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Del Quentin Wilber / Bloomberg Business:
FBI Said to Recover Personal E-Mails From Hillary Clinton Server — The FBI has recovered personal and work-related e-mails from the private computer server used by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Another apparent discrepancy has arisen in what Hillary Clinton has said about her emails. — When The Des Moines Register asked her about the latest twist in the private server saga on Tuesday, she said she had no new answers. — Just before Clinton sat down for a 105-minute meeting …
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Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
State Department's account of e-mail request differs from Clinton's — Throughout the controversy over her use of a private e-mail system while she was secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton has described her decision last year to turn over thousands of work-related e-mails as a response to a routine-sounding records request.
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Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, Fox News and RedState
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
FBI refuses to cooperate in Hillary Clinton email server probe
FBI refuses to cooperate in Hillary Clinton email server probe
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Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler, Daily Mail and Politico
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats — As Hillary Clinton's ratings tumble, nearly half of those surveyed say they want the vice president in the race. — One quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way say Vice President Joe Biden is now their top choice for president.
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Political Wire, Politico, Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll — The pope rates highly across all demographics, ideologies, and age groups. — Americans love Pope Francis and his forgiveness agenda, but they're less enthusiastic about the judgments he's making …
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Politico, Consortiumnews.com, The Daily Caller, Aleteia.org, Pew Research Center and The Great Debate
Annie Karni / Politico:
Top unions put brakes on Clinton endorsement
Top unions put brakes on Clinton endorsement
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The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon
Elana Schor / Politico:
Hillary's Keystone pivot draws greens' cheers
Hillary's Keystone pivot draws greens' cheers
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Hot Air and Bloomberg Business
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Walker's campaign manager unloads — <p>Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pulled the plug on a bloated campaign that was headed into debt and was being undermined by furious donors, a warring staff and — at the root of it all — a candidate who was badly out of his league. </p><p>Prior …
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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of Scott Walker's presidential bid … Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was getting an in-depth debriefing about his campaign's finances, and the situation was grim. — In a little more than two months, his presidential bid had amassed a debt of roughly $700,000 …
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Des Moines Register, OnPolitics and JSOnline
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright is not valid, judge rules — In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold a valid copyright claim to the “Happy Birthday To You” song.
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90 — Yogi Berra, one of baseball's greatest catchers and characters, who as a player was a mainstay of 10 Yankee championship teams and as a manager led both the Yankees and Mets to the World Series — but who may be more widely known …
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NBC News:
Drug CEO Responds to Outrage Over 5,000% Hike — The pharmaceutical company boss under fire for increasing the price of the drug Daraprim by more than 5,000 percent said Tuesday he will lower the cost of the life-saving medication. — Martin Shkreli did not say what the new price would be …
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Phil Helsel / CNBC:
Turing to roll back pricing for Daraprim amid controversy
Turing to roll back pricing for Daraprim amid controversy
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
That Guy Who Is Price-Gouging AIDS Patients Also Did It to Kids with Kidney Disease
That Guy Who Is Price-Gouging AIDS Patients Also Did It to Kids with Kidney Disease
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Poisonous Obama Years — For millions of Americans, Barack Obama's ascension to the presidency absolved the United States of myriad sins. His rise to the presidency was a redemption tale for an America that had lost its way in the immediate post-9/11 years.
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Allen B. West, BarbWire.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Free Beacon
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Ilan Ben-Meir / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager: President Trump Would Admit Zero Syrian Refugees
Trump Campaign Manager: President Trump Would Admit Zero Syrian Refugees
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Hatch wonders about IRS discipline over political scrutiny — The Senate's top tax writer asked Tuesday why the IRS has cleared most employees referred for potential improper political scrutiny since the agency's Tea Party controversy erupted in 2013. — Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Colbert bests Trump — <p>Donald Trump was in no fighting mood on Tuesday night.</p><p>Rather than come out swinging, as he did at the outset of last week's Republican debate, a subdued front-runner came out nodding in his “Late Show” interview with Stephen Colbert. </p><p>Rather than engage …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner coup talk puts House GOP on edge — Growing chatter about a possible coup against Speaker John Boehner has set Capitol Hill on edge. — Talk that conservatives might use a government-funding showdown to overthrow the powerful Ohio Republican has triggered a flurry of behind …
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
College's hypocrisy on standard of evidence when it comes to accused students — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — A Vermont college was ordered to halt the expulsion of a student who was expelled for sexual assault without being given a hearing. But what the college argued in its defense was rather interesting.
Paul Colford / The Definitive Source:
An addition to AP Stylebook entry on global warming — The AP Stylebook editors today informed AP staff about a change to the entry on global warming. In addition, they described what goes into keeping the Stylebook up-to-date, including their outreach to experts.
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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
Robert De Niro Walks Out on Interview: 'I'm Not Doing It, Darling' — Actor Robert De Niro reportedly walked out of an interview with the Radio Times after reporter Emma Brockes' line of questioning made a “negative inference” about the Tribeca Film Festival.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Independent and Guardian
Maev Kennedy / Guardian:
Westminster Abbey lavatory block gives way to medieval burial find — Remains of at least 50 people, all believed to date from 11th and early 12th century, discovered during demolition work to make space for new tower — The bones of men who may have witnessed the tumultuous events of 1066 …
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Mashable and Daily Mail
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare sign-ups swell to 17.6 million — A total of 17.6 million people have gained coverage under ObamaCare, according to a revised government estimate released Tuesday. — The newest figure, which is based on national survey data, shows that 1.2 million more people had signed …
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: I Would Support A Muslim For Prez, But I Would Have Questions — Republican presidential candidate and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Tuesday that he would support a Muslim for President — but he would have some questions for that candidate. — GOP rival Ben Carson …
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Would a Muslim President Be Good on Gay Marriage?
Would a Muslim President Be Good on Gay Marriage?
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Betsy's Page, Spectator, Quartz and Hot Air