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The Biden Eclipse and the Trump Plateau — Mrs. Clinton pre-empts her biggest challenge as Republicans consider their alternatives. — Something big happened at the Democratic debate. It didn't have to do with Hillary Clinton besting Bernie Sanders or Jim Webb.
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NBC Online Poll: Clinton Wins Debate, Re-energizes Core Backers — Hillary Clinton's performance in Tuesday night's debate resonated strongly among members of her party, with more than half—56%—saying she won the debate. Just 3% of Democrats who watched or followed coverage of the debate …


Poll finds Clinton, Sanders in dead heat in N.H.
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Why The Fight Between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio Is Getting Ugly
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We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign
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APNewsBreak: Top Biden aide lays out potential 2016 platform
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Trump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush's watch — <p>Donald Trump slammed former President George W. Bush for the 9/11 attacks happening "during his reign" in an interview aired Friday, prompting a strong rebuke from a certain GOP presidential rival.</p><p>Asked by Bloomberg's Stephanie Ruhle …
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Donald Trump on Yellen, Clinton, Sanders, and Taxes — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat down with Bloomberg ‹GO› anchor Stephanie Ruhle at the Trump Towers in midtown Manhattan on Thursday. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11: ‘Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time’ — Trump said New York's twin towers ‘came down during his reign’ as he tried to paint himself as ‘much more competent’ than other politicians — Donald Trump took an unprovoked slap …
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Trump Hits W: ‘The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign’ (VIDEO)
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EXCLUSIVE: Malia, The Only Cool Obama, Plays Beer Pong During College Visit [PHOTOS] — Malia Obama was visiting Brown University in Rhode Island for a campus tour last weekend, and while she was there, the 17-year-old finally proved that there's at least one cool person in the Obama family.
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RNC Chief Priebus: Republican Party “Cooked” If We Lose 2016 — The Republican Party was “cooked” a long time ago when they started treating their base with outright contempt. — GOP leader Reince Priebus told The Washington Examiner the Big Tent party is “cooked” if they don't win the 2016 election.
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RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss
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How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate
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Rand Paul Warns Sanders Presidency Could Lead To ‘Mass Genocide’ — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined South Carolina radio host Vince Coakley yesterday to discuss the first Democratic presidential debate, where he said the candidates were “all trying to outdo each other in their disdain …
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Obama's Comments on Clinton Emails Collide With F.B.I. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Federal agents were still cataloging the classified information from Hillary Rodham Clinton's personal email server last week when President Obama went on television and played down the matter.


The Paranoid, Supremacist Roots of the Stabbing Intifada — In September of 1928, a group of Jewish residents of Jerusalem placed a bench in front of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, for the comfort of elderly worshipers. They also brought with them a wooden partition, to separate the sexes during prayer.
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Why the 2016 presidential race will be a historic ideological battle — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — Republican and Democratic voters, making drastically different assumptions about the politics of the 2016 presidential race, are pulling their parties even further apart …
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Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
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Hillary Clinton Aide Huma Abedin's Appearance Before Benghazi Committee Sparks Feud — Democrats questioning investigation as politically motivated — Republicans on committee say their focus is on 2012 attack — A top Democrat on the House panel investigating the Benghazi attack …
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Clinton campaign blasts Benghazi panel for announcing Abedin testimony
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Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run — President Barack Obama passed on a chance to weigh in or give an indication on Friday as to whether Vice President Joe Biden is going to pursue a run for the Democratic presidential nomination. — “I'm not going to comment on what Joe's doing or not doing.
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Obama Punts on Question About Biden's Possible Candidacy
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L.A. County mudslides trap numerous cars; I-5 closed to traffic — The emergency message crackled over the car radio, warning listeners of looming flash floods. — Wayne Foss of Lancaster dismissed it without a second thought and continued on his way to an afternoon business meeting in nearby Lake Hughes.
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Steve McCoy let go from NewsRadio 106.7 after trumped-up Trump interview — Steve McCoy with his former radio co-host Vikki Locke. CREDIT: Jennifer Brett — By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, October 16, 2015 — Steve McCoy was let go from NewsRadio 106.7 Friday following …
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Romney: Trump's controversial comments will hurt the GOP nominee — <p>Mitt Romney thinks that Donald Trump's controversial comments could taint the ultimate Republican nominee — even if it ends up being someone other than the businessman. </p><p>"Some of the things he's said …


‘It Makes Me Very Sad’ Says Open Borders Activist Brutally Stabbed by Migrant Gang — A pro-migrant, open borders activist is reported to be “very sad” after being stabbed twice in the back by a gang of “Arabs” as he stood outside a pizzeria in Dresden, east Germany.
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Former Cable News Commentator Arrested and Charged with Fraud — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Wayne Shelby Simmons, 62, of Annapolis, Maryland, a former occasional on-air commentator who appeared on a cable news network, was arrested today after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges …
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The American boy arrested for making a clock meets Sudan's president, an accused war criminal … The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Texas student, in mid-September for bringing a homemade clock to his high school created a nationwide debate about racism and Islamophobia in the United States.