memeorandum: Trump, Carson in close fight in Iowa poll (Mark Hensch/The Hill)

12:00 PM ET, August 30, 2015

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Iowa Poll: Trump blazes to lead; Carson quietly rises … Donald Trump has built up tremendous support in Iowa — he's very wealthy, he loves the Bible and he'd be just terrific as president of the United States. And he's very handsome. — That's according to interviews with some likely GOP caucusgoers in Iowa.

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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 …

John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Ben Carson Edging Close to Front-Runner Trump in Latest Iowa Poll — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has emerged as a leading Republican presidential candidate in Iowa and is closing in on frontrunner Donald Trump in the state that hosts the first 2016 nomination balloting contest.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Power Line

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Trump, Carson in close fight in Iowa poll — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and businessman Donald Trump are neck-and-neck for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination in Iowa, a new poll says. — The Bloomberg/Des Moines Register survey released on Saturday finds that the two are tied …

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

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Gregory Cowles / New York Times:

Oliver Sacks Dies at 82; Neurologist and Author Explored the Brain's Quirks — Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and acclaimed author who explored some of the brain's strangest pathways in best-selling case histories like “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” using his patients' disorders …

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ABC News:

‘This Week’ Transcript: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Bobby Jindal — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. — MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC CORRESPONDENT: Our thanks to John. Let's go to straight to Senator Bernie Sanders. Senator, good morning. You saw those new poll numbers. Is Hillary Clinton's campaign in trouble?

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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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Washington Post:

Dems say party chair blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting — MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party's summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats.

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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting: report

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Make A $15 National Minimum Wage An Establishment Principle

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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

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New York Times: Texas Deputy Killed ‘Because He Wore a Uniform,’ Sheriff Says

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

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Tim Devaney / The Hill:

Enraging industry, labor board asserts its power under Obama — The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has become a lightning rod for controversy under President Obama, with its aggressive actions fueling sustained warfare between business and labor. — From the labor board's bitter fight …

Reuters:

Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Saturday that if he were elected president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Artificial Unintelligence — In the early stages of the Lesser Depression, those of us who knew a bit about the macroeconomic debates of the 1930s, and realized how relevant the hard-won insights of Keynes and Hicks were to the post-financial crisis world, often felt a sense of despair.

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Donald Trump: ‘This is a movement’ — <p>Donald Trump says it's not all about him. No, seriously. </p><p>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><p …