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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.
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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Huckabee rips Obama as ‘most anti-Christian’ president ever
Huckabee rips Obama as ‘most anti-Christian’ president ever
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Francis in America: Pope Francis, at White House, Praises Obama's Action on Climate Change
Francis in America: Pope Francis, at White House, Praises Obama's Action on Climate Change
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Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Poisonous Obama Years
The Poisonous Obama Years
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Pope's Prepared Speech At The White House
READ: Pope's Prepared Speech At The White House
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Kate Milani / Wall Street Journal:
Pope Francis' Prepared Remarks at the White House
Pope Francis' Prepared Remarks at the White House
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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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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Poll: Marco Rubio pulls ahead of Jeb Bush in Florida; Hillary Clinton in trouble
Poll: Marco Rubio pulls ahead of Jeb Bush in Florida; Hillary Clinton in trouble
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
Rubio Benefits From Walker Exit
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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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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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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.
New York Post:
‘Call off your f- -king dogs!’ Hillary rages to Obama — An enraged Hillary Rodham Clinton blew up at President Obama, demanding he “call off your f-king dogs” looking into her emails during a tense Oval Office meeting, according to a new book. — The book, “Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary …
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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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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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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David Brody / The Brody File:
Brody File Video Exclusive: Donald Trump Exclaims, “God Is The Ultimate!” — The Brody File continues to roll out a few more clips from our exclusive golf course interview with Donald Trump that was done last week on his beautiful golf course in Southern California.
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Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Office of Personnel Mgmt: 5.6M estimated to have fingerprints stolen in breach — More than 21 million affected by OPM hack — Millions more Americans were hit by the government personnel data hack than originally thought. — The Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
OPM underestimated number of fingerprints stolen in hack by millions
OPM underestimated number of fingerprints stolen in hack by millions
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Johnathan Manning / KPLC-TV:
Naked jogging couple leaves 1-year-old alone on beach — A 20-month-old girl was found alone on Holly Beach Tuesday morning, Cameron Parish Sheriff Ron Johnson said. The parents were located hours later jogging naked down the beach. — The Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office received a report …
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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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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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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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