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2:10 PM ET, August 18, 2015

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CNN:
Post-debate, Trump pulls clear of competition  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has won his party's trust on top issues more than any other Republican presidential candidate, and now stands as the clear leader in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
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New York Times:
I Am Republican, Hear Me Roar  —  To hear most of the Republican candidates tell it, all an American president has to do is talk tough, make demands, send more troops overseas, pour billions more dollars into the Pentagon and the world will fall in line.  The notion they're peddling boils down to this …
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush on Donald Trump's immigration ideas: ‘A plan needs to be grounded in reality’  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday night dismissed as impractical Donald Trump's proposals to erect a U.S.-Mexico border wall, use remittances to pay for its construction and to revoke birthright citizenship.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Scott Walker: The U.S. should ‘absolutely’ stop granting birthright citizenship
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton's email firm Platte River Networks was run from a loft in Denver  — Democrat White House front runner used Platte River Networks of Denver, Colorado, to maintain her controversial ‘home brew’ server  — Up to 60 emails with classified material have been found in a sample …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
CNN Forgets to Mention Op-Ed Writer Is a Million Dollar Bundler For Hillary
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magazine.good.is:
Hillary Clinton to #BlackLivesMatter in Video, “I Don't Believe You Change Hearts...”  —  “...you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate.”  by Gabriel Reilich  —  As recently reported by various news outlets, Hillary Clinton held a closed-door session …
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Jim Swift / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Rolls Eyes, Lectures #BlackLivesMatter Activists  —  Hillary Clinton, who is routinely criticized for her lack of public availability, granted a private meeting on August 11 to activists from the group #BlackLivesMatter — a movement across the country well-known for its controversial methods of generating publicity.
Discussion: Power Line
Rosie.com:
CHELSEA O'DONNELL MISSING  —  Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell was reported missing.  Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16.  She was last seen Tuesday, August 11.
Sen. Marco Rubio / Politico:
My Plan To Fix Health Care  —  To help more of our people achieve the American Dream, we need to make affordable, quality healthcare accessible in the 21st century.  Unfortunately, President Barack Obama's one-size-fits-all, big government approach has failed to achieve this goal.
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Politico:
Scott Walker gets out front with Obamacare replacement plan
John Harwood / New York Times:
Divisions and Inertia in Congress May Hand Obama a Victory on Iran Deal  —  WASHINGTON — Partisanship has become the pre-eminent scapegoat for American political failure, an all-purpose explanation for Washington's inability to act.  Yet in rare circumstances, it can actually guarantee action.
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Bob Corker / Washington Post:
Sen. Bob Corker: Congress should reject the bad Iran deal
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo saves drowning man in Hamptons  —  CNN anchor Chris Cuomo rescued a drowning man who had been swept away by a fierce rip current while boating in the Hamptons.  —  The “New Day” anchor and brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spotted the older man being carried …
John Naughton / Des Moines Register:
Little League says Iowa's allegations of another team cheating were ‘credible’  —  Little League International issued a Tuesday morning news release after the outcome of a Monday game was questioned.  —  “The Little League International Tournament Committee recently received credible reports …
Discussion: NBCSports.com
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WHOTV:
Crazy Scenario at Little League Softball World Series, Central Iowa to Play in One-Game Playoff
Discussion: NPR, UPROXX and SBNation.com
Politico:
Fox's Luntz blasted Trump at Koch seminar  —  In a fresh exchange of accusations, Donald Trump says Fox should fire its focus-group moderator.  —  Donald Trump's feud with GOP pollster Frank Luntz escalated Monday - with Trump calling on Fox News to fire Luntz from overseeing its post-debate focus groups …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex-lover says Donald Trump was great in bed  —  Donald Trump would have even higher poll numbers if he had dated more women before he married his beautiful wife, Melania.  —  Penthouse Pet Sandra Taylor, who went on three dates with Trump decades ago, agrees with the famous Post headline, “The Best Sex I Ever Had.”
Discussion: UPROXX and Daily Mail
Nick Gass / Politico:
Lindsey Graham calls Donald Trump the Wizard of Oz: 'There's nothing behind the curtain'  —  Donald Trump's immigration plan will be “his eventual undoing,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says.  —  In an interview with The Des Moines Register published Tuesday, Graham outlined …
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Carly Fiorina's Business Record: Not So Sterling  —  “I come from a world outside of politics, where track records and accomplishments count.”  —  Those were the words of Carly Fiorina, a Republican candidate for president, earlier this year.  Readers of the business pages know her as the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard.
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Congress Sends Letter Requesting These Seven Things From Planned Parenthood — Make Note of Last One  —  The House Oversight Committee on Friday penned a letter to Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards requesting seven documents or pieces of information be handed over by next week.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
20 times Donald Trump has changed his mind since June  —  Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, has done a lot of things no other GOP candidate this year would dare try: pick a fight with Fox News.  Bad-mouth prisoners of war.  Wear Palm Beach casual-wear to the Iowa State Fair.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump on ‘Meet the Press,’ annotated
 
 
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