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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Carson doubles down on no Muslims in the White House — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson is standing by his view that a Muslim should not be president of the United States, telling The Hill in an interview on Sunday that whoever takes the White House should be “sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran.”
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Cruz: Excluding Muslims from presidency is unconstitutional — It would be unconstitutional to disqualify a Muslim from the presidency because of religion, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Sunday. — “You know, the Constitution specifies there shall be no religious test …
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NBC News:
Ben Carson's Campaign Responds to Outrage Over Comments on Islam — Amid calls from a national Muslim civil liberties group that Ben Carson should withdraw from the race after his comments on Islam in America, a top campaign official said Carson will likely reach out to members of the Muslim community.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Carson will not apologize for Muslim remark
Carson will not apologize for Muslim remark
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Talking Points Memo and Scared Monkeys
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders knocks Ben Carson for saying he wouldn't support a Muslim president
Bernie Sanders knocks Ben Carson for saying he wouldn't support a Muslim president
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Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, Slantpoint and Mediaite
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Ben Carson: U.S. shouldn't elect a Muslim president
Ben Carson: U.S. shouldn't elect a Muslim president
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RedState, BREITBART.COM, Slantpoint and Pamela Geller
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Poll: Clinton's lead over Sanders grows — If Joe Biden doesn't enter the race, Clinton's lead would grow to nearly 2-to-1 over Bernie Sanders — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential primary race has grown — and if Vice President Joe Biden decides to stay …
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edwardklein.com:
OBAMA READY TO ENDORSE BIDEN—WITH CONDITIONS — The talk in Democratic Party circles is that Barack Obama has told Joe Biden that he is prepared to endorse him for president if, in return, Biden promises to let Obama have a final say in the choice of his vice presidential running mate.
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Democrats have a growing debate problem on their hands
Democrats have a growing debate problem on their hands
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Political Split Awaits Pope Francis on Eve of U.S. Visit — WASHINGTON — Pope Francis will arrive at a military base outside the capital on Tuesday afternoon to open his first visit to the United States, and President Obama will be there to welcome him. It is a gesture the president …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP braces for Pope Francis — The pope has become a political football. — Republicans want to use Pope Francis's visit to Congress this week — the first-ever by a pontiff — to highlight their opposition to abortion rights. — Democrats, meanwhile, hope the pope will lend new momentum …
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NBC News:
The Trump Effect: GOP Rhetoric Turns Toxic as Race Heats Up
The Trump Effect: GOP Rhetoric Turns Toxic as Race Heats Up
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Washington Monthly, New York Magazine, CNN and Fox News Insider
Melinda Henneberger / Bloomberg Business:
Pope Francis' Political Critics Are Missing Something Fundamental
Pope Francis' Political Critics Are Missing Something Fundamental
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Politico
Confidential / New York Daily News:
Susan Sarandon worries Pope Francis will be assassinated during New York visit
Susan Sarandon worries Pope Francis will be assassinated during New York visit
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Raw Story
Daily Mail:
David Cameron's debauchery laid bare in Lord Ashcroft's book Call Me Dave — Today we lift the lid on the extraordinary feud between David Cameron (left) and a billionaire Tory donor that has triggered the most explosive political biography of the decade. In the dynamite book …
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Daily Mail:
Drugs, debauchery and the making of an extraordinary Prime Minister: For years rumours have dogged him. Now, the truth about the shockingly decadent Oxford days of the gifted Bullingdon boy — The door was always shut, but anyone walking past might have caught a whiff of the sweet musky smell …
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Guardian, Mashable and Boing Boing
Bobby Doherty / New York Magazine:
Far from destroying our democracy, he's exposing all its phoniness and corruption in ways as serious as he is not. And changing it in the process. — As the summer of Donald Trump came to its end — and the prospect of a springtime for Trump no longer seemed like a gag …
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies' Abuse of Boys — KABUL, Afghanistan — In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker Mounts a Last Stand in Iowa — It's been a thrilling—and harrowing—roller coaster ride for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. — First, the Republican presidential candidate suddenly rose and broke from the pack with a well-received speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit in January …
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Fredrick Kunkle / Washington Post:
Cancer-stricken children, parents ejected from park near White House — The U.S. Secret Service ordered hundreds of parents and their cancer-stricken children out of Lafayette Square on Saturday night, barricading the park for at least two hours and disrupting the group's plans for a candlelight vigil …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Brother of pro wrestler Kurt Angle charged with homicide after wife found dead in Dormont home — On a well-groomed Dormont hillside Sunday, stunned neighbors struggled to grasp the news that one of their friends stood accused of killing his wife hours earlier in the home they had lived in for decades.
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