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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner's future as speaker in doubt — <p>Something has changed for John Boehner.</p><p>Figures in his close-knit circle of allies are starting to privately wonder whether he can survive an all-but-certain floor vote this fall to remain speaker of the House.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Countdown to shutdown begins — <p>Congress returns from its long summer vacation Tuesday to an all-out, three-week sprint to avert a government shutdown - and no apparent plan yet to quell the conservative rebellion over Planned Parenthood that has dramatically increased the odds …
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, Tampa Bay Times, Associated Press and The Atlantic
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel
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NPR, Bearing Drift and Campaign for America's Future
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Conservatives prepare to make stand on Planned Parenthood
Conservatives prepare to make stand on Planned Parenthood
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Kentucky Guv Won't Respond To Kim Davis' Latest Motion To Leave Jail — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (R) said on Monday that he won't respond to clerk Kim Davis' recent motion asking the governor to release her from jail while she appeals the contempt of court ruling that landed her behind bars.
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Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Judge Orders Kim Davis Freed from Kentucky Jail — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Kentucky clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples may leave prison — as long as she doesn't interfere with the licenses that her deputies have been granting since her incarceration last week.
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Hollywood Life and Althouse
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat — A federal judge has sent a Kentucky county clerk to jail for refusing to issue wedding licenses to gay couples despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June upholding the legality of same-sex marriage.
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Ed Payne / CNN:
Case appealed — Kentucky clerk faces judge in marriage debate 04:01 — On Monday, Davis' legal team appealed her case to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. — “We would like them to release her from jail and provide reasonable, sensible accommodation so she can do her job,” …
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Raw Story and Warren Throckmorton
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz to Visit Jailed Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis
Ted Cruz to Visit Jailed Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis
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Talking Points Memo
Michael Monks / The River City News:
Anti-Gay Christians Come to Judge Bunning's Home in Ft. Thomas
Anti-Gay Christians Come to Judge Bunning's Home in Ft. Thomas
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Raw Story, WLWT-TV and Balloon Juice
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz To Visit Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis In Jail On Tuesday
Ted Cruz To Visit Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis In Jail On Tuesday
Ron Wyden / Medium:
My Statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — The Senate has no weightier responsibility this fall than consideration of the nuclear agreement recently negotiated by the United States, key world powers, and Iran. The decision facing each Senator this week will be whether …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Cheney: Deal would allow Iran to nuke U.S.
Cheney: Deal would allow Iran to nuke U.S.
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Israel Matzav and Washington Free Beacon
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz Iran-deal decision prompts primary threat
Wasserman Schultz Iran-deal decision prompts primary threat
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, sunshinestatenews.com and Naked Politics
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Second Review Says Classified Information Was in Hillary Clinton's Email — WASHINGTON — A special intelligence review of two emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton received as secretary of state on her personal account — including one about North Korea's nuclear weapons program …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Show More Humor and Heart, Aides Say — There will be no more flip jokes about her private email server. There will be no rope lines to wall off crowds, which added to an impression of aloofness. And there will be new efforts to bring spontaneity to a candidacy that sometimes seems wooden and overly cautious.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Get ready for a second GOP debate with even more fireworks — The rapidly shifting dynamic of the 2016 presidential campaign will probably turn the second Republican debate into a far more contentious event than the first. — The month since the first debate in early August has seen …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Hillary In The Hot Seat
The Note: Hillary In The Hot Seat
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Politico and Democratic Strategist
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Joe Biden's hope-and-pray South Carolina strategy
Joe Biden's hope-and-pray South Carolina strategy
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CANNONFIRE, Guardian, RedState, Hot Air and The Hill
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
How Donald Trump rewired the 2016 campaign
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book — Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.
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ESPN:
Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart — 1h - NFL TOM BRADY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW YORK JETS PITTSBURGH STEELERS CAROLINA PANTHERS ST. LOUIS RAMS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS + more
Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Baltimore reaches $6.4 million settlement with Freddie Gray family — Baltimore officials have reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died in April from a neck injury he suffered in police custody, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement.
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Ashley Michels / FOX31 Denver:
Aurora police on alert after threatening call to 911 dispatch … AURORA, Colo. — The Aurora Police Department was on high alert Monday after a dispatch operator received an alarming and anonymous call. It is a concern for police and something the community should be aware of as well.
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Whitney Wild / KUSA-TV:
Warning for CO police after threat, shots fired
Warning for CO police after threat, shots fired
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Conservative dissent is brewing inside the Vatican — VATICAN CITY — On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City. Pristinely dressed in the black robes and scarlet sash of the princes …
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Is the West Dead Yet? — Ruins of the Colosseum in Rome (Rafael Ben-ari/Dreamstime)
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Ken Doctor / Politico:
Tribune to fire L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner — Tribune Publishing will announce Tuesday the termination of highly regarded L.A. Times publisher Austin Beutner, I've learned. — Beutner's leave-taking may be announced as a resignation. The firing is an unexpected one …
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