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5:25 PM ET, August 14, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Joe Biden said to be considering one-term presidency  —  If Vice President Joe Biden makes the leap into the Democratic presidential race, he could promise that he would serve just one term in the White House, journalist and author Carl Bernstein said Friday.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
The Clintons' $100K Hamptons rental  —  Following Hillary Clinton's recently announced plan to help the middle class, she and Bill are again renting a house in the Hamptons for the last two weeks in August for a rumored $100,000.  —  The Clintons' Amagansett rental
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Joe Biden's Government of National Salvation?
Discussion: Booman Tribune and New York Times
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Says His Brother's Security ‘Mission Was Accomplished’ in Iraq  —  The Republican presidential candidate once again grapples with his brother's Middle East legacy.  —  t McCormickJohn  —  Jeb Bush defended some of his brother's Iraq war decisions as president while also seeking …
Discussion: Yahoo Politics, ABC News and Fox News
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
Exclusive — Donald Trump Expects to Face VP Joe Biden in General Election: Hillary Clinton's ‘Big League’ Email Scandal Will Force Her Out  —  NEW YORK CITY, New York — Should billionaire and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump win the Republican primary in 2016—as he certainly wants to do …
Politico:
Al Gore not planning to run against Hillary, advisers say
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
The Marines Who Took Down the American Flag in Havana  —  Around noon on Jan. 4, 1961, after spending hours feeding mounds of government documents into an incinerator, three American Marines assigned to the embassy guard force in Havana turned their attention to a solemn task: lowering the American flag.
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Latin America : NPR:
Poet Richard Blanco On U.S., Cuba: ‘We All Belong To The Sea Between Us’
Discussion: NBC News and Towleroad
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Beck Shocked by This ‘Disturbing’ John Kerry Quote: ‘Where the Hell Is the Press!’
Reuters:
In symbol of restored ties, Kerry to raise U.S. flag at Havana embassy
Sergio Bustos / Associated Press:
In Speech, Rubio Slams Obama's Outreach to Iran and Cuba
Discussion: ABC News
James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
ISIS Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Sexually Abused American Hostage Kayla Mueller, Officials Say  —  Before her death earlier this year, American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly raped by the top leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to counter-terrorism officials.
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: Top secret Clinton emails include drone talk  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The two emails on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server that an auditor deemed “top secret” include a discussion of a news article detailing a U.S. drone operation and a separate conversation …
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Intelligence community wants Clinton's security clearance suspended
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Tissue company cuts ties with Planned Parenthood after videos  —  StemExpress, one of the tissue companies that works with Planned Parenthood, is cutting its ties with the women's health organization after a series of sting videos that have prompted congressional inquiries, sources tell POLITICO.
Tom DiChristopher / CNBC:
Disney's Lasseter: Woody will find love in ‘Toy Story 4’  —  What to expect from Pixar, with John Lasseter, Pixar Chief Creative Officer.  —  Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter confirmed on Friday what fans have speculated about for the better part of a year: “Toy Story 4” …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Disqualified  —  Fareed Zakaria had a column out yesterday dissecting and demolishing New York Senator Chuck Schumer's argument for opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.  I won't try to duplicate his arguments on the merits.  I don't think I can improve on them.  But I have wanted for the last week to address Schumer's decision.
Kori Schulman / whitehouse.gov:
The White House Just Joined Spotify: Listen to the President's Summer Playlist  —  Your summer just got a little groovier.  —  Today, the White House joined Spotify — and our inaugural playlist was hand-picked by none other than President Obama.  When asked to pick a few of his favorite songs …
Patrick J. Buchanan / WND:
GOP elites plot to purge Trump  —  Pat Buchanan: If GOP has no room for The Donald's followers, it has no future  —  Pat Buchanan was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party's candidate in 2000.  He is also a founder and editor of The American Conservative.
Discussion: Liberaland and The Gateway Pundit
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
The 199 Most Donald Trump Things Donald Trump Has Ever Said
Discussion: Althouse
Scott Walker / National Review:
We Don't Like Obamacare, and We Don't Have to Keep It  —  Let's be honest.  Obamacare was nothing more than a bait and switch.  But Americans never took the bait.  —  In 2010, as President Obama and his fellow Democrats were trying desperately to ram Obamacare down our throats, they made one false claim after another.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush and the dangers of refighting the Iraq war  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Jeb Bush based his first major foreign policy address, delivered this week at the Reagan Library, on the classic Republican interpretation of the war in Iraq.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush: ‘Taking Out Saddam Hussein Turned Out To Be A Pretty Good Deal’
Freeman Klopott / Bloomberg Business:
Cuomo Has No Plan to Attend Gateway Meeting With Foxx  —  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won't attend a meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss reviving Amtrak's Gateway tunnel project under the Hudson River.  —  Foxx is set to be joined by Governor Chris Christie …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona ‘Patriot’ Militia Busted By Feds In Plot To Steal Drugs From Bogus Cartel  —  Parris Frazier allegedly thought he was going to make $15,000 per kilogram of cocaine he ripped from a drug cartel's load vehicle last month at an Arizona warehouse.  —  Unfortunately for him …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Iran battle heats up in Senate  —  President Obama and his allies are working overtime to kill a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal in the Senate, in what would be a major victory for the White House.  —  The measure, which is certain to be approved in September by the GOP-led House …
Discussion: Liberaland
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Al Franken / CNN:
Al Franken  —  Many have expressed reservations about the deal …
Jason Knauf / princeofwales.gov.uk:
Our View  —  A letter from Kensington Palace  —  Kensington Palace has today sent the attached letter to leaders of media industry bodies and standards organisations in the UK and in other international markets.  —  In recent months, there have been an increasing number of incidents of paparazzi harassment of Prince George.
Discussion: Press Association, Jezebel and Guardian
 
 
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Judge Quotes Samuel Alito In Ruling Against Alabama Abortion Restriction
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Group accuses McCaskill of violating federal campaign finance laws
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host Apologizes To Christie: I Was Wrong To Say You Hugged Obama (VIDEO)
Discussion: Mediaite
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Bernie Sanders, an Outlier? The Senator Begs to Differ
Discussion: The Week
Alan S. Blinder / Wall Street Journal:
Overselling the Importance of When the Interest-Rate Rise Begins
Discussion: Bloomberg View and EconLog
Jordan Moore / WJHL:
Johnson City property manager sends letter to tenants: Confederate flags “not allowed to be displayed”
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
See Photos of Black Bear Illegally Hunted by Dentist Walter Palmer Who Killed Cecil the Lion
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business:
FBI Said to Examine Whether Hillary Clinton E-Mail Was Backed Up
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