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Scott Walker Quits 2016 Presidential Field — ALEXANDER BURNS, PATRICK HEALY AND TRIP GABRIEL — Short of support and cash, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, saying he had been “called to lead by helping to clear the field,” announced Monday that he was suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Presidential Race — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has concluded he no longer has a path to the Republican presidential nomination and plans to drop out of the 2016 campaign, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Gov. Scott Walker quitting GOP race
Gov. Scott Walker quitting GOP race
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Jon Swaine / Guardian:
Scott Walker 2016 presidential campaign in crisis after plunge in polls
Scott Walker 2016 presidential campaign in crisis after plunge in polls
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Savanna Tomei / WKOW 27:
Walker at 0% in new national poll
Walker at 0% in new national poll
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Thoughts on a Dumb Conversation — So we are now in day four of the “Muslim” conversation started when Donald Trump didn't respond to a trollish question about Muslims at a town hall. A few thoughts. — 1. Donald Trump is probably right that he has no “moral obligation” to defend Barack Obama.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House slams Carson's ‘offensive views’ on Muslims
White House slams Carson's ‘offensive views’ on Muslims
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Des Moines Register:
Cruz: Excluding Muslims from presidency is unconstitutional
Cruz: Excluding Muslims from presidency is unconstitutional
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Despite backlash, Ben Carson is not backing down from his opposition to a Muslim president
Despite backlash, Ben Carson is not backing down from his opposition to a Muslim president
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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.
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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 …
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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Washington Post:
Secret Service chief apologizes for how group of cancer-stricken kids was treated — The head of the Secret Service apologized for how a group of children suffering from cancer and their supporters were treated after they said they were pushed out of Lafayette Square on Saturday night.
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Ashley McGuire / USA Today:
Why I love the pope, even as a conservative: Column — Pope Francis doesn't fit into America's political boxes. Neither do Catholics fit into news media narrative. — I have a confession: I'm a conservative, and I love Pope Francis. — In the lead-up to his visit this week …
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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI rejects judge's request for Clinton email info — <p>The FBI on Monday rebuffed a federal judge's request for information on the inquiry it is conducting into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email account and server, raising the question of whether the courts or Congress …
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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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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Planned Parenthood called to testify — <p>The House Oversight Committee plans to call Planned Parenthood to a hearing on the undercover videos one day before the government is due to run out of money, according to Democrats on the committee.</p><p> Democratic members are demanding that David Daleiden …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
‘Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage’
‘Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage’
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Andrew Pollack / New York Times:
A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug's Price Raises Protests — Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection.
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Todd Nickerson / Salon:
I'm a pedophile, but not a monster — I'm attracted to children but unwilling to act on it. Before judging me harshly, would you be willing to listen? — I was born without my right hand. As a child, this deformity quickly set me apart from my peers.
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Bruce Vielmetti / JSOnline:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks dies — By Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks died Monday at the court in Madison. — Crooks, 77, had announced last week he would not seek re-election at the end of his term next year.
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