Clinton misses mark: Objections
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Wall Street Journal:
Joe Biden Is Sounding Out Allies About a 2016 Bid
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Kristen Welker / NBC News:
Joe Biden and Aides ‘Calling Around’ About Potential 2016 Run
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Fox News:
Official: Clinton ‘inner circle’ may have stripped email classification markings — The latest revelations about top secret information traversing Hillary Clinton's private email server have triggered accusations that someone in her “inner circle” likely stripped the classification markings, illegally.
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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
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Poll: Most want criminal probe of Clinton emails
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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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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 …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why Chris Wallace won't take Trump's call — Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace stands apart from his colleagues and competitors on Sunday mornings in at least one regard: He won't take a phone call from Donald Trump. — The Republican frontrunner has shown a strong preference for calling in to shows like …
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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.
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Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking Latest forecast suggests ‘Godzilla El Nino’ may be coming to California … Animated graphic: El Nino: 1997 vs. 2015
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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.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Black Lives Matter protesters target Jeb Bush
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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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Allison Pohle / Boston Globe:
Harvard student loses Facebook internship after pointing out privacy flaws — Courtesy, Justin Sullivan / Getty Images — Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna was preparing to start a coveted internship at Facebook when he launched a browser application from his dorm room that angered the social media behemoth.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If I Were an Israeli Looking at the Iran Deal — With the U.S. and Israel openly arguing over the Iran nuclear deal, I've asked myself this: How would I look at this deal if I were an Israeli grocer, an Israeli general or the Israeli prime minister? — If I were an Israeli grocer …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is a counterfeit Republican — In every town large enough to have two traffic lights there is a bar at the back of which sits the local Donald Trump, nursing his fifth beer and innumerable delusions. Because the actual Donald Trump is wealthy, he can turn himself into an unprecedentedly …
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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.
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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.
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 …
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Bloomberg Business:
Apple Said to Delay Live TV Service to 2016 as Negotiations Stall — Apple Inc. customers waiting for the company to revolutionize live television as it did for music and phone service will have to keep waiting, at least until next year. — The company wanted to introduce this year …
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
‘Celebrity Apprentice’ to Return to NBC Without Donald Trump — “The Celebrity Apprentice” will return without Donald Trump, but it won't be for some time. — The show's return date is in flux, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt confirmed on Thursday at the Television Critics' Assn. press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
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