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Hillary Rolls Out Student Debt Plan Hillary Clinton announces $350B plan to reduce student debt. Politico: "Clinton’s overall $350 billion budget for the proposal breaks down like this: More than half of the total would be spent on the grants for state and colleges....

Where Are The Republican Ideas?

Politico asked various folks to offer their initial reactions to the first Republican debate. Here's mine: I didn’t watch the debate trying to guess who won or lost—pundit reaction often is not in sync with voter reaction. I was more interested in how did the debate...

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BREAKING: 215K New Jobs in July Bureau of Labor Statistics releases monthly jobs report: "Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 215,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.3 percent ... The civilian labor force participation rate was...

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Debate Night Tonight Sanders previews tonight's GOP debate. Politico quotes: "When you watch that debate just imagine if you are one of the wealthiest people in this country and extremely greedy and selfish, and you’re going to have 10 candidates more or less talking...

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Jeb Gaffes On Women's Health Jeb Bush tries to walk back comment dismissing women's health. W. Post: "Jeb Bush looked to quiet the firestorm that erupted after he said Tuesday he was 'not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues,' ... The campaign...

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