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At Jewish Event, Jill Biden Says She's Praying "For A Lasting Peace In Gaza"
One attendee wondered if Biden had “just mixed up Gaza and Israel.” AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File At the annual gathering of a Jewish women's group on Sunday night, Dr. Jill Biden said she joined the...
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NFL Suspends Ray Rice Indefinitely After Video Surfaces Of Him Knocking Out...
Update: The running back had his contract terminated after initially earning a two-game suspension for the punch. Last week, the NFL commissioner sent a letter to team owners saying “domestic violence...
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Indiana, Wisconsin Officials Take Marriage Cases To Supreme Court
In two petitions filed Tuesday, attorneys general of both Indiana and Wisconsin asked the justices to hear their respective cases in defense of each state’s marriage ban. [Update: Same-sex couples...
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Top Labor Strategist Says Democrats Can Win Back Latinos With A Strong...
AFL-CIO political director Mike Podhorzer warns Democrats they haven’t made a 2014 case yet. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters WASHINGTON — The top political strategist for the AFL-CIO, an expert in a voting...
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Ted Cruz Is Demanding A Vote To Prevent Expansion Of Legal Status For...
Setting up another potential standoff over government funding. “If they want to be the lead team of shutting down the government, that’s what they’re going to have to do,” Reid said. Jonathan Ernst /...
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Pro-Israel Activists Aim To Block Boycott Movement With Legislation
AIPAC seeks to slow BDS. Stefanie Loos / Reuters The most powerful pro-Israel lobbying organization, AIPAC, is working on drafting legislation that would aim to counter the Boycott, Divestment,...
View ArticleTed Cruz Found SNL's Impersonation Of Sarah Palin "Wickedly Funny"
“Who can forget Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Al Gore? Who can forget in 2008 Saturday Night Live’s wickedly funny characterization of the Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin?” View Video...
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Missouri Executes Earl Ringo After Split Supreme Court Refuses Stay Request
Update: Earl Ringo was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m. CDT Wednesday. Neither the Supreme Court nor Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon stopped the scheduled execution. Handout / Reuters "Missouri has carried out...
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Why Republicans Aren't Making New Friends With Their Call For Better...
Over-the-counter contraceptives are actually an idea conservative Republicans and progressive women’s advocates agree on. And yet… Brian Frank / Reuters WASHINGTON — These days, prominent Republican...
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Out LGBT Candidates Advance Closer To Making History In Massachusetts
Two out LGBT candidates, Maura Healey and Steve Kerrigan, prevailed in the sates’s primary elections for attorney general and lieutenant governor, respectively. If they win in November, they’ll be the...
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Obama Will Fight ISIS With George W. Bush’s Legal Theories
John Yoo: “Obama has adopted the same view of war powers as the Bush administration.” Ints Kalnins / Reuters Later today President Obama will unveil his plan to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the...
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Sources: Angry Latino Lawmakers To Meet With Administration After Immigration...
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus will make demands of the president on timing and substance of coming executive actions on deportations, a source tells BuzzFeed News. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The...
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Texas Carries Out Its Eighth Execution Of The Year
Update: Willie Trottie was executed on Wednesday after the Supreme Court denied his stay requests. His lawyers had contended that Texas is using expired drugs to kill him and that he received...
View ArticleSenator Kirsten Gillibrand Takes NFL To Task Over Ray Rice: "I'm Furious"
“They handled it so poorly.” Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand slammed the NFL Wednesday, saying their response to revelations Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice hit his wife made her...
View ArticleMichael Moore: All Obama Will Be Remembered For Is Being The "First Black...
“I got a feeling, know you, that you’d probably wish you were remembered for a few other things, a few other things you could’ve done.” Award-winning filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore has...
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Supreme Court To Consider Sept. 29 Whether To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases
The justices will be considering seven different petitions to hear marriage appeals at their first conference of the year. peterspiro/peterspiro WASHINGTON — On September 29, the justices of the...
View ArticlePresident Obama Tells The Nation How He Will "Degrade, And Ultimately,...
No combat troops, but an additional 475 U.S. military personnel will head to Iraq to assist Kurdish and Iraqi forces. View Video › youtube.com President Obama outlined Wednesday his administration's...
View ArticleBill Maher: I Want Elizabeth Warren To Run Against Hillary Clinton And Win
” She would absolutely be my preference above Hillary.” View Video › Bill Maher Wednesday threw his weight behind the movement to draft Sen. Elizabeth Warren into a primary challenge to Hillary...
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Latino Lawmakers Demand Obama Immigration Actions By Thanksgiving
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus asked the Obama administration to make its delayed announcement to slow deportations before Thanksgiving, but was told it will be before the holidays at the end of...
View ArticleGOP Senator: Obama "Doesn't Think America Is A Force For Good In The World"
“He just has such a reluctance, such a revulsion to actually leading, utilizing America’s military strength.” Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says President Obama "doesn't think America is force...
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