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The GOP on Economics — The good, the bad, and the ugly at the fourth presidential debate. — Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate wasn't the most entertaining, but it was by far the most educational. The two-hour session gave the candidates a chance to critique the Obama record …
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Why GOP elites are totally ignoring a political reality that could destroy their party — For months now, the race for the Republican presidential nomination has actually been split into two races. — In the one that gets talked about the most by the professional political press …
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Chris Matthews Not Sure If Cruz, Rubio Really Hispanic; They're ‘Cuban Nationals’ Though — Share it Tweet it — According to Chris Matthews, it's uncertain whether the term Hispanic can properly be used to describe GOP presidential aspirants Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Marco Rubio (Florida).
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Just 8 percent of GOP likes GOP-controlled Congress. That's bad for Paul Ryan and great for Trump and Carson.
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Jeb Bush Is 2016's John Kerry
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A Troubled G.O.P. Debate for Donald Trump and Jeb Bush
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Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President — Candidates bash big banks, the Fed, corporations and international trade deals in their latest debate — The latest presidential debate vividly captured how the 2008 financial crisis has reshaped the Republican Party by unleashing …
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How Cruz Wins Debates: An Inside Look
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G.O.P. Fight Now a Battle Over What Defines a Conservative
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The Note: GOP Enters Debate-Free Month
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Charles Koch: We are doling out welfare for the wealthy — Billionaire Charles Koch said Wednesday that the federal government is widening the gap between America's rich and poor. — “For most of this nation's history, our country has been characterized by opportunity …
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Charles Koch: No backing for candidate in GOP primary
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Poll Shows Hillary Clinton Maintaining Lead Over Bernie Sanders — Despite a month of sharpened attacks, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has failed to significantly dent Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a New York Times/CBS News survey released on Thursday.
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Postal workers union backs Bernie Sanders
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Promised Bipartisanship, Obama Adviser Found Disappointment — WASHINGTON — When President Obama first won the White House, he recruited Ray LaHood, a Republican congressman, to join his cabinet. The appointment, Mr. Obama declared, “reflects that bipartisan spirit” that would distinguish his presidency.
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Ray LaHood: Obama Was Unable To Execute Bipartisan Approach
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Chris Christie: College unrest a product of ‘lawlessness’ that Obama allows — MUSCATAINE, Iowa — In his first campaign stops after a well-received performance in Fox Business's “undercard” GOP presidential primary debate, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) mixed raw talk about addiction …
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Mizzou, Yale and Free Speech — On university campuses across the country, from Mizzou to Yale, we have two noble forces colliding with explosive force. — One is a concern for minority or marginalized students and faculty members, who are often left feeling as outsiders in ways that damage everyone's education.
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Race and the Free-Speech Diversion
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Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam — “If you don't feel safe coming to class, then don't come to class,” Dr. Brigham told his students. “I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class.” — Dr. Dale Brigham, considered …
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FBI expands probe of Clinton emails, launches independent classification review — The FBI has expanded its probe of Hillary Clinton's emails, with agents exploring whether multiple statements violate a federal false statements statute, according to intelligence sources familiar with the ongoing case.
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WATCH: Jeb Chest-Bumps Supporter For Jumping Ship From Cruz's Campaign — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is offering up an incentive to people who ditch his presidential rivals to support his campaign instead: a chest-bump. — Bush smacked pectorals Wednesday with an Iowa man who Bush …
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Hillary Clinton's claim that she tried to join the Marines — “He looks at me and goes, 'Um, how old are you. And I said, ‘Well I am 26, I will be 27.’ And he goes, ‘Well, that is kind of old for us.’ And then he says to me, and this is what gets me, ‘Maybe the dogs will take you,’ meaning the Army.”
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Boehner resignation leads to election oddity — Scroll to the bottom of this story for a complete breakdown of important upcoming election dates. — It's unlikely to happen, but voters could elect two different congressmen to fill John Boehner's vacated seat in the March primary.


Foster parents say child removed from their home because they are gay — (KUTV) April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce of Carbon County said the baby they've loved and raised for the last three months will be removed from their home and sent to heterosexual foster parents because a judge said the baby would be better-off.
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EU flag burned as tens of thousands join Warsaw nationalist demo — Organisers said that up to 50,000 were on the march which marked the anniversary of Poland's independence after the First World War — Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Warsaw's streets on Wednesday …
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Driven to hospital, Virginia man tased, shackled and dies in police custody — When three Virginia police officers put Linwood Lambert in a squad car around 5 a.m. on May 4, 2013, they said they were taking him to the ER for medical attention because he was speaking delusionally.
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