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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Boehner's future as speaker in doubt — <p>Something has changed for John Boehner.</p><p>Figures in his close-knit circle of allies are starting to privately wonder whether he can survive an all-but-certain floor vote this fall to remain speaker of the House.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Countdown to shutdown begins — <p>Congress returns from its long summer vacation Tuesday to an all-out, three-week sprint to avert a government shutdown - and no apparent plan yet to quell the conservative rebellion over Planned Parenthood that has dramatically increased the odds …
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, Tampa Bay Times, Associated Press and The Atlantic
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz to Star in Government Shutdown, the Sequel — The sequel to Government Shutdown—the 2013 battle that caused the closing of national parks and museums, cost the U.S. economy $20 billion, and tanked the Republican Party's popularity—is slated for this fall and will feature the same star: Ted Cruz.
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NPR, Bearing Drift and Campaign for America's Future
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Conservatives prepare to make stand on Planned Parenthood
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Kentucky Guv Won't Respond To Kim Davis' Latest Motion To Leave Jail — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (R) said on Monday that he won't respond to clerk Kim Davis' recent motion asking the governor to release her from jail while she appeals the contempt of court ruling that landed her behind bars.
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Voters Show Little Sympathy for Jailed Clerk in Gay Marriage Spat
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Joe.My.God. and Althouse
Ed Payne / CNN:
Case appealed — Kentucky clerk faces judge in marriage debate 04:01
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Raw Story
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz to Visit Jailed Kentucky County Clerk Kim Davis
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz To Visit Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis In Jail On Tuesday
Ron Wyden / Medium:
My Statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — The Senate has no weightier responsibility this fall than consideration of the nuclear agreement recently negotiated by the United States, key world powers, and Iran. The decision facing each Senator this week will be whether …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Dick Cheney Floats Military Action As Alternative To Obama's Iran Deal
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz Iran-deal decision prompts primary threat
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, sunshinestatenews.com and Naked Politics
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Second Review Says Classified Information Was in Hillary Clinton's Email — WASHINGTON — A special intelligence review of two emails that Hillary Rodham Clinton received as secretary of state on her personal account — including one about North Korea's nuclear weapons program …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Show More Humor and Heart, Aides Say — There will be no more flip jokes about her private email server. There will be no rope lines to wall off crowds, which added to an impression of aloofness. And there will be new efforts to bring spontaneity to a candidacy that sometimes seems wooden and overly cautious.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Get ready for a second GOP debate with even more fireworks — The rapidly shifting dynamic of the 2016 presidential campaign will probably turn the second Republican debate into a far more contentious event than the first. — The month since the first debate in early August has seen …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Hillary In The Hot Seat
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Politico and Democratic Strategist
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Joe Biden's hope-and-pray South Carolina strategy
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Keith L. Alexander / Washington Post:
Baltimore reaches $6.4 million settlement with Freddie Gray family — Baltimore officials have reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died in April from a neck injury he suffered in police custody, according to two people with knowledge of the agreement.
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Talking Points Memo, Gawker, Jezebel and Mediaite
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Likens His Schooling to Military Service in Book — Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his education at a military-themed boarding school.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Hot Air, OnPolitics, Mediaite, Betsy's Page, Political Wire, National Review and Jezebel
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Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart — 1h - NFL TOM BRADY NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW YORK JETS PITTSBURGH STEELERS CAROLINA PANTHERS ST. LOUIS RAMS INDIANAPOLIS COLTS + more
Ashley Michels / FOX31 Denver:
Aurora police on alert after threatening call to 911 dispatch … AURORA, Colo. — The Aurora Police Department was on high alert Monday after a dispatch operator received an alarming and anonymous call. It is a concern for police and something the community should be aware of as well.
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Daily Mail, Scared Monkeys, Fox 59 and Fox News Insider
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Whitney Wild / KUSA-TV:
Warning for CO police after threat, shots fired
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USofArn.com and The Gateway Pundit
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Conservative dissent is brewing inside the Vatican — VATICAN CITY — On a sunny morning earlier this year, a camera crew entered a well-appointed apartment just outside the 9th-century gates of Vatican City. Pristinely dressed in the black robes and scarlet sash of the princes …
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NewsBusters and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Is the West Dead Yet? — Ruins of the Colosseum in Rome (Rafael Ben-ari/Dreamstime)
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Instapundit
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
New York Times Replaces Its Washington Bureau Chief — The New York Times announced on Tuesday it had replaced its Washington bureau chief, Carolyn Ryan, with Washington editor Elisabeth Bumiller, according to Poynter. — It was a move that had been in the hierarchy for months …
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