Top 50 Politics News & Stories - July 10
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Harry Potter is 34 and going grey, according to Pottermore gossip columnist Rita Skeeter. We sent our spies to find out how other favourite literary youngsters have fared in later life. Can you add to our sightings? Harry Potter makes fi...
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Anja Shortland is a Reader in Political Economy at King’s College, London. Federico Varese is a Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. The academic article this post is based on, “The Protector’s Choice. An Application ...
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Conservative commentator Ann Coulter is taking to the pages of a Mississippi newspaper to urge state Sen. Chris McDaniel and his supporters to stop contesting the results of the Republican runoff for U.S. Senate, warning that he is destr...
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The House side of the U.S. Capitol reopened Thursday morning after a brief shutdown because of an asbestos-related incident. Authorities were keeping one section of the building sealed off for further inspection, but lawmakers and aides ...
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Norman Baker says a court judgement and legal uncertainty are behind the rush for new data laws.
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Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg Every so often, we get a poignant reminder of what has been lost now that letter writing has been replaced by texting, emoticons or nothing at all, if you're a politician afraid to commit anything to paper for...
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Tom Watson says the rush for new data laws means there is no way for MPs to come to an informed decision.
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Julian Zelizer, CNN Former Tennessee Sen. Howard Baker passed away recently. Although he was known for many things, Baker's most enduring moment came in the middle of the Watergate scandal, when he asked: "What did the president know and...
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By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES OBAMA URGES CONGRESS TO PASS IMMIGRATION BILLS: Emerging from a meeting on the border crisis with one of his harshest critics, President Obama said he and Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, don’t h...
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The House side of the U.S. Capitol reopened Thursday morning after a brief shutdown because of an asbestos-related incident. Authorities were keeping one section of the building sealed off for further inspection, but lawmakers and aides ...
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Emergency powers to ensure police can continue to access phone and internet records are being rushed through Parliament.
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Strikes are taking place across the UK over a series of disputes with the government, with tens of thousands of public sector workers joining the action.
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The Republican Governors Association raised $26.6 million between April and June, keeping up a quick fundraising pace under the leadership of Gov. Chris Christie (R), who chairs the group. The RGA ended the period with more than $70 mil...
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Ezra Klein, Vox There is no creature more revered in American politics than the moderate voter. Unlike the ideologues and partisans destroying politics, the moderate is free of cant and independent of party. She yearns for politicians wh...
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S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News In the week before gun violence in Chicago left 14 people dead and another 68 wounded over the holiday weekend, it’s worth asking what the gun advocate groups were busy doing.Many were engaged in an a...
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Gail Collins, New York Times So little time, so much bad behavior to complain about.Congress is back! Thank heavens, because there’s a crisis at the border, and the Highway Trust Fund is about to expire. Plus, the Export-Import Ban...
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Heather Wilhelm, RealClearPolitics “Religion,” well-known atheist Penn Jillette recently argued in the New York Times, “needs to go away and not be replaced by anything.”Jillette apparently und...
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Betsy McCaughey, New York Post On July 3, with Americans preparing to celebrate freedom, the Obama administration reduced freedom by adding 1,296 pages of new regulations to ObamaCare.It was a classic pre-holiday document dump, publishin...
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Timothy Jost, Washington Post The Supreme Court’s term ended in June with another Affordable Care Act ruling, and the ACA survived largely unscathed. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby has important ramifications for women’s health and r...
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Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
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Lanny Davis, The Hill The reviews are in on Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton’s history of her four-year tenure as U.S. secretary of State. They are almost all positive. Her book sales are strong — No. 1 on The New York Times bes...
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Alexandra Jaffe, The Hill Democrats are injecting race into the 2014 midterm elections amid fears that a drop-off in minority voters could severely cost them at the polls this fall.Democratic leaders in Congress and administration offici...
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David Cameron says Iraq and Syria makes emergency data laws necessary, warning: 'The consequences of not acting are grave'
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The potential deal raises the possibility of a clash between the House and Senate versions of the legislation, just weeks before the fund could go broke.
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Dana Milbank, Washington Post As de facto party leader, presidents raise political money. Since he makes time for it no matter how pressing world or national affairs are, President Obama apparently likes raising campaign funds. He has at...
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Victor Davis Hanson, NRO No one knows just how many tens of thousands of Central American nationals — most of them desperate, unescorted children and teens — are streaming across America’s southern border...
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Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal As de facto party leader, presidents raise political money. Since he makes time for it no matter how pressing world or national affairs are, President Obama apparently likes raising campaign funds. He has a...
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Ministers consider plan to draft in volunteers to run schools during strikes
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Heading into the 21 st century, North Carolina was that model Southern state — tradition meets moderation, in everything from its manners to its politics. So what happened? Depending on whom you ask, the state has either lost its way or ...
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James Oliphant, National Journal President Obama was 500 miles from the Mexican border when he spoke about the child migrant crisis Wednesday evening, but he seemed to be even farther away than that.Standing before an oddly non-descript ...
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Texas Governor Rick Perry talks about his recent meeting with President Obama and dealing with immigration.
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President Obama urged Congress to focus on solving the problem on the southern U.S. border swiftly, but asked, "Are folks more interested in politics or are they more interested in solving the problem?"
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Nearly a year after its botched health-care rollout, the federal government says Tennessee is still making it too hard for people to sign up for insurance. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director Cindy Mann has delivered a s...
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Crystal Wright says the use of the n-word to describe the President was reprehensible
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Single markets in electricity and gas covering the whole of Great Britain should continue if Scotland becomes independent, a report says.
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The Bank of England holds UK interest rates at a record low of 0.5% for another month, and keeps its quantitative easing programme at £375bn.
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The Prime Minister David Cameron said new data laws that will allow police and security services to access mobile and internet data is for people's safety
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California is considering a measure that could lead to $500-a-day fines for residents who waste water as the state faces a devastating and extended drought. The State Water Resources Control Board announced a proposal Wednesday that woul...
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Sen. Robert Menendez, who believes he may have been framed by the Cuban government, sought help from a fellow Cuban and anti-Castro member of Congress on Wednesday. In the basement of the Capitol, Menendez (D-N.J.) passed Rep. Mario Diaz...
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Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) on Thursday plans to introduce legislation to help combat veteran suicides after a hearing on access to mental health treatment at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Miller, who chairs the House Veterans Affai...
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By increasing the number of wireless phones dialed, pollsters get a more representative sample, one that includes all demographic groups.
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The president-designate of the EU Commission is reported to have told a group of MEPs he will respect the result of Scotland's referendum.
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Why Coe is likely to win race for BBC top job
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So far in the 2014 election cycle, 114 super PACs have spent money on federal races, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Yes, 114. And that's before the primary season is over. Those 114 super PACs have spent $77.8 million s...
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Danny Shaw looks at Theresa May's record as she becomes the longest-serving Home Secretary for 50 years.
