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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

John Kasich camp revels in dirt-digging from Jeb — Bush campaign dismisses research into Kasich's Ohio record as standard fare. — Jeb Bush's campaign contends it's not sweating the rapid climb of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who has emerged as his top threat in New Hampshire not named Donald Trump.

Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo and The Daily Caller

Los Angeles Times:

Jeb Bush says ‘anchor babies,’ Hillary Clinton responds on social media … 4:38 P.M. — Donald Trump sees no problem with using the term ‘anchor baby’ — 4:29 P.M. — KURTIS LEE — Hillary Clinton responds to Jeb Bush's ‘anchor babies’ reference … 1:07 P.M.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Rush Limbaugh and Guardian

Bradford Richardson / The Hill: Charles Barkley throws support behind Kasich

Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Swing State Sneak Peek

Discussion: Politico and New York Times

Washington Post:
Bush and Trump face off in N.H. — and The Donald is winning

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Campaign for America's Future, Daily Kos, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and New York Times

And Globe / BostonGlobe.com:

Two South Boston brothers allegedly beat homeless man — The homeless man was lying on the ground, shaking, when police arrived early Wednesday. His face was soaked, apparently with urine, his nose broken, his chest and arms battered. — Police said two brothers from South Boston ambushed …

Discussion: Vox, Gothamist, Hit & Run, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Addicting Info, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, Salon, Raw Story, Liberaland, The Huffington Post, New York Times, Balloon Juice and Associated Press

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Suspect Cites Trump As Inspiration In Boston Anti-Hispanic Hate Crime

Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Moderate Voice

Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Donald Trump: ‘Shame’ if illegal immigration crusade inspired beatdown by Southie brothers

Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Daily Mail and Talking Points Memo

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:

Jindal to screen Planned Parenthood videos outside mansion — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will try to counter a pro-Planned Parenthood rally scheduled to take place outside his mansion on Thursday by running a loop of the secretly recorded videos that they plan to protest.

Discussion: protein wisdom and LifeNews.com

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal: I'm ‘Happy To Use’ The Term ‘Anchor Babies’

Discussion: Liberaland, BREITBART.COM, Politico, CNN, Daily Kos, Washington Post, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, NBC News and Mediaite

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Kasich takes heat from anti-abortion group

Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Federalist, The Pulse 2016, Red Alert Politics and National Review

Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:

Meet ‘Deez Nuts,’ the Teen Presidential Candidate Punking America — Mr. Nuts appears to be a high school sophomore who will take his joke candidacy ‘as far as America wants to take it’ — News broke this week that an independent presidential candidate going by the name of “Deez Nuts” …

Discussion: Guardian, Hit & Run, Christian Science Monitor, Slantpoint, BizPac Review, The San Diego Union …, Addicting Info, Rush Limbaugh and The Week

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump grows lead in NC; GOP leads most match ups

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, UPROXX, Foreign Policy, Rush Limbaugh, The Daily Beast, National Review, theGrio, WCMH-TV, WIAT-TV, WCTX-TV, Mashable, Hit & Run and Washington Monthly

Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
K Street betting on Hillary

Discussion: Common Dreams, The Week and Weekly Standard

Maane Khatchatourian / Variety:

Caitlyn Jenner Could Face Manslaughter Charge in Deadly Malibu Crash — Caitlyn Jenner could be charged with manslaughter following her car accident in Malibu earlier this year that left one dead. — “The case will be submitted to the district attorney next week,” said Lt. Shaun Mathers …

Discussion: Washington Blade, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and KFOR-TV

Los Angeles Times:

Detectives to present manslaughter charge evidence against Caitlyn Jenner in deadly PCH crash — Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives will present evidence next week to prosecutors that could lead to a misdemeanor manslaughter charge against Caitlyn Jenner in a deadly chain-reaction crash earlier this year on Pacific Coast Highway.

Discussion: TMZ.com, CNN, Washington Free Beacon, The Huffington Post, LAist and Twitchy

New York Times:
Caitlyn Jenner May Face Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Crash

Discussion: Reuters and The Week

Amanda Marcotte / Talking Points Memo:

Why Can't All Ashley Madison Hacking Victims Be Josh Duggar? — The long-awaited data dump of private information for 32 million users of Ashley Madison, a dating website specifically aimed at married people looking to cheat, has arrived, and the internet is gleeful.

Discussion: Right Wing Watch, Raw Story, Gizmodo, Guardian, Vox and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

Hackers Dump More Ashley Madison Data — Over the past few days, people have been digging through 10GB of data apparently sourced from the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison, and its parent site Avid Life Media. — Now the hackers behind that breach, who call themselves “Impact Team …

Discussion: Guardian, TrustedSec, Mashable, Daily Mail, The Verge, Washington Post, Raw Story and Gawker

Max Fisher / Vox:

The AP's controversial and badly flawed Iran inspections story, explained — On Wednesday afternoon, the Associated Press published an exclusive report on the Iran nuclear program so shocking that many political pundits declared the nuclear deal dead in the water.

Discussion: Atomic Reporters, The Hill, Defense One, National Review, Blog for Arizona, arms control since 1971., Reuters, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Common Dreams, US News, Informed Comment, Power Line, CNN, RedState, The Week, Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon

Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
‘Enough’: Ted Cruz's Blistering Message After Learning of Bombshell Report on Iran's Secret ‘Backroom’ Deal

Discussion: Israel Matzav, BizPac Review and Patterico's Pontifications

Josh Duggar / The Duggar Family:

Statements From Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and Josh Duggar — Statement from Jim Boband Michelle Duggar: Please see the statement below from our son Josh regarding recent media stories about him. When we learned of this late last night our hearts were broken.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Gawker, Liberaland, UPROXX, Slantpoint, The Week and KFOR-TV

Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:

Congress unlikely to override an Obama veto in Iran nuclear fight — for now — Congress is unlikely to override a promised veto by President Obama if both chambers reject a deal to curtail Iran's nuclear capabilities, according to a Washington Post analysis of where the votes currently stand.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The PJ Tatler, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

Politico:
Red-state Democrats back Obama on Iran

Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Associated Press

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

Progressive Groups Ask Obama To End Bush-Era Religious Protection — Obama asked to reverse legal memo providing exemption to nondiscrimination laws for religious groups seeking federal grants. The letter, provided exclusively to BuzzFeed News, is signed by 130 civil rights and other groups.

Discussion: National Review

Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
130 Religious, Secular Groups Demand Obama Stop Using ‘Religious Liberty’ To Justify Discrimination

Discussion: AMERICAblog News

Doug Criss / CNN:

Black or white? Is Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King lying about his race? — Questions about Black Lives Matter activist — (CNN)He's either the male version of Rachel Dolezal, or the victim of a conservative conspiracy. — Those are the two views the world has of Shaun King …

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, The Daily Caller, Vox, Daily Mail, The Moderate Voice, theGrio, Mediaite, Hinterland Gazette, New York Times, SOOPERMEXICAN, Fox News Insider and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Judge says Hillary Clinton's private emails violated policy — A federal judge indicated Thursday that he believes Hillary Clinton violated government policy by storing official emails on a private server when she worked as secretary of state. — During a hearing on a Freedom of Information Act case …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, WHAS-TV and The Week

Hollie McKay / Fox News:

LA ‘black ball’ reservoir rollout potential ‘disaster’ in the making, say experts — LA's scheme to cover a reservoir under 96 million “shade balls” may not be all it is touted to be, experts told FoxNews.com, with some critics going so far as to refer to the plan as a “potential disaster.”

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon