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1:25 PM ET, September 4, 2015

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump blasts Hugh Hewitt as ‘a third-rate radio announcer’  —  Donald Trump is blasting Hugh Hewitt after stumbling over foreign policy questions in an interview with the conservative radio host.  —  “[He is] a third-rate radio announcer,” Trump told hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Friday morning.
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Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Donald Trump On The Day He Took The Pledge  —  Donald Trump joined me today:  —  Audio:  —  09-03hhs-trump  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Joined now by Donald Trump.  Donald Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show, it's always a pleasure to talk to you.  —  DT: Thank you, Hugh.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Stumbles and Bristles During Foreign Policy Interview  —  Donald J. Trump revealed gaps in his mastery of international affairs during a radio interview on Thursday, appearing to mistake the Quds Force, an Iranian military group, for the Kurds, a Middle Eastern people, and growing testy over questions about foreign leaders.
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump hits radio host Hugh Hewitt for ‘gotcha questions’
Courier-Journal:
Kim Davis' husband: 'She won't resign' … CONNECT  —  MOREHEAD, Ky. The husband of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis said early Friday that Kim remains in good spirits and is prepared to remain in jail for months.  —  Joe Davis appeared outside the Rowan County Courthouse …
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Renée Graham / BostonGlobe.com:
Kim Davis follows the footsteps of George Wallace  —  Kim Davis is in jail for contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but make no mistake: this uncivil civil servant isn't a religious freedom fighter.  She's a homophobe, pure and simple.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:
With defiant county clerk in jail, gay Kentucky couple receives marriage license
Discussion: Slantpoint and Weasel Zippers
Adam Beam / Associated Press:   Gay Couple Gets First License To Wed In Defiant Clerk's Kentucky County
Cruz for President:
Cruz: I Call Upon Every Believer, Every Constitutionalist, Every Lover of Liberty to Stand with Kim Davis
Courier-Journal:
Kim Davis stands her ground - in jail
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump warns Carson  —  <p>Donald Trump isn't going on the attack against Ben Carson — not yet, at least.</p><p>" Well, I'm much better as a counterpuncher, so I'd rather have, and I'm hoping for Ben to really hit me at some point, because I love to counterpunch," …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Trump's Image Up Sharply Among Republicans  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Donald Trump's net favorable rating among Republicans increased significantly over the past two weeks, putting him among the top six Republicans overall on this measure.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Trump has a better answer on Iran than his GOP rivals do. Seriously.
Adam B. Schiff / New York Times:
Disband the Benghazi Committee  —  Washington — NOT long after it was formed last year, members of the Select Committee on Benghazi gathered to meet privately with family members of the four Americans killed on that dreadful night in Libya in 2012.  The meetings were emotional …
Weekly Standard:
The Next Justices  —  A guide for GOP candidates on how to fill Court vacancies  —  When Chief Justice John Roberts administers the oath of office to the next president, he will be flanked by three, and almost four, octogenarians: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg (83), Antonin Scalia (80), Anthony Kennedy (80), and Stephen Breyer (77).
Discussion: Hit & Run
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Exodus of Syrians Highlights Political Failure of the West  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Arresting images of desperation on the West's doorstep have brought Syria, for the moment, back to worldwide attention: refugees cramming into train stations and climbing border fences; drowned Syrian toddlers washing …
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Joe Millitzer / FOX2now.com:
11-year-old shoots and kills home intruder in north St. Louis County  —  ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - A child shot a teen that was trying to break into a home in north St. Louis County.  Police say the 11-year-old shooter fired one round from a handgun and killed the 16-year-old suspect.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Guard for Donald Trump Hits Protester  —  In a tussle outside Trump Tower on Thursday, a member of Donald J. Trump's security team responded to a protester, who had grabbed him from behind, by hitting him in the face.  —  The member of Mr. Trump's security team had ripped a large blue sign reading …
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TWC News:
Latinos protestan frente a torre Trump en contra de su “racismo”; guardia golpea a manifestante
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
The Truth of ‘Black Lives Matter’  —  The Republican Party and its acolytes in the news media are trying to demonize the protest movement that has sprung up in response to the all-too-common police killings of unarmed African-Americans across the country.  The intent of the campaign …
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Record 94,031,000 Americans Not in Labor Force; Participation Rate Stuck at 38-Year Low for 3rd Straight Month … (CNSNews.com) - A record 94,031,000 Americans were not in the American labor force last month — 261,000 more than July — and the labor force participation rate stayed stuck at 62.6 percent …
New York Daily News:
Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards calls Metallica and Black Sabbath ‘great jokes,’ says rap is for ‘tone-deaf people’ in free-wheeling interview  —  Some say rock is dead.  For Keith Richards, it always has been.  —  Strange, coming from the architect of the world's greatest rock ‘n’ roll band.
Christopher S. Rugaber / ABC News:
US Jobless Rate Falls to 7-Year Low; Fed Move Still Unclear  —  The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low in August as employers added a modest 173,000 jobs, a key piece of evidence for the Federal Reserve in deciding whether to raise interest rates from record lows later this month.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Slower Job Growth May Give Fed Pause on Raising Rates
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Navy Ships Came Within 12 Nautical Miles of U.S. Coast  —  Vessels complied with international law, Pentagon officials say  —  Chinese navy ships off the coast of Alaska in recent days weren't just operating in the area for the first time: They also came within 12 nautical miles of the U.S. coast …
Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
'Damn right, I'm going to fight back': Bush declares war on Trump  —  HAMPTON, New Hampshire - Jeb Bush had a message for the workers at Foss Manufacturing Company on Thursday who might be tempted by a certain billionaire's siren call: Rage does not pay.  —  “Donald Trump's view is that the end is near,” Bush said.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Why Jeb?  —  There is no obvious case for Bush III.
Discussion: Salon, Fox News and RedState
 
 
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