memeorandum: Sanders Within Striking Distance of Clinton in Iowa (Margaret Talev/Bloomberg Business)

8:05 PM ET, August 29, 2015

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Capital murder charges files in deputy's death — A 30-year-old Cypress man has been charged with capital murder in the Friday killing of a 47-year-old Harris County Sheriff's deputy who had stopped at a gas station he frequented in northwest Harris County.

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BREITBART.COM:

Texas Deputy Executed Days After Black Radical Group Calls for Killing Cops — HOUSTON, Texas — A Harris County Sheriff's Deputy was shot execution style at a gas station while reportedly in full uniform. The deputy was filling up his patrol car. Witnesses told Breitbart Texas …

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Faith Karimi / CNN:

Man held in killing of Texas sheriff's deputy — (CNN)A man “believed to be the alleged gunman” in the killing of a uniformed Houston-area sheriff's deputy was in custody and being questioned Saturday morning, Sgt. William Kennard of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN.

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Fox News:
Man suspected of killing Texas county sheriff's deputy reportedly arrested

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Faith Karimi / CNN:
Texas deputy killed ‘execution-style’ while fueling patrol car, authorities say

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Marc Caputo / Politico:

Top Jeb fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs — Three top Jeb Bush fundraisers abruptly parted ways with his presidential campaign on Friday, amid internal personality conflicts and questions about the strength of his candidacy, POLITICO has learned.There are different versions of what transpired.

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Donald Trump: ‘This is a movement’ — Donald Trump says it's not all about him. No, seriously. Campaigning in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump on Saturday paid homage to his supporters — claiming they are a part of “a movement” and using colorful language to beg for their support. <p …

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump: I'm winning because Americans are ‘tired of being the patsies’ — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he is leading the GOP race because he represents Americans who have had it with their nation coming up short. — “People in this country are smart,” …

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Des Moines Register:

Iowa Poll: Clinton leads, but Sanders draws near … Liberal revolutionary Bernie Sanders, riding an updraft of insurgent passion in Iowa, has closed to within 7 points of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race. — She's the first choice of 37 percent of likely Democratic caucusgoers …

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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:

Sanders Within Striking Distance of Clinton in Iowa — Hillary Clinton's once-prohibitive advantage in Iowa has slipped enough to jeopardize her front-runner status and Bernie Sanders has moved to within striking distance, revealing a Democratic presidential field in unexpected flux …

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Clinton resets campaign strategy — Hillary Clinton is resetting her campaign strategy with aggressive attacks against Republicans to move the conversation away from questions about the email controversy that has dogged her for months. — By comparing Republicans to terrorists and calling the GOP …

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Sanders: DNC using debates to rig primary — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) believes the Democratic Party is using its limited primary debate schedule to rig the nomination process. — “I do,” Sanders reportedly responded when asked Friday whether he agrees with former Maryland …

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
O'Malley challenges DNC over ‘rigged’ debate schedule

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Rivals Critical of Democratic Party Politics

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New York Times:
Martin O'Malley Rails at Democrats for Debate Schedule ‘Rigged’ to Aid Hillary Clinton

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Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:

‘Django’ actress gets community service after judge calls apology to LAPD ‘insincere’ — When an actress and her boyfriend pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an arrest last fall, there was a catch: They had to apologize to the Los Angeles police officers they accused of mistreating the actress because of her race.

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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

Trump rips Clinton aide Abedin and ‘perv’ husband Weiner — Donald Trump on Friday took aim at longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, poking fun at her marriage to former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who he called a “perv” and a “sleazebag.” — Speaking to donors in Boston …

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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:

House moving toward vote to defund Planned Parenthood — House Republican leaders are planning a vote to freeze funding for Planned Parenthood this fall, according to GOP aides, a move that could help mitigate an inter-party battle and avoid a government shutdown.

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