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11:10 PM ET, August 29, 2015

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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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Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:

Hillary Clinton Really Is Coming For Your Guns — Some politicians talk about gun control once in a while. Clinton has been pushing to curb firearms for decades. No wonder the NRA has vowed to bring her down. — “Something is deeply wrong,” Hillary Clinton told the audience at the Democratic National Committee on Friday.

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton resets campaign strategy

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Houston Chronicle:

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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Fox News:

Man suspected of killing Texas county sheriff's deputy reportedly arrested — The man suspected of a killing a Texas county sheriff's deputy has reportedly been arrested at the end of a successful SWAT scene. — Fox affiliate KRIV reports Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies captured …

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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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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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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:

Wasserman Schultz blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting: report — Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz blocked consideration of a resolution at the party's summer meeting that would have praised President Obama and backed the his nuclear deal with Iran …

Discussion: RedState

Washington Post: Dems say party chair blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Sanders: DNC using debates to rig primary

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Washington Post:
Democratic challengers launch attacks against Clinton, party leadership

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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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Associated Press:

Turkey carries out first air strikes as part of anti-Isis US coalition — Attacks on targets in northern Syria follow agreement on the ‘procedures and technical details’ of cooperation between the two nations — Turkish fighter jets have carried out their first air strikes as part …

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