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9:35 AM ET, April 23, 2015

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New York Times:
Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation as Russians Pressed for Control of Uranium Company  —  The headline in Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin's latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when the newspaper served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.”
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Exclusive: Clinton charities will refile tax returns, audit for other errors  —  (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's family's charities are refiling at least five annual tax returns after a Reuters review found errors in how they reported donations from governments, and said they may audit …
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
For Clintons, speech income shows how their wealth is intertwined with charity  —  Bill Clinton was paid at least $26 million in speaking fees by companies and organizations that are also major donors to the foundation he created after leaving the White House, according to a Washington Post analysis …
The Hill:
2016 rookies stumble out of gate  —  The 2016 presidential field is off to a bumbling start.  —  Many of the White House hopefuls are showing they are rookies on the presidential campaign trail.  None of the early mistakes, gaffes or lapses in judgment so far are bid-killers …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
McCain: Rand Paul ‘Worst Possible Candidate’ On National Security  —  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Wednesday took a jab at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and his presidential run, declaring Paul to be the worst Republican on security issues.  —  “Sen. Paul is the worst possible candidate of the 20 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
McCain: Paul ‘Worst Possible Candidate,’ Cruz Would Be Better
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Carly Fiorina to Launch Presidential Campaign on May 4  —  Former Hewlett-Packard CEO will declare GOP campaign online  —  Carly Fiorina plans to launch her presidential campaign on May 4, in an online announcement that dispenses with the pageantry that has become de rigueur in 2016 White House runs.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:   Fiorina to launch presidential bid on May 4
Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:   Time for marriage equality  —  It's 2015, and the American public …
George Packer / New Yorker:
American Politics: Why the Thrill Is Gone
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Marco Rubio takes lead in Sheldon Adelson primary  —  The billionaire casino mogul is drawn to the Florida senator's life story and hawkish foreign policy views.  —  Before Iowa and New Hampshire, GOP candidates are competing in the Sheldon Adelson primary, and some will travel …
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S.V. Dáte / National Journal:
Why Bush and Rubio Can't Count on Florida  —  Changing Hispanic demographics and decline of Cuba-embargo politics could spell trouble for GOP.  —  One of the biggest political stories of the coming 2016 presidential election happened in Florida last week via an explosion that didn't happen.
Discussion: SaintPetersBlog
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Cash Author Is Targeting Jeb Bush Next  —  The past week can't have been very pleasant for Peter Schweizer.  On Sunday, the New York Times revealed that his forthcoming book, Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Jeb Bush is tearing down what little campaign finance law we have left.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Poll: Gay-marriage support at record high  —  A record-high 6 in 10 Americans support same-sex marriage and a similar share say individual states should not be allowed to define marriage as only between a man and a woman, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
What will Patty Murray do?  —  Sen. Patty Murray's two decades in office have been marked by her knack for turning her vanilla-ness into an asset to pass big bills and accrue power.  Lawmakers in both parties say she has a high trustworthiness quotient.  She used it to pull off the budget agreement …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate passes trafficking bill 99-0, ending long abortion fight
Jeremy Page / Wall Street Journal:
China Warns North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Rising  —  Pyongyang could double nuclear-weapons arsenal by next year, according to latest Beijing estimates  —  North Korea's nuclear arsenal may be larger than previously thought.  Chinese nuclear experts have revised their estimates on how many warheads that country is building.
Mark J. Perry / AEI:
18 spectacularly wrong apocalyptic predictions made around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970, expect more this year  —  In the May 2000 issue of Reason Magazine, award-winning science correspondent Ronald Bailey wrote an excellent article titled “Earth Day, Then and Now” …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret Service took a year to fix broken alarm at George H.W. Bush home  —  The Secret Service took more than a year to replace a broken alarm system at former president George H.W. Bush's home, raising concerns within the agency about the safety of the Houston residence and the Bush family …
Discussion: NBC News and Fox News
Aaron David Miller / CNN:
Iran parades military equipment 9 photos  —  Iranian sailors march in the parade.  —  Hide Caption  —  9 of 9  —  Story highlights  —  Aaron David Miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and was a Middle East negotiator …
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
FCC Staff Recommends Hearing on Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger  —  Hearing designation order would be setback for deal plans  —  The Federal Communications Commission's staff threw up a significant roadblock Wednesday to Comcast Corp. 's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc. …
Cole Stangler / International Business Times:
US Steel Warns Of Layoffs In Arkansas And Texas As Trans-Pacific Partnership Looms  —  Domestic producers have struggled amid a wave of Asian steel imports.  In this photo, employees at a steel factory in Dalian, China.  —  United States Steel Corporation issued layoff notices to 1,404 workers …
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Senator Ron Wyden / Wired:
SENATOR RON WYDEN: THE FREE INTERNET IS A GLOBAL PRIORITY
Discussion: Hit & Run and The Hill
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Obamacare, Hands Off My Medicare  —  A number of factors underpin the anti-redistributionist shift in public opinion that I wrote about last week.  —  First, and perhaps most important, is the emergence of significant resistance to downward redistribution among the elderly, a major voting bloc.
The Hill:
Obama trade fight engulfs Capitol  —  The clash over President Obama's trade agenda engulfed Washington on Wednesday as liberal critics delayed a Senate vote, House Democratic leaders lined up in opposition and GOP supporters predicted success despite the growing commotion.
David Wethe / Bloomberg Business:
Half of U.S. Fracking Companies Will Be Dead or Sold This Year  —  Half of the 41 fracking companies operating in the U.S. will be dead or sold by year-end because of slashed spending by oil companies, an executive with Weatherford International Plc said.  —  There could be about 20 companies left …
Tiffany Craig / KHOU-TV:
Pregnant restaurant worker fired after armed robbery  —  CHANNELVIEW, Texas - A fast food restaurant is robbed and the shift manager says she got fired for refusing to pay the money back.  —  “I told them I'm not paying nothing,” said Marissa Holcomb.  “I just had a gun to me.  I'm not paying the money.”
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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