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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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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.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
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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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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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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Kate Milani / Wall Street Journal:
Pope Francis' Prepared Remarks at the White House — Pope Francis arrived at the White House on Wednesday morning, greeted by President Barack Obama and about 15,000 people stretched across the South Lawn, to deliver his first address since he arrived in the U.S. on Tuesday for a six-day visit.
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Poisonous Obama Years
The Poisonous Obama Years
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Elizabeth Dias / TIME:
Pope Francis: I Am Not a Liberal
Pope Francis: I Am Not a Liberal
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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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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
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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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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
'It's Criminal': Congressman Wants ‘Pharma Bro’ To Testify Under Oath — Is the “Pharma bro” coming to Congress? He will if Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) gets his way. — Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, has requested a hearing next week …
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Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
Company Will Lower Drug Price After Critics Called 4,000% Hike ‘Unjustifiable’
Company Will Lower Drug Price After Critics Called 4,000% Hike ‘Unjustifiable’
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NBC News:
Drug CEO Responds to Outrage Over 5,000% Hike
Drug CEO Responds to Outrage Over 5,000% Hike
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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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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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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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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 …
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Matthew Farwell / RSS_Feeds:
Exclusive: Serial Podcast Eyes Bowe Bergdahl for Upcoming Season — Soldiers who served with the ex-POW in Afghanistan tell Maxim they have been interviewed by Serial host Sarah Koenig. — Google Plus — Serial fans, you heard it here first: according to several anonymous sources …
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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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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 …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
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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NBC News:
Hillary Clinton: I Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline — After months of declining to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she opposes the construction of the project. — “I think it is imperative that we look at the Keystone XL pipeline …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama to skip Clinton summit
Obama to skip Clinton summit
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