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The [Barack] Obama administration, from the time they've come in, is over 230 years' worth of debt, and he's topped it. He's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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Pakistan's political leadership needs to make a clear choice to fight the Taliban decisively, not with half measures, the burden is on… — Bruce Riedel Copy Share Image
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We're incredibly excited to welcome the 500 millionth Poptropican into our virtual world. When we started in 2007, we never could have… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
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Half of all women who are sexually active, but do not want to get pregnant, need publicly funded services to help them… — Louise Slaughter Copy Share Image
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According to The New York Times, more than half of President Obama's Twitter followers are fake. They don't even exist. Which is… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
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I talked to Woody Allen for half an hour or something. It was pretty incredible. He really went into lots of detail… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
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