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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business TimesUpdate as of 5:54 a.m. EDT: Liberia has backed off a claim it made earlier that U.S. President Barack Obama had authorized the dispatch of an experimental drug to help treat two patients infected with the Ebola virus in the West African ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageMegan McArdle, Bloomberg
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageJames Hamblin, The Atlantic
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageDylan Byers, Politico
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageEugene Robinson, Washington Post WASHINGTON -- As President Obama struggles to deal with the crisis in Iraq, it's useful to remember who gave the world this cauldron of woe in the first place: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.Their decisio...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageCharles Cooke, NRO
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageJosh Rogin, The Daily Beast
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageA.O. Scott, NY Times
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageGary Younge, The Guardian
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageJelani Cobb, New York Times
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageDana Milbank, Washington Post
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsRAF planes dropped a second round of lifesaving aid to refugees in northern Iraq overnight, UK government confirms.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageWesley Pruden, Washington Times
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageThomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily New York's mayor, Bill de Blasio, like so many others who call themselves "progressive," is gung-ho to solve social problems. In fact, he is currently on a crusade to solve an educational pro...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageFrank Bruni, New York Times
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageDebra Saunders, SF Chronicle Sen. Dianne Feinstein is a woman on a mission. As chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, she has set out to prove the illogical -- that enhanced interrogation techniques used for a time under the Ge...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageLZ Granderson, CNN
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageScott Conroy, RCP Among the perks of being a young journalist at CBS NewsÂ’ Washington bureau is that many of your older colleagues -- with whom you might share cake at office birthday parties -- happen to be icons of 20th cent...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business TimesA Spanish priest being treated for the Ebola virus at the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid died on Tuesday, Associated Press reported , citing hospital officials. Miguel Pajares had contracted the disease while he was working at the San Jo...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsThe reasons MPs give for deciding to step down from Parliament
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from RealClearPolitics - HomepageAngelo Codevilla, The Federalist
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostAnother new poll shows President Obama's approval rating dropping, with just 40 percent of registered voters viewing his tenure in a positive light. The poll also shows the GOP asserting what would be quite a favorable lead in a generic ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostNo discussion about the 2016 presidential campaign would be complete without Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R). But that could change in just 12 weeks. That's because Walker, a national conservative rock star, faces a tough reelection camp...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsAnti-Nato protesters' plans for a park "peace camp" angers residents as Newport prepares for next month's summit.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsUp to 250,000 migrant labourers in Britain could pay tax for the first time under plans being prepared by George Osborne
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsExclusive: Up to 250,000 migrant labourers in Britain could pay tax for the first time under plans being prepared by George Osborne
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostA Washington Post report this week revealed that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filtered out many of the worst findings from an internal investigation of alleged telework abuses among the agency’s examiners. Read full article >...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe burden of owning a car is greatest in Wyoming and smallest in Iowa, according to a review of insurance, gas and repair cost estimates by state. Car ownership costs a typical Wyoming driver $2,705 in repairs, gas and insurance, accord...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostSAN ANTONIO - After years of being confused for his twin brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) has come up with an easier way for local residents to distinguish between himself and former mayor Julian Castro. Read full article >>
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business Times(Reuters) - The United States will bolster its air and navy presence in northern Australia , a source said on Tuesday, under a plan to strengthen defense ties with its regional ally and project more power into the Asia-Pacific, where C...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsThe European Court of Human Rights rules that the UK has again breached prisoners' rights by failing to give them the vote - but refused to award damages.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Top StoriesA POLITICO review shows the administration has hired about 70 previously registered lobbyists.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Top StoriesElise Stefanik's running as a disruptive outsider returning to upstate New York to shake things up.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business TimesRussia said Tuesday that 280 trucks have left for eastern Ukraine with at least 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid supplies, including food and medicine, following an agreement that was reached between Russia and Ukraine on Monday.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from ABC News: PoliticsABC’s Shushannah Walshe and Caleb Jackson report: WHO’S ON THE BALLOT? Voters cast ballots today in Connecticut, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. We will find out who will take on Sen. Al Franken, as well as the candidate who could go on to...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business TimesThe United Nations Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, in a statement released Monday, announced the appointment of three experts to an international commission of inquiry that will investigate allegations of war crimes and violations of “in...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business TimesThe FBI has opened an investigation into the shooting death on Saturday of an 18-year-old unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. The incident sparked riots, which continued for a second night Monday, forcing officials ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from International Business TimesIsraeli and Palestinian negotiators Monday reached a series of agreements in talks in Cairo aimed at creating a truce, Ynet reported . Israel agreed to lift some restrictions on the Gaza Strip, transfer money for government salaries to a...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsA senior British military figure accuses the UK government of being "commitment-phobic" over the crisis in Iraq.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsTelegraph View: Parliament should be recalled to discuss courses of action over Iraq
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsTelling us what or how much we should drink betrays Conservative principles of freedom, says Peter Oborne
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsSir John Major praises immigrants for having what he called "the very Conservative instinct" of wanting to improve their lives.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsThere may be a way to quantify how quickly certain foods make the transition from urban elites to mainstream acceptance.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsFigures show the Home Office has tried to deport fewer foreign offenders in last three years compared with 2010 levels
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsScottish Government admits it has no detailed stats to back up assumptions behind 'Scotland would be £5 billion better off after independence' claim
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostHawaii elections officials are aiming to allow voters in two Big Island precincts closed due to storm damage to cast ballots in person during a one-day election on either Friday or Saturday. This means the deadlocked Democratic race for ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostOHIO Judge extends block on capital punishment A freeze on capital punishment in Ohio will continue into 2015 after a federal judge extended a months-long moratorium on executions as questions mount about the effectiveness of a new, two-...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsMs. Lynch was the first woman to be chief pollster for a presidential campaign and one of the first to recognize the benefit of developing themes aimed at winning female voters.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsThe agency will investigate possible civil rights violations connected to the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from Top StoriesThe first family offers its condolences.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThink your past can come back to haunt you when searching for a job on Capitol Hill? What if it includes a less-than-stellar record that hasn't been scrubbed? Hill Navigator discusses.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe media's narrative about Congress is clear: It is unproductive, members care only about getting re-elected and they have failed to do their jobs.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedA House chairman usually ends up hanging around the committee room years after he or she retires.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedWilliam Shakespeare was celebrated during his lifetime as a leading poet and dramatist. But by 1596, the Bard sought something more to cement his standing among the Elizabethan upper crust: A family coat of arms.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedFor former Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., there is something to be said about the oft-ignored, rarely discussed "transition period" -- that pivotal time when a member of Congress phases out of legislative life and must assimilate into a more...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe Affordable Care Act was sold to the American public with the promise of improved access to health care for all who previously could not afford it. In a September 2013 speech on the ACA, President Barack Obama recalled examples of Ame...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014 from All News RSS FeedPHOENIX -- Once known for her progressive politics, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has coasted to the center in her first re-election.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe Florida state legislature approved a new congressional map Monday evening and sent it to the governor's desk, although it's still unclear whether the new House district boundaries will past muster or take effect for the 2014 elections.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedMore than 25 years ago, a young boy named Ryan White stole the hearts and minds of Americans everywhere when he was diagnosed with a rare and mysterious disease called AIDS. A lot has changed since the disease claimed the lives of Ryan a...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedEach day, waves of children ranging from toddlers to teenagers flee terrible violence and economic desperation in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and arrive in this country in search of safe haven. They are being sent alone, unaccomp...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe press secretary to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is heading to the South to help Republicans retain one of their two most endangered Senate seats.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedStateFine, fine: it’s more like seven-tenths. Three-fifths has more of a… resonance, though. …there is a racial pay gap in campaign politics. Asian, Black and Latino staffers are paid less than their white counterparts, acc...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedVeteran Capitol Hill staffer Antonia Ferrier is still adjusting to her new role as a lobbyist.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedLiberal allies are rallying around Sen. Brian Schatz after damage from a hurricane extended voting for the deadlocked Democratic primary in Hawaii.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedAugust recess is peak construction season for the nearly $60 million restoration of the Capitol Dome.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe president said the only long-term solution in Iraq would be for Iraqis to work together.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIs it wrong that we kinda dug the risqué enhancement rogue computer programmers unleashed on the Federal Depository Library Program homepage late last week?
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedStateColorado Democrats realize that allowing an anti-fracking fervor to drive an election is a dangerous decision. The Democrats support for banning fracking—while killing jobs, hurting the local and national economy, damaging America’s ener...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedHe may be gone, but the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawaii, is not forgotten. Not even by the routinely punchy raconteurs who spin their webs on Comedy Central's "Drunk History."
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedDuring a Twitter town hall event Monday, Rep. James E. Clyburn, the assistant minority leader, predicted that if Republicans retain the House, President Barack Obama will be impeached.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedDenis MacShane, the former MP who was jailed over bogus expenses, has written his memoir about his experience. He speaks to Cathy Newman about life behind bars, and whether he is contrite.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedIain Duncan Smith, work and pensions secretary, claims benefits cuts will push people to work. Jane Deith finds his plans haven't gone down well in his own back yard, and Michael Crick speaks to him.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedSen. Charles E. Schumer's newest privacy concern is about the popular FitBit.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsThe Obama administration is considering executive action on immigration, and it could come within weeks.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from NPR Topics: PoliticsColorado Gov. Hickenlooper has declared a compromise to avert a fight over oil and gas drilling. It's meant to solve fracking-related disputes, but it also serves Democrats' political interests.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedBALTIMORE, Md. -- When the Senate returns next month, the chamber's top appropriator is planning one more push at an omnibus, even if it's a serious long shot.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says consumers should keep in mind the risks of using virtual currencies such as bitcoin, such as exposure to hackers and fewer protections than banks and credit cards provide.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedFour candidates are vying for the GOP nomination in Wisconsin's only open House district, with no clear front-runner in the Tuesday primary.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsA "small number" of Tornados will be deployed and could be used to improve UK surveillance and help the humanitarian effort.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThe 113th Congress may well become the least productive Congress in modern history based on the number of bills signed into law. That is the measure many observers use to assess the institution's productivity. But it does not provide the...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIt's easy to see former Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-N.Y., misses Congress.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedWhether gracing the silver screen (Mr. Sulu, you have the conn) or cracking wise from behind a touchscreen (Oh Myyy, that's quite the universe of Facebook fans you've assembled), entertainer and political activist George Takei currently ...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedNeil Hamilton wouldn't respond when Channel 4 News asked him today whether the hoped to be Ukip's candidate in Boston, but he did confirm he does hope to fight some seat at the election.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedState
Last month the administration, having fixed all the real problems in the United States, took on a purely imaginary issue: inversion. Inversion takes place when a company located in the United States shifts its headquarters off shore to a... -
Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedState
The similarities to 2006 keep mounting. The latest of these is that Democrats running even in blue or purple territory are running away from their party affiliation. Politico notes this morning the surest sign of impending disaster ̵... -
Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIt's a week that's heavy in the middle with defense and national security-related events.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsMark Simmonds' resignation sees the Foreign Office lose another experienced politician from its ranks at a time of global turmoil.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsOne Tory MP says dropping aid in areas where Christians are "being beheaded" is "not enough" and the UK should join US airstrikes.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedStateI have a really busy day ahead of me so I will keep this Watercooler brief today. There will probably be a lot of information coming in from attendees and front pagers who attended the Gathering, and a lot to absorb for those of us who w...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedStateOn today's edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the failed Obama-Clinton foreign policy, waking a sleeping giant and the long-term impact of Obama's systematic dismantling of our military...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedStateWhen this came out, it was a 'question' who was doing it. The post CIA now directly arming Kurds. appeared first on RedState .
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe Government is considering asking suspected tax avoiders to cough up while they are still alive.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from RedStateFor those of you who may have missed this story, the ultra-liberal hit squad ProPublica published a piece last week accusing pro-troop charity Move America Forward essentially of acting as a slush fund for certain TEA Party activists and...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIt's August, when many people take vacation and are lured by the open road. "Road Scholar," Roger Weisberg's 1993 chronicle of Andrei Codrescu's journey across America in a red Cadillac, is the perfect documentary to illustrate what coul...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedTALLULAH, La. -- Vance McAllister's political career flatlined earlier this year, a victim of self-inflicted wounds from an embarrassing infidelity scandal.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from Channel 4 News Politics FeedForeign Office minister Mark Simmonds quits the government and is standing down as an MP at the next general election.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedTwo Republican press secretaries have tied the knot: Tiffany McGuffee and Jordan Haverly were married on Saturday, Aug. 2nd at the Capitol Hill Club. Rev. Julian Bermudez officiated.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedPresident Barack Obama's slumping job approval rating isn't doing Democrats any favors in the party's quest to hold a majority in the Senate. But without a handful of Democratic retirements, the Senate likely wouldn't be in play at all.
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedDire headlines from around the globe and polls showing a record-breaking plunge in the public's confidence in our Supreme Court, Congress and the office of the president may make the average American want to throw up their hands in despa...
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Monday, August 11, 2014 from All News RSS FeedMyron Brilliant, head of International Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recently graced these pages with a stirring defense of how the taxpayer-funded Export-Import Bank is "indispensable." He provided several anecdotes to demon...
