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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 Set to Address ‘Skeptics’ of Iran Deal as Trump Rallies Against It
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Citing Her ‘Mistake,’ Apologizes for Private Email
Hillary Clinton, Citing Her ‘Mistake,’ Apologizes for Private Email
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser — During Fox News' live coverage of Kentucky clerk Kim Davis' release from prison, anchor Shepard Smith suddenly spoke over the press conference to chastise Davis and those who supported her decision to refuse to issue gay marriage licenses.
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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 …
Lawrence M. Krauss / New Yorker:
All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists
All Scientists Should Be Militant Atheists
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail
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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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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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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Why does Germany want so many refugees? — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany will take 800,000 refugees this year and 500,000 annually over the next several years. Merkel no doubt will receive acclaim for humanitarianism, while nations that balk at taking refugees will be denounced.
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Pankaj Mishra / Bloomberg View:
A Nation of Refugees Opens Its Doors — “Europe's biggest migration emergency since the Second World War” — that's how most British newspapers described a massive influx of Syrian refugees last week. The accompanying stories criticized the callous response of political classes in the U.K. and Eastern Europe to the unfolding tragedy.
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees
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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.
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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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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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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Glenn Beck:
Will Rep. Louie Gohmert exit over the Iran deal? — On radio Tuesday, Glenn told listeners about an email he received from Rep. Louie Gohmert, announcing what he would do if the House and Senate continue to treat the Iran treaty as a treaty. In the email, Gohmert said he'd be willing …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Software pioneer McAfee files paperwork to run for president — The antivirus software pioneer John McAfee on Tuesday filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president. — The paperwork was confirmed as authentic by Kyle Sandler, who is identified …
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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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Noah Davis / The Awl:
If You Don't Click on This Story, I Don't Get Paid — Over the course of the last three months, I have interviewed more than twenty writers, editors, media people, and journalism professors about the state of being a freelance writer in 2015. The general consensus is that it's the best …
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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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