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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Gov't declares 22 Clinton emails ‘top secret’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's unsecured home server contained some of the U.S. government's most closely guarded secrets, censoring 22 emails with material demanding …
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Official: Some Clinton emails ‘too damaging’ to release — EXCLUSIVE: The intelligence community has now deemed some of Hillary Clinton's emails “too damaging” to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review.
Max Fisher / Vox:
The Hillary Clinton top-secret email controversy, explained — The saga of Hillary Clinton and her emails took an unusual turn on Friday: the State Department announced it is withholding 22 emails because they contain information marked “top secret.” And Clinton's campaign immediately objected …
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Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Former House Oversight chairman: ‘FBI director would like to indict Clinton and Abedin’ — MANCHESTER — California Congressman Darrell Issa, who previously led an investigation into Benghazi as former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, says the FBI “would like to indict both Huma …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
22 Hillary Clinton emails declared ‘top secret’ by State Dept. — The furor over Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account grew more serious for the Democratic presidential front-runner Friday as the State Department designated 22 of the messages from her account “top secret.”
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Joe Cunningham / RedState:
BREAKING: State Department Admits 22 E-mails on Hillary's Unsecured Server Were ‘Top Secret’
BREAKING: State Department Admits 22 E-mails on Hillary's Unsecured Server Were ‘Top Secret’
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton email prober had deeper role in inquiry into 2000 Clinton campaign
Clinton email prober had deeper role in inquiry into 2000 Clinton campaign
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
State to release some Clinton emails on Friday; thousands still delayed
State to release some Clinton emails on Friday; thousands still delayed
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Who won the ratings race: Fox News or Donald Trump? — Donald Trump counter-programmed Thursday's GOP primary debate with his own prime time event. So whose show scored a bigger audience? — Answer: Fox's debate. But it was the second lowest rated debate of the season.
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz's Negative Ads Go After Marco Rubio, Rather Than Donald Trump — DES MOINES - Senator Ted Cruz, scrambling to put down a growing threat in Iowa from Senator Marco Rubio, is shifting nearly all of his negative advertising from Donald J. Trump to Mr. Rubio for the final three days of the caucuses.
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Sorry, Donald Trump. But Megyn Kelly is a fantastic debate moderator. — There was no avoiding it, and Fox News Channel didn't really try: Megyn Kelly was the star of the show at Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Des Moines. — Kelly, of course, is a big reason that GOP front-runner Donald Trump refused to participate.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz is an ‘anchor baby’
Trump: Cruz is an ‘anchor baby’
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Branstad: Cruz prospects dimming in Iowa
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ad shift: Cruz moves to quash Rubio, not Trump
Ad shift: Cruz moves to quash Rubio, not Trump
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Megyn Kelly Just Did Trump's Dirty Work for Him
Megyn Kelly Just Did Trump's Dirty Work for Him
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
What Happens If Bernie Sanders Wins Iowa — If you're dreaming of Bernie Sanders beating Hillary Clinton, you know how the movie begins (he wins Iowa on Monday3), how it ends (he accepts the nomination to a Simon & Garfunkel tune), and one of the major plot lines (black, Hispanic and moderate Democrats …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem
Hillary Clinton confronts her 43 percent problem
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Christopher Beem / New Republic:
Young Voters Embrace Sanders, But Not Democracy
Young Voters Embrace Sanders, But Not Democracy
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
5 Ways the Republican Debate Did (And Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
5 Ways the Republican Debate Did (And Didn't) Change the Presidential Race
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fox8.com:
Ohio model convicted of trying to hire hitman to kill husband's ex … CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — A central Ohio jury has found a woman guilty of trying to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her husband's children. — The jury in Circleville, south of Columbus, found 33-year-old fashion model Tara Lambert guilty …
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New York Times:
Facebook Moves to Ban Private Gun Sales on Its Site and Instagram — Facebook is banning private sales of guns on its flagship social network and on its Instagram photo-sharing service, the company said late Friday. — President Obama, state attorneys general and gun safety groups …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE -The city destroyed by migration: Inside the Swedish town where armed gangs patrol the streets, crime has exploded and a beautiful social worker's murder has shocked Europe — Gothenburg suburb last year took in more unaccompanied refugee children than anywhere else in the country - 4,041 added to a population of 63,000
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: New Steps to Advance Equal Pay on the Seventh Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — “It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign...we are upholding one of this nation's first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness.”
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap
Obama Moves to Expand Rules Aimed at Closing Gender Pay Gap
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Javier Espinoza / Telegraph:
Cecil Rhodes statue to remain at Oxford University after alumni threaten to withdraw millions — Exclusive: Threats by alumni to withdraw millions in donations prompted Oriel College decision, leaked documents reveal — Oxford University's statue of Cecil Rhodes is to stay in place …
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Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
ESL Teacher Arrested in Jail Break Had ‘Close, Personal Relationship’ With Escaped Inmate: OCSD — Android users, if the above player does not work, please click here. — An English as a second language teacher who worked at the Orange County Men's Central Jail and is accused of aiding …
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Elizabeth Warren / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren: One Way to Rebuild Our Institutions — WASHINGTON — WHILE presidential candidates from both parties feverishly pitch their legislative agendas, voters should also consider what presidents can do without Congress. Agency rules, executive actions and decisions …
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Melissa Hipolit / WTVR-TV:
Mom shocked after 12-year-old daughter broadcasts live from Chesterfield bedroom — CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A Chesterfield mother said she wanted to warn other parents after she found her 12-year-old daughter live-streaming video of herself to hundreds of strangers from her bedroom.
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