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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
In meeting with nuns, Pope Francis makes quiet protest of Obamacare — WASHINGTON — Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop to visit the Little Sisters of the Poor Wednesday, a move that Vatican officials said was intended to send a message of support in the nuns' battle against Obamacare.
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Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Pope Francis addresses Congress: Read the full remarks — Pope Francis became the first pontiff to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday. Here is the text of his remarks, as prepared for delivery: — Mr. Vice-President, — Mr. Speaker, — Honorable Members of Congress, Dear Friends,
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Cruz takes exception to pope on death penalty
Cruz takes exception to pope on death penalty
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Transcript: Read the Speech Pope Francis Gave to Congress
Transcript: Read the Speech Pope Francis Gave to Congress
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The pope name-dropped a radical Catholic activist, and Bernie Sanders couldn't be happier
The pope name-dropped a radical Catholic activist, and Bernie Sanders couldn't be happier
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Pope Francis exhorts Congress to act on refugees, immigration
Pope Francis exhorts Congress to act on refugees, immigration
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Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Pope Francis Lines That Got the Most Applause in Historic Speech
Pope Francis Lines That Got the Most Applause in Historic Speech
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Marco Rubio: Trump Is A “Touchy And Insecure” Guy Who's Not Informed On The Issues — “He had a really bad debate performance last week.” — Sean Rayford / Getty Images — Marco Rubio struck back at Donald Trump on Thursday, labeling Trump as a “touchy and insecure guy” who's not informed on the issues.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
A Day of Empty Seats and Donald Trump in Full Attack — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Donald J. Trump was never exactly a happy warrior, but with some of his Republican rivals gaining on him, he is showing clear signs of discontent. — Appearing here on Wednesday afternoon at what was billed …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump momentum shows signs of stalling — <p>The summer of Trump is over, and rival campaigns are latching onto glimmers of hope that autumn will be the season of the billionaire businessman's decline.</p><p>After faltering in last week's debate, Donald Trump showed signs that the campaign grind has taken its toll.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate rejects effort to strip funding from Planned Parenthood — The Senate on Thursday rejected a short-term spending bill that would defund Planned Parenthood, thwarting the opening move by Republican leaders to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1. — Senators voted 47-52 on ending debate …
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Stan Collender / Forbes:
4 New Questions That Will Determine A Government Shutdown
4 New Questions That Will Determine A Government Shutdown
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems on GOP coup: Republicans need to fix their own problems
Dems on GOP coup: Republicans need to fix their own problems
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Gary Emerling / Associated Press:
Pope Francis Just Echoed Obama's ‘Offensive’ Prayer Breakfast Remarks — The pontiff said all religions are susceptible to extremism and violence, just like Obama said in February. — While delivering the first address from a pontiff to a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday …
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why Pope Francis Sounds Like a Democrat
Why Pope Francis Sounds Like a Democrat
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Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
A Politicized Pope — The battlegrounds of secular politics …
A Politicized Pope — The battlegrounds of secular politics …
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WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Mother says she found special needs son wearing trash bag in classroom — Share Update: … CHICAGO — The mother of a CPS special needs child wants answers after she found her son wearing a trash bag when she visited his kindergarten classroom. — 5-year-old Lloyd lives with epilepsy and is non-verbal.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Who's “the Party” That “Decides?” — Regular readers know I enjoy expressing irreverent thoughts about The Party Decides, the 2008 tome by political scientists Marty Cohen, David Karol, Hans Noel, and John Zaller that is often quoted like Holy Writ by academicians and even some journalists …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton sits for interview with Lena Dunham — <p>In an effort to reach out to millennial women voters, Hillary Clinton will appear in an interview opposite <i>Girls</i> star Lena Dunham, set to post online Tuesday, POLITICO has learned. The already-taped segment …
Chris Pleasance For / Daily Mail:
Controversial South Park episode shows Donald Trump being raped and murdered: Show attacks tycoon's run for President, his immigration policies and then kills him off in shocking final scene — But when Canada beats him to it, he travels into the country before carrying out his sick rape threat on Trump himself
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump wants the FCC to fine a critical Fox News pundit
Donald Trump wants the FCC to fine a critical Fox News pundit
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Dirk Standen / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Kanye West Talks Yeezy Season 2, Presidential Run, and Sweatshirts — Outside the Mercer hotel at 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 16, the scene was chaos, with squads of paparazzi and camera-phone-wielding fans tumbling into the cobbled SoHo streets.
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New York Times:
Hajj Stampede Near Mecca Leaves Over 700 Dead — BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 717 people were killed and 863 injured in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday morning. — The deaths — at an intersection in Mina, about six miles east of the city — occurred around 9 a.m …
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Chris Moody / CNN:
Fiorina's long-held support for mandatory health insurance — From 2013: Carly Fiorina agrees with parts of Obamacare — (CNN)Carly Fiorina, who has joined other leading Republican presidential candidates in denouncing Obamacare, once backed an individual mandate to buy health insurance …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Investigations Into Islamic State Intel Scandal Expand — There are now multiple investigations inside the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill into whether senior intelligence officers at U.S. Central Command altered intelligence assessments of the U.S. war against the Islamic State.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Vitter Badly Damaged; Highly Vulnerable in Runoff Election — A new national Public Policy Polling survey of Louisiana voters finds that David Vitter has seen a large decline in his popularity over the last year, and that while he's still favored to make the runoff for Governor he is in a bad position …
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KING-TV:
Last Slide — SEATTLE - Two people were killed and nine were in critical condition after a charter bus and a Ride The Ducks tour vehicle collided on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle Thursday morning. — Twelve people were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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