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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump and Fox said to be in talks over Monday interview — Donald Trump and the Fox News Channel are in talks about Trump possibly appearing on Fox on Monday night, according to a source with knowledge of the talks. — Trump has been lambasting Fox for days, ever since he was challenged in last week's GOP debate.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Breitbart Staffers Believe Trump Has Given Money To Site For Favorable Coverage — As Donald Trump faces a growing backlash from conservative media over his recent attacks on a Fox News host, one prominent right-wing outlet remains firmly in his corner: Breitbart News, which has set itself apart …
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Max Fisher / Vox:
This chart shows sexist tweets to Megyn Kelly exploding since she questioned Donald Trump — The worst part of Donald Trump's comments to Fox News host and debate moderator Megyn Kelly, first dismissing her question about his long history of sexist remarks, then attacking her for asking it …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: Listening to Fiorina causes headaches — Donald Trump on Sunday took a shot at fellow 2016 GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, saying you “develop a massive headache” if you listen to the former Hewlett-Packard CEO. — “I just realized that if you listen to Carly Fiorina …
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NBC News:
New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates
New NBC News/Survey Monkey Poll: Donald Trump Still in the Lead After Debates
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
The August Doldrums and Donald Trump
The August Doldrums and Donald Trump
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Offer Plan on Paying College Tuition Without Needing Loans — With Americans shouldering $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, and about eight million of them in default, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday will propose major new spending by the federal government …
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Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Clinton proposes a $350 billion plan to make college affordable — Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce a $350 billion plan Monday to make college affordable and relieve the burden of student debt for millions of Americans, drawing on popular tenets of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders draws 28,000 people in Portland, his campaign says — largest 2016 contender crowd by far
Bernie Sanders draws 28,000 people in Portland, his campaign says — largest 2016 contender crowd by far
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Alex Seitz-Wald / msnbc.com:
Clinton's sweeping new debt-free college plan
Clinton's sweeping new debt-free college plan
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Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:
Bernie Sanders speaks to packed crowd at Portland's Moda Center
Bernie Sanders speaks to packed crowd at Portland's Moda Center
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
‘Black Lives Matter’ and the G.O.P. — Only one candidate in last week's Republican presidential debate was asked to directly address the Black Lives Matter movement and that candidate was Gov. Scott Walker. — Moderator Megyn Kelly asked Walker: — “Governor Walker …
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The Huffington Post:
Scott Walker: Don't Focus On ‘Racial Discord’ Or You'll Only Create More
Scott Walker: Don't Focus On ‘Racial Discord’ Or You'll Only Create More
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Booker: Sanders has ‘long record of civil rights’
Booker: Sanders has ‘long record of civil rights’
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
G.O.P. Candidates and Obama's Failure to Fail — What did the men who would be president talk about during last week's prime-time Republican debate? Well, there were 19 references to God, while the economy rated only 10 mentions. Republicans in Congress have voted dozens of times to repeal …
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New York Post:
Fed-up cops post pictures of vagrants online — A picture of a vagrant submitted to the Sergeants Benevolent Association's Flickr account. — NYPD cops fed up with vagrants making life miserable in the city are taking matters into their own hands — by snapping photos of quality-of-life scofflaws and posting them online.
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Daily Mail
Lisa Brown / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
1 person shot during protests late Sunday in Ferguson — Updated at 3:10 a.m. with father identifying shooting victim. — FERGUSON • A peaceful day of protest and remembrance dissolved into chaos late Sunday when a man fired multiple shots at four St. Louis County plainclothes detectives in an SUV.
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Dan Witters / Gallup:
In U.S., Uninsured Rates Continue to Drop in Most States — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arkansas and Kentucky continue to have the sharpest reductions in their uninsured rates since the healthcare law took effect at the beginning of 2014. Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington join …
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Wall Street Journal:
In Iran, Voices Rise Against Nuclear Deal — Conservative media grow more vocal in opposition — A tussle to sway public perceptions of Iran's nuclear deal is taking shape in the Islamic Republic, pitting liberal and conservative media against each other and mirroring the fierce debate unfolding in the U.S.
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama Defends Nuclear Deal to Youth in Iran, Israel
Obama Defends Nuclear Deal to Youth in Iran, Israel
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Reuters:
U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills eight — The U.S. consulate in Istanbul came under gunfire on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Ex-NATO supreme commander rips Obama over military cuts — Former NATO Supreme Commander James Stavridis criticized President Obama, his former boss, for recent cuts to military spending while U.S. troops are still engaged on multiple fronts around the world.
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Jon Karl / ABC News:
Donald Trump Considering Taking Pledge Not to Run as Third-Party Candidate — Donald Trump may soon do what Republican leaders have been asking the billionaire candidate to do — pledge not to run as an independent candidate for president, a senior Trump adviser told ABC News.
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