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Paul Solotaroff / Rolling Stone:
Trump Seriously: On the Trail With the GOP's Tough Guy — “I'm owned by the people. I'm no angel, but I'm going to do right by them.” — Hey, ya made it, great to see ya!" says Donald Trump, having just stepped aboard his throne room of a plane and stopping by my seat to extend his hand. "
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Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Trump mocks Fiorina's physical appearance: ‘Look at that face!’ — Another day, another Donald Trump insult making waves in an already-tumultuous election cycle. — The GOP front-runner added to his ever-expanding laundry list of questionable comments aimed at women with a knock …
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked — It's being called a “revolt” by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk. — More than 50 intelligence analysts working …
Wayne Coffey / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: James Blake, former tennis star, slammed to ground and handcuffed outside midtown hotel by white NYPD cops who mistook him for ID theft suspect — Former tennis great James Blake was slammed to the ground, handcuffed and detained by five plainclothes city cops Wednesday outside …
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Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
Black Tennis Star Tackled By 5 White Police Officers
Black Tennis Star Tackled By 5 White Police Officers
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CNN:
Poll: Donald Trump surges to 32% support — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has become the first Republican presidential candidate to top 30% support in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, which finds the businessman pulling well away from the rest of the GOP field.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump fires back at Carson: ‘Who is he to question my faith?’ — Donald Trump slammed fellow 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson for questioning his faith, calling the retired neurosurgeon an “OK doctor” who was “heavy into the world of abortion.” — “Who is he to question my faith?”
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Stop Comparing Donald Trump And Bernie Sanders — A lot of people are linking the candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump under headings like “populist” and “anti-establishment.” Most of these comparisons are too cute for their own good — not only because it's too early to come …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Donald Trump's Biggest Conservative Enemies Helped Create Him
Donald Trump's Biggest Conservative Enemies Helped Create Him
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Big-Name Plan B's for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton
Big-Name Plan B's for Democrats Concerned About Hillary Clinton
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The Hill:
House GOP to postpone vote on Iran after member revolt — House Republican leaders are delaying a vote on the Iran nuclear deal scheduled for Wednesday because of a rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives. — The House was to hold a procedural vote to begin 11 hours of debate …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
House Republicans revolt against Iran vote
House Republicans revolt against Iran vote
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eLife:
Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa — University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States; Texas A&M University, United States; Duke University, United States; University of Zurich, Switzerland …
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Jamie Shreeve / National Geographic:
This Face Changes the Human Story. But How?
This Face Changes the Human Story. But How?
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John Solomon / Washington Times:
The Huma Files: Feds formally investigated top Hillary aide for embezzlement — Blames husband Weiner for failing to notice extra $30K payment
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Paul Singer / USA Today:
Congress returns to yet another spending crisis, fears of government shutdown — Bloomberg's Toluse Olorinnipa discusses Washington's looming budget deadline. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Bloomberg — WASHINGTON — Members of Congress return from summer recess facing …
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Lauren Gambino / Guardian:
Planned Parenthood not invited to congressional hearing on organization
Planned Parenthood not invited to congressional hearing on organization
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Big truths about Hillary — In olden days, great columnists such as Walter Lippmann and James “Scotty” Reston would periodically step back and put great events into perspective. — As America's summer of political discontent and distemper ends, and as Americans shift from the fun of enjoying …
Gene B. Sperling / Politico:
Fed, Don't Raise Rates Yet! — China, the strong dollar and lingering labor scars are all strong arguments against any change this year. — The recent wild swings on Wall Street have further fueled the debate on when the Federal Reserve should “lift off,” or raise rates.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Bob Woodward's next book coming Oct. 13 — Bob Woodward's 18th book, “The Last of the President's Men,” will be out Oct. 13 — spilling the secrets of Alexander Butterfield, a West Wing aide who oversaw the installation of President Richard Nixon's fateful taping system, Simon & Schuster announced Thursday.
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Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
The U.S. News and World Report college rankings: A public vs. private dilemma — There was a time in the 1980s when the University of California at Berkeley was deemed a top-five national university on the most prominent annual ranking in higher education, up there with Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and Yale.
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Kylee Wierks / Fox 59:
Man shares photos with gorilla on smart phone and the gorilla's reaction is priceless — He was visiting the zoo's gorilla sanctuary for the first time with his daughter when he noticed another visitor showing his iPhone to a gorilla named Jelani. — Jelani looked very intrigued …
New York Times:
Justice Department Sets Sights on Wall Street Executives — WASHINGTON — Stung by years of criticism that it has coddled Wall Street criminals, the Justice Department issued new policies on Wednesday that prioritize the prosecution of individual employees — not just their companies …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton ‘eager’ to defend State record — Hillary Clinton's Iran speech on Wednesday isn't a one-time event timed for votes this week on Capitol Hill, the Democratic presidential candidate's senior aides say. — The speech, in which she outlined a five-point plan on Iran …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump storms Washington — <p>With the outline of the Capitol behind him and the expansive Mall spread before him, Donald Trump — the anti-Washington, anti-establishment hero of the right — brought his bombast to the nation's capital on Wednesday.</p><p> He didn't hold back.</p><p>" We …
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Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Iran's Supreme Leader Says Israel Won't Exist in 25 Years — TEHRAN — Iran's supreme leader predicts that Israel will not exist in 25 years, and rules out any new negotiations with the “Satan,” the United States. — In remarks published Wednesday on his personal website and in posts on Twitter …
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