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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from RedState
It's always a tricky proposition, believing what the Russians say during the course of any crisis. Caginess, particularly with the West, is practically ingrained in Russian DNA and Putin, who is a creature of the KGB, is no different.-
Monday, November 9, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsThe Republican presidential candidate is pointing to evidence he says backs up his story
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsA close aide to Ben Carson said Monday that the scrutiny the Republican presidential candidate is facing was to be expected and is a "good thing."
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsPresident Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled to meet at the White House Monday for their first sit-down since a very public spat over the now-secure Iranian nuclear deal.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - Politics
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe latest on the end of the one-week filing period for the 2016 election in Arkansas (all times local): … Click to Continue »
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the city of Cleveland over its formula for taxing visiting professional athletes for their work in the city. … Click to Continue »
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe Supreme Court won't hear a dispute over California's requirement that nonprofit groups turn over the names of major donors. … Click to Continue »
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryGENEVA (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will deliver a relatively rare address by a head of state to the U.N. Human Rights Council at a...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryDETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen, in an effort to appease owners of small diesel-powered cars involved in an emissions cheating scandal, plans to offer...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's air force flew 137 sorties and hit 448 targets in Syria in the last three days, Russian news agencies quoted the...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from UK Politics - The Huffington PostRichard Dawkins branded the Sun “disgusting” on Monday, while suggesting those who buy it “can barely read at all”. The writer and scientist blasted the tabloid for its coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s behaviour at the Remembrance Sunday...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsIncreasing the number of assembly members could boost scrutiny of the Welsh government, Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies tells MPs.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comChristian persecution has become a new religion for many. These people take it on faith that a war on Christianity is being waged in America. The reality is, the only war being waged right now is one to define the religious freedoms...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsInvestigators of the Russian plane crash are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBy Brian Homewood GENEVA (Reuters) - The independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has recommended that the...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.com(function(){var...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsIrish Prime Minister Enda Kenny says he is hopeful a deal can be agreed between the Northern Ireland parties by the weekend.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - Politics
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Reuters: PoliticsFAJARDO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson endorsed U.S. statehood for Puerto Rico on Sunday, citing its "very strategic" location for military defense.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAs state lawmakers seek peace by Thanksgiving, Gov. Wolf considers the option of war.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - Politics
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - Politics
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostYour morning defense and foreign policy news roundup.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comSome departments are facing cuts of up to 40% that are likely to lead to large reductions in Whitehall staff numbers The government is seeking another £16bn in spending cuts of current or “resource” spending by 2020, according to...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - Politics
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comA U.S. official says two Americans killed in Jordan on Monday were part of a State Department police training program. … Click to Continue »
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline has exposed an endlessly polarized Washington, and...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryPARIS (AP) — Members of the U.N. cultural agency narrowly rejected Kosovo's bid for membership Monday, in a victory for Serbia and Russia and a...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Top Stories
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsBasking in the glory of the sterling performance in just-concluded assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be campaigning for the JD(U) candidate in November 21 Lok Sabha by-poll in the Ratlam-Jhabua seat in Madhya...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comOpposition says green paper is part of government plan to stop the public scrutinising its spending Government plans to exempt universities from freedom of information (FOI) requests have been condemned by Labour. The government’s higher...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsSeveral reporters have dug in Carson's biography and found sources that contradict some of Carson's stories
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsNine new prisons will open in England and Wales - five by 2020 - under plans to close "Victorian" jails and sell them for housing, the government says.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryYANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar opposition says it has swept elections in 4 of 14 states where results are known.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from PoliticsChris Christie says the real work isn't at the debates, but on the ground in the early contest states.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostWhat the Missouri fight says about politics broadly.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from stories: PoliticsFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday he never hit his mother with a hammer or stabbed anybody, but that retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson shouldn't be surprised that people are digging into Mr. Carson's past history of violence...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comRolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including George Osborne’s speech announcing 9 new prisons and David Cameron’s speech to the CBI Howard League for Penal Reform criticise prison building plans...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Politics - Public RSSOrientation, iPads and training with their spouses and partners. That’s how freshly-elected parliamentarians are preparing for the resumption of Parliament on Dec. 3.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comProposal to charge for Freedom of Information Act requests would limit news organisations’ ability to inform the public, says editor-in-chief Peter Clifton The government’s review of the Freedom of Information Act threatens to further...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local):9:15...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Latest NewsVeterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr calls it “devastating and tragic” that 59 soldiers who served in Afghanistan have since taken their lives, and he promises to transform the way Ottawa deals with members of the Canadian Armed Forces...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian policeman opened fire Monday on foreign trainers at a police training compound, killing two Americans and a South...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from dailyrecord - PoliticsTAVISH Scott has been giving evidence at an Election Court hearing after Alistair Carmichael authorised a leak before the general election.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsWhen Barbara Bush met the man who would take her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, on a tandem skydive in 2007, she issued a stern warning.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comAccording to CBS News , an alarming percentage of Democrats either won't vote for Hillary Clinton or would only support her nomination to prevent a Republican from winning: Just under half of Democratic primary voters nationwide say they...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsToday MPs can vote for the control of abortion law to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Cathy Newman fears it could have awful consequences
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsBen Carson said Saturday he's hauled in $3.5 million in campaign cash this week thanks to a "biased media."
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsOrkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael thought it was "politically beneficial" to leak a memo about Nicola Sturgeon during the general election campaign.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from PoliticsIn five separate Sunday interviews, real-estate mogul Donald Trump continued to raise doubts about the controversy dogging his leading presidential rival, Ben Carson. Carson, a Republican retired neurosurgeon, is facing scrutiny over...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsBy most standards, it was a very tough week for U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. His son, Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr., was convicted Thursday on federal bank- and tax-fraud charges.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Newsmax - Politics"It's really not a big setback, but I obviously don't prefer it. I'd rather be on the other stage where I was for the first three," Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie told "Fox News Sunday."* Christie will not appear in the...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from RedStateA candidate for President had a childhood mentor who had been a Nazi. The candidate made up key details about his life and relationships. He attended a church whose pastor routinely attacked the United States and blamed the United States...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedThe credit cost the government $140-million in lost revenue last year, adding to the billions of dollars it has spent on the tax break since the mid-1980s
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsBSP on Sunday termed Bihar election results as "historic" and said the people have handed over a "crushing" defeat to "communal forces". The post Bihar poll verdict a historic and crushing defeat of communal forces: BSP appeared first on...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from RedState
[mc_name name='Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)' chamber='senate' mcid='R000595' ], as promised, released all his AmEx bills from his time in the Florida legislature and the Washington Post and POLITICO find nothing amiss. Stunned? Yeah, me, too.... -
Sunday, November 8, 2015 from RedStateRichard the First, or Richard the Lionheart, was a beloved figure in England, known by his subjects as a fierce warrior and an all-around righteous man. He spent his younger years fighting to secure his lands and build a unified base....
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has an aggressive plan for what could be a two-day workweek ahead of the Veterans Day holiday. -
Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline has exposed an endlessly polarized Washington, and likely hardened its divides.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from FiveThirtyEight » Politics | FiveThirtyEight
“The Doctor Is In As Carson Ties Trump In GOP Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Carson Tops Clinton By 10 Points In General Election” That was the headline on a press release for the Quinnipiac University poll... -
Sunday, November 8, 2015 from RedState
This has been one of the most shameful weeks in the history of American media, and that covers a lot of waterfront. The scurrilous and obviously false attacks by POLITICO were only the worse. CNN dispatched people to try to find Carson's... -
Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Politics from NewserDonald Trump returned to Saturday Night Live on Saturday and got no further than his opening monologue before getting heckled, reports CBS News . "You're a racist!" came the shout from none other than Larry David, who, when confronted by...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedHoward Sapers says issues facing aboriginal prisoners -- including more time spent in custody and segregation cells -- are urgent.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsRepublican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said in an interview televised Sunday that she doesn't need to give a written detail of her tax plan since such plans are never implemented exactly as written anyway. Politicians put out...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsRepublican presidential candidates meet for a debate on Tuesday in Milwaukee, Wis., as Dr. Ben Carson and Sen. Marco Rubio have come under increased scrutiny.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsLeader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the Bihar election result is a "big political blow" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The post Bihar election result biggest political blow to PM Narendra Modi:...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that he's facing an unprecedented level of scrutiny about the veracity of his life story and questioned whether the issues dogging him over his autobiography are...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsOne year from the 2016 general election, Drake University political science professor Rachel Paine Caufield talks about the political landscape.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsTed Cruz's campaign is hoping its app motivates supporters to volunteer and donate - but also turn over personal information.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe FBI director has been seen as giving it credence. So has the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. And Gov. Christie made his views clear last week, saying in a Fox News interview that "I absolutely believe it's real."
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsAs the verdict of people in Bihar gave it a thumping victory, the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance also emerged on the top, with the largest vote share of nearly 46 per cent. The post Bihar: Grand Alliance gets highest vote share, BJP on...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » Politics
RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday declared Nitish Kumar will continue as Bihar Chief Minister despite his party emerging as the table topper, while he will launch a nation-wide stir against the "communal" Narendra Modi government. -
Monday, November 9, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSEnda Kenny to meet British PM and deliver key address to CBI, focusing on Brexit
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedParty leader speaks to hundreds of provincial New Democrats in British Columbia gathered for their last convention before 2017 provincial election
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from RedState
President Lyndon Johnson will be remembered for many things. Signing the Freedom of Information Act is often treated as a footnote for his legacy but actually has much more importance. People within the federal government like their... -
Monday, November 9, 2015 from RedState
On Friday, POLITICO and its zitty hipster reporter, a guy named Kyle D. Cheney, published a totally false and scurrilous attack on Ben Carson. Late Friday, they doubled down with another equally false story. Having been beaten down by... -
Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Chris Christie just can't catch a break.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsNPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Slate's Michelle Goldberg about how gender politics plays into the campaigns of Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsAsserting that the Bihar poll outcome will have national implications, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said it has made it clear that people want a strong alternative at the national level and have rejected attempts at polarising...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSEnda Kenny speaks at CBI conference in London, says State’s commitment to EU clear
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the city of Cleveland over its formula for taxing visiting professional athletes for their work in the city.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » Politics
Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, friend-turned-foe in state politics, sank their differences to revive an alliance that began over 40 years ago. -
Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsMost of the six oil exporting nations in Gulf Cooperation Council have put in place prudent fiscal policies, and those that haven't can learn from those that have, IMF chief Lagarde said.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsBihar counting begins from 7 am onwards, and as both the exit polls and pre poll survey has thrown confusing numbers at us, it is only the actual results that can give us some direction. We follow each and every update live in this blog....
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsEven as state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane questions their authority, the seven members of a special state Senate panel considering her fate are facing an unusual challenge.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Carson says it's time to move on from questions about the accuracy of his life story. But Tuesday's Republican debate makes that unlikely, and some of his GOP rivals say such scrutiny is part of running for president.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from RedState
Last week, Chris Christie was in New Hampshire and he gave a talk at a town hall meeting on substance abuse that has taken on nearly a viral nature. In some ways it was good. It reminded us of why a decidedly un-telegenic guy like... -
Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com Politics
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsUntil the end of October, Adam Stewart took basic education classes at the Center for Literacy, which for 47 years has equipped adults with tools to rebuild their lives.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsAmericans choose the next president one year from today. People from around the country have plenty to say about what the candidates should be discussing — and what they don't want to hear.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The House's newest and perhaps most powerful committee chairman is a 60-year-old Texas Republican who began life in a family of stalwart Democrats from South Dakota and lost his father at age 12 in a courtroom shooting.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from RedStateThe Democrats are totally disrespecting Barack Obama with this theory, you know. The post Latest Democratic political science theory: Barack Obama ain’t nobody special. appeared first on RedState .
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsKentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul said Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton is a neo-conservative who is the most likely to get the United States into another war. Appearing Sunday on CNN's State of the Union,...
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsWhile it’s a momentous day for all the Mahagathbandhan leaders - Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad and Rahul Gandhi – the man who be celebrating the most is the alliance’s backroom strategist Prashant Kishor The post Behind the...
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe race is over. Jim Kenney will be sworn in as Philadelphia's 99th mayor in eight weeks, the 10th Democrat in a row elected to that office since 1951.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsBy Joel White Republicans have long vowed that Obamacare's days are numbered. Now they're finally getting serious about what they'll put in its place.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » Politics
Shatrughan Sinha, who has been sidelined by the party leadership, congratulated Nitish Kumar after the Gran Alliance's grand showing in the Bihar elections. -
Monday, November 9, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON - The new and bigger Democratic majority in New Jersey, expanded with financial help from the state's largest teachers union, must pay more toward the public pension in 2016 than Gov. Christie has this year, the labor group says.
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Monday, November 9, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsCollege students around the country are lining up to take classes like a new one at NYU called "Black Lives Matter: Race, Resistance, and Popular Protest."
