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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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GOP leader accidentally tells the truth about Benghazi committee — Even die-hard GOP partisans sometimes find it difficult to justify the House Republicans' Benghazi committee. The party struggled to explain why it was necessary in the first place - the deadly 2012 attack was already examined …
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Democrats doubt McCarthy can quell Republican rebellions — Congressional Democrats knew what they were getting when they battled with Speaker John Boehner, for better or worse. — With Kevin McCarthy, they'd be dealing with a virtual unknown - and top Democrats are worried about what that will mean …
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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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Clinton Camp Senses Moment to Expose Benghazi Committee
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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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Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, in Washington — ROME — 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, adding a new element to an American tour …
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Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis: What Does It Mean?
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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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Russia begins airstrikes in Syria; U.S. warns of new concerns in conflict — MOSCOW — Russian warplanes began airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday, adding an unpredictable new element to a multi-layered war that has already drawn in the United States and allies, created millions of refugees and opened room for gains by the Islamic State.
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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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The GOP still has nothing to show for its anti-Planned Parenthood campaign
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'This wasn't an abortion': CNN forces anti-Planned Parenthood group to admit Fiorina was wrong
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Democrats: The party of abortion, not the party of women
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Fake But Inaccurate — Ross Douthat asserts that Carly Fiorina …
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Poll: Donald Trump still on top as outsiders Fiorina, Carson rise — WASHINGTON — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has strengthened his lead at the top of the USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll while two other outsider candidates, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, have gained ground over rivals with electoral experience.
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Carly Fiorina's ‘Super PAC’ Aids Her Campaign, in Plain Sight
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Nationwide Poll Shows Trump, Carson & Fiorina in Top 3 GOP Spots
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Carson's ‘Tithing’ Is Sounder Than Rubio's Tax Plan
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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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Boehner secretly urged Gowdy to run for leader
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Rep Gunning For Boehner's Job Has Long History With Fringey Duggar Ministry
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Jeb Bush Got $100,000 From Washington ‘Redskins’ Owner, Says Team Name Not Offensive

Jeb Bush on Washington Redskins Team Name: 'I Don't Think It Should Change'
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Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not — You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online. — So the most surprising thing about Peeple …


CNBC Republican Debate Criteria — Candidate criteria for the October 28, 2015 CNBC Republican Debate is as follows:


Restaurant Refuses Service To Soldier For Carrying Firearm — Over the weekend, a soldier with the National Guard was told to leave his gun outside of the Nicholasville Waffle House or he wouldn't be served. The situation is now getting national attention.
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Kelly Renee Gissendaner executed by lethal injection — JACKSON, GA (WXIA) — Kelly Renee Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row, was executed at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson early Wednesday. She was the first woman to be executed in the state in the past 70 years.

Sexually Explicit Casting Contract for HBO's ‘Westworld’ Extras Has SAG-AFTRA Concerned — Fully-nude bareback riding and “genital-to-genital touching” are among the acts that background performers on the show may be tasked with at a Wednesday shoot. — Background actors — extras …
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Democrat pushes ObamaCare coverage for all immigrants — Congress's most vocal immigration reformer introduced legislation Wednesday that would extend ObamaCare to the millions of people who are in the country illegally. — Rep. Luis Gutiérrez said his bill serves both a moral and economic purpose.
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