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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake. I'm Sorry' — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told ABC News' David Muir that using a personal email account while Secretary of State was a “mistake” and that she is “sorry” for it. — “That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that.
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Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
I wanted you to hear this directly from me: — Yes, I should have used two email addresses, one for personal matters and one for my work at the State Department. Not doing so was a mistake. I'm sorry about it, and I take full responsibility. — It's important for you to know a few key facts.
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Set to Address ‘Skeptics’ of Iran Deal as Trump Rallies Against It — Hillary Clinton told ABC News' David Muir that the Iran nuclear agreement is the “best deal” the United States could reach, given the circumstances, and that she will be “addressing the skeptics” of it during her speech on Iran Wednesday.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee Aide Physically Blocked Cruz From Getting Into Kim Davis Money Shot — The first Republican primary is months away, but in the race to see which GOP candidate could make the most of the legal battle over a clerk in Kentucky's refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Just minutes after a judge ordered Kim Davis released from jail on Tuesday, her lawyers told CNN that she would violate a court order by forcing …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser
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New York Times:
Kim Davis, Released From Kentucky Jail, Won't Say if She Will Keep Defying Court
Kim Davis, Released From Kentucky Jail, Won't Say if She Will Keep Defying Court
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’
Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mike Huckabee offers to go to jail for Kim Davis
Mike Huckabee offers to go to jail for Kim Davis
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees — BUDAPEST — Pope Francis's message Sunday couldn't have been clearer: With hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe, Catholics across the continent had a moral duty to help by opening their churches, monasteries and homes as sanctuaries.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden road-tests 2016 message — Vice President Biden is road-testing his campaign message ahead of a possible run for the White House. — At a Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh, Biden showed off his working-class roots while calling for policies to address income inequality.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Jill's dilemma — <p>A month ago, Vice President Joe Biden was sitting in his office in the West Wing, talking to an old friend who'd come to visit.</p><p>"Jill wants me to run," he said.</p><p>Monday in Pittsburgh, when a man in a crowd of steelworkers called out to him to run, Biden called back …
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Hillary Clinton to Visit Jimmy Fallon on ‘Tonight Show’
Hillary Clinton to Visit Jimmy Fallon on ‘Tonight Show’
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Jeb Bush / Wall Street Journal:
My Tax Overhaul to Unleash 4% Growth — Three income-tax rates: 10%, 25% and 28%, plus a 20% corporate rate and immediate expensing on new investment.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Bush tax plan takes swipe at Wall Street — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush proposes scrapping a tax break prized by Wall Street, as part of a new plan that would sharply lower tax rates for both individuals and businesses. — Bush, the former Florida governor …
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Politico and Wall Street Journal
Jamie Self / The State:
EXCLUSIVE: SC GOP voters prefer Trump, Carson; most say Graham should drop out — S.C. GOP voters favor political newcomers in new Public Policy Polling survey — Only Ben Carson could beat Donald Trump in a hypothetical face-off, polls says — Eighty percent of S.C. GOP voters say U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham should drop out of race
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Henry Allen Michael / CBS Detroit:
Police: Man Finds Wife Naked In Bed With Her Dad, Gets Stabbed By Father-In-Law — PONTIAC (WWJ) - Police in Oakland County say a man was stabbed by his father-in-law after finding the 47-year-old nude in bed with his wife — the man's own daughter — and the older man is now behind bars.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
698K Native-Born Americans Lost Their Job In August: Why This Suddenly Is The Most Important Jobs Chart — After the Fed admitted over a year ago that the US unemployment rate (which in 2012 was supposed to be a rate hike “threshold” once it hit 6.5% and is now at 5.1%) …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama secures 41 votes in support of Iran deal — <p>President Barack Obama won decisively on the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. But the Senate's war over the agreement is just beginning. </p> <p>While the accord will survive Republican attempts to derail it, the Senate still faces …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Democrats have enough Senate votes to stifle Iran opposition
Democrats have enough Senate votes to stifle Iran opposition
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CNN:
First on CNN: John Kerry appoints email ‘czar’ for State Department — Clinton: I wish I had made a different choice — (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry has tapped a former career diplomat as an “email czar” to coordinate the State Department response to the myriad of document requests mostly related …
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Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Rick Perry loses South Carolina headquarter offices — (CNN)Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has shuttered his South Carolina campaign headquarters in the capital city of Columbia, his state chairman Katon Dawson confirmed Tuesday. — This comes almost a month after the Perry campaign announced …
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Nicholas Witchell / BBC:
Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning UK monarch — Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch later when she passes the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. — She will have reigned for 63 years and seven months - calculated at 23,226 days …
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Agence France-Presse:
Hungarian TV camerawoman fired for kicking fleeing migrants — Budapest (AFP) - A Hungarian TV camerawoman was fired Tuesday after footage appeared to show her kicking migrants, including children, as they ran from a police line during disturbances at Roszke, southern Hungary.
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Arwa Damon / CNN:
Frustrated migrants break through police lines in Hungary
Frustrated migrants break through police lines in Hungary
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