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Washington Post:
In new poll, support for Trump has plunged, giving Clinton a double-digit lead — Support for Donald Trump has plunged as he has alienated fellow Republicans and large majorities of voters overall in the course of a month of self-inflicted controversies, propelling Democrat Hillary Clinton …
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ABC News:
Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased (POLL) — Hillary Clinton surged to a broad advantage against Donald Trump in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, capitalizing on Trump's recent campaign missteps. Two-thirds of Americans see him as biased against groups …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bad month just got worse, because Sanders backers just rallied to Clinton — Donald Trump would like for Bernie Sanders supporters to ditch the Democratic Party and support him. There is very little evidence that they will do that, mind you, but it's certainly possible …
Washington Post:
Clinton leads as Dems unite, Trump weathers criticism — Poll Questions — Q: I'd like you to rate the chances that you will vote in the presidential election in November: Are you absolutely certain to vote, will you probably vote, are the chances 50-50, or less than that? — Hide Results
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CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in tight races in battleground states — Battleground states are called battlegrounds for a reason: They're often close, and 2016 looks like no exception. — Hillary Clinton holds narrow leads over Donald Trump across a number of key states of Florida …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Won't Say That Trump Is Qualified To Be President — In an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Sunday morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell twice refused to say that his party's presidential candidate is qualified to be president.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton Leads Trump By 5 Points — Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a five-point advantage over Republican Donald Trump after becoming her party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Sanders: Hillary Can Win Over More of My Supporters ‘If She Does the Right Thing’
Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
George Will Leaves GOP, Tells Republicans to Make Sure Donald Trump Loses
George Will Leaves GOP, Tells Republicans to Make Sure Donald Trump Loses
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Holly Bailey / Yahoo:
Aberdeen journal: Mr. Trump, who won't be taking questions, spends the afternoon talking to reporters anyway — ABERDEEN, Scotland — Before Donald Trump arrived at his golf course here on the shore of the North Sea, a staffer at the facility told the several dozen reporters waiting …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Bill Maher Warns Audience: Brexit is ‘Harbinger’ of President Trump (Video)
Bill Maher Warns Audience: Brexit is ‘Harbinger’ of President Trump (Video)
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David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Could a Brexit sentiment sweep Trump into office?
Luke Heighton / Telegraph:
Second referendum petition: At least 77,000 ‘fake’ signatures removed hours after inquiry launched — Parliamentary authorities have moved swiftly to remove around 77,000 allegedly fake signatures from an online petition which calls for a re-run of the Brexit referendum.
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New York Daily News:
Texas mother killed by police after fatally shooting her two daughters during ‘family argument’ — The woman who was killed by police after she fatally shot her two daughters at their Texas home has been identified as an outspoken gun advocate. — Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed …
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates — The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee are moving quickly and aggressively to head off the fledgling effort to stage a revolt at their convention next month in Cleveland, hoping to spare the party an embarrassing spectacle …
NBC New York:
4-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shot and Killed by Older Brother: Authorities — A 6-year-old boy playing with a gun accidentally shot and killed his 4-year-old brother in their New Jersey home Saturday morning, authorities said. — The child's mother, Itiyanah Spruill, 22 …
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WESH-TV:
Sanford mayor carjacked at gunpoint — The mayor of Sanford was carjacked while he was standing outside of a home early Saturday morning, police said. — Mayor Jeff Triplett was standing in front of a home on Chapman Avenue in Sanford about 2:15 a.m. when three men approached him.
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Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:
Barack Obama, the President of Black America? — What the haters and the hagiographers get wrong. — IT was a crucial speech, high-stakes even for a man used to giving important speeches: The first black president of the United States had to acknowledge, and then bind up, the nation's racial wounds.
Observer:
Jeremy Corbyn sacks Hilary Benn from shadow cabinet — Shadow foreign secretary says he was dismissed in middle of night after telling party leader there was ‘no confidence in his ability to win the next election’ — Jeremy Corbyn has sacked Hilary Benn in the early hours of Sunday morning …
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Daniel Boffey / Observer:
Hilary Benn seeks shadow cabinet backing to oust Corbyn
Hilary Benn seeks shadow cabinet backing to oust Corbyn
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