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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Paul Ryan endorses Tom Price over Steve Scalise for House majority leader — <p>House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan is throwing his weight behind Rep. Tom Price for majority leader, a significant boost for the Georgia Republican, and a blow to Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: 69 percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood — <p>Nearly seven in 10 Americans — 69 percent — oppose shutting down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood, according to the results of a new national <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/ images/polling/us/us09282015_um96cvr.pd f" …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell pressures Senate to back spending bill — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged his colleagues Monday to support a short-term spending bill that funds Planned Parenthood ahead of a key procedural hurdle. — “It doesn't represent my first, second, third …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Liberal Feminists Ponder Friends, Foes and Carly Fiorina — When the novelist Jennifer Weiner watched the second Republican presidential debate with her two daughters on Sept. 16, she felt a sense of pride at seeing the lone woman on stage, Carly Fiorina, hold her own against Donald J. Trump.
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Under pressure: McConnell pushed to resign as Senate Majority Leader — Roger Villere, RNC vice chairman: ‘GOP brand is being damaged’
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Priscilla Alvarez / The Atlantic:
Kevin McCarthy and the Contest for House Speaker … Congressman Kevin McCarthy, the Republican from California, made his bid for speaker of the House official on Monday. — The House majority leader's decision to succeed John Boehner, who said Friday he would resign as speaker at the end of October, was widely expected.
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Peter Montgomery / The Hill:
Let's be honest about the dishonest attack on Planned Parenthood
Let's be honest about the dishonest attack on Planned Parenthood
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
John Boehner Quit Because He Was Going To Be Fired
John Boehner Quit Because He Was Going To Be Fired
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Kasich: What have Boehner critics accomplished?
Kasich: What have Boehner critics accomplished?
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Trump gets down to business on 60 Minutes — Scott Pelley interviews Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who lays out key policy details and reveals a major part of his tax proposal — The following script is from “Trump” which aired on September 27, 2015. Scott Pelley is the correspondent.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: My tax plan is ‘going to cost me a fortune’ — <p>NEW YORK — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump took to the lobby of his famed Trump Tower on Monday morning and pledged to slap himself with a huge tax hike.</p><p>" It's going to cost me a fortune, which is actually true …
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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Megyn Kelly doesn't want to talk about Donald Trump — <p>Fox News anchor and show host Megyn Kelly, who has been lambasted by presidential frontrunner Donald Trump since the first Republican national debate, said she was done talking about her feud with the candidate during a one-on-one discussion …
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Marco Rubio: Count me out of Donald Trump ‘freak show’
Marco Rubio: Count me out of Donald Trump ‘freak show’
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Arnie Seipel / NPR:
Sen. Marco Rubio: President Obama Has 'Strengthened Putin's Hand'
Sen. Marco Rubio: President Obama Has 'Strengthened Putin's Hand'
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Rubio: I Don't Want To Be A Part Of Trump's ‘Freak Show’ (AUDIO)
Rubio: I Don't Want To Be A Part Of Trump's ‘Freak Show’ (AUDIO)
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Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
Question for Hillary? Leave it below-\-\she'll be back soon to start a live Facebook Q&A on everything from health care to college affordability. — ***Thanks for joining me, Facebook. Let's do this! -H
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
A theory of how American politics is changing — Most weeks in American politics bring few surprises. But recent weeks have brought four. — First, Scott Walker, who looked to be the conservative establishment's pick for the GOP nomination, dropped out of the race.
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Govt. workers have right to refuse gay marriage licenses: pope — Pope Francis said on Monday government officials have a “human right” to refuse to discharge a duty, such as issuing marriage licenses to homosexuals, if they feel it violates their conscience.
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
NASA Confirms Signs of Water Flowing on Mars, Possible Niches for Life — Scientists have for the first time confirmed liquid water flowing on the surface of present-day Mars, a finding that will add to speculation that life, if it ever arose there, could persist now.
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Michael Pearson / CNN:
Liquid water exists on Mars, boosting hopes for life there, NASA says
Liquid water exists on Mars, boosting hopes for life there, NASA says
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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN debate criteria would allow Joe Biden to participate — (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden will be invited to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debate if he declares his intention to seek his party's nomination as late as the day of the debate, eligibility criteria released Monday by CNN shows.
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Jose A. Delreal / Washington Post:
Debate organizers to Biden: We'll keep the podium warm for you
Debate organizers to Biden: We'll keep the podium warm for you
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Carly Fiorina defends Bush-era torture and spying, calls for more transparency — Positioning herself as a steely advocate of aggressive counterterrorism programs, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina offered a vigorous defense of CIA waterboarding as a tactic that helped “keep our nation safe” in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project:
Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S., Driving Population Growth and Change Through 2065 — Views of Immigration's Impact on U.S. Society Mixed — Fifty years after passage of the landmark law that rewrote U.S. immigration policy, nearly 59 million immigrants have arrived in the United States …
Wall Street Journal:
The Jack Kemp Model for Republicans — GOP candidates in 2016 would do well to echo his message of growth, prosperity and hope. — Jack Kemp never became president, but the country desperately needs a leader like him now. When Kemp died in 2009, two themes dominated tributes to his career …
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Richard L. Hasen / Talking Points Memo:
Why The Most Urgent Civil Rights Cause Of Our Time Is The Supreme Court Itself — The future composition of the Supreme Court is the most important civil rights cause of our time. It is more important than racial justice, marriage equality, voting rights, money in politics, abortion rights, gun rights, or managing climate change.
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Matt Helms / Detroit Free Press:
‘None of your business’ Facebook post goes viral — Ann Arbor woman's plea: Stop asking the young and childless about their plans for procreation. It's insensitive. — An Ann Arbor woman's Facebook post lamenting rude questions about 20- and 30-somethings' plans to have children went viral …
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Jason MeisnerContact / Chicago Tribune:
Lawyers for Dennis Hastert in plea negotiations with prosecutors … Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is negotiating a possible guilty plea to charges he agreed to make $3.5 million in hush-money payments to cover up wrongdoing from decades ago. — The plea negotiations …
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