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Why Donald Trump Isn't A Real Candidate, In One Chart — At FiveThirtyEight, we like to celebrate outliers. LeBron James's Cleveland Cavaliers may end up losing in the NBA Finals, but James's performance has been outlandishly good. In the same vein, I want to congratulate Donald Trump …
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Trump Makes It Official: He's Running For President — Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, reality television star and hair icon, today announced he is taking his first run at the White House. — From the iconic Trump Tower in New York City, the Donald told his supporters he is …
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Why Donald Trump Is Important, in One Chart — Businessman Donald Trump is controversial, and his political star has dimmed a bit since he last floated the idea of a White House bid. But he scores well enough in polls to land a seat in the Republican debates, should he move ahead.
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Donald Trump: I'm running for president — In a free-ranging speech, Trump takes on China, his own wealth, and declares 'I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created" — Donald Trump is running for president. — Speaking from New York City's Trump Tower office building …
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We Are All Donald Trump Now — Back in 2000, my grandmother returned from visiting my uncle in Chattanooga to the Coles County Airport of Mattoon, Illinois. She flew as cheaply as possible, which meant she took tiny US Airways shuttles from Chattanooga to West Lafayette, Indiana, to Mattoon.
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Donald Trump hopes to go from TV to campaign trail - CNNPolitics.com
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Can He Be Hired? Donald Trump Enters Presidential Race
Can He Be Hired? Donald Trump Enters Presidential Race
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St. Louis Cardinals Investigated by F.B.I. for Hacking Astros — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, for hacking …
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Rachel Dolezal breaks her silence on TODAY: ‘I identify as black’ — Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP chapter president accused of pretending to be black, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer in an exclusive live interview that she identifies as black — something she started doing at the age of five.
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Let Rachel Dolezal Be as Black as She Wants to Be
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Shocking new poll in NH suggests Sanders giving Clinton real fight — NH1 Political Director - NH1.com — CONCORD - A new poll suggests that New Hampshire's 2016 Democratic primary may be up for grabs. — According to a survey released Tuesday by Suffolk University …
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Bernie Sanders' Longshot Campaign Drawing Big Crowds — Challenge for the Democratic presidential candidate is to channel the enthusiasm into donations, votes — DES MOINES, Iowa—It's the sort of problem many candidates would envy. Sen. Bernie Sanders is drawing large …
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Joyce Mitchell had sexual relationships with both escaped N.Y. inmates, sources say — They got out with a bang. — The wayward wife accused of helping two killers break out of upstate's Clinton Correctional Facility had sex with both of them, sources told the Daily News.
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How Obama Abandoned Israel — Netanyahu and the president both made mistakes, but only one purposely damaged U.S.-Israel relations. — 'Nobody has a monopoly on making mistakes. " When I was Israel's ambassador to the United States from 2009 to the end of 2013, that was my standard response …
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Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary Clinton's Confidant, Turns Over Memos on Libya — WASHINGTON — A close confidant of Hillary Rodham Clinton's, Sidney Blumenthal, has provided the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, with dozens of pages of emails between him and Mrs. Clinton …
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Clintons charge big fees to small groups
Clintons charge big fees to small groups
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It's official: Obama axes trans fat — The Obama administration is making good on its pledge to all but ban trans fat nationwide. — The Obama administration is making good on its pledge to all but ban trans fat nationwide. — The FDA issued a final decision Tuesday that gives …
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South Bend mayor: Why coming out matters — Editor's note: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg wrote this essay, which was published on the Tribune's Voices page. — Any day now, the Supreme Court will issue a decision on same-sex marriage that will directly affect millions of Americans.
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House punts on trade — House GOP leaders are punting on voting again on President Obama's trade agenda, possibly until the end of July. — After Friday's failed vote to pass aid for workers displaced by trade deals, known as Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …
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GOP On Trade Deal: ‘No One Will Be Negotiating With Leader Pelosi On A Path Forward’
GOP On Trade Deal: ‘No One Will Be Negotiating With Leader Pelosi On A Path Forward’
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Dems should not be losing voting-rights fight — Why are Democrats losing the debate over voting rights? — The biggest political fight shaping the 2016 campaigns for the White House and Senate is over limiting the Democrats' base of likely voters. — President Obama twice won …
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Catholics Divided Over Global Warming — Partisan Differences Mirror Those Among General Public — On the eve of a forthcoming encyclical by Pope Francis on the environment and climate change, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that U.S. Catholics' views on global warming …
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Democrats face gut-check moment on spending — They aim to force Republicans to increase domestic spending by killing GOP funding bills. — Senate Democrats are ready to follow through on a risky strategy to confront Republicans this week over government spending, shrugging off Republicans' assertions …
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: June 2015 — Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … A Focus On Prescription Drugs — The Public Says Prescription Drug Prices Are Unreasonable — In April, when asked about their health care priorities for the President and Congress going forward …
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Saudis Above, Houthis Next Door, and Death All Around — The view from the ground in Sanaa. — SANAA, Yemen — In the early hours of June 13, the Amari family was asleep in their home in Beit Meyad, a district near the heart of Sanaa. Then the bombs came.
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GOP rife with tensions over Obamacare-SCOTUS response — The Republican senators running for president could stymie the party's response to an anti-Obamacare ruling. — Senior Republicans who are worried they'll be blamed for killing health insurance for millions of Americans …
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