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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Boehner's likely successor credits Benghazi committee for lowering Hillary Clinton's poll numbers — Sean Hannity was pushing hard, asking House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to name some promises his Republicans had actually delivered on. He scoffed when McCarthy said the party …
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Boehner secretly urged Gowdy to run for leader — The previously undisclosed meeting reveals new behind-the-scenes involvement by the exiting speaker. — Speaker John Boehner secretly met with Rep. Trey Gowdy Tuesday to encourage him to jump into the race for House majority leader …
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
Lawmaker: Trey Gowdy to leave the House after 2016 — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Rep. John Fleming, R-La., said Wednesday morning that Tea Party favorite Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., won't run for a fourth term, and instead plans to retire at the end of the current Congress to return to his home state.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker Favorite, Under Fire for Benghazi Comment — WASHINGTON — As Speaker John A. Boehner set leadership elections for the House of Representatives next week, the top candidate to replace him found himself under a harsh glare for comments he made suggesting …
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Lauren French / Politico:
Democrats doubt McCarthy can quell Republican rebellions
Democrats doubt McCarthy can quell Republican rebellions
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Leader Takes Pride In Benghazi Committee Hurting Hillary's Poll Numbers
GOP Leader Takes Pride In Benghazi Committee Hurting Hillary's Poll Numbers
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Sarah Posner / Talking Points Memo:
Rep Gunning For Boehner's Job Has Long History With Fringey Duggar Ministry
Rep Gunning For Boehner's Job Has Long History With Fringey Duggar Ministry
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, Met Pope Francis — Pope Francis met privately in Washington last week with Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, a Vatican spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.
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lc.org:
Pope Francis Met Privately With Kim Davis and Encouraged Her to “Stay Strong”
Pope Francis Met Privately With Kim Davis and Encouraged Her to “Stay Strong”
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis: What Does It Mean?
Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis: What Does It Mean?
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John L. Allen Jr / Crux:
What it means that Pope Francis met Kim Davis
What it means that Pope Francis met Kim Davis
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Jay Olstad / KARE-TV:
Guest gets bill after not showing up to wedding — Wedding guests billed for missed meals — GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - It was a couple weeks ago, Jessica Baker was getting ready to go to a wedding with her husband when she got a call from her mom. — “She called at the last minute …
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Ana Marie Cox / The Daily Beast:
Car-Lying: Carly Fiorina Lies Like a Boss — The surging GOP presidential contender's meaningless specifics are a marketing ploy, not a policy. — The Central Intelligence Agency has some tips for spotting liars. Unfortunately, most of them also sound like stage directions for a GOP primary candidate: “Failing to answer.”
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Suffolk University:
Nationwide Poll Shows Trump, Carson & Fiorina in Top 3 GOP Spots — A Suffolk University/USA TODAY national poll of likely voters shows businessman Donald Trump as the choice of 23 percent of those expecting to vote in the GOP primaries, but his favorability was low at 27 percent.
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USA Today:
Poll: Donald Trump still on top as outsiders Fiorina, Carson rise
Poll: Donald Trump still on top as outsiders Fiorina, Carson rise
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Carly Fiorina's ‘Super PAC’ Aids Her Campaign, in Plain Sight
Carly Fiorina's ‘Super PAC’ Aids Her Campaign, in Plain Sight
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Fox News:
Russians tell US to remove warplanes from Syria, senior official says — EXCLUSIVE: Russian officials have demanded that American warplanes exit Syrian airspace immediately, a senior U.S. official told Fox News early Wendesday. — The official told Fox News that Russian diplomats sent …
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‘They are ready’ — Russian airstrikes in Syria could happen …
‘They are ready’ — Russian airstrikes in Syria could happen …
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Washington Post:
Russia begins airstrikes in Syria; U.S. warns of new concerns in conflict
Russia begins airstrikes in Syria; U.S. warns of new concerns in conflict
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russian Pilots Launch First Airstrikes in Syria, Officials Say
Russian Pilots Launch First Airstrikes in Syria, Officials Say
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Indianapolis Star:
Last Slide — Rep. Jud McMillin, a rising star in the state's Republican Party, abruptly resigned Tuesday. — The Indianapolis Star has learned that the surprise resignation came after a sexually explicit video was sent via text message from McMillin's cell phone.
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Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Top Indiana Repub quits after sexually-explicit video is sent from his ‘stolen’ cell phone
Top Indiana Repub quits after sexually-explicit video is sent from his ‘stolen’ cell phone
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Fox 59:
Kentucky Waffle House refuses service to soldier in uniform … A social media post about an armed soldier who was refused service at a Kentucky restaurant is going viral. — According to WLEX, Billy Welch is an Army National Guard soldier. Welch says he always keeps his gun holstered to his side for safety reasons.
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Jeb Bush on Washington Redskins Team Name: 'I Don't Think It Should Change' — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is siding with the Washington Redskins' right to keep the team's name, despite protests from Native American groups and pressure from Congress to force a change.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bush on Redskins: 'I don't find it offensive'
Bush on Redskins: 'I don't find it offensive'
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Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA:
Current Findings — For methodological questions please read the full Methodology Statement — ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Two-thirds of South Carolina residents surveyed in the latest Winthrop Poll thought the S.C. Legislature made the right decision this summer to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds.
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John Hammontree / al.com:
Should this new Southern flag replace the Confederate battle flag?
Should this new Southern flag replace the Confederate battle flag?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a funding bill that would avert a government shutdown and fund federal agencies through Dec. 11. — The measure, which also provides emergency funding to fight wildfires …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Paul on Cruz: He's pretty much done for in the Senate
Paul on Cruz: He's pretty much done for in the Senate
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Sanders Campaign Says It's Hit One Million Online Contributions — With hours to go before the third quarter campaign finance filing deadline, the campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said it reached its goal of one million individual online contributions.
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Michael Gartland / New York Post:
City Council honors Ethel Rosenberg for ‘great bravery’ — City Council member Mark Levine, City Council member Daniel Dromm, Robert Meeropol, Michael Meeropol and Gail Brewer on the steps of City Hall. — Ethel Rosenberg, who was executed with her husband for treason in 1953 …
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People.com:
At Home with Donald Trump and His Family — Sitting down for an interview with PEOPLE in his office at Trump Tower, Donald Trump is charming, candid (he answered any question posed to him) - and very confident. — “When you see you're number one in every poll that makes any criticism go away very quickly,” he says.
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