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Wiretap: Obama heads to Dallas to reassure a fearful nation

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Wiretap: Who bombed the Istanbul airport?

Prime suspect Who bombed the Istanbul airport? To this point, ISIS, which is usually quick to claim credit, has been silent. But, Dexter Filkins writes...

Wiretap: Who will win Colorado’s GOP Senate primary? Nobody knows.

No winners The National Review takes a look at the Colorado GOP Senate primary races and decides that no one has any idea who will...

Wiretap: The conservative attack on Donald Trump

Stopping Trump George Will is all in on stopping Donald Trump and preserving what he calls "the manners and grace that should lubricate the nation's...

Obama commutes 61 prisoners’ sentences, one from Colorado

President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 61 prisoners Wednesday, all convicted of drug-related crimes. Among those who will be released is Aurora's Sammy Lee...

Littwin: Why Obama’s SCOTUS nominee threatens the GOP

You can make the argument that by nominating an oldish, moderate, well-respected judge to the Supreme Court that Barack Obama has outsmarted the Republicans,...

Wiretap: Ben Carson on race and how Obama was ‘raised white’

Black enough Barack Obama is not black enough for Ben Carson, who says Obama was "raised white." Via Politico. Big win Donald Trump's ceiling just got a...

Wiretap: Pope Francis’s prayer for migrants dings Donald Trump

Border prayers On the last day of Pope Francis's trip to Mexico, he went to the border, climbed atop a platform overlooking the Rio Grande...

Wiretap: Obama walks a tightrope picking Scalia’s successor

Tough pick Obama has a long list of options in choosing whom to nominate for Scalia's Supreme Court seat. Whichever way he goes - Loretta...