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5:20 PM ET, September 5, 2015

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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Poll: Trump beats Hillary head-to-head  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton head-to-head, according to a new poll released Friday.  —  The poll by SurveyUSA finds that matched up directly, Trump garners 45 percent to Clinton's 40 percent.
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New York Times:
The Minimum Wage: Getting to $15  —  The debate over the federal minimum wage in the nascent presidential campaign is really two debates: one among Democrats and one among Republicans.  —  Democrats are divided on how much to raise the minimum, currently $7.25 an hour.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Washington Post:
Clintons personally paid State Department staffer to maintain server  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, according to an official from Clinton's presidential campaign.
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job?  —  Can your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job?  This is one of the questions in the Kentucky County Clerk marriage certificate case.  But it also arises in lots of other cases — for instance …
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ABC News:
Jailed Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Offers ‘Remedy’ in Same-Sex Marriage License Battle  —  Kim Davis thinks she has a solution to her problem.  —  The Kentucky county clerk, jailed for failing to follow a judge's orders to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, wants her name removed …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized  —  For generations, freshmen cadets at the United States Military Academy have marked the end of a grueling summer of training with a huge nighttime pillow fight that is billed as a harmless way to blow off steam and build class spirit.
Spokesman.com:
Planned Parenthood fire determined to be arson  —  An early-morning fire at Planned Parenthood in Pullman Friday was arson, according to the Pullman Fire Department and the Inland Northwest Joint Terrorism Task Force.  —  The fire, which started around 3:30 a.m., caused significant damage …
Pam Key / BREITBART.COM:
Farrakhan: The American System Has to Be Taken Down  —  Friday in Cleveland, OH at a “Justice Or Else!” rally for “10.10.15,” the 20th anniversary of The Million Man March gathering being held in Washington, D.C. on October 10, 2015, Louis Farrakhan said for real racial justice to occur …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Talk in G.O.P. Turns to a Stop Donald Trump Campaign  —  Quiet conversations have begun in recent weeks among some of the Republican Party's biggest donors and normally competing factions, all aimed at a single question: How can we stop Donald Trump?  —  Republican strategists and donors …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Insiders: Scott Walker the biggest loser of the summer
Discussion: Guardian and msnbc.com
Ricochet:
Ep.  24: Another Dr. K.  *  —  Q & A, hosted by Jay NordlingerAnother Dr. K. … What could be more interesting than an hour with Bill Kristol?  When it comes to political talk, not much.  Jay and he talk politics, sure.  That includes 2016.  But they talk about a lot more, too.
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Out with ‘Redskins’ — and everything else!  —  Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, also is the time for The Post and other sensitivity auditors to get back on — if they will pardon the expression — the warpath against the name of the Washington Redskins.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Elisha Anderson / Detroit Free Press:
White Boy Rick to be resentenced; prosecutors appeal  —  Richard Wershe Jr., who gained notoriety in the 1980s as a drug dealer in Detroit, won his bid for resentencing.  Known as “White Boy Rick”, Wershe was sentenced to life in prison in 1988 when he was 18.  —  CONNECT
Discussion: Raw Story and Guardian
 
 
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Refugees Who Could Be Us  —  WATCHING the horrific images …
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Relying on Southern Primaries to Fend Off Rivals
Discussion: Washington Monthly and USA Today
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Migrants Cross Austria Border From Hungary
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Australia's Brutal Treatment of Migrants
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Ben Cardin / Washington Post:
Sen. Ben Cardin: I will vote against the Iran deal
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Steven W Thrasher / Guardian:
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

Mia Sato / The Verge:
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