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2:20 PM ET, August 31, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:
GOP blasts Obama's Denali name change  —  <p>Republicans are criticizing President Barack Obama's decision to rename the tallest mountain in the United States to Denali, after the peak bore the name of Republican President William McKinley for more than a century.</p><p>The outcry …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner ‘Deeply Disappointed’ That Obama Just Renamed Mt. McKinley  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said on Monday morning he was “deeply disappointed” by President Barack Obama's decision to rename North America's tallest peak.  —  Here's his statement in full:
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Ohioans fuming over Mt. McKinley name change  —  Ohio lawmakers are voicing disappointment with President Obama's decision to rename Alaska's Mount McKinley to Denali, the name used by nearby natives.  —  “There is a reason President McKinley's name has served atop the highest peak …
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Mount McKinley Will Again Be Called Denali  —  President Obama announced on Sunday that Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep cultural significance to the tallest mountain in North America.  —  The move came on the eve of Mr. Obama's trip to Alaska …
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:   Obama Renames Mount McKinley ‘Denali’
Nick Gass / Politico:
Steve Schmidt: Donald Trump ‘emasculating’ Jeb Bush  —  <p>Donald Trump is "emasculating" former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with his attacks and his performance in state and national polling, prominent Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said Monday.</p><p>" Look …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Heckuva Job  —  There are many things we should remember about the events of late August and early September 2005, and the political fallout shouldn't be near the top of the list.  Still, the disaster in New Orleans did the Bush administration a great deal of damage …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Carson ties Trump at the top in Iowa poll  —  <p>Ben Carson and Donald Trump are tied at the top of the Republican field in a new survey of likely Iowa caucus-goers with 23 percent each, according to the results of a<a href="http://www.monmouth.edu/assets// 32212254770/32212254991/32212254992 …
John King / CNN:
1. A glaring omission as Obama's party holds its summer meeting  —  The Democratic National Committee's summer meeting is over, and there is something you won't find in the official minutes: a resolution supporting President Obama's Iran nuclear agreement.  —  The president's Iran embarrassment 00:52
Discussion: Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker: Building a Wall Along U.S. Border With Canada a ‘Legitimate Issue’  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said in an interview broadcast Sunday that building a wall along the U.S. border with Canada is something worthy of further study.  —  “That is a legitimate issue for us to look at …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: 'There's not a smidgen of evidence' that I'm anti-semitic  —  President Obama said he is personally hurt by the anti-semitism accusations he has faced since signing the nuclear deal with Iran.  —  Obama told the Jewish publication Forward “there's not a smidgen of evidence” to back up the charge.
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Nick Gass / Politico:   Obama: It hurts when people call me anti-Semitic
Los Angeles Times:
China and Russia are cross-indexing hacked data to target U.S. spies, officials say  —  Foreign spy services, especially in China and Russia, are aggressively aggregating and cross-indexing hacked U.S. computer databases — including security clearance applications, airline records …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. developing sanctions against China over cyberthefts
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State to release largest batch of Clinton emails so far  —  <p>The roiling controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state looks likely to intensify Monday with the State Department set to release the largest batch of her messages made public thus far.</p><p …
Discussion: ABC News
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CNN:
Dick Cheney addresses Clinton controversy
The Sunday Times:
Golden Hynde  —  She ran wild with the Sex Pistols, topped the charts with the Pretenders and bared nearly all with Vivienne Westwood.  Chrissie Hynde's shocking new memoir is a raw account of the booze-fuelled life of the ultimate rock goddess  —  Krissi Murison  —  Portrait by Dean Chalkley
Lanford Beard / People.com:
Jessa (Duggar) Seewald Says Sexual Abuse 'Shouldn't Be a Taboo Subject' on TLC Documentary Breaking the Silence  —  Jessa (Duggar) Seewald and Jill (Duggar) Dillard appeared on TLC's documentary Breaking the Silence Sunday, seeking education to address the aftermath of the abuse they faced …
Discussion: Raw Story, Full Feed and Daily Mail
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Andy Parker, father of slain journalist Alison Parker, on CNN's State of the Union: “I'm telling you, they messed with the wrong family.”  —  Today on CNN's State of the Union, Andy Parker, father of slain journalist, Alison Parker, joined anchor, Jake Tapper.  —  For more information, see http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Bernie Sanders says he's ‘strong’ on gun control
 
 
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