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The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences — The Obamas open up about raising their daughters, the impact of stereotypes, and what's on the POTUS dance party playlist. Subscribe now for instant access to the exclusive PEOPLE interview! — The protective bubble that comes …
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Obamas on Race: We've Been Treated Like the Help
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Secretive groups ran $25M in ads for state races
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
GOP Sen. Coburn blocks terrorism insurance measure
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As Alan Gross Is Released, U.S. and Cuba Start Talks on Normalizing Relations — WASHINGTON — The United States will open talks with Cuba aimed at restoring full diplomatic relations and opening an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half century after the release …
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AP sources: US, Cuba seek to normalize relations — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba will start talks on normalizing full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in U.S. policy toward the communist island in decades, American officials said Wednesday.
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Alan Gross freed, U.S. and Cuba strike historic deal — Washington (CNN) — U.S. contractor Alan Gross, held by the Cuban government since 2009, was freed Wednesday as part of a landmark deal with Cuba that paves the way for a major overhaul in U.S. policy toward the island, senior administration officials tell CNN.
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Alan Gross: Cuba Releases American After Five Years in Prison … Held for five years in Cuba, 65-year-old American contractor Alan Gross has been released from prison and is en route to U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. — In a landmark humanitarian prisoner exchange to be announced …
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Obama And Castro To Give Public Statements On US-Cuba Relations
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Kevin Yoder MIA After Tucking Wall Street Bailout Into Government Spending Bill — WASHINGTON — For all the anger among progressives about a Wall Street bailout provision that made its way into the just-passed $1.1 trillion government spending bill, there's been little attention on the person who put it in there.
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No author, no law — Something very odd has occurred in connection with the atrociously named “cromnibus” bill passed by Congress this weekend — a bill that the president, if only he might repent of the position he has taken to now, still both can and ought to veto.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Emboldened Wall Street ready to dismantle Dodd-Frank financial law
Emboldened Wall Street ready to dismantle Dodd-Frank financial law
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Is Jeb Bush Too Liberal To Win The Republican Nomination In 2016? — On Tuesday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced that he will “actively explore” a bid for the White House. While Bush has not yet formed a presidential exploratory committee, he's “running” for president by any practical definition of the term.
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Money men cheer Bush news
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Jeb's killer flaw — the name, not the ideology
Jeb's killer flaw — the name, not the ideology
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
No doubt now: Jeb Bush eyeing 2016 race
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Rand Paul is Already Running an Ad Against Jeb Bush
Rand Paul is Already Running an Ad Against Jeb Bush
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Exclusive: Sony Emails Say State Department Blessed Kim Jong-Un Assassination in ‘The Interview’ — CEO Michael Lynton showed a rough cut of the movie to U.S. officials before moving ahead. Now hackers are threatening to bomb any theater that shows it. — The Daily Beast has unearthed …
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Carmike Cinemas Is First To Pull ‘The Interview’ Over Hacker Threat Concerns
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Why do people vote against their interests? — During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests. Commentators like myself have spent countless hours speculating on why so many people vote …
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Ecuador Family Wins Favors After Donations to Democrats — MIAMI — The Obama administration overturned a ban preventing a wealthy, politically connected Ecuadorean woman from entering the United States after her family gave tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic campaigns, according to finance records and government officials.
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Obama issues ‘executive orders by another name’ — By issuing his directives as “memoranda” rather than executive orders, Obama has downplayed the extent of his executive actions. — WASHINGTON — President Obama has issued a form of executive action known as the presidential memorandum …
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Stephen Collins Confesses Sexual Abuse of Underage Girls to PEOPLE: ‘I Did Something Terribly Wrong’ — Embattled actor Stephen Collins has released a lengthy statement to PEOPLE in which he admits to inappropriate sexual contact with three female minors. — The 67-year-old …
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Hillary Clinton Early Leader in Presidential Race: Poll — Still, Clinton has a substantial lead among Democratic voters - 82 percent say they could see themselves supporting if she runs, versus 15 percent who can't. — By contrast, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., (37 percent support …
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Blacks falling behind under ObamaCare — African-Americans are less likely to see benefits under ObamaCare compared to other racial groups, according to research released Tuesday. — While Hispanics, American Indians and Alaska natives have seen “dramatic” increases in healthcare coverage …
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Democratic Allegiance Hits a Low; Can the GOP Seize the Opportunity? — The number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats has dropped to a record low in nearly 34 years of ABC News/Washington Post polls, marking the party's challenges after its poor showing in the 2014 midterm elections.
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Stephen Colbert Prepares Final ‘Colbert Report’ — For nine years, Stephen Colbert has relentlessly maintained his pompous, deeply ridiculous but consistently appealing conservative blowhard character on his late-night show, “The Colbert Report” — so much so that when he puts the character …
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