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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/Marist Polls Show Donald Trump Running Strong in Iowa, NH — Donald Trump is running strong in the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to two new NBC News-Marist polls. — Trump leads the Republican presidential field in New Hampshire, getting support from 21 percent of potential GOP primary voters.
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: GOP voters want more Trump — Story highlights — (CNN)Most Republican voters want Donald Trump to remain in the race for president, and he's the candidate GOP voters are most likely to say they want to see on the debate stage, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Trump launches offensive against Walker — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump on Saturday unleashed a personal attack at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, days after being the target of the governor's latest campaign blast. — Trump's speech in Iowa came on the heels of a fundraiser …
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CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Trump elbows his way to the top — Story highlights — (CNN)In the first national telephone poll since Donald Trump earned rebukes from Republican leaders over his comments about Senator John McCain's military service, the real estate mogul has increased his support among GOP voters …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
No rest for the candidates in this summer of discontent
No rest for the candidates in this summer of discontent
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump takes aim at Walker in Iowa
Trump takes aim at Walker in Iowa
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Hillary Clinton denies sending classified info from private server — WINTEREST, Iowa — Hillary Clinton said she is confident none of the emails she sent or received using her private email server while secretary of state contained information that was classified when she sent them.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Lieberman: Schumer is ‘key’ to blocking nuclear deal — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is pressuring a top Senate Democrat to buck the Obama administration on its Iran nuclear deal to ensure a safer future for Israel. — Lieberman, the Senate's first Orthodox Jew …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz girds for McConnell showdown in rare Sunday session — Sen. Ted Cruz has found a way to seize the spotlight at a time his campaign for president is losing the battle for buzz. — The Texas Republican on Sunday will attempt an unusual procedural move to overturn Senate Majority Leader …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Looking Away From Abortion — IN an essay in his 1976 collection, “Mortal Lessons,” the physician Richard Selzer describes a strange suburban scene. People go outside in the morning in his neighborhood, after the garbage trucks have passed, and find “a foreignness upon the pavement,” a softness underfoot.
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Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
Sen. Heller: John McCain 'Wouldn't Accept' Amendment to Arm Troops on Bases Before Chattanooga Attack — During a July 23 interview on the Lars Larson Show, Senator Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) said that in June he “submitted an amendment” to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) …
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Garrett Mitchell / Arizona Republic:
Officers find woman's decapitated body, mutilated dogs in Phoenix — Phoenix police officers found a woman's decapitated body and two mutilated dogs inside an apartment where officials believe the man responsible also cut his left arm off and removed one of his own eyeballs.
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Daily Mail
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Congress Must Hold Obama Accountable for His Deception Over Iran — By lying and withholding information about the agreement, he gives aid and comfort to America's enemy. — The president “must certainly be punishable for giving false information to the Senate.”
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Steve Pond / The Wrap:
‘Key & Peele’ to End its Comedy Central Run After This Season (Exclusive) — “It was time for us to explore other things, together and apart,” Keegan-Michael Key tells TheWrap — The current season of “Key & Peele,” the Comedy Central series that received multiple Emmy nominations earlier this month …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama, Kenyatta clash on gay rights in Kenya — NAIROBI, Kenya - President Barack Obama and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sparred over support for gay rights here Saturday, with Obama urging fast changes and Kenyatta saying it was not something Kenyan culture or society would “accept.”
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Despite Agreements, President Obama, Kenyan President Differ on Gay Rights
Despite Agreements, President Obama, Kenyan President Differ on Gay Rights
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