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How the White House got rolled on the Saudi bill
By Jordan Fabian and Katie Bo Williams
New York Rep. Pete King (R) had a warning for his colleagues in early September.
They didn’t want to get on the bad side of victims’ families as the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approached.
The political clout of the 9/11 families helps explain why Congress this week overwhelmingly voted to override President Obama’s veto for the first time on the measure.
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Clinton gets ‘little kick’ in post-debate polls
By Jonathan Easley
Hillary Clinton appears to be getting a bump in the polls after Monday’s presidential debate in which she was widely hailed as the winner against Donald Trump.
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GOP leaders express reservations a day after 9/11 veto override
By Jordain Carney
A day after the House and Senate overwhelmingly voted to override President Obama’s veto, GOP leaders are expressing reservations about legislation that would allow lawsuits related to 9/11 to go forward against Saudi Arabia.
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Trump: Debate was rigged
By Nikita Vladimirov
Donald Trump on Thursday said that the first presidential debate of 2016 against Hillary Clinton was “a rigged deal.”
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USA Today in scathing editorial: Trump is ‘unfit for the presidency’
By Jesse Byrnes
The USA Today editorial board is opposing Donald Trump’s candidacy, taking a position in a presidential election for the first time in the newspaper’s 34-year history.
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GOP bill proposes freeze on US naturalizations
By Cristina Marcos
A House Republican introduced legislation to prevent the U.S. government from granting immigrants citizenship, responding to a report found that several hundred people slated for deportation were accidentally naturalized.
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McConnell blames dysfunction on Dems 
By Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blamed Democrats Thursday for Congress’s dysfunctional appropriations process.
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Reid sums up 114th Congress as ‘a flop’
By Alexander Bolton
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) on Thursday summed up the 114th Congress, the first controlled by Republicans since 2006, in two concise words: “a flop.”
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Lawmakers suggest Wells Fargo chief should face criminal charges
By Peter Schroeder
The head of Wells Fargo took a brutal drubbing before a House panel Thursday as members of both parties called for his job and suggested he should face criminal charges.
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Anti-trade senators say chamber would be crazy to pass TPP
By Jordain Carney
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a sharp warning to his colleagues Thursday: If senators approve President Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, they’re crazy.
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The New York Times: How Democrats learned to embrace big donor money
By Nicholas Confessore and Rachel Shorey
Democrats denounced it as an assault on democracy and a sop to billionaires when the Supreme Court issued a ruling two years ago that loosened limits on campaign giving.
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The Washington Post: Reports of Trump’s business in Cuba could hurt him in Florida
By Jose A. DelReal
Donald Trump’s company allegedly spent as much as $68,000 on a “foray” exploring business possibilities in Cuba in 1998, which would be a clear violation of the strict embargo in place at the time.
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USA Today: Lorne Michaels: It was Tina Fey’s idea for Alec Baldwin to play Trump
By Gary Levin
The two famously worked together on “30 Rock.”
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Reuters: Philippines president compares himself to Hitler
By Karen Lema and Manuel Mogato
His comments triggered shock and anger among Jewish groups in the United States.
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The Associated Press: World leaders gather for Peres funeral
By Josef Lederman and Aron Heller
In a heartfelt eulogy, Obama said that Peres showed that “justice and hope” are at the heart of Israel’s Zionist ideals.
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