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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Hillary vs. Biden Would Get Ugly Fast — You thought Clinton-Obama 2008 was bad? A Clinton-Biden race could be much worse: White guy steps in woman's path, attacks her integrity! — You've got to admit it was kind of a stroke of genius for Joe Biden to have that “secret” meeting with Elizabeth Warren over the weekend.
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Patrick Howley / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: Joe Biden's Son: Ashley Madison Account Was Created In My Name By America's Enemies — Someone using the name of Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden had a profile on the Ashley Madison dating website for extramarital affairs, Breitbart News has learned.
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CNN:
Vice President Joe Biden is said to be seriously mulling a 2016 bid
Vice President Joe Biden is said to be seriously mulling a 2016 bid
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CBS News:
With Obama's blessing, Biden mulls White House run
With Obama's blessing, Biden mulls White House run
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Family issues weigh heaviest on Biden as he considers a 2016 campaign
Family issues weigh heaviest on Biden as he considers a 2016 campaign
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
State GOP leaders plot to tie Donald Trump's hands — Amid mounting concerns about Donald Trump's candidacy from the GOP establishment, Republican leaders in at least two states have found a way to make life a lot harder for him. — The Virginia and North Carolina parties are in discussions …
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Takes a Cue From Donald Trump's Playbook: Punch Back — The schoolyard taunts from Donald J. Trump arrive on a daily basis, raining down on Jeb Bush's sober, careful and policy-minded campaign with growing acerbity. — Mr. Trump has called Mr. Bush's immigration plans “baby stuff” and his education policy “pathetic.”
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
If you want to understand Donald Trump, look to the success of the European far-right — It's easy to write Donald Trump off as a bizarre, American phenomena — a businessman-turned-reality-star who somehow ended up in the political limelight. — That's not quite right …
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Washington Center … and The Local
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump up big in NH; Sanders leads Clinton — PPP's new New Hampshire poll finds Donald Trump in the strongest position of any poll we've done anywhere since he entered the race. Trump laps the Republican field with 35% to 11% for John Kasich, 10% for Carly Fiorina, 7% each for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker …
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New Yorker, Business Insider, Booman Tribune, Political Wire, Hot Air and The Week
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Should Jeb Bush Go After Trump?
Should Jeb Bush Go After Trump?
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Latest | FOCUS TAIWAN:
Boy stumbles, leaves hole in valuable painting at da Vinci exhibit — Taipei, Aug. 24 (CNA) A Taiwanese boy on Sunday punched a hole in an extremely valuable Paolo Porpora painting at a Taipei exhibition after apparently tripping and trying to catch his balance on the artwork …
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Oliver Holmes / Guardian:
Boy trips in museum and punches hole through painting
Boy trips in museum and punches hole through painting
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The Week
Politico:
House GOP leaders desperate to avoid shutdown — With the clock ticking, Republicans have yet to settle on a strategy to resolve a showdown over Planned Parenthood funding. — Getty — An explosive confrontation brewing between the House Republican leadership and conservatives …
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Daily Kos and Washington Post
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Aarti Shahani / NPR:
Why Phone Fraud Starts With A Silent Call — Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET. — Here's an experience some of us have had. The phone rings. You pick it up and say “Hello. Hello. Helloooo.” But nobody answers.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
David Duke On Trump: He's “Certainly The Best Of The Lot” Running For President — “I think he understands the real sentiment of America.” — David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and self-described “racial realist,” says Donald Trump is the best Republican candidate …
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Talking Points Memo and Mashable
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
IRS finds yet another Lois Lerner email account — Lois Lerner had yet another personal email account used to conduct some IRS business, the tax agency confirmed in a new court filing late Monday that further complicates the administration's efforts to be transparent about Ms. Lerner's actions during the tea party targeting scandal.
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Fox News, Power Line, American Thinker, Hot Air, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, BizPac Review and PoliPundit.com
Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:
Rise of the Cultural Libertarians — A new force is emerging in the culture wars. Authoritarians of all stripes, from religious reactionaries to left-wing “social justice warriors,” are coming under fire from a new wave of thinkers, commentators, and new media stars who reject virtually all of their political values.
USA Today:
From obesity to duplicity: Jared's fall to Earth — Jared Fogle's lawyer says the former Subway spokesman will accept a plea deal for having sex with underage girls and possessing child pornography. Jeremy Margolis says his client is seeking treatment and amends.
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Washington Post, Daily Mail, Mediaite, KXAN-TV and KFOR-TV
Doug Moore / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Tension escalates in a St. Charles County subdivision after a new neighbor moves in — ST. CHARLES COUNTY • The house on Glen Brook Court has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, great curb appeal and sits in the Wentzville School District. — As the real estate listing says, it is “the perfect home in a wonderful neighborhood.”
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and FOX2now.com
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Barack Obama calls opponents of Iran deal ‘the crazies’ — LAS VEGAS — There are the people on his side on the Iran deal, President Barack Obama said Monday evening. Then there are “the crazies.” — Back from a notably uneventful and restful two-week vacation in Martha's Vineyard …
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The Daily Caller, Associated Press and The Gateway Pundit
Joshua Gans / Digitopoly:
Nathan Rosenberg and the Innovation System — Today brought the sad news that Nathan Rosenberg — one of the finest economic historians of the last fifty years — passed away. He was 87. — I learned economic history from Rosenberg when I was at Stanford University.
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Organizations and Markets and EconLog
New York Times:
U.S. Stocks Rebound After China Moves to Support Economy — The Latest: — The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index is up 2.2 percent at midday. The Dow Jones industrial average has risen more than 320 points, or 2.1 percent. — In China, the benchmark Shanghai composite index closed 7.6 percent lower.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
John Kasich's approval rating soars in Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich's standing continues to rise to an all-time high among voters in the Buckeye State as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest results from a Quinnipiac University poll of swing states released Tuesday.
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The Week and Political Wire
John Burnett / Hawaii Tribune-Herald:
Catholic cardinal arrested for DUI — One of the high-ranking American officials of the Roman Catholic Church was arrested for drunken driving late last week in Kailua-Kona. — The Most Eminent Cardinal William Joseph Levada, 79, of Menlo Park, Calif., was stopped at about midnight Thursday …
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Washington Post, Daily Mail and Slantpoint
Rasmussen Reports:
Should Hillary Clinton Suspend Her Campaign? — Growing national security questions about Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as secretary of State are drowning out much of her message as a presidential candidate and causing many of her fellow Democrats to worry about the future of her campaign.
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Washington Free Beacon and CBS DC