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9:40 AM ET, September 6, 2015

Top Items:

Clintons personally paid State Department staffer to maintain server — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her family personally paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private e-mail server she used while heading the agency, according to an official from Clinton's presidential campaign.

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller, RedState, Guardian, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite, Politico, NBC News, Daily Mail, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Hot Air, Fox News, The Last Refuge, Real Clear Politics, New York Times, The Hugh Hewitt Show and USA Today

New York Post:NEW!

Another week of embarrassing shoes dropping for Hillary — Team Hillary keeps insisting there's nothing to that whole e-mail embarrassment — even as the shoes keep dropping. — Three in just the past week. — First came news that Hillary Clinton's private e-mails included highly classified information …

Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:

Poll: Trump beats Hillary head-to-head — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump leads Democrat Hillary Clinton head-to-head, according to a new poll released Friday. — The poll by SurveyUSA finds that matched up directly, Trump garners 45 percent to Clinton's 40 percent.

New York Times:
The Minimum Wage: Getting to $15

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:

Kim Davis supporters call to free Rowan clerk … CONNECT — GRAYSON, Ky. — Hundreds of people gathered outside the Carter County Detention Center on Saturday and prayed for jailed Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was locked up just a few hundred feet away.

Discussion: whorunsGov and Joe.My.God.

Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:

When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job? — Can your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job? This is one of the questions in the Kentucky County Clerk marriage certificate case. But it also arises in lots of other cases — for instance …

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, Bearing Drift, Wall Street Journal and Chicago Tribune

Josh Barro / New York Times:

Is Trump the Candidate Reform Conservatives Are Seeking? — For the last few years, a small but prominent group of conservative writers and thinkers has urged the Republican party to rethink its economic agenda with a greater focus on the needs of the middle class.

Discussion: National Review

Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Talk in G.O.P. Turns to a Stop Donald Trump Campaign

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, NBC News, The Last Refuge and Real Clear Politics

Dave Philipps / New York Times:

At West Point, Annual Pillow Fight Becomes Weaponized — For generations, freshmen cadets at the United States Military Academy have marked the end of a grueling summer of training with a huge nighttime pillow fight that is billed as a harmless way to blow off steam and build class spirit.

Discussion: Addicting Info, WCTX-TV, NBC News, Gothamist, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo and Mashable

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Clinton raised up to $500K in Puerto Rico visit — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reportedly brought in between $200,000 and $500,000 for her campaign in a Puerto Rico fundraiser Friday. — Clinton attended the 200-person event at the Condado Plaza Hilton in San Juan for approximately 90 minutes, according to CNN.

Discussion: CNN and whorunsGov

Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:

The refugee crisis Europe helped bring on itself [With Comment By John] — Europe is paying the second installment on the debt for its indifference to the slow-motion disaster in Syria. The first installment was (and will continue to be) an increase in the threat of domestic terrorism.

Discussion: National Review

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Draft Biden staffs up in Iowa — The group urging Vice President Joe Biden to launch a 2016 bid for the Democratic presidential nomination announced Friday that two longtime backers of Biden have signed on as co-chairs in the early-voting state of Iowa. — Former Iowa House Minority Leader …

Discussion: whorunsGov and CNN

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

Gay rights bill faces GOP roadblock — Republicans are proving to be a roadblock for a sweeping civil rights bill championed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. — Despite a string of federal victories for the LGBT community, including a landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage …

Discussion: Liberaland

Spokesman.com:

Planned Parenthood fire determined to be arson — An early-morning fire at Planned Parenthood in Pullman Friday was arson, according to the Pullman Fire Department and the Inland Northwest Joint Terrorism Task Force. — The fire, which started around 3:30 a.m., caused significant damage …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, NBC News, Mediaite and NPR