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Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Trump's Lead Grows After Debate, Controversy — Real estate magnate Donald Trump's lead over the Republican field grew in the several days after his performance at the first GOP presidential debate, according to a new Morning Consult survey, even after he invited a new round of scorn …
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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.
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's Republican support holds strong post-debate - Reuters/Ipsos poll — Republican support for real estate mogul Donald Trump held firm after a televised presidential debate last week in which he feuded with rivals and moderators, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump and Roger Ailes Make Up — For Now — A truce to prevent Trump from potentially damaging the Fox News brand. — Shares — Until Thursday's GOP debate, Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes and Donald Trump had been executing one of the most successful examples of media synergy in recent memory.
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Mediaite, Business Insider, Hullabaloo, New York Times, The National Memo, Hot Air and BizPac Review
Politico:
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump's Megyn Kelly comments ‘outrageous’ — but so are GOP policies
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump's Megyn Kelly comments ‘outrageous’ — but so are GOP policies
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Political Wire
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Megyn Kelly should apologize to me
Trump: Megyn Kelly should apologize to me
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The Hill, Adweek, TVNewser, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, American Prospect and Betsy's Page
Larry Page / Official Google Blog:
G is for Google — As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in areas that might seem very speculative or even strange …
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Brian Womack / Bloomberg Business:
Google Creates New Company Called Alphabet, Restructures Stock
Google Creates New Company Called Alphabet, Restructures Stock
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Computerworld, Mashable, Bloomberg View and Fusion
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Washington Post reporter charged with trespassing, interfering with a police officer — A Washington Post reporter who was arrested at a restaurant last year while reporting on protests in Ferguson, Mo., has been charged in St. Louis County with trespassing and interfering with a police officer and ordered to appear in court.
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Washington Post:
State of emergency declared in Ferguson after police shoot and critically injure man during protests
State of emergency declared in Ferguson after police shoot and critically injure man during protests
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Atlantic, Politico, Associated Press, New York Daily News, Addicting Info and protein wisdom
Carey Gillam / Reuters:
Gunshots heard as Ferguson protests turn violent a year after Brown shooting
Gunshots heard as Ferguson protests turn violent a year after Brown shooting
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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Mytheos Holt / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Was Inevitable — Trumpmentum appears to be a thing. And no one understands why. — I don't blame them. On paper, Donald Trump's candidacy looks like it should be a laughingstock in any Republican primary, let alone one in a party where ideological purity still means a great deal.
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Vox Popoli
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Senator Rand Paul / Independent Journal Review:
Don't Fall for a Fake Conservative
Don't Fall for a Fake Conservative
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Mediaite, New York Times, US News and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Proposes Debt-Free Tuition at Public Colleges — Plan, which would cost $350 billion over 10 years, is way for Democratic front-runner to woo young voters and provides ammunition against surging Bernie Sanders — WASHINGTON— Hillary Clinton is proposing an expansive program aimed …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Offer Plan on Paying College Tuition Without Needing Loans
Hillary Clinton to Offer Plan on Paying College Tuition Without Needing Loans
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International Liberty, The Other McCain, msnbc.com, ringoffireradio.com and Wonk Wire
Politico:
Hillary Clinton's $350 billion plan to kill college debt
Hillary Clinton's $350 billion plan to kill college debt
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Yahoo Politics, The Federalist, Kelchen on Education, Contemptor and Washington Post
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Clinton proposes a $350 billion plan to make college affordable
Clinton proposes a $350 billion plan to make college affordable
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Medium, Bloomberg Business, Hit & Run, Taylor Marsh and The Week
Shane Goldmacher / National Journal:
Rick Perry Stops Paying South Carolina Staff — The decision suggests the former Texas governor's campaign is facing serious financial woes. — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign team in South Carolina is no longer being paid by his presidential campaign, National Journal has learned.
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Politico, Washington Post, Trail Blazers Blog, The Week, Washington Times, Political Wire and Oliver Willis
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Big Secret of Abortion: Women Already Know How It Works — Planned Parenthood and the truth about women’s bodies. — 10.2k — Shares — 9.9k — Pin It … “I gave birth to two premature kids,” said California's Barbara Boxer on the Senate floor last week …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Ruben Navarrette Jr / The Daily Beast:
I Don't Know If I'm Pro-Choice Anymore After Planned Parenthood Videos
I Don't Know If I'm Pro-Choice Anymore After Planned Parenthood Videos
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LifeNews.com
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Melissa Gilbert running for Congress — WASHINGTON - Actress Melissa Gilbert, best known for her portrayal as Laura Ingalls Wilder on NBC's “Little House on the Prairie” in the 1970s and '80s, has announced her intentions of running for Congress in Michigan's 8th District.
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Hinterland Gazette, Guardian, The Week, OnPolitics and Eclectablog
Muna Ahmed / Emirates 24|7:
Dad lets daughter die, rather than be touched by ‘strange’ rescuer — Asian father stopped rescue team from saving his drowning daughter — A father of a 20-year-old girl let his daughter drown, stopping life guards from rescuing her. — He preferred that his daughter die rather …
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Friendly Atheist, Daily Mail and The PJ Tatler
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
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Report: W.H. staffer threatens Capitol Police boyfriend with gun — After an argument that ended in gunfire, a White House staffer and her boyfriend, who works for the Capitol Police, have been put on leave from their jobs, according to reports. — The domestic dispute reportedly took place on the evening of Aug. 6.
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New York Times:
The Meeropol Brothers: Exonerate Our Mother, Ethel Rosenberg — OUR parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed on June 19, 1953, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. That was the formal legal charge, but in the public's mind they were executed for providing our archenemy …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money