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Poll: Donald Trump surges to 32% support — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, which finds the businessman pulling well away from the rest of the GOP field.
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Paul Solotaroff / Rolling Stone:
Trump Seriously: On the Trail With the GOP's Tough Guy — “I'm owned by the people. I'm no angel, but I'm going to do right by them.” — Hey, ya made it, great to see ya!" says Donald Trump, having just stepped aboard his throne room of a plane and stopping by my seat to extend his hand. "
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump: I wasn't talking about Carly Fiorina's face — Trump insists he wasn't talking about Fiorina's looks — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Thursday that when he suggested Carly Fiorina's face would make her unelectable, he wasn't talking about her looks. — “I'm not talking about looks.
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump slams Ben Carson
Donald Trump slams Ben Carson
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NBC News:
First Read: Why John Boehner Could Lose His Job
First Read: Why John Boehner Could Lose His Job
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Donald Trump Defends Fiorina ‘Face’ Insult: 'I'm Talking About Persona'
Donald Trump Defends Fiorina ‘Face’ Insult: 'I'm Talking About Persona'
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Jindal calls Trump practically every name in the book — Bobby Jindal pulled no punches against Donald Trump on Thursday, raining down a deluge of criticisms on the current Republican leader in the polls, calling him “a narcissist,” “an egomaniac,” “non-serious,” “substance-free,” “insecure …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump fires back at Carson: ‘Who is he to question my faith?’ — Donald Trump slammed fellow 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson for questioning his faith, calling the retired neurosurgeon an “OK doctor” who was “heavy into the world of abortion.” — “Who is he to question my faith?”
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
In David vs. Goliath battle, Jindal targets Trump
In David vs. Goliath battle, Jindal targets Trump
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked — It's being called a “revolt” by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk. — More than 50 intelligence analysts working …
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Oath Keepers Send Armed Guards To Protect Kim Davis From US Marshals — The Oath Keepers, the anti-government “Patriot” group that mounted an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management at the Bundy Ranch, stationed armed guards outside of military recruitment centers after the Chattanooga shooting …
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Jason Van Tatenhove / oathkeepers.org/oktester:
Oath Keepers Offers Kim Davis Protection From Further Imprisonment by Judge
Oath Keepers Offers Kim Davis Protection From Further Imprisonment by Judge
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP scores early win in ObamaCare lawsuit — A federal district judge on Wednesday delivered a blow to the Obama administration, ruling that the House Republican lawsuit against ObamaCare can move forward. — “The Court concludes that the House has standing to pursue those constitutional claims …
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Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Oh boy. Here we go again.
Oh boy. Here we go again.
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Politico:
David Brock: The New York Times has ‘a special place in hell’ — The pro-Clinton crusader accuses former D.C. bureau chief Carolyn Ryan of helping to turn the paper into a ‘megaphone for conservative propaganda.’ — David Brock's war against the New York Times just went nuclear — and the paper is responding with equal fury.
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
ABC's David Muir nicknamed ‘Anchor Monster’ — “ABC World News Tonight” anchor David Muir is being nicknamed “Anchor Monster” by network staffers after repeatedly losing his temper with his crew over being beaten in the ratings by his rival, NBC's Lester Holt.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Brian Williams to Make MSNBC Debut on Sept. 22
Brian Williams to Make MSNBC Debut on Sept. 22
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Politico:
Bernie Sanders overtakes Hillary Clinton in Iowa — People close to Clinton's camp have recently been warning that the Vermont senator could win Iowa and New Hampshire. — Hillary Clinton's Iowa edge is gone. — Bernie Sanders leads the former secretary of state for the first time among …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Big-Name Plan B's for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton
Big-Name Plan B's for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton
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Jamie Shreeve / National Geographic:
This Face Changes the Human Story. But How? — Scientists have discovered a new species of human ancestor deep in a South African cave, adding a baffling new branch to the family tree. — Photographs by Robert Clark — A trove of bones hidden deep within a South African cave represents …
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John Noble Wilford / New York Times:
Homo Naledi, New Human Species, Is Found in South African Cave
Homo Naledi, New Human Species, Is Found in South African Cave
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Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
Officer Asked Speeding Driver Where She Was Headed — After She Told Him, the Cop Grabbed Her Hand and Did the Unexpected — Maxine Morgan admits she “wasn't really paying attention” as she sped down a Louisiana highway with her husband, Jimmy Morgan. But Bossier Parish deputy Jackie Loveless was paying attention.
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Ava / Advisories:
Chicago Sikh American Assaulted in Hate Crime Last Night — For Immediate Release — Media & Communications Director, The Sikh Coalition — Mark@sikhcoalition.org, 202-380-8489 — September 9, 2015 (Chicago, IL) - On Tuesday evening, Inderjit Singh Mukker, a Sikh American resident …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11: ‘Go Back To Your Country, Bin Laden!’
Sikh Man Beaten Before Anniversary Of 9/11: ‘Go Back To Your Country, Bin Laden!’
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Tyler Bridges / The Advocate:
Baton Rouge television reporter claims his firing connected to confrontation with U.S. Sen. David Vitter — A Baton Rouge television reporter was fired Tuesday several hours after a confrontation with U.S. Sen. David Vitter, and he claimed later that he lost his job because Vitter's gubernatorial …
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
NYPD's Bratton offers apology to James Blake, says race played no role in arrest — FILE: New York City Police Commissioner William Bill Bratton said he called former tennis player James Blake to apologize for an incident on Wednesday outside a New York hotel. (Reuters)
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
DNC chair closes door on more debates — Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is closing the door on adding more Democratic presidential debates, and said a controversial clause penalizing candidates for participating in unsanctioned debates would stand.
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: Dred Scott Decision “Remains To This Day The Law Of The Land” — The Dred Scott decision was overturned by the 14th Amendment. — While defending Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue marriage licenses out of her religious opposition to same-sex marriage …
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Genny McLaren / FOX40:
Mystery Ice Falls from Sky, Crashes Through Roof of Modesto Home — It wasn't a bird, and it wasn't a plane. It was a chunk of ice — and a big one — that fell through the roof of a Modesto home Wednesday morning. — It would almost be something to laugh at — like the story of …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz's second shutdown play rankles fellow Republicans — GOP senators say they've seen this movie already and enough's enough. — Ted Cruz says his hard-line strategy to defund Planned Parenthood and risk a government shutdown is about doing the “right thing” and following through on Republicans' vows to conservative voters.
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