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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Top Stories
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the 2016 race for president Tuesday, ending a campaign that failed to gain much...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe Iowa Democratic Party’s explanation for how the very complicated math is done on caucus night.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsDonald Trump on Monday focused on national security in a speech to a raucous crowd of nearly 10,000 people, days after the terrorist attacks in Paris sent shockwaves around the world and rippled through the 2016 presidential race.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comA Dallas company that had been ordered to recall a dietary supplement pill because of links to liver damage has been indicted along with several of its executives on charges that they intentionally misbranded their products and deceived...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryMANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama says the old rules that it's impossible to grow the economy and protect the environment at the...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsHillary Clinton will outline her plan for defeating ISIS on Thursday in New York City, her campaign said.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsWith ISIS using terrorism to expand its reach in Iraq and Syria, Kurdish forces are working to stop them. Charlie D'Agata has a look at what exactly they're doing
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Leaders from 21 countries and self-governing territories are in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsPresident Barack Obama sharply criticized Republicans Wednesday for suggesting that Syrian refugees coming to the United States posed a security threat, blasting some GOP suggestions as "offensive" and mocking what he said was a fear of...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from ABC News: PoliticsTed Cruz defends his call to ban Syrian Muslim refugees in the U.S.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's leader on Tuesday ordered the arrest of the former president's national security adviser for allegedly stealing...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from stories: PoliticsPresident Obama intensified his criticism Wednesday of Republicans for trying to block Syrian refugees from emigrating to the U.S., saying the GOP is giving in to "hysteria." "We are not well served when, in response ot a terrorist...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsRepublican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will elaborate Wednesday on his ideas for combating ISIS and “radical Islamic terrorism,” as well as offer specifics on rebuilding the U.S. military, according to a statement from his campaign....
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsRepublican leaders in the House and Senate told president Obama to stop accepting refugees from Syria. Nancy Cordes has more
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsAs France launched another round of airstrikes on ISIS targets, French president Francois Hollande said he's motivated by the names and faces of the 129 killed Friday in terrorist attacks around Paris
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsOne of the first governors to announce his state would not be accepting Syrian refugees said Tuesday that law enforcement has informed him that refugees are behind most of the major threats to the U.S. since Sept. 11.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsNearly two years on the job, Mayor de Blasio has seen a steep dip in his approval rating, according to a new poll.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comMANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama is accusing Republicans who oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S. of being scared of widows and orphans. He says the political posturing "needs to stop." Obama is addressing...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsHillary Clinton drew a sharp contrast with Bernie Sanders on health care and taxes here on Tuesday, telling a fired-up audience at a local community college that as president, she would not raise taxes on the middle class.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comRecent attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have once again brought terrorism and Islamic extremism to the forefront of international relations. According to newly released data that...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsAll it needs is one call to the UK Foreign Office to get confirmation about whether this accusation against Rahul Gandhi applying for British citizenship has any merit The post Mr Rahul Gandhi, please tick your answer: Did you at any...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsAlso Tuesday, two senators announced a push for a formal authorization of military force against the Islamic State as Congress moved to respond to the Paris attacks.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich says he'd set up an agency with a "mandate" to promote what he calls...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsSecretary Kerry spoke with CBS News after meeting with French President François Hollande
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsRussia pummeled ISIS sites in Syria Tuesday, including targeting the terror organization's self-proclaimed capital city of Raqqa and deploying dozens of cruise missiles.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryPARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local):___1:15 a.m.House members emerging from a closed-door briefing by top...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comShockingly high temperatures in October all but guarantee that 2015 will be the world's hottest year ever recorded. Last month was the warmest October ever recorded -- and the sixth straight month to set record temperatures. It...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryPARIS (AP) — A ceasefire between Syria's government and opposition could be just weeks away from reality, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsBeirut is dealing with the aftermath of an explosion that killed 43 people last week
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from stories: PoliticsAustin American-Statesman. Nov. 17, 2015. How should the U.S. respond to the Paris attacks? Reactions matter. The question that should guide the response to Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people is: How do...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Reuters: Politics(Reuters) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, polling near the bottom of the crowded 2016 Republican presidential field, suspended his campaign on Tuesday, saying: "This is not my time."
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsPresident Obama was criticized for comparing the terrorist group to a "jayvee team" in January 2014
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsWhat is normally a fierce rivalry between England and France on the soccer field became a collective expression of solidarity and unity
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe Republican presidential candidate responded to the secretary of state's comments while campaigning in South Carolina.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsIn an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley, John Kerry discusses how the Obama administration plans to defeat ISIS
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Daily News - PoliticsGov. Cuomo tore into extremists in both political parties for throwing the federal government into gridlock and turmoil.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The former head of an Oregon-based chain of retirement centers was sentenced by a federal judge on Tuesday to 15 years in...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsSecretary of State John Kerry drew a distinction Tuesday between the two terror attacks in Paris this year, saying the terrorists who attacked the Charlie Hebdo office in January had a "rationale" as opposed to Friday's events which...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsAs investigators work to unravel details of the hours, days and weeks leading up to Friday's attacks in Paris, a debate has emerged among officials close to the investigation about just how long the attack was in the works and the degree...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsRep. Pete King said Tuesday that no Syrian refugees should be allowed into the United States because the vetting system is a farce.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryCHICAGO (AP) — Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear an appeal of his corruption...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Politics News | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comKristen Rosen Gonzalez won with about 59 percent of the vote Turnout for runoff was low New commissioners will be sworn in Monday … Click to Continue »
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comCongressional leaders launched their latest attack on President Obama's Clean Power Plan this week. But GOP leader Mitch McConnell got less than he bargained for. The votes to block the Clean Power Plan showed that the Clean Power Plan...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsAfter the terror attacks in Paris, satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo released its new cover, a cartoon of an apparently bullet-riddled Frenchman drinking champagne
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsFood bank use in Scotland has increased to record levels, with more than 60,000 referrals over a six-month period, according to the Trussell Trust
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsSeth Porges was on his way out of his apartment to get food in Paris when terrorists unloaded automatic weapons down the street
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryMANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama lashed out Wednesday at Republicans who insist on barring Syrian refugees from entering the...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsIf one thing is clear in all this speculation of a rift within BJP, it is that Advani wants to take the revolt to its logical conclusion. The post BJP revolt: Attending Nitish swearing-in is Advani’s trump card, but using it will...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has briefly discussed environmental issues with U.S. President Barack Obama. Trudeau says he hopes to show that Canada is a "positive actor" when it comes to the environment.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsATLANTA (AP) - The Republican outsiders have been getting a pass on their limited grasp of foreign policy in the presidential campaign. That may be ending.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedState
A new national poll out from University of Massachusetts confirms what we are seeing in other polls. The contest is a four-man race but a race with two distinct levels of candidates. The top level are the two outsiders, Donald Trump and... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsHouse Speaker Paul Ryan calls for a "pause" on America's Syrian refugee program, to give Congress time to evaluate the national security risks.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - For the first time in six years, the top elected and appointed officials in Pennsylvania state government won't be getting automatic pay raises.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from NPR Topics: Politics30 governors have expressed opposition to resettlement of Syrian refugees over security concerns in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the G20 meetings in Turkey
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMayor-elect Jim Kenney will announce three cabinet-level appointments Wednesday, including one to a newly created position that focuses on diversity.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON - Filing into the Statehouse on Monday amid a stream of people advocating for driver's licenses for immigrants who are in the country illegally, Yamina Canepa, 17, described the challenges faced by her mother, who is undocumented...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed“I only wish Yogi was here to celebrate the news. . . . He said himself, ‘If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be,’ but today, it’d be close.”
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEW YORK (AP) - One of the state's most powerful politicians badgered companies reliant upon his legislative support to funnel more than $300,000 to his son, a prosecutor told a jury at the start of a corruption trial Tuesday as defense...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsAs governors and presidential hopefuls talk of a ban on Syrian refugees, the reality of who’s fleeing the war-torn nation — and why — is a different story.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsDALLAS (AP) - Intensifying their rivalry, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday accused Bernie Sanders of charting a tax increase on middle-class families and undercutting President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Sanders' campaign...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedState
The Obama administration's plan to accept some tens of thousands of Syrian "refugees." I put refugees in scare quotes because this is more accurately a population migration not a refugee problem. These people are not fleeing a war zone.... -
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Tom Wolf told Pennsylvania lawmakers on Tuesday that he is not backing down on his willingness to continue accepting Syrian refugees who are fleeing persecution and death, and said states do not have the...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Former Utah lawmaker Jackie Biskupski on Tuesday became the first openly gay mayor of Salt Lake City, the capital of the conservative state where the Mormon church and a small town judge delivered setbacks last week...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
The U.S. Secret Service came under the congressional microscope once again Tuesday, with lawmakers seeking answers about agents who wrongly accessed a fellow congressman’s personnel file. -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedState
The Islamic attack on Paris on Friday night stomped on any interest anyone had in what the geriatrics running for the Democrat nomination for president in their debate on Saturday. But, realizing this furor won't go on forever, I decided... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsIn an interview with Morning Edition , the Republican senator criticized the administration's strategy against ISIS, following the president's remarks Monday.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsThe Pittsburgh City Council is set to consider a marijuana decriminalization bill. The proposed ordinance, scheduled to be introduced today, will closely follow protocols that have been in place in Philadelphia for more than a year.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsLANSING, Mich. (AP) - The White House sought Tuesday to reassure U.S. governors concerned about accepting Syrian refugees following the attacks in Paris, explaining during a conference call how the refugees are screened and prioritized...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service director, appearing deeply embarrassed, apologized again Tuesday for actions of agents working under him and told Congress that dozens were being disciplined for their efforts to discredit a...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
The House will vote Thursday to enhance oversight of the screening process for refugees from Syria and Iraq, but it will not consider legislation to “pause” the program sought by Speaker Paul D. Ryan. -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsEugene V. Debs, who went to prison for his socialist beliefs, gave a famous speech in Ohio in 1918 urging resistance to the World War I draft.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsSome advisers to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson say he is struggling to grasp the complexities of foreign policy, his closest confidant said Tuesday, acknowledging their frustration while adding the political newcomer is...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedStateHey! Guess what?? Republican Leaders in the Senate are going to ditch language on Planned Parenthood from reconciliation. I told you that was going to happen. Many fiscal conservative groups told you that was going to happen....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedStateOn Friday morning in an interview on Good Morning America, President Obama proclaimed to George Stephanopolous that ISIS was “contained.” He went on to state: “I don’t think they’re gaining strength. From the start, our goal has been...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A state environmental agency has passed a plan to add new bear hunting areas and allow the use of bows and arrows.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedGenuine leadership requires long-term commitments and strong action with allies. In Syria and Iraq, only the responsible use of military force, including air power, will stop the brutality of IS and Assad
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
NEW ORLEANS — Sen. David Vitter, locked in a tight gubernatorial runoff election in Louisiana with Democrat John Bel Edwards, has given Big Easy satirists a lot of material. -
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
Days after the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal to a lower court’s decision tossing out Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District boundaries, a special master appointed by the lower court released two proposals to remedy the... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain criticized President Barack Obama’s defiant defense of the administration’s strategy to combat the Islamic State terror group. -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsLouisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday evening that he was suspending his campaign for president.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSBusiness long envious of the Republic’s rate now able ‘to compete on even playing field’
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEW YORK (AP) - A prominent real estate developer testified Tuesday that former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked him to hire a friend's small law firm to handle tax litigation, but never disclosed that he was splitting...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com Politics“Sanctuary City” is getting a makeover.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe Energy Secretary will announce later that the UK's final coal-fired plant will close within a decade, Sky News learns.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com Politics
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS FeedAt least four of the individuals suspected of carrying out last week’s deadly rampage in Paris were known to U.S. intelligence agencies before the attacks, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedState
I am not making this up. Hillarymen.com is an actual website that is neither parody nor deliberately ironic. It functions more like a support group for self-hating emasculated sorta-males who are acting out their vagina-envy by... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsJohn Kasich is set to unveil an ambitious new national security plan his campaign says will "help make America safer and defeat ISIS" as the Ohio governor launches a new bid to kick start his stalled presidential bid.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedState
* DISCLAIMER: There is nothing 'easy' about remaining union-free. Therefore, the term 'simple' in the title of this article should not be misconstrued to mean 'easy.' To many employers, the labor relations world has been frustratingly... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsLouisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says he is dropping out of 2016 race for president, ending a campaign that failed to gain much support among Republicans.In an interview Tuesday afternoon on Fox News, Jindal says, This isn't my time....
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from RedState
According to the UN, "Migrants, especially economic migrants, choose to move in order to improve the future prospects of themselves and their families. Refugees have to move if they are to save their lives or preserve their freedom." So... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsU.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton on Tuesday won the endorsement of the SEIU labor union, which has about 2 million members, in her quest to win the Democratic nomination for the November 2016 election. The Service Employees...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania Senate's majority leader said Tuesday that he is planning a vote early next week on legislation to end the collection of school property taxes and replace it with billions of dollars in higher...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) - The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has filed revised tax returns for four years, including changes that reflect millions of dollars in grants donated by foreign governments during the years that Democratic...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsHillary Clinton's "disastrous" record as former secretary of state - and her role in the deadly Benghazi attacks - show why she's unqualified to be the nation's president,according to critic Edward Klein.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
AFI Docs kicked off its monthly film series of documentaries this week with Michael Moore’s “Where to Invade Next,” an exploration of what makes a country strong, with everyone still reeling from Friday’s deadly... -
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsFLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush clarified on Tuesday that his call for the U.S. refugee program to give preference to Christians fleeing Syria does not exclude Muslims.
