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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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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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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 …

McConnell hedges on whether Trump is qualified — Sen. Mitch McConnell hedged on whether he considers Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, as qualified for the job, saying he would “leave that to the American people to decide.” — “You know, he won the Republican [nomination] fair and square.


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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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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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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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.


Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton


Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
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George Will Leaves GOP, Tells Republicans to Make Sure Donald Trump Loses
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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Hilary Benn seeks shadow cabinet backing to oust Corbyn
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