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Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump — Ben Carson is turning the other cheek. — The retired neurosurgeon explained his apology to Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that he was not questioning the real estate mogul's faith but rather talking about his own.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger to take over for Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO REPLACE DONALD TRUMP AS CELEBRITY APPRENTICE HOST
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The One-Man Roadshow of Donald Trump
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Showdown Between Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump Expected at Republican Debate
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Named New ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Host
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McConnell's fall mandate: Keep calm, avert catastrophe — In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader says the GOP can do big things — in 2017. Until then, his agenda is more modest. — Mitch McConnell wants his party playing the long game. — To hear the Senate majority leader tell it …
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Poll: Public wants to avoid shutdown over Planned Parenthood — A huge majority wants Congress to keep the government open, regardless of whether that means providing funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday. — The poll finds that 71 percent of adults …
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GOP: Defund Planned Parenthood even if it didn't break the law
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The GOP at war — Forget presidential politics.
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Anthony Weiner's so gross even PR flacks are disgusted by him — Anthony Weiner is so toxic that the powerhouse public-relations firm that hired him is losing top-flight talent, sources tell The Post. — Arthur Schwartz, one of the top executives at MWW, quit after the p.r. firm put …
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Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince — I'm sailing awaaaaay... Donald Trump has made a habit of criticizing the United States for allowing foreign countries to continue “eating our lunch,” a message he has pushed for nearly-thirty years.
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Poll: Sharp erosion in Clinton support among Democratic women — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be her bedrock in her bid to become the nation's first female president.
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Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever — Late-night comedy has seen a disorienting—some feared fragmenting—shuffle over the last two years as Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart gave up their chairs. But, writes David Kamp, a mix of new faces, shows, and platforms has only revitalized the format.
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What Kim Davis Is Saying Now About Marriage Licenses — Shares- — Play
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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses
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Kim Davis stands ground, offers alternative
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Why is the media more interested in Hillary's email than in Jeb's profoundly dishonest tax pitch? — The formative experience of my political life was the 2000 presidential campaign, in which the media mercilessly persecuted Al Gore over a series of trivial exaggerations and now-forgotten pseudo-scandals …
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Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’ — Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs” that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds of millions …
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Perry Gets Winnowed
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Devo Co-Founder — 9/11 Themed Wedding ... Box Cutters Anyone? — 9/11 THEMED WEDDING — ... Box Cutters Anyone? — 9/14/2015 8:16 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF — EXCLUSIVE — The co-founder of Devo and his bride hung their faces off a Twin Towers cake to celebrate their marriage with the most bizarre …


Judicial Watch: New State Department Documents Reveal Hillary Clinton Email Gap — (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released newly obtained Department of State documents showing a nearly five-month total gap in the emails former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided to return to the State Department late last year.
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The Ferguson Commission Has Released its Long-Awaited Report. Now What? — The Ferguson Commission wasn't built just to churn out a report. — Assembled by an executive order from Governor Jay Nixon, the commission's sixteen members have spent the past ten months compiling data, holding public hearings and listening to experts.
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Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis
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Inside Ethel Kennedy's cruel neglect of her troubled kids — Ethel Kennedy in 1969. — Since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 6, 1968, his widow, Ethel, has been his torchbearer. Unlike her late sister-in-law, Jackie, she never remarried, never sought a path or identity that was hers alone.


Child victims partly to blame in priest sex-abuse cases, Syracuse bishop testified — SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The victims of child-molesting priests are partly to blame for their own abuse, the bishop of Syracuse said in a sworn deposition that revealed his views on the church's sex abuse scandal.
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U.S. drops to 16th on ‘economic freedom’ list, behind Canada, Chile — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — The United States, ranked second in worldwide economic freedom as recently as 2000, has plummeted to 16th, according to a new report of world economies.
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