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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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Investigators Find Emails Hillary Clinton Said Were Erased — WASHINGTON — F.B.I. investigators have recovered work-related and personal emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton said had been deleted from the server that housed the personal account she used exclusively when she was secretary of state, according to two government officials.
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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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Washington Post, Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon


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.


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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America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
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Poll: Marco Rubio pulls ahead of Jeb Bush in Florida; Hillary Clinton in trouble
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Obama to skip Clinton summit
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Bloomberg Business and Talking Points Memo

Top unions put brakes on Clinton endorsement
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The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon

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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Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
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Trump still leads Iowa; Clinton in good shape
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Daily Mail, Hullabaloo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos


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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The Poisonous Obama Years
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Trump Campaign Manager: President Trump Would Admit Zero Syrian Refugees
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Hullabaloo


‘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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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 …
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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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Turing to roll back pricing for Daraprim amid controversy
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That Guy Who Is Price-Gouging AIDS Patients Also Did It to Kids with Kidney Disease
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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 …


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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McConnell fast-tracks bill to freeze Planned Parenthood funding — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday fast-tracked a bill that would block federal funding for Planned Parenthood. — The Republican leader finished the fast-track process, which was started on Monday night …
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Daily Kos and Red Alert Politics


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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Irving Mayor: Ahmed Mohamed's Family Blocking Release of Records; Obama Tweeted Support Even Before “Clock” Pic Released — Last night, Irving Texas Mayor Beth Van Duyne revealed that the family of Ahmed Mohammed has repeatedly refused to meet with city officials, refused …
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14 year-old kid makes Obama his dupe
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Shrill rhetoric in the GOP primary race could come back to haunt the party — It wasn't so long ago that Republicans were congratulating themselves for having put forward the most diverse group of presidential candidates from either political party, ever. — But the message Americans …
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