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McConnell: Working With Obama An ‘Out of Body Experience’

“It’s been almost an out of body experience but we’ve been working closely with the White House,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says about working with President Obama. “We’re working together to try to get it across the finish line.”

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Grassley Blows Lid Off Marshal Service Scandal

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is bringing attention to numerous whistleblower allegations that the United States Marshals Service is mismanaged and rife with personnel actions.

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Hillary Clinton Takes Hit In WSJ Poll, Goes 24 Days Without Talking To Media

It has been 24 days – more than three weeks – since Clinton announced her bid for president, yet she still has not spoken to national media about her campaign or to address the controversies she is facing. Breitbart News previously reported this is a record for presidential candidates in recent history.

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Carly Fiorina Plans Live Town Hall Following Formal Announcement

Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is expected to announce her bid for president tomorrow morning on Twitter, followed by a press call with media. In the afternoon, she will hold a live town hall meeting with the public that can be live streamed on the internet.

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Maryland Defense Attorney: Prosecutor Did “A Thorough Job”

Maryland Defense attorney Kush Arora told Breitbart News he was at the press conference in Baltimore this morning where six police officers were charged in the death of a black man. He said his office believes the charges were appropriate.

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Heritage: Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Spends too Much, Overreaches

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Friday morning to provide more than $35 billion dollars in federal funding for fiscal year 2016 for nuclear and environmental weapons activities, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Energy.

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Potential Consequences: Lawyers Discuss Baltimore Violence

Steve Klein, an attorney from the Pillar of Law Institute, also discussed the violence with Breitbart News. “Baltimore residents–including kids–can protest publicly and loudly. They can even do or say very offensive things when they protest, and the police cannot stop them,” Klein said to Breitbart News. “But protesters can’t hurt people or destroy public or other people’s private property.”

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Next Wave of GOP Presidential Candidates: Carson, Fiorina, Huckabee

The next wave of what is expected to be a very crowded 2016 GOP presidential candidate pool is set to crash next week as Dr. Ben Carson, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are all expected to officially jump into the race.

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