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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Exclusive: Carson claimed West Point ‘scholarship’ but never applied — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Friday conceded that he never applied nor was granted admission to West Point and attempted to recast his previous claims of a full scholarship to the military academy …
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright Lie’ — “The campaign never ‘admitted to anything,’” a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in response to a hit by Politico claiming his campaign admitted to “fabricating” a key point about his West Point story.
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Steve Eder / New York Times:
Ben Carson Says He Was Never Accepted to West Point — A report on Friday said Ben Carson had acknowledged never having applied to West Point, raising questions about his repeated assertions that he had turned down a scholarship to attend the military academy.
Erick Erickson / Erick on the Radio:
Hit the Brakes on the Ben Carson Story — I've struck through the original piece here. — It is looking more and more like the details of Ben Carson's West Point story are more nuanced. — In 2013, he said he was offered a scholarship to West Point. The Politico story centers on Carson claiming he “applied and was accepted.”
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's allies defend West Point story — Allies of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are defending his long-told story of a “scholarship” to West Point by saying that he merely shorthanded the free ride he'd been offered to the military academy. The argument — which depends …
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CNN:
Ben Carson: Names of some childhood victims are ‘fictitious’
Ben Carson: Names of some childhood victims are ‘fictitious’
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
No, Ben Carson Didn't Lie About West Point. It's Another Media Hit Job.
No, Ben Carson Didn't Lie About West Point. It's Another Media Hit Job.
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John Nolte / Breitbart:
Video Proof: CNN's Attack On Ben Carson's Biography Is Racially-Motivated
Video Proof: CNN's Attack On Ben Carson's Biography Is Racially-Motivated
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday announced that he has rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a flash point in the debate over his climate policies.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline
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Amy Harder / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline, Citing Climate Concerns
Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline, Citing Climate Concerns
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Roosevelt Room / The White House:
Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline
Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline
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Elise Labott / CNN:
Kerry rejects Keystone XL pipeline, spelling certain death for project
Kerry rejects Keystone XL pipeline, spelling certain death for project
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Key Clinton emails did not contain highly classified secrets, inquiry finds — The U.S. intelligence community has retreated from claims that two emails in Hillary Clinton's private account contained top-secret information, a source familiar with the situation told POLITICO.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court to hear new challenge to Obamacare contraception mandate — Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would take up a challenge from religious non-profit groups — including the Little Sisters of the Poor— to the Affordable Care Act and the requirement …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear New Case on Contraception and Religion
Supreme Court to Hear New Case on Contraception and Religion
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Supreme Court to take up challenge to Obamacare's contraception mandate
Supreme Court to take up challenge to Obamacare's contraception mandate
Diana Moskovitz / Deadspin:
This Is Why NFL Star Greg Hardy Was Arrested For Assaulting His Ex-Girlfriend — Barefoot and frightened, Nicole Holder walked as fast as she could through the darkness, and the moment she saw the cops she ran. She headed west on Fifth Street toward North Church, away from the Charlotte. …
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Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Jury Acquits Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man Face Down On The Ground — On Thursday, a jury acquitted Officer Lisa Mearkle for shooting David Kassick in Pennsylvania, who was pulled over for an expired inspection sticker. The same day, video of the deadly encounter was released by the local D.A. …
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CRIMEWATCH:
Video of Off. Lisa Mearkle/David Kassick — The Dauphin County District Attorney's Office today released the video footage shown at the trial of Officer Lisa Mearkle. The footage is from the Taser camera that Officer Lisa Mearkle deployed as she fired two shots at David Kassick in South Hanover Township …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Fiorina quarrels with ‘The View’ hosts — If you had your TV on mute Friday, you would have had no idea that Carly Fiorina and the hosts of “The View” went at it, they were all smiling so big. — When Fiorina first appeared, Whoopi Goldberg cheerfully greeted her by saying, “Hey girl” and went on to say, “Let's clear the air.”
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
First President George Bush Swings at Son's Aides, Rattling Clan — WASHINGTON — Former President George Bush's unusually sharp indictment of his son's presidential advisers touched off a round of recriminations on Thursday that exposed rifts within America's leading political dynasty …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
This Isn't A Culture War. It's A War On Culture — When liberal Houston — a city with a three-term lesbian mayor — overwhelming rejected an anti-discrimination ordinance for the transgendered (among others), a hysterical New York Times editorial accused voters of being transphobic hate mongers with blood on their hands.
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Here's why Marco Rubio's corporate card saga isn't really a scandal — “People need to understand what they're talking about. It wasn't a credit card. It was an American Express charge card secured under my personal credit in conjunction with the [Republican] Party. Bills would be mailed to me at home.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Jindal challenges Cruz to a debate — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Friday challenged his 2016 rival, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), to a one-on-one debate next week in Milwaukee, a move that highlights the intensifying competition for the support of conservatives.
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Suzanne Perez Tobias / Wichita Eagle:
Conway Springs teacher says he will not resign; news conference canceled … A Conway Springs teacher at the center of a controversy over showing an anti-bullying film has decided not to resign, a move that could force a school board vote on whether he can return to the classroom.
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Hollywood Reporter:
“And a lot of it is going to be driven by Tarantino, who is nothing if not predictable.” — In a veiled threat, the largest police union in the country says it has a “surprise” in store for Quentin Tarantino. — Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police …
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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Signed NDA Laying Out Criminal Penalties for Mishandling of Classified Info — As the nation's chief diplomat, Hillary Clinton was responsible for ascertaining whether information in her possession was classified and acknowledged that “negligent handling” of that information …
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