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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Jeb Bush's Camp Sees an Upside to Donald Trump's Surge in the G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — It may be the Summer of Trump, but the publicity-hungry real estate magnate is not the only Republican presidential candidate relishing all his attention. — Donald J. Trump's surge in the polls has been met …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Marist suspends GOP polling ahead of Fox debate — The Marist Institute of Public Opinion has suspended its polling of the GOP primary field in protest of how polls are being used to determine debate participants. — The poll, which is done in conjunction with McClatchy …
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FiveThirtyEight, McClatchy Washington Bureau and RedState
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Leads Republican Presidential Pack, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds
Donald Trump Leads Republican Presidential Pack, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds
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New York Times, Business Insider, Political Wire and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Donald Trump Surges in New NBC News/WSJ Poll
Donald Trump Surges in New NBC News/WSJ Poll
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Vox and Business Insider
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Debate standings: Perry in 11th place
Debate standings: Perry in 11th place
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CNN, ThinkProgress, NBC News, Guardian, Washington Monthly, Sun-Times National, Outside the Beltway and OnPolitics
Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Donald Trump: “I pay as little as possible” in taxes — Shares - — Presidential candidate Donald Trump said Sunday that he pays as little in taxes as possible just like every other taxpayer in America. — “I fight like hell to pay as little as possible for two reasons. Number one, I'm a businessman.
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Mike Barnicle / The Daily Beast:
Authentic Biden vs. Hillary's Mystery — Who Hillary Clinton really is remains a mystery. With Joe Biden, what you see is what you get. — He was a wonderfully gifted young man, only 25 years old, a lieutenant in the Marine Corps headed to Afghanistan in the summer of 2012 when he died suddenly …
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The Federalist
Maryalice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Responds to Possible Joe Biden Run
Bernie Sanders Responds to Possible Joe Biden Run
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Associated Press and Daily Mail
Politico:
Growing signs Schumer will oppose Iran deal — 'He's got the toughest vote of his career coming,' a colleague says of the New York Democrat, who insists he's undecided. — Chuck Schumer is getting an earful from opponents of the Iran nuclear deal. — More than 10,000 phone calls …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Israel Matzav and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Why Schumer will side with Obama on Iran deal
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: GOP challengers ‘viciously’ attacked me — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans have not given him a warm welcome since he entered their 2016 nominating process. — Trump argued he is on the defensive against over GOP White House hopefuls during an interview that morning.
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Walter Rubel / Las Cruces Sun-News:
Las Cruces police investigate explosions near Calvary Baptist, Holy Cross — No injuries: Devices placed just outside churches in trash can, mail box — wrubel@lcsun-news.com @WaltRubel on Twitter — LAS CRUCES >> Explosions about a half hour apart shattered the serenity …
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Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Trump On Black Lives Matter: ‘We Have To Give Power Back To The Police’ — GOP 2016 frontrunner Donald Trump appeared on this Sunday's Meet the Press and when asked about the Black Lives Matter movement in America, proved he was just as clueless as the rest of the talking heads on the right with this response to host Chuck Todd.
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The Federalist and Hullabaloo
Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton set to launch $2 million ad campaign — She's spending big in New Hampshire and Iowa before the airwaves get cluttered. — Hillary Clinton will become the first top-tier candidate to hit the airwaves in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire starting Tuesday …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
The Tortured Tale of Hillary Clinton and The Times — The history of the Clintons and The New York Times over the decades is like an airport baggage carousel — with a difference. New pieces keep barreling down the chute, but none of it ever seems to get removed.
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The Week, Hullabaloo and Scripting News
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Scott Walker Still Isn't Sure If President Obama Is Christian — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker still isn't sure President Obama is Christian. — “I don't know,” the Republican presidential candidate said Saturday during an appearance before 450 donors to the political network backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.
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The Moderate Voice, BizzyBlog and PoliticusUSA
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
Overdoses suspected in deaths of 2 women at HARD Summer music festival — Two 19-year-old women died of suspected drug overdoses after collapsing at the HARD Summer music festival at the Fairplex in Pomona, authorities said Sunday. — Both women were found unresponsive at the festival Saturday evening …
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KTLA, Daily Mail and KRON4.com
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump — ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on ABC's THIS WEEK, breaking news — new debris found. — Is it from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 and will it help pinpoint where the plane went down? — Crunch time — Donald Trump surging in the polls, ahead of the crucial first GOP debate.
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BizPac Review, Slantpoint and The Week
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The White House — BREAKING: On Monday, President Obama will release the final version of America's Clean Power Plan—the biggest, most important step we've ever taken to combat climate change. If you agree that we can't condemn our kids and grandkids to a planet that's beyond fixing, share this video with your friends and family.
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The Verge, Mashable, NPR, Common Dreams, Horizons, Oliver Willis and The Week
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
White House set to adopt sweeping curbs on carbon pollution
White House set to adopt sweeping curbs on carbon pollution
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, ThinkProgress, Slantpoint and New York Times