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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump momentum shows signs of stalling — <p>The summer of Trump is over, and rival campaigns are latching onto glimmers of hope that autumn will be the season of the billionaire businessman's decline.</p><p>After faltering in last week's debate, Donald Trump showed signs that the campaign grind has taken its toll.
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The Week and Political Wire
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Most Agree With Trump on America's Lost Greatness, Bloomberg Poll Finds — A national survey shows that 72 percent of all Americans think their country isn't as great as it once was—a central theme of front-runner Donald Trump's campaign. — Americans are “fed up” with politics …
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Politico, Political Wire and National Review
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I'm so tired of this politically correct crap — <p>A seemingly exasperated Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, "I'm so tired of this politically correct crap," telling a crowd of South Carolina business leaders that he's still the straight-talking, shoot-from-the-hip kind …
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Talking Points Memo
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio's no-not-me strategy
Marco Rubio's no-not-me strategy
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Bloomberg Business, Hot Air, Liberaland, New York Times, Red Alert Politics and The Mahablog
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump says he won't appear on Fox News
Trump says he won't appear on Fox News
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Political Insider blog, TPNN and RedState
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump puts moratorium on Fox interviews
Trump puts moratorium on Fox interviews
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EW.com, Washington Post, BREITBART.COM, The Gateway Pundit, WQAD-TV, ABC News, Red Alert Politics, Daily Kos, The Week, BizPac Review, Raw Story and UPROXX
George Bennett / Post On Politics:
Marco Rubio passes Jeb Bush in Florida poll; Hillary Clinton weak
Marco Rubio passes Jeb Bush in Florida poll; Hillary Clinton weak
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Rush Limbaugh, The Pulse 2016, Washington Post, CNN and Allen B. West
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Fox's Shep Smith Shames Those Who Call Pope's Agenda ‘Political’ — As many conservatives fret over Pope Francis' views on climate change and income inequality ahead of his Thursday speech before Congress, Fox News host Shepard Smith chided those individuals who have criticized the pope for talking about “political” issues.
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Outside the Beltway, Taylor Marsh and Mediaite
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Boehner braced for pope's message — <p>For John Boehner, who attended Mass nearly every morning while growing up with 11 siblings in southwest Ohio, the chance to meet privately with Pope Francis before the Roman Catholic leader addresses Congress on Thursday fulfills a long-cherished dream.</p><p …
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Bloomberg Business
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Pope Francis is about to make Junipero Serra a saint during a historic canonization today
Pope Francis is about to make Junipero Serra a saint during a historic canonization today
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Slantpoint, The Atlantic and The Week
Tracy Connor / NBC News:
Saint or Sinner? Pope Courts Controversy With Canonization of Junipero Serra
Saint or Sinner? Pope Courts Controversy With Canonization of Junipero Serra
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CNN, Democracy Now, Common Dreams, WSLS-TV and KFOR-TV
Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton sits for interview with Lena Dunham — <p>In an effort to reach out to millennial women voters, Hillary Clinton will appear in an interview opposite <i>Girls</i> star Lena Dunham, set to post online Tuesday, POLITICO has learned. The already-taped segment …
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Bloomberg Business and The Week
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook, presented by American Bankers Association - READY FOR BIDEN - POPE POSES FOR SELFIES: ‘pastor more than prophet’ — RAND: Pope ‘may need some remedial economics’ - BROCK BESTSELLER - HUGE POLITICO HIRE — KATIE Levinson Burke is 4-0 — By Mike Allen (@mikeallen …
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Political Wire
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Government Shutdown as Self-Promotion — Planned Parenthood ought to be defunded, but trying to do it this way invites disaster. — For the right reasons, congressional Republicans want to end taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, the country's largest abortion provider.
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RedState and Washington Post
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Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
The Republican Party's Surrender Politics
The Republican Party's Surrender Politics
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Power Line, Bloomberg Business, Trail Blazers Blog, The PJ Tatler, ABC News, Daily Kos and The Hill
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Epic Media Fail of the Year — John and I, as the Christian half of the Judeo-Christian ethos of Power Line, wish our Jewish friends and readers heartfelt best wishes on their observance of Yom Kippur. — So, too, did WGN TV in Chicago, except that in the most epic media fail of all time …
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Variety and Patterico's Pontifications
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Dems want bigger role for Bill Clinton — Democratic fundraisers are urging Hillary Clinton to make Bill Clinton a bigger part of her presidential campaign, particularly when it comes to fundraising. — The donors, who have contributed some of the biggest checks to President Obama …
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Facebook:
Introducing 360 Video on Facebook — Starting today, 360-degree videos will begin rolling out in News Feed. — Our goal at Facebook is to connect you with the people and things that matter, every single day. Over time, we've seen that people enjoy more immersive content in their News Feeds.
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Guardian, The Verge, Mashable, GeekWire, VentureBeat, The San Diego Union …, Wall Street Journal, WQAD-TV and Tech Times
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Calls The Pharma Bro ‘Disgusting’ And ‘A Spoiled Brat’ — COLUMBIA, SC — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has no idea what he would do to combat rising drug prices, but he does know how to launch a vicious personal attack. — In a press conference in Columbia …
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Raw Story, Independent Journal Review, UPROXX and Slate
BBC:
Hajj stampede: At least 453 killed in Saudi Arabia — At least 453 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say. — Another 719 people were injured in the incident at Mina …
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The Atlantic, Associated Press, Al Jazeera English and The Week
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
“We should not have a multicultural society.” — Jeb Bush made the comment on Tuesday in response to a question from an Iowa woman working with refugees and immigrants living in the Hawkeye State. She wanted to know how the Republican presidential candidate would help people resettling in the United States integrate into society.
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CNN, Hot Air, Slantpoint, Washington Free Beacon, National Review and Associated Press
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Trump and Fox News in another round of feuding — The on-again, off-again feud of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump with the media has taken another turn. — Trump, in a tweet, announced that he “won't be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future,” as the channel “has been treating me very unfairly.”
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump says he's boycotting Fox News
Donald Trump says he's boycotting Fox News
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Mediaite, Hot Air, Allen B. West and The PJ Tatler