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							<title><![CDATA[Pope's Climate Letter Puts Catholic Candidates on Spot]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The release of Pope Francis&rsquo; second papal encyclical Thursday will put the political spotlight on climate change, a contentious issue the pontiff addresses head-on by urging global action to combat the Earth&rsquo;s warming. And that unequivocal stance from the progressive pope could complicate matters for Catholic presidential candidates with opposing views, all of them Republicans. 
A draft of the encyclical, an official document sent to all bishops of the Catholic Church, was leaked earlier this week by the Italian magazine L&rsquo;Espresso. In the papal letter, Francis says it is &ldquo;urgent and pressing&rdquo; for world leaders to take action to protect the environment by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2016 Candidates React to the Charleston Carnage]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation&rsquo;s sense of horror over the mass shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church Wednesday night is being echoed by many of the 2016 presidential candidates. Below is a sampling.
Lindsey Graham (who canceled all political activities through the weekend to return to his home state):
&ldquo;Our prayers are with the families of the victims and the people of Charleston. We are all heartbroken by this tragedy. &hellip;
&ldquo;There are bad people in this world who are motivated by hate.  Every decent person has been victimized by the hateful, callous disregard for human life shown by the individual who perpetrated these horrible acts. 
&ldquo;Our sense of security and well-being has been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ex-Israeli Ambassador: &quot;Obama Abandoned Israel&quot;]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a blistering critique of President Obama&rsquo;s policies toward Israel, that country&rsquo;s former ambassador to the U.S. says the president has always prioritized Palestinian interests over those of the Jewish state.
&ldquo;From the moment he entered office, Mr. Obama promoted an agenda of championing the Palestinian cause and achieving a nuclear accord with Iran,&rdquo; Michael Oren wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, adding that those positions would alienate any Israeli leader.
And, he continued, Obama &ldquo;posed an even more fundamental challenge by abandoning the two core principles of Israel&rsquo;s alliance with America&rdquo;: that there be &ldquo;no daylight&rdquo;...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Campaign Blocks Access to Pool Reporter]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s presidential campaign barred a political reporter for the British newspaper the Daily Mail from covering the former secretary of state&rsquo;s appearances in New Hampshire on Monday, further exacerbating the tense relationship between the campaign and the press.
David Martosko, who was assigned as the print pool reporter for the day, said he was told early Monday morning by Meredith Thatcher, a staffer for Clinton&rsquo;s New Hampshire organization, that he was not approved by the campaign. After Thatcher contacted her boss, Martosko received confirmation that he would not be allowed to cover any of Clinton&rsquo;s events in the Granite State.
The Clinton campaign...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton to Obama: Listen to Dems on Trade]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton has called on President Obama to listen to his party&rsquo;s concerns over the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. Her remarks came just two days after Democrats in the House of Representatives blocked a bill that would &ldquo;fast-track&rdquo; Obama&rsquo;s authority to negotiate the terms of the 12-nation deal, deepening a rift in the party over the president&rsquo;s trade agenda.
After the Clinton campaign was repeatedly pressed by the media, Republicans, and even Democratic rivals to comment on the issue, the frontrunner for the presidential nomination addressed the trade vote for the first time at a Des Moines campaign event. Clinton, who did not quite say how she would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iowa GOP Votes to Kill Straw Poll]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid declining interest from presidential candidates, Iowa Republican leaders voted unanimously on Friday to nix the Hawkeye State&rsquo;s straw poll.
Jeff Kaufmann, co-chairman of the state GOP, called a meeting of top party officials to discuss the future of the event, which had been planned for Aug. 8, after some Republican candidates said they would not expend valuable resources to compete in the daylong gathering.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve said since December that we would only hold a straw poll if the candidates wanted one, and this year that is just not the case,&rdquo; Kaufmann said in a statement. &ldquo;This step, while extremely distasteful for those of us who love the Straw Poll, is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At Ballgame, Did Obama Pitch His Trade Deal?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the eve of an uncertain trade vote in Congress, President Obama made a surprise appearance at the annual Congressional Baseball Game in what may have been a last-minute effort to sway key Democrats to support his trade agenda.
Trade Promotion Authority will be put to a vote on the House floor Friday, along with a companion bill, Trade Adjustment Assistance, which would provide help to workers who lose their jobs as the result of a trade deal. Both narrowly cleared procedural hurdles on Thursday.
The president has argued that passing TPA, which would grant him fast-track authority to finalize trade deals, is essential to ironing out the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lindsey Graham Introduces Abortion Bill]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In what some consider a play for votes on the right, Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced an abortion bill Thursday on Capitol Hill, where the South Carolina Republican was flanked at a news conference by leaders in the pro-life movement.
The legislation, titled the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, would ban abortions past 20 weeks, unless the life of the mother is in jeopardy or the woman was the victim of rape or incest and received medical treatment or counseling at least 48 hours before the abortion.
Additionally, the bill would allow women to file a lawsuit against an abortion provider who violates provisions outlined in the act.
Graham, a 2016 presidential candidate, said it is the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Leader Bullish on Calif. Energy Plan]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[California Democrats are optimistic that the state will be able to achieve sweeping new environmental objectives outlined in recently passed legislation, the state&rsquo;s Senate president said Wednesday.
His assessment was expressed at an event in Sacramento hosted by RealClearPolitics and sponsored by the Diesel Technology Forum. RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon quizzed Kevin de Le&#195;&#179;n, president pro tempore of the California Senate, as well as environmental and business experts about the state&rsquo;s energy and climate challenges.
De Le&#195;&#179;n, a Democrat, lauded Senate Bill 350, which passed the upper chamber last week and now heads to the state Assembly. But its prospects in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain, Feinstein Offer Amendment to Curb Torture]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced legislation this week that would prohibit U.S. officials from using certain torture techniques to extract intelligence from detainees.
The measure, a copy of which was provided to RealClearPolitics, would amend the National Defense Authorization Act &ndash; currently being weighed in the Senate &ndash; to prevent U.S. personnel from using waterboarding or other enhanced interrogation methods not authorized in the Army Field Manual.
In addition, the amendment would require the secretary of defense, in conjunction with the attorney general and other federal agency chiefs, to complete a review of the Army Field Manual one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gallup: Americans Value Liberty in Terrorism Fight]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A majority of Americans believe the government should take all steps necessary in its counterterrorism efforts &ndash; but without violating their civil liberties, according to a new poll.
The numbers, released by Gallup, highlight a growing trend among Americans who understand the importance of thwarting terror plots, but nonetheless value their personal freedoms.
Sixty-five percent of poll respondents said counterterrorism efforts should not violate their civil liberties &ndash; down from a high of 71 percent in 2011 &ndash; while just 30 percent saw no issue with those violations if terrorism can be prevented. The results were similar along party lines.
In the months following the Sept....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[TSA Under Fire for &quot;Troubling&quot; Security Lapses]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration came under fire Tuesday at a Senate committee hearing, where lawmakers and homeland security officials tried to get to the bottom of recent security lapses and suggest fixes for the troubled federal agency.
A witness before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said the TSA has been placing a higher priority on customer service, including reduced wait times at airport security checkpoints, than on security and detention rates.
&ldquo;We need to use a risk-based security approach,&rdquo; said Rebecca Roering, an assistant federal security director at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, adding that the agency has put...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Poll: Pataki, Rubio Lead GOP Field in N.Y.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[George Pataki shares the lead with Marco Rubio in the New York Republican presidential primary, while Hillary Clinton dominates her Democratic rivals with a healthy 40-point lead, according to a new poll.
The survey, conducted by Quinnipiac University, shows the former New York governor receiving support from 11 percent of GOP primary voters, tying the Florida senator.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was not far behind with 10 percent of Empire State Republicans giving him the nod. Fourteen percent said they were undecided.
The solidly Democratic state is not expected to be competitive in the general election, noted the poll&rsquo;s assistant director, Maurice Carroll, but the Republican...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Close on Clinton's Heels in Wis. Straw Poll]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/08/sanders_close_on_clintons_heels_in_wis_straw_poll_126892.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders had a strong showing at the Wisconsin Democratic Party&rsquo;s presidential straw poll on Saturday, finishing a close second to Hillary Clinton, the race&rsquo;s overwhelming frontrunner.
The Vermont senator received 41 percent of the 511 delegate votes at the state&rsquo;s convention in Milwaukee, while the former secretary of state won by a narrower margin than she is accustomed to seeing in presidential opinion polls, garnering just 49 percent.
The result is a significant one for Sanders, who polls at just 11.5 percent nationally in the RealClearPolitics average. Clinton leads Sanders by almost 50 percentage points, and holds strong majorities among Democratic primary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[O'Malley, GOP Lash Out at Clinton on Voting Rights]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/05/omalley_gop_hit_back_at_clinton_on_voting_rights_126879.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In an effort to attract young and minority voters, Hillary Clinton laid out her proposals on Thursday to &ldquo;make it easier&rdquo; for Americans to cast their ballots, while accusing her Republican presidential rivals of stifling the basic right to vote.
In a Thursday speech at Texas Southern University, Clinton criticized the GOP candidates by name for the first time. She was particularly harsh toward the former or current governors among that group. In aligning themselves with laws requiring a photo ID before casting a ballot and curbing early voting periods, Clinton said, they were seeking to &ldquo;disempower and disenfranchise&rdquo; young, low-income, and minority voters.
...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rand Paul Fends Off GOP Critics on NSA]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/04/rand_paul_fends_off_gop_critics_on_nsa.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rand Paul&rsquo;s presidential campaign is fighting back against Republicans who have criticized the Kentucky senator for opposing the National Security Agency&rsquo;s bulk data collection.
Paul staged a 10&#194;&#189;-hour filibuster over the reauthorization of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which gave legal justification for the NSA&rsquo;s surveillance capabilities that were exposed by former contractor Edward Snowden. His continued opposition to the 2001 law forced a rare Sunday Senate session the night it was set to expire.
As a result, a plethora of Republicans called Paul&rsquo;s motives into question. Arizona Sen. John McCain said Paul was prioritizing campaign fundraising over national...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina Puts Her Net Worth at $59 Million]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina released an 87-page document on Wednesday detailing her finances, including her net worth down to the penny.
The former Hewlett-Packard CEO revealed in a Federal Election Commission public finance report that she and her husband, Frank, have a net worth of $58,954,494.88. Campaign aides said the disclosures exemplify Fiorina&rsquo;s transparency, integrity, and willingness to answer questions about her past.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve taken hundreds of questions &ndash; whether about hot dogs or my personal finances &ndash; and I think it&rsquo;s all fair game,&rdquo; Fiorina said in a thinly veiled criticism of Hillary Clinton. &ldquo;I think...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush to Launch White House Bid June 15]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/04/jeb_bush_to_launch_white_house_bid_june_15_126852.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jeb Bush will formally launch his 2016 presidential bid on June 15, according to his website.
The former Florida governor posted a &ldquo;coming soon&rdquo; message in English and Spanish on Twitter that links to www.jebannouncement.com, which reads at the bottom: &ldquo;Paid for by Jeb 2016, Inc.&rdquo; Bush will make the announcement at an athletic facility at Miami Dade College&rsquo;s Kendall campus.
The brother of the 43rd president and son of the 41st has spent the last six months flirting with a presidential run, meeting with voters in early primary states and actively courting GOP donors to position himself as the race&rsquo;s frontrunner.
According to the RealClearPolitics polling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Approval Rating Declines as Bush 43's Rises]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama&rsquo;s approval rating is on the decline, while former President George W. Bush&rsquo;s overall favorability rating is at its highest point in a decade, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll.
The numbers are not good news for Obama, who is losing the public&rsquo;s confidence in his ability to counter the rise of ISIS in the Middle East, improve economic conditions, and reform the nation&rsquo;s immigration system.
Just 45 percent approve of Obama&rsquo;s job performance, the president&rsquo;s lowest mark since last November; 52 percent said they disapprove, which is the highest in that same time span.
In addition, a majority of respondents (52 percent) said things...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cellphone a Mystery in Amtrak Crash, Lawmakers Told]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[National Transportation Safety Board investigators have found no mechanical explanation for the deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia last month.
Those findings, released by the NTSB in a Tuesday report that coincided with a congressional hearing on the crash, put the focus of the investigation squarely back onto train engineer Brandon Bostian, whose lawyer has told authorities he has no recollection of the derailment.
Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee expressed frustration that investigators had not yet determined whether Bostian was using his cellphone in the moments leading up to the crash.
&ldquo;We have a lot to work out that was far more complicated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaign to Draft Warren Suspends Efforts]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two advocacy groups encouraging Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016 have suspended their efforts.
The liberal senator has said repeatedly she will not seek the Oval Office next year, a message that seems to have finally hit home with her staunchest advocates.
Though leaders of Democracy for America and MoveOn.org, the two groups behind the six-month-old &ldquo;Run Warren Run&rdquo; effort, acknowledged not achieving their &ldquo;central goal,&rdquo; they are not admitting defeat. Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, and Charles Chamberlain, executive director of DFA, wrote in a Politico op-ed Tuesday morning that Warren&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Push for More Infrastructure Funding]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic lawmakers from Virginia and Washington, D.C., along with three federal officials, on Monday highlighted a deteriorating bridge that connects the two jurisdictions as part of push for a long-term fix to the Highway Trust Fund. The press conference was held during the midday heat at the Arlington Memorial Bridge, but the location was a stand-in for all of the nation&rsquo;s aging roads and bridges.
Taking part were Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (pictured), Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis, Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Don Beyer, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.&rsquo;s non-voting representative in Congress.
In May, officials closed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Poll: Most Back Court Approval of Gay Marriage]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A majority of American voters would support a Supreme Court decision in favor of constitutional protections for same-sex marriage, according to a new poll.
The poll, released by Quinnipiac University on Monday, shows that 56 percent of voters would back the court if it rules to allow gay couples to marry, while just 38 percent said they would oppose it.
The court is expected to rule later this month in Obergefell v. Hodges on whether the 14th Amendment requires states to authorize and perform same-sex marriages, as well as recognize those already carried out in other states.
The new numbers underscore a national trend showing support for and acceptance of gay marriage increasing nationwide....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[O'Malley's Big Week: White House Bid, Super PAC]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Martin O&rsquo;Malley prepares to launch his longshot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, the former Maryland governor now has a super PAC supporting him.
Generation Forward PAC officially launched on Thursday, two days before O&rsquo;Malley is set to declare his candidacy in Baltimore, where he was mayor for seven years.
The political action committee gives O&rsquo;Malley&rsquo;s campaign a shot in the arm, boosts his credibility and puts him on more of an equal playing field with his rivals in both parties, a majority of whom already have super PACs aiding their candidacies.
The super PAC will be governed by O&rsquo;Malley confidantes Damian O&rsquo;Doherty, a longtime...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Huckabee Takes Aim at Court Activism on Gay Marriage]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With a Supreme Court decision expected next month on constitutional protections for same-sex marriage, one presidential candidate is not mincing words when criticizing what he sees as judicial overreach.
Specifically, the court is expected to rule on whether the 14th Amendment requires states to authorize same-sex marriages, as well as recognize those already carried out in other states. For Mike Huckabee, this is a clear case of the justices acting beyond the authority granted to them.
 &ldquo;Many of our politicians have surrendered to the false god of judicial supremacy, which would allow black-robed and unelected justices the power to make law as well as enforce it,&rdquo; the former...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberal Groups: Bush Violating Campaign Finance Law]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two watchdog groups are asking the Department of Justice to investigate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for possible campaign finance violations.
The groups, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center, allege that Bush and his Right to Rise super PAC are &ldquo;engaged in a scheme to allow unlimited contributions to be spent directly on behalf of the Bush campaign and thereby violate the candidate contribution limits enacted to prevent corruption and the appearance of corruption,&rdquo; they wrote in a letter to the DOJ.
Bush, who is not yet an officially declared candidate, is purposely delaying his entry into the race to mask the appearance of &ldquo;knowing and willful&rdquo; campaign...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State Dept. Offer: Release Clinton Emails Every 60 Days]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The State Department is offering up a plan for bimonthly incremental releases of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s emails, according to a new court filing.
Justice Department lawyers representing the State Department say the first batch of documents will be posted on State&rsquo;s Freedom of Information Act website June 30, with &ldquo;rolling productions&rdquo; disclosed every two months.
&ldquo;The Department is keenly aware of the intense public interest in the documents and wants to get releasable materials out as soon as possible,&rdquo; the lawyers wrote in the court filing. &ldquo;Furthermore, the Department will continue to explore ways to devote more resources to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina Ambushes Hillary Clinton in S.C.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. &ndash; Voters cannot and should not trust Hillary Clinton &ndash; that was Carly Fiorina&rsquo;s message as she traveled to South Carolina on Wednesday, the same day Clinton campaigned in the Palmetto State.
The former Hewlett-Packard CEO addressed the South Carolina Republican Legislative Caucus, while the former secretary of state spoke to the state legislature&rsquo;s Democratic Women&rsquo;s Caucus and the state&rsquo;s Democratic Women&rsquo;s Council.
Although Fiorina has attempted to separate herself from the crowded 2016 Republican field with spirited attacks on Clinton, she denied that she was following Clinton here, telling reporters she&rsquo;d been scheduled to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Judge Orders Monthly Release of Clinton Emails]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In response to a State Department proposal to incrementally release former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s emails every two months, a federal judge ordered Wednesday that the department instead disclose them every 30 days.
Justice Department lawyers representing the State Department offered in a Tuesday court filing to start posting Clinton&rsquo;s emails on the department&rsquo;s Freedom of Information Act website on June 30, with &ldquo;rolling productions&rdquo; made public every 60 days.
&ldquo;The Department is keenly aware of the intense public interest in the documents and wants to get releasable materials out as soon as possible,&rdquo; the lawyers wrote on Tuesday....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jindal Rips Paul Over ISIS, Calls Him Unfit for WH]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Desiderio</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says Rand Paul is unfit for the presidency after the Kentucky senator blamed Republican &ldquo;hawks&rdquo; for the existence and rise of the Islamic State.
 &ldquo;ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party who gave arms indiscriminately [to Syrian rebels], and most of those arms were snatched up by ISIS,&rdquo; the 2016 GOP presidential candidate said on &ldquo;Morning Joe&rdquo; Wednesday morning.
Those comments provide a stark contrast to the view of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, another presidential aspirant who argues that the U.S.&rsquo;s unwillingness to engage anti-Assad militants in Syria emboldened ISIS, and that Paul&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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