memeorandum: Biden delivers ‘Elizabeth Warren-type speech’ at fundraiser (Peter Hamby/CNN)

8:40 PM ET, May 10, 2014

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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:

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Peter Hamby / CNN:

Biden delivers ‘Elizabeth Warren-type speech’ at fundraiser — Washington (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden appeared at a closed-door fundraiser in South Carolina Friday and delivered what one attendee called “an Elizabeth Warren-type speech” about the struggles of America's middle class …

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Biden takes shot at Clintons in SC — Vice President Joe Biden gave a closed-door speech Friday to South Carolina Democrats that included a shot at the Clintons. — Biden, a potential 2016 candidate, said the unraveling of middle-class financial security began in “the later years …

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Ted Cruz, the reckless accuser — Sen. Ted Cruz, in a speech to fellow conservatives at the Federalist Society this week, provided detailed evidence of what the right calls the “lawlessness” of the Obama administration. — The Texas Republican, in his latest McCarthyesque flourish …

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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:

WHITE HOUSE TO FOCUS ON ROAD, BRIDGE REPAIR — You are here — Home » United States government » White House to focus on road, bridge repair — WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running out, the White House was preparing to press Congress next week to keep money flowing …

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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:

U.S. Officers Kill Armed Civilians in Yemen Capital — WASHINGTON — A United States Special Operations commando and a Central Intelligence Agency officer in Yemen shot and killed two armed Yemeni civilians who tried to kidnap them while the Americans were in a barber shop in the country's capital …

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