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New York Times:
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Scott Walker's own limitations did him in — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — It's easy to say Scott Walker dropped out of the Republican presidential race because he ran out of money. But he ran out of money because of his own limitations as a candidate — limitations that have been in plain sight for quite a while.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
How Scott Walker became an asterisk — <p>Before there was Donald Trump or Ben Carson or Carly Fiorina, there was Scott Walker — a defiant outsider who portrayed himself as the regular-guy champion of the GOP's burn-the-Beltway base.</p><p>After a promising start last winter …
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Political Wire, Bloomberg Business, WMUR, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Associated Press
Mary Spicuzza / JSOnline:
Jeb Bush gains support of Richard Graber, longtime Wisconsin GOP leader
Jeb Bush gains support of Richard Graber, longtime Wisconsin GOP leader
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Fox News and Weekly Standard
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump destroyed Scott Walker's presidential chances
How Donald Trump destroyed Scott Walker's presidential chances
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NBC News, Political Wire, BarbWire.com and Shakesville
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker Drops Out Of The Republican Primary Race
Scott Walker Drops Out Of The Republican Primary Race
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Hit & Run and Business Insider
Brian Mahoney / Politico:
Labor tap-dances on Walker's political grave
Labor tap-dances on Walker's political grave
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Hot Air and Bloomberg Business
New York Times:
Scott Walker Ends His 2016 Presidential Run
Scott Walker Ends His 2016 Presidential Run
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Union-Buster Scott Walker Goes Bust
Union-Buster Scott Walker Goes Bust
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Politico, BREITBART.COM and Bloomberg View
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Walker quits after blowing through campaign cash
Walker quits after blowing through campaign cash
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FiveThirtyEight and Hit & Run
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Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:
I wanted to get back to answering questions tonight sent in by you guys. Remember, you can send in your questions via email by sending it to AskBen@BenCarson.com. — Before I get started, I wanted to thank the hundreds of thousands of you that sent birthday greetings. I was touched and deeply appreciative.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly and CNN
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP wants budget talks with Obama — not Pelosi and Reid — Republicans want President Obama as a negotiating partner when it comes to budget talks, something Democrats are determined to avoid. — With a little more than a week to prevent a government shutdown, the GOP thinks the talks …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Senate Democrats to Unveil Climate Change Bill — WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday plan to unveil a measure intended to signal their full-throated support of President Obama's aggressive climate change agenda to 2016 voters and to the rest of the world.
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Slantpoint
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
A kid, a clock, and the death of ‘See something, say something’ — Last week, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed by police at his Irving, Texas, high school after a teacher suspected a science project he brought to class — a homemade clock — could have been a bomb.
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Avi Selk / Irving Blog:
Family: Ahmed withdraws from Irving ISD, eyes trips to United Nations and Mecca — Ahmed Mohamed and his family spoke with the media about the homemade clock he built, being suspended from MacArthur High School and accepting an invitation to the White House during a press conference at his house on September 16.
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Associated Press and Raw Story
CNNMoney:
Volkswagen scandal widens: $7.3 billion cost, 11 million cars — Volkswagen said Tuesday it was forced to set aside $7.3 billion to cover the cost of a rapidly widening scandal over its emissions technology — adding that the problem could be vastly greater than previously believed.
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CBS Denver:
Advocacy Group: Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led To ‘Epidemic’ For Colorado Kids — DENVER (CBS4) - The results of a new study about the impact of Colorado's marijuana legalization is raising troubling questions for parents. The study cites a significant increase in marijuana-related traffic deaths …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
US sees ‘surprising’ spike in border crossings — The United States saw a spike last month in the number of unaccompanied minors and families illegally crossing the southern border, the White House said Monday. — “We have seen, just in the last month, in the month of August, a surprising uptick …
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CNN, Washington Free Beacon and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Biden insiders feel Clinton stalking — <p>Joe Biden isn't running for president yet, but Hillary Clinton's already running against him.</p><p>Clinton and her aides have their line—the vice president deserves the time and space to decide, they repeat over and over and over …
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Speeds Up Electric-Car Work — Consumer-Electronics Maker Aims to Finalize First Vehicle in 2019 — Apple Inc. is accelerating efforts to build an electric car, designating it internally as a “committed project” and setting a target ship date for 2019, according to people familiar with the matter.
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New York Post:
Hillary's latest excuse: ‘There is no evidence’ — Months into her e-mail scandal, Hillary Clinton is still trying to get away with lines like, “There's no evidence of that.” Oh, and answering questions with laughter. — No wonder she keeps falling in the polls — behind …
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The PJ Tatler
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