Sunday's Top 100 Politics News & Stories
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C. Cass, Associated Press
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Carl M. Cannon, OCR President Obama is a political trailblazer, but some of the precedents heÂ’s setting are highly dubious. At the top of my list would be his habit of relentlessly berating his political opponents at the same ...
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Michael Mukasey, NY Daily News
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Steve Huntley, Chicago ST
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Tumulty & Nakamura, WP
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Aaron David Miller, Washington Post
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Dan Balz, Changing Lanes
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Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
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Allison Arieff, NY Times
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Time
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year was supposed to be different for Congress.
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The Conservatives could be forced to bring in all-women shortlists if they fail to make sufficient progress, Maria Miller says
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The Business Secretary says that the Prime Minister's plans to make it harder for unions to call strikes are "nonsense"
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"It is vital to make certain that Iran is not going to develop nuclear weapons," Kerry says.
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Dana Milbank, Washington Post
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Maureen Dowd, New York Times
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Nigel Farage says that if he was David Cameron he would try to do a deal with Ukip ahead of the next election
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Matthew Futterman, Wall St. Journal
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The 2014 campaign season's got a sleeper issue: a government bank most people have never heard of.
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Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette From 1820 through 2000, the inflation-adjusted gross domestic product grew at an average annual rate of 3.6 percent. Since 2000, real GDP has grown at half that rate (2.125 percent a year during the Bu...
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Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review BOSTON, Pa.c - In 2007, Marilyn said, she was unwaveringly confident of a couple of things: Democrats would win the presidency, Hillary Clinton would be their nominee and the “party of th...
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Mike Littwin, Colorado Independent Same-sex marriage has finally come to Denver. It may not last forever or even till death do them part, although IÂ’m guessing it probably will.As of now, the licenses come with a caveat Â...
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Ministers are piloting ways to get more people with mental health problems into work with earlier treatment and employment support.
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A crisis on the southern border, and another in Israel. From calls for impeachment, to threats of lawsuits, to charging cell phones before we get on (some) planes, it was a busy week for the dead of summer. Here's a glimpse of some of th...
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(Reuters) -- Israeli naval commandos clashed with Hamas militants in a raid on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in what appeared to be the first ground assault of a six-day Israeli offensive on the territory aimed at stopping Pales...
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North Korea launched two ballistic missiles early Sunday into the body of water between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, according to multiple media reports.
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Formerly pro-union musician says he now believes Scotland should go it alone The Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch has said he has changed his mind about independence as a result of the debate and now backs Scotland going it al...
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The Most Rev Justin Welby says he expects there are more allegations to surface within the Church and calls for "absolute transparency"
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The retired Anglican Archbishop of South Africa Desmond Tutu says he "reveres the sanctity of life" but supports assisted dying.
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RAF FAIRFORD England (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps' new aviation chief this week said he plans to hold down "big wish lists" for upgrades to existing warplanes and helicopters so he can maximize purchases of new planes like the Lockh...
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A former Labour Party adviser questions the level of 'outrage' in reactions to the sacking of assembly minister, Alun Davies.
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Forget the illegal aliens pouring over the borders. What we really should be concerned about are aliens on the moon.
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By the time she reached the Rio Grande, 15-year-old Alvina Lopez had been robbed by cops, kidnapped by thugs and forced to beg on the streets of Mexico.
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Labour plans to target wealthier homeowners only warm Tory hearts, says Iain Martin
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Supporters of a monument to Baroness Thatcher in Parliament Sq are unhappy; Robin Thicke sells just 530 copies; and a royal fan of fancy dress
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The Prime Minister is expected to move a number of women into key ministerial roles to help spread the Tory message before the next election
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Israeli airstrikes targeting Hamas in Gaza hit a mosque and a center for the disabled where two women were killed Saturday, raising the Palestinian death toll from the offensive to more than 120, Palestinian officials said.
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BAGHDAD — Iraq is airlifting some 4,000 volunteers to an embattled city west of Baghdad to help bolster government forces that are locked in a running battle with Sunni militants, authorities said Saturday.
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Decisions by Russia and China’s foreign ministers to skip talks on Iran’s nuclear program this weekend further dented expectations that the stalled negotiations will produce a deal by July 20.
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The military could have prevented two of the four U.S. deaths in the terrorist raid on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, had commanders known more about the intensity of sporadic gunfire directed at the CIA installation and deploye...
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OTTAWA/TOKYO (Reuters) - Pacific trade talks have reached broad agreement on labor issues and sanitary and phytosanitary standards but some difficult aspects remain to be tackled, Japan’s chief negotiator said on Saturday.
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Theodore Roosevelt's love of America’s natural beauty spurred him to create and conserve hundreds of national forests, parks and monuments during his presidency. But the New York-born President’s legacy is being preserved digitally.
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Afghanistan's two rival presidential candidates reached a breakthrough agreement Saturday to allow for an audit of the country’s contested election — and a national unity government to be formed, led by the victor.
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President Obama’s golf game has taken on an ESPN theme of late — and it’s got nothing to do with highlight reel shots (if any).
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This week, the spotlight remained on immigration, with President Obama requesting $3.7 billion to deal with the flood of undocumented children crossing the border. As Speaker Boehner fixated on suing the President for delaying the same i...
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About 50 parents and education advocates plan to defend teacher tenure in court alongside the city and state, arguing that job protections ensure quality classrooms.
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Ken Thorne, 90, a television and film composer who won an Oscar for scoring the 1966 musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," died of natural causes Wednesday at West Hills Hospital & Medical Center, said his wife...
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Too vicious for even Al Qaeda, he’s emerged as one of the world’s most bloodthirsty terrorists.
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Mayor de Blasio’s administration on Saturday used a Manhattan hotel to sell the Democratic National Committee on the idea of having the party’s 2016 convention at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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For Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) , the Border Patrol and the National Guard might not be enough to stem the flow of children that have recently created a crisis at our border. But he has an idea — war ships. ...
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NPR's Arun Rath talks to political correspondent Mara Liasson the chances of a political agreement over how to handle the migration of thousands of Central American children.
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People who are patently feeling out their presidential prospects claim not to be even thinking about that, when you know they've got to be humming "Hail to the Chief" in the shower. Over Christmas 2010, Mitt Romney's big family gathered ...
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Somali pirates in 2011 attacked 237 boats in the oceans around northeast Africa...July 13, 2014 Mombasa, Kenya Three years ago, Isse Yuluh's pirate gang hijacked a yacht being sailed around the world by a Danish family with three teens.....
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KIEV: The escalation of fighting between separatists and pro-Kremlin Ukrainian forces on Sunday killed 12 civilians and forced the new leader backed by the West, to cancel a crucial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Wo...
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They also threatened its employees of dire consequences if the company fails to meet their demand," said Balaghat SP Gaurav Tiwari. Police have registered a case under Section 384 (punishment for extortion) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
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Every year more than five million devotees from different parts of the country visit the Deoghar temple over a period of 30 days to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva during Shravani mela. A devotee, Suresh Kumar, said that the district...
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TWO people have been shot at Henley Beach South, sparking a police hunt for their assailant. Police said they were called to the area when gunshots were reported at 8pm, and found two people who had gunshot injuries. Both have...
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Port Willunga and survived being attacked by a fox and a dog has been returned to the open water in search of its mother. The two-week-old female bottlenose calf was rescued after it was stranded for about 12 hours. Despite...
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The Sunday newspaper supplement Parade magazine interviewed "neurosurgeon turned conservative star" Ben Carson for the Sunday papers. Bill Hewitt asked straightforward questions that asked Carson about a presidential campaign without jud...
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He was a better farmer than embattled NCOP speaker Thandi Modise, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has said, adding that farming was “very simple”.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Jersey City police officer responding to an armed robbery call at a 24-hour drug store was shot and killed early Sunday, officials said. Officer Melvin Santiago was shot in the head while still in his police ve...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is quickly becoming a top Democratic fundraiser and campaign powerhouse, hitting the road on behalf of candidates in key races the party will need to win to retain control of the U.S. Senate ...
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German police say they allowed an anti-Israel protester to use a megaphone in a police car during a "Free Gaza" demonstration in Frankfurt and he shouted inciting slogans including "child murderer Israel" and "Allahu akbar." Frankfurt po...
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(AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is quickly becoming a top Democratic fundraiser and campaign powerhouse, hitting the road on behalf of candidates in key races the party will need to win to retain control of the U.S. Senate in November. Sinc...
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Dina Pule 's former spin doctor Wisani Ngobeni has lost a labour court bid to save his government job, the Sunday Times reported. Ngobeni, a former journalist, was Pule's spokesperson when she was communications minister. He was fired by...
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He was a better farmer than embattled speaker Thandi Modise, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has said adding that farming was very simple. From [the] Marikana massacre of our people to [the] pig's massacre on Thandi ...
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Elected officials in two states far from the U.S.-Mexico border have claimed that the Obama administration has resettled hundreds of unaccompanied illegal immigrant children without adequate notice and has refused to detail the exact loc...
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Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow foreign ministers are adding their diplomatic muscle to nuclear talks with Iran, with a target date only a week away for a pact meant to curb programs Tehran could turn to making atomic...
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Africa's biggest labor union said Sunday that a two-week-long strike will continue until employers increase their offer. Around 200,000 metal and engineering workers went on strike at the start of July to demand a salary increase. The em...
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Brushing aside criticism of not having done enough reforms in the Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said this was the beginning of the journey and he did all he could do under the given circumstances. The post This is the beginni...
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At 7 a.m. local time, 144 American citizens waiting to evacuate the Gaza Strip boarded buses at a United Nations compound and headed for the border with Israel. On one of the buses was the Akasha family, made up of...
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Don't like President Obama's foreign policy? Blame President Richard M. Nixon. Just don't hold your breath waiting for the former to acknowledge the influence of the latter, even as we approach the 40th anniversary next month of Nixon's ...
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Ji Cheng wants to be a role model for Chinese cycling, but so far he's relatively unknown at home, where cycling is not a popular sport. July 13, 2014 Beijing Chalk up another frontier the Chinese have crossed: Ji Cheng...
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Kesarkar said he was ready to contest from any part of Sindhudurg district if Shiv Sena asks him to.
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A gusher in tax credits for companies seeking to locate in Camden is the product of a blockbuster economic incentives package passed by the New Jersey Legislature last year.
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HARRISBURG - In his first post-primary television ad, a stern Gov. Corbett tells would-be supporters that he "did not come to Harrisburg to make friends."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Partly blaming unrest in the Middle East on President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Saturday that Obama has not spoken firmly and forcefully on Israel's behalf and that the country no longer tr...
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MORE than 40 quango bosses are paid more than the First Minister’s £141,000 annual salary, research has found.
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* Parliament meeting delayed until Tuesday * Sunnis say Maliki's demands hold up speaker nomination * Maliki, with largest parliament bloc, seeks 3rd term * Insurgents attack town north of Baghdad By Ahmed Rasheed and Maggie Fick ...
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The BJP leader termed as 'unfair' the opposition to the bill by TRS on ground of its constitutional validity.
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Labor is urging the government to enforce existing child care guidelines to make sure children whose parents both work get priority access to places ahead of stay-at-home mothers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - One by one, behind closed doors, military officers explained what they did and didn't do the night the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, burned.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Deep in the nation's Bible Belt, new signs emerged this weekend of an evolution among Republican governors on gay marriage, an explosive social issue that has divided American families and politics for years.
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DA MP says SABC Board chairperson does not have the BCom or labour relations diploma claimed in her CV
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If appointed, Ram Naik will replace B L Joshi.
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Harrisburg is finally getting ambitious. Legislators took a look at Washington and realized they could do better. And by better, I mean so much worse.
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DA NWest leader says workers on NCOP chairperson's farm alleged to have received only R25 a day
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The Prime Minister is expected to use next week's Cabinet reshuffle to promote women and younger MPs to ministerial positions.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pennsylvania's former health secretary says the state has failed to seriously study the potential health impacts of one of the nation's biggest natural gas drilling booms.
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Andrew Donaldson on the NCOP chairperson's cruelly neglected swine
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DA leader writes on the disastrous consequences of the new immigration regulations for tourism, investment and jobs
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SHARJAH, 13th July, 2014 (WAM) -- The Sharjah Road and Transport Authority has begun the implementation of a AED10 million infrastructure project in Al Musala, under the directives of H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Suprem...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is quickly becoming a top Democratic fundraising and campaigning powerhouse, hitting the road on behalf of candidates in key races the party will need to win to retain control of the U.S. Senate in November.Since Ma...
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Space tourists could blast off from Britain within four years, with six Scottish sites on a list of possible launch pads.
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National Bank of Egypt plans to issue dollar-denominated bonds to raise up to USD 1 billion, the chairman said.
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The business lobby is pushing hard for the survival of the Export-Import Bank, which has supported U.S. exports for 80 years. Some House GOP leaders, though, think it's time to kill the bank.
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This is going to be the most serious foreign policy lesson as well as a challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he embarks on a trip to Brazil on Sunday to attend the sixth Brics summit in Brazil. The post Why the Brics summit is M...
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A significant catalyst for economic growth continues to elude the country.
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(Refiles with BAGHDAD dateline) BAGHDAD, July 13 (Reuters) - Sunni Islamist insurgents who control large parts of northern Iraq attacked a town north of Baghdad early on Sunday, seizing local government buildings, police and witnesses sa...
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Afghanistan's two presidential rivals have agreed to an historic deal to audit all eight million votes cast.
