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4:25 PM ET, September 14, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump  —  Ben Carson is turning the other cheek.  —  The retired neurosurgeon explained his apology to Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that he was not questioning the real estate mogul's faith but rather talking about his own.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Washington Post:
Poll: Trump, Carson top GOP race; Clinton leads Dems but support drops  —  Two non-politicians, businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, dominate the contest for the Republican nomination, together accounting for more than half of the potential vote as support …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Poll: Sharp erosion in Clinton support among Democratic women  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be her bedrock in her bid to become the nation's first female president.
Discussion: Mediaite, Townhall.com and Slantpoint
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Why Are Women Ditching Hillary?  —  Earlier this year Hillary Clinton seemed to have the female vote locked down, so why is she now having to work so hard to convince them to support with her campaign?  —  The Clinton campaign went into overdrive this week to shore up support among voters …
Discussion: RedState
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Clinton's Support Drops by a Third as Trump, Carson Surge in GOP Race
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mike Wynn / USA Today:
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses  —  LOUISVILLE — In returning to work Monday, Kim Davis, the embattled Kentucky county clerk at the center of the dispute over gay marriage and religious liberty, indicated that she will not interfere with any deputy clerk who issues marriage licenses …
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Timothy D. Easley / ABC News:
What Kim Davis Is Saying Now About Marriage Licenses
Discussion: Daily Kos and abc7ny.com
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kentucky clerk: Issue same-sex marriage licenses without my name
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Kentucky Clerk Allows Same-Sex Licenses, but Questions Legality
Politico:
McConnell's fall mandate: Keep calm, avert catastrophe  —  In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader says the GOP can do big things — in 2017.  Until then, his agenda is more modest.  —  Mitch McConnell wants his party playing the long game.  —  To hear the Senate majority leader tell it …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.  —  The real action in American politics these days is the in-house feud among Republicans.  It features the center-right GOP establishment in one corner and the talk show hosts and Tea Party activists in the other.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP: Defund Planned Parenthood even if it didn't break the law
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Is Trump killing justice reform?  —  Don't look now, but The Donald is actually shaping American policy.  —  Criminal justice reform, a perennial lost cause for civil rights lefties, had its surprise bipartisan moment this year.  Conservative Republican voices like anti-tax activist Grover Norquist …
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Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Mark Cuban: I could beat Trump AND Clinton
Discussion: OnPolitics and Mediaite
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rebel billionaires eager to follow Trump into politics
Discussion: Business Insider
Raw Story:
Arnold Schwarzenegger to take over for Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  “You're terminated”?  “You won't be back”?  “Hasta la vista, job seeker”?  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger is to replace Donald Trump as the host of the NBC reality show …
Discussion: Deadline, UPROXX and Progress Pond
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Kate Stanhope / Hollywood Reporter:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Named New ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Host
John Heilemann / Bloomberg Business:
Biden Secretly Meets With Top Obama Bundler During New York Swing  —  The 28 hours Joe Biden spent in New York City at the end of last week were a whirlwind of activity—much of it feeding the mounting speculation that he is inching ever closer to launching a late-starting presidential campaign.
Danny Wicentowski / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
The Ferguson Commission Has Released its Long-Awaited Report.  Now What?  —  The Ferguson Commission wasn't built just to churn out a report.  —  Assembled by an executive order from Governor Jay Nixon, the commission's sixteen members have spent the past ten months compiling data, holding public hearings and listening to experts.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
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Jason Rosenbaum / NPR:
Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis
Fox News:
Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper  —  A man suspected of fatally shooting a Kentucky trooper was shot and killed by state police early Monday morning, cops confirmed to FoxNews.com.  —  Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks …
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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Inside Ethel Kennedy's cruel neglect of her troubled kids  —  Ethel Kennedy in 1969.  —  Since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 6, 1968, his widow, Ethel, has been his torchbearer.  Unlike her late sister-in-law, Jackie, she never remarried, never sought a path or identity that was hers alone.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince  —  I'm sailing awaaaaay...  Donald Trump has made a habit of criticizing the United States for allowing foreign countries to continue “eating our lunch,” a message he has pushed for nearly-thirty years.
Discussion: Liberaland
John O'Brien / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Child victims partly to blame in priest sex-abuse cases, Syracuse bishop testified  —  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The victims of child-molesting priests are partly to blame for their own abuse, the bishop of Syracuse said in a sworn deposition that revealed his views on the church's sex abuse scandal.
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
John Oliver Announces The Shuttering Of His Megachurch, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption  —  John Oliver announced the inevitable in a letter on Sunday: He's closing his month-old church, Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption.  —  Oliver established his own church in mid-August after realizing …
Discussion: Mediaite, Jezebel and Friendly Atheist
Jessica Goodman / EW.com:
JACK WHITE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS HE TRIED TO FIGHT BLACK KEYS DRUMMER PATRICK CARNEY IN NYC BAR (UPDATE)  —  UPDATE: Patrick Carney responded to Jack White's statement about the alleged fight that took place between the two musicians in New York Sunday night.
Discussion: Guardian, UPROXX, Gothamist and TMZ.com
 
 
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Diagnosis That Divides the Medical World
Discussion: Poynter. and Jezebel
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
U.S. drops to 16th on ‘economic freedom’ list, behind Canada, Chile
Reuters:
Ad invokes Reagan to attack Republicans' hard line on immigration
Discussion: Hot Air and FOX News Radio
Daily Mail:
Hungary blocks main crossing point from Serbia used by migrants
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team's Iran Deal
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
The One-Man Roadshow of Donald Trump
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Poynter.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Perry Gets Winnowed
Associated Press:
HIGHLIGHTS OF WALKER'S ANTI-UNION PROPOSALS
Discussion: JSOnline and Daily Kos
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
A scarcity of economic growth
Discussion: Hit & Run
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Now-classified Clinton emails sitting on Google servers
Discussion: Hot Air and TalkLeft
 

 
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