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Biden would run ‘optimistic campaign’ — A top adviser to Vice President Biden sent a letter to former staffers Thursday indicating his decision on 2016 will happen soon and laying out the themes of a possible presidential campaign, according to The Associated Press.
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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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We Are Already Months Into the Biden Campaign — The only question he’s been mulling is how aggressive he should be. — On Wednesday, the day after the first Democratic presidential debate, almost the entire political and media Establishment was in agreement: Hillary Clinton …
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Obama passes on chance to talk about a Biden run
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Obama Punts on Question About Biden's Possible Candidacy
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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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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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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 Hits W: ‘The World Trade Center Came Down During His Reign’ (VIDEO)
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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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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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Democrats' 2016 strategy assumes America is lurching left. Are they wrong?
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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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How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate
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RNC chair: GOP will be ‘cooked’ as national party with 2016 loss
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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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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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7 Amazing Moments From The Fox News ‘Terrorism Expert’ Who Was Just Arrested For Fraud
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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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Drivers flee as mudslides engulf nearly 200 vehicles near Tehachapi; more rain coming — Nearly 200 vehicles, including 75 tractor-trailers, are trapped on California 58 east of Tehachapi in up to 20 feet of mud and debris after torrential rains pummeled the area and forced drivers to flee.
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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.

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 …


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.


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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