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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Biden swipes at Hillary: ‘Naive’ to think GOP is the enemy — Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday took a swipe at Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, saying it's “naive” to think the country can be governed without working with Republicans.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden not running for president — <p>Vice President Joe Biden will not pursue the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, he said on Wednesday, turning down a chance to throw his hat into the ring for the third time after a months-long deliberation process that kept …
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New York Times:
Joe Biden Will Not Run for President — WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said Wednesday he will not be a candidate in the 2016 presidential campaign, bringing to a close a three-month exploration that began shortly after the death of his eldest child and threatened to fracture the Democratic Party.
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden is not running for president in 2016, he announced in a Rose Garden address Wednesday, saying that the window for a realistic White House bid closed before his family was able to work through the grieving process surrounding the death of his son Beau in May.
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CBS News:
Joe Biden opts out of presidential race — Vice President Joe Biden is decided to forgo a 2016 presidential bid, he announced Wednesday. — “I believe we're out of time — the time necessary to mount a winning campaign,” the vice president said from the White House Rose Garden …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Joe Biden, Paul Ryan Split Screen
The Note: The Joe Biden, Paul Ryan Split Screen
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Won't Seek Democratic Nomination, Clearing Clinton's Path
Biden Won't Seek Democratic Nomination, Clearing Clinton's Path
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Washington Post:
Full text: Biden's announcement that he won't run for president
Full text: Biden's announcement that he won't run for president
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Joe Biden won't run for president
Joe Biden won't run for president
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Laura Koran / CNN:
Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid
Joe Biden changes story on Osama bin Laden raid
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Haaretz:
Netanyahu: Hitler Didn't Want to Exterminate the Jews — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Wednesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler's mind.
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Jodi Rudoren / New York Times:
Netanyahu Draws Broad Criticism After Saying a Palestinian Inspired Holocaust — Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech to the Zionist Congress on Tuesday night that “Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews,” according to a transcript provided by his office.
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Ynetnews:
Historians, politicians slam PM's ‘distortion of history’
Historians, politicians slam PM's ‘distortion of history’
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William Booth / Washington Post:
Netanyahu says Palestinian gave Hitler idea for the Holocaust
Netanyahu says Palestinian gave Hitler idea for the Holocaust
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Opposition Blasts Netanyahu for ‘Distorting’ Holocaust History
Opposition Blasts Netanyahu for ‘Distorting’ Holocaust History
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France 24
Julie Phelan / ABC News:
Trump Leads in Expectations, Shows Strength on Attributes (POLL) — Donald Trump leads the Republican presidential field in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, not only in vote preferences but in expectations as well — a remarkable feat for the non-politician who's surprised …
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Matthew Claiborne / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says Jeb Bush 'Embarrassed by What's Happening'
Donald Trump Says Jeb Bush 'Embarrassed by What's Happening'
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Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Speaker Ryan's Conditions — It looks like Paul Ryan will do the job, but he'll do it on his own terms. — He laid them out at a Republican-conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, telling his colleagues he wants the bickering to end. That means, Republicans said as they exited the meeting …
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NBC News:
First Read: 'We Don't Like Our Candidates Very Much' — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — Voters in the NBC/WSJ poll: “We don't like our candidates very much”
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Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
House Freedom Caucus Skeptical of Ryan's Terms
House Freedom Caucus Skeptical of Ryan's Terms
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Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump Following ‘Live’ Appearance Cancellation — Donald Trump will no longer be stopping by “Jimmel Kimmel Live” tonight, as the presidential hopeful cancelled his appearance just hours before he was set for the late-night show. — Kimmel announced the news Tuesday morning on Howard Stern's radio show.
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WPLG-TV:
Dog shot by Florida City police officer — Animal rescue volunteer says dog shot 3 times in head — Author: Amanda Batchelor, Senior Digital Editor, abatchelor@local10.com — Neki Mohan, Reporter, Anchor, nmohan@Local10.com — FLORIDA CITY, Fla. - — A woman from Florida City …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., 58% Back Legal Marijuana Use — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — PRINCETON, N.J. — A majority of Americans continue to say marijuana use should be legal in the United States, with 58% holding that view, tying the high point in Gallup's 46-year trend. — Americans' support for legal marijuana has steadily grown over time.
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CNN:
The real story behind those Planned Parenthood videos — Costa Mesa, California (CNN)David Daleiden wanted to show exactly what a 19-week-old aborted fetus, being held in the hands of a medical technician, looked like. The problem was he didn't have that picture.
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Grover Norquist isn't finished — The man who reshaped the American budget still sees a government that needs to be cut in half. And he has a plan. — Whatever taxes you paid this year, you would've paid more if not for Grover Norquist. And while the government spent $3.5 trillion this year …
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Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
CNN Hires Bob Beckel Months After Fox Kicked Him to the Curb — He was the token angry liberal on Fox News for many years—until they fired him over ‘personal issues.’ Months later, he's resurfaced at CNN, looking for redemption. — Welcome back, Bob. — Four months after being …
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Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran's Khamenei conditionally approves nuclear deal with powers — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday approved the Iranian government's nuclear deal with world powers but said Tehran should yield core elements of its nuclear program until allegations of past military dimensions had been settled.
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PressTV:
Continued sanctions breach of JCPOA: Leader
Continued sanctions breach of JCPOA: Leader
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