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CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump now competitive in general election — Washington (CNN)Since announcing his campaign in late June, Donald Trump has quickly leapt to the top of the Republican field, leading recent polls nationally, in Iowa and in New Hampshire. And now, for the first time in CNN/ORC polling …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton pulls plug on testy presser over server questions — Hillary Clinton dismissed the controversy surrounding her private email server and defended her conduct as legal during a press conference in Las Vegas. — A visibly aggravated Clinton repeatedly insisted that she had done nothing wrong …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Allies fault Hillary Clinton's response on emails — She's too legalistic and fails to grasp the need for a broader political strategy, they say. — LAS VEGAS — As Hillary Clinton faces a new round of questions about her email use as secretary of state, some longtime allies …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders gaining ground on Clinton
Sanders gaining ground on Clinton
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton gets testy when pressed on email
Hillary Clinton gets testy when pressed on email
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John Herrman / The Awl:
Early Notes on the Ashley Madison Hack — 1. A data dump, which allegedly contains over 35 million email addresses, 33 million accounts with more detailed information (names and addresses), and every credit card transaction from the last seven years, is reported to have been posted online.
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Kim Zetter / Wired:
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data — Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online. — A data dump 9.7 gigabytes in size was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using …
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Was the Ashley Madison Database Leaked?
Was the Ashley Madison Database Leaked?
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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Data from hack of Ashley Madison cheater site purportedly dumped online [Updated]
Data from hack of Ashley Madison cheater site purportedly dumped online [Updated]
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Janice Min / Hollywood Reporter:
The Donald Trump Conversation: Murdoch, Ailes, NBC and the Rush of Being TV's “Ratings Machine” — In his first magazine cover interview and photo shoot as the leading Republican, the reality TV presidential candidate lets loose on Hillary's email scandal ("Watergate on steroids"), Bill Cosby …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump to O'Reilly: The 14th Amendment is unconstitutional — Donald Trump clashed with Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday night over the part of his immigration plan that would take away citizenship from the children who were born in the United States but whose parents came to the country illegally.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Birthright citizenship was one of the Republican Party's greatest accomplishments.
Birthright citizenship was one of the Republican Party's greatest accomplishments.
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter: I Despise Carly Fiorina with the ‘Hot, Hot Hate of 1,000 Suns’
Ann Coulter: I Despise Carly Fiorina with the ‘Hot, Hot Hate of 1,000 Suns’
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Yvonne Craig News:
YVONNE CRAIG'S OFFICIAL OBITUARY — Yvonne Craig passed away at her home in Pacific Palisades, surrounded by her immediate family and comforted by Hospice yesterday night. She died from complications brought about from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver.
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David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Human Capital - Episode 3: Planned Parenthood's Custom Abortions for Superior Product — #PPSellsBabyParts PLANNED PARENTHOOD ABORTED BABY'S HEART STILL BEATING IN LATE-TERM ORGAN HARVESTING CASE — Whistleblower Who Harvested Aborted Baby Parts Inside Planned Parenthood Clinics for StemExpress Describes …
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The Hill:
Walker shakes up GOP field with plan to replace ObamaCare — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is jump-starting a debate on ObamaCare with the hope of getting out in front of his GOP rivals on one of the party's toughest topics. — Walker on Tuesday became the first leading presidential candidate …
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Health Proposals by Walker and Rubio Are Less Concerned About the Poor
Health Proposals by Walker and Rubio Are Less Concerned About the Poor
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Kareem Shaheen / Guardian:
Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead Isis to hidden Palmyra antiquities — Khaled al-Asaad, 82, interrogated by militants for a month before he was murdered in the ancient city of Palmyra — Islamic State militants beheaded a renowned antiquities scholar in the ancient Syrian city …
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Kinda Makeih / Reuters:
Islamic State militants behead archaeologist in Palmyra: Syrian official
Islamic State militants behead archaeologist in Palmyra: Syrian official
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KTLA:
LAUSD Students Head Back to School, Prompting Both Excitement and Tears … Summer vacation is officially over for hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students who headed back to the classroom for the first day of school Tuesday, and the occasion brought mixed emotions in some students.
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PaulCraigRoberts.org:
FBI Evidence Proves Innocence of Accused Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — I have been contacted by attorney John Remington Graham, a member in good standing of the bar of the Minnesota Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. He informs me that acting in behalf of Maret Tsanaeva …
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Access Hollywood:
Heidi Klum On Trump Comment: ‘In My Book, Every Woman Is A 10’ — Heidi Klum isn't clear about why Presidential candidate Donald Trump chose to mention her in a recent interview. — “Personally, I have no idea what I have to do with the election,” Heidi told Access Hollywood guest …
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George Joseph / The Intercept:
Undercover Police Have Regularly Spied On Black Lives Matter Activists in New York — Documents obtained by The Intercept confirm that undercover police officers attended numerous Black Lives Matter protests in New York City between December 2014 and February 2015.
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