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Hillary Clinton says she does not support Trans-Pacific Partnership — Just days after the U.S. and 11 nations released a monumental trade deal that still faces a fight in Congress, Hillary Clinton says she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Speaking with Judy Woodruff Wednesday …
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Sanders gets his first congressional endorsement — At long last, Bernie Sanders has his first congressional backer. — Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva is set to endorse the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate later this week, a person familiar with the congressman's plans confirmed to POLITICO on Wednesday morning.
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Bernie Sanders gaining on Hillary Clinton in California
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bill Clinton denies calling up Trump and asking him to run
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
For Biden, Easing Hillary Clinton's Grip on Minority Voters Could Be Tricky
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
How John Boehner could stay Speaker — Speaker John Boehner, who plans to leave office a day before Halloween, told a group of Republican colleagues last week he had an awful nightmare. — “I had this terrible nightmare last night that I was trying to get out and I couldn't get out,” …
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Shut Down the Benghazi Committee
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Reuters:
McCarthy seen short of full majority in House speaker race
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Rep. Jones calls for candidates with ‘misdeeds’ to withdraw from leadership race
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Boehner gets McCarthy's back on Benghazi comments
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Gowdy: McCarthy's Apology For Benghazi Remark 'Doesn't Fix It'
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Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Bystander opens fire on shoplifter at Home Depot — A concealed-carry license holder is now cooperating with police after she opened fire on a shoplifter who was fleeing a Home Depot on Tuesday afternoon, Auburn Hills Police said. — The shooting happened in the store's parking lot at around 2 p.m. …
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Mike Martindale / Detroit News:
Customer fires at Auburn Hills shoplifting suspects — Auburn Hills — Police responding to a “shots fired” call at a Home Depot store said a customer apparently tried to stop a shoplifter by firing at a fleeing vehicle. — The incident occurred at 2 p.m. at the store on Joslyn, according to a police press release.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Donald Trump plots his second act — NEW YORK — After a summer of dominating the Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump is moving into a new and uncertain phase that the billionaire businessman acknowledges will be more challenging than any project he has ever undertaken …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Axelrod: Pro-Biden group's ad ‘tasteless’ — David Axelrod on Wednesday panned the first television ad from a group urging Vice President Biden to jump into the 2016 presidential race, describing it as “tasteless.” — The Draft Biden super-PAC's emotional ad uses audio of Biden talking …
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
First on CNN: Passionate Vice President Joe Biden slams GOP 2016ers at Latino voting event
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Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Why you shouldn't be surprised that prisoners crushed Harvard's debate team — Last month, a debate team of three inmates with violent criminal records defeated a team of three Harvard University undergraduates. — It sounds like an underdog story plucked from the pages …
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President Obama Apologizes to Doctors Without Borders Following Kunduz Airstrike — President Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the airstrike that killed at least 22 people last weekend, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced today.
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DraftKings Statement - 10/7/2015 — As a leader in the Daily Fantasy Sports industry, we take the trust of our community very seriously and remain fiercely committed to the integrity of DraftKings' Daily Fantasy Sports product. — Effective immediately, DraftKings employees …
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Statement to Our Users — Media reports yesterday raised …
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Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Times:
The Passion of Nicki Minaj … Pop music is dominated almost exclusively by the female star — Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and, as always, Madonna. Engaging in a frantic, complex game — crossing over many genres to keep up with the current caldron of hip-hop …
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Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Tennessee's First Year Of Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Didn't Go Very Well — Tennessee's first year of drug testing welfare recipients uncovered drug use by less than 0.2 percent of all applicants for the state's public assistance system. — The state implemented the testing regime …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Gallup gives up the horse race — <p>Gallup has been the country's gold standard for horse-race election polling ever since its legendary founder, George Gallup, predicted Franklin Roosevelt's landslide reelection in 1936.</p><p>But after a bruising 2012 cycle, in which its polls were farther off …
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
When Cruz Makes His Move, Watch Out — The Texas senator may look like an also-ran, but he's a legit contender. — Where's Ted Cruz? The outspoken Texas senator has been unusually quiet in recent weeks. But in GOP circles, there's soft but growing chatter that he is likely …
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Dothan Police Arrest Commissioner Amos Newsome. … Headlines List — DOTHAN, AL — Dothan Police have arrested City Commissioner Amos Newsome on a third degree assault charge, which is a misdemeanor. The arrest comes after Newsome physically assaulted WTVY reporter Ken Curtis after Tuesday's commission meeting.
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Carson doubles down on his imagined heroism — Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson commented yesterday on last week's mass-shooting in Oregon, subtly criticizing the victims of the mass murder for failing to respond to the crisis the way he imagines he would have.
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Chris Buckley / New York Times:
Once Seed Was Planted, Chinese Headwear Fad Grew Like Weeds — BEIJING — When Mao stirred China with a call to let a hundred flowers bloom, he surely never imagined anything as frivolous as this. — Across China, grown-ups are sporting plastic decorations on their heads in the shape of vegetables, fruit and flowers.
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
For decades, the government steered millions away from whole milk. Was that wrong? — U.S. dietary guidelines have long recommended that people steer clear of whole milk, and for decades, Americans have obeyed. Whole milk sales shrunk. It was banned from school lunch programs.
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Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:
Nets Hype Muslims Targeted in Chapel Hill Shootings 12 Times More Than Christians in Oregon — Share it Tweet it — It's newsworthy when people of faith are killed by a gunman — except when they are Christian. The broadcast networks made that clear by the difference between …
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Ted Cruz Repeatedly Grills Sierra Club President With One Simple Question — Watch the Answer He Gets — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) repeatedly grilled Sierra Club President Aaron Mair Tuesday, asking whether his organization would issue a formal retraction if evidence contrary to his global warming testimony …
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