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7:00 PM ET, September 1, 2015

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Officer dies, manhunt for 3 armed suspects in Fox Lake — Share Update: … FOX LAKE, Ill. — A manhunt is underway for three armed suspects after a Fox Lake police officer was fatally shot in the head Tuesday morning, sources tell WGN. — At a brief news conference Tuesday …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, Talking Points Memo, FOX31 Denver, WGNO and FOX2now.com

Chicago Tribune:

Fox Lake police officer shot and killed, manhunt underway in Lake County — A Fox Lake police officer was shot and killed Tuesday morning, and a massive manhunt with dogs and helicopters was underway along Rollins Road in Lake County. — The officer was on routine patrol and radioed shortly …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Northwest Herald, Mediaite, Slantpoint, NPR, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Illinois police officer shot and killed; one suspect in custody

Discussion: NBC News and Associated Press

Lee Filas / Daily Herald:
Fox Lake cop shot and killed, police manhunt for 3 armed suspects

Discussion: Raw Story

Todd Feurer / CBS Chicago:
Manhunt In Fox Lake After Police Officer Shot And Killed

Discussion: CBS News, Allen B. West, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon

Mark Preston / CNN:

CNN amends GOP debate criteria — Washington (CNN)CNN is amending the criteria for its Republican presidential debate on September 16, possibly opening the door for Carly Fiorina to join the other top-tier candidates on the stage. — The cause: a lack of national public polling following …

Connie Wilhelm / Medium:

Leaders ask CNN to include Carly in debate — We were just forwarded this letter from Indiana Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann. So grateful for their support. -Staff — Dear Jeff Zucker, — Carly Fiorina is a top tier candidate in this race. She won the last debate and has been in the top 10 in every poll released this month.

Discussion: Washington Post and Guardian

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Trump Supporters Think Obama is A Muslim Born in Another Country — PPP's newest national poll finds Donald Trump just continuing to grow his lead over the GOP field. He is at 29% to 15% for Ben Carson, 9% for Jeb Bush, 8% for Carly Fiorina, 7% for Marco Rubio, 6% each for Ted Cruz and John Kasich …

Discussion: Political Wire, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and AMERICAblog News

Politico:

Jeb's unconvincing pushback against Trump — THE CLOCK: 438 days until Election Day 2016 ... THE DEBATE CLOCK: 16 days until the next Republican debate ... 43 days until the first Democratic debate. — JEB'S UNCONVINCING PUSHBACK AGAINST TRUMP: JEB BUSH tried again Monday to beat …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ABC News, Fox News, RedState and Washington Post

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders rejects comparison to Trump

Discussion: American Spectator, CBS News and Mother Jones

David Brooks / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, the Great Defender

Discussion: Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, US News, Democratic Strategist, JustOneMinute and Slantpoint

Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic: ‘Hillary 2016’ Has Never Made Sense for Democrats

Claire Galofaro / Associated Press:

Judge Orders Clerk, Her Entire Staff To Court After Refusing Licenses Yet Again (VIDEO) — MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A county clerk in Kentucky who has invoked “God's authority” and is defying the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to license same-sex marriage has been summoned along with her entire staff …

Discussion: Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, CNN, New York Times, TFN Insider, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Los Angeles Times and Balloon Juice

Liberty Alert / Liberty Alerts:

Statement of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis — Late yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend the temporary stay of a federal court order involving Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis. The federal court previously ordered Kim Davis to issue marriage licenses to the plaintiffs who filed suit against her.

Discussion: Washington Post, CBS San Francisco, Talking Points Memo, Refinery29, Towleroad, Right Wing Watch and Associated Press

New York Times:
Kentucky Clerk Denies Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, Defying Court

Discussion: Detroit Free Press, RH Reality Check, Hit & Run, The Stranger …, Mediaite, Telegraph, Political Wire, NPR and ACS Blog

Mike Wynn / Courier-Journal:
Kim Davis defies court, denies marriage license

Discussion: WKYT-TV, Associated Press, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post, Raw Story and Slantpoint

Sean Davis / The Federalist:

BREAKING: Hillary Intentionally Originated And Distributed Highly Classified Information — A review of recently released e-mails shows that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeatedly originated and distributed highly classified national security information.

Discussion: Business Insider, National Review and Hot Air

Liz Kreutz / ABC News: Why Hillary Clinton Emailed About Gefilte Fish

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds move to consolidate lawsuits over Hillary Clinton emails

Discussion: ABC News

Jonathan Tamari / Philly.com:

Sen. Casey to support Iran nuclear deal — WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey will support the international nuclear agreement with Iran, he said Tuesday, becoming the 32d Senate Democrat to announce plans to do so and moving the deal to within two votes of being able to withstand Congressional objections.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Tablet Magazine and America Rising

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Chris Coons and Bob Casey back Iran deal, putting Obama one vote from major diplomatic victory

Discussion: Political Wire, Guardian and No More Mister Nice Blog

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama one vote away from securing Iran deal

Discussion: The Hill and Outside the Beltway

Official Google Blog:

Google's look, evolved — So why are we doing this now? Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC. These days, people interact with Google products across many different platforms, apps and devices—sometimes all in a single day.

Discussion: Associated Press, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Fusion, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, FOX31 Denver, Guardian, NBC News, Advertising & Branding and Mashable

Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:

Obama Says Climate Changing Faster Than Efforts to Address It — President Barack Obama pledged the U.S. will combat the “urgent and growing threat of climate change” and take measures to address the impact of warming temperatures on the Arctic. — Climate change will …

Discussion: Politico

Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Trump pledges to reverse Obama's mountain renaming

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Weasel Zippers, New York Times, ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, ABC News, Raw Story, Associated Press, CofCC, Facebook and Talking Points Memo

Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Mike Huckabee: Congress Should Block Obama's Renaming Of Mt. McKinley

Discussion: Right Wing Watch, AMERICAblog News and PoliticusUSA

Ali Weinberg / ABC News:

Dick and Liz Cheney Slam Hillary Clinton, Encourage Joe Biden to Run — Former Vice President Dick Cheney took aim at Hillary Clinton and the email scandal that she is embroiled in and threw his support behind the current second-in-command, Joe Biden. — The former vice president encouraged Biden …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico

Staff Picks:
Exceptional — Why the World Needs a Powerful America

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Guardian

David Ibanez / KSAT-TV:

KSAT.COM EXCLUSIVE: Unedited video of fatal deputy-involved shooting — Gilbert Flores shot, killed by deputies Greg Vasquez, Robert Sanchez — SAN ANTONIO - The unedited version of a video obtained by KSAT 12 News showing the fatal shooting of a man by two Bexar County sheriff deputies will now be made available for online viewing.

Discussion: New York Times, CNNMoney, Mediaite, Guardian, ABC News, Addicting Info, Raw Story and Poynter.

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:

McDonald's Set to Offer All-Day Breakfast — McDonald's is embarking on its biggest operational change in years as it tries to juice flagging sales, with plans to offer breakfast items all-day at its more than 14,300 U.S. restaurants starting Oct. 6.

Discussion: CNBC, Washington Post, NOLA River, Eater, Gizmodo, US News, Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

McConnell: Defunding Planned Parenthood must wait for new president — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says that defunding Planned Parenthood will have to wait for a new commander in chief in 2017. — “The president's made it very clear he's not going to sign any bill …

Discussion: Politico, The Federalist, Campaign for America's Future and Real Clear Politics

David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Planned Parenthood Baby Parts Vendor ABR Pays Off Clinics, Intact Fetuses “Just Fell Out”

Discussion: LifeNews.com, Washington Times, The Federalist, Weekly Standard, National Review, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The PJ Tatler and The Daily Caller

Marissa's Tumblr:

Happy personal news — With great happiness, Zack and I have some exciting news to share - I'm pregnant! In fact, I'm expecting identical twin girls, likely arriving in December. The twins part was quite a surprise, because I have no family history of twins or any other predisposing factors.

Discussion: Big Think, TechCrunch, People.com, The Huffington Post, Refinery29, Hollywood Life and Slantpoint

David Weigel / Washington Post:

New James O'Keefe video: Clinton campaign allowed a foreigner to acquire official swag — Conservative undercover journalist James O'Keefe has released the second in an ongoing series of videos inside Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The latest from Project Veritas Action accuses …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Mahablog and Raw Story

Bernie Quigley / The New York Observer:

Will Mitt Romney Jump In? — As Jeb Bush struggles to carry the establishment mantle, some wonder whether the time is right for Mitt — There is on the edge of the spectrum a thought awakening that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who ran for president in 2008 and 2012, might get back in the race.

Discussion: Allen B. West and Althouse