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• Clinton says 'sorry' for email confusion, says she wasn't thinking

  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Friday she was sorry that her use of a personal email account while secretary of state had caused confusion, and blamed herself for "not thinking a lot" about the matter when she took the job.

• State Department says 150 more Clinton emails have classified information

  About 150 more of Hillary Clinton's work emails have recently been designated as containing classified information, the U.S. State Department said on Monday ahead of the public release of the latest batch of emails Clinton handed over last year.

• State Department refers 305 Clinton emails for review: court filing

  The U.S. State Department has so far identified 305 emails from Hillary Clinton's private server used while she was secretary of state to be reviewed for potentially classified information, the agency said in a court filing on Monday.

• Justice Department asked to probe Hillary Clinton's email use: NYT

  The U.S. Justice Department is weighing a request by two government inspectors general to open a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account for her work as secretary of state, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

• Maryland lawmakers take up police reform after Baltimore unrest

  Baltimore rioting over the death of a black man from injuries in police custody is spurring Maryland lawmakers to take action on criminal justice reform after legislation stalled in the statehouse.

• U.S. Iran bill makes nuclear deal harder, but not impossible

  A compromise allowing the U.S. Congress to vote on a nuclear deal with Tehran may prompt Iranian negotiators to drive a harder bargain, but does not drastically weaken President Barack Obama's ability to deliver on a final agreement.

• Menendez, facing possible U.S. charges, says 'not going anywhere'

  Senator Robert Menendez denied any wrongdoing on Friday and said he was "not going anywhere" after CNN reported the U.S. Justice Department is preparing criminal corruption charges against the New Jersey Democrat.

• 'We'll be back' Hong Kong protesters chant, as camp site dismantled

  Hong Kong police arrested pro-democracy activists and cleared most of the main protest site on Thursday, marking an end to more than two months of street demonstrations in the Chinese-controlled city, but many chanted: "We will be back".

• Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands

  President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground helping Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday.

• Hong Kong clashes break out away from Central protest site

  Violent scuffles broke out in one of Hong Kong's most famous and congested shopping districts on Friday, as hundreds of supporters of Chinese rule stormed tents and ripped down banners belonging to pro-democracy protesters, forcing many to retreat.

• Democrats to launch ad reminding voters of Christie bridge scandal

  The Democratic Party plans to launch a political ad on Monday marking the one-year anniversary of "Bridgegate" to remind voters of the scandal that ensnared top aides of Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a likely 2016 White House contender.

• Congressional candidates bank on minimum wage battle in Senate to win elections

  SFGate said that despite the possibility of the minimum wage measure proposal being used as a talking point for both Republican and Democratic candidates leading to the congressional elections, the issue might produce little more than fodder for both factions to use it for advertising purposes.