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ABC News:
Nate Silver Predicts Clinton Wins General Election Against Trump … “We're at halftime of the election right now,” Silver said. “She's taking a seven-point, maybe a ten-point lead into half time. There's a lot of football left to be played. She's ahead in almost every poll, every swing state, every national poll.”
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
First on CNN: Poll shows Clinton with battleground leads — Elizabeth Warren joins Clinton to attack Donald Trump — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump across the board in a new poll of battleground states. — According to Ballotpedia's battleground poll, Clinton leads Trump:
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Ballotpedia News:
Ballotpedia's battleground poll, 2016 — Ballot access for presidential candidates — The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton — Insiders Poll: First Democratic debate (October 13, 2015) — Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the Fox News Republican Debate
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Deadlocked, Poll Shows
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Deadlocked, Poll Shows
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Politico, The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, Jezebel and The Week
Christopher Sign / KNXV:
Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meet privately in Phoenix — PHOENIX - Amid an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email and hours before the public release of the Benghazi report, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with former President Bill Clinton.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Chris Stevens's Family: Don't Blame Hillary Clinton for Benghazi — On Tuesday, the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which is controlled by a Republican majority, charged the Obama Administration with diplomatic miscalculations, security failures, and a lengthy delay in rescue efforts …
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Exclusive: NRA to run $2 million Benghazi-themed ad campaign for Trump — The National Rifle Association's political arm is launching its first ad campaign of the 2016 presidential race, with a survivor of the terror attack in Benghazi urging viewers to vote for Donald Trump.
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Ditka surprised to read that he'll be at GOP convention with Trump — Photos of the Hall of Fame Bears coach. — A report late Tuesday that Donald Trump is lining up Mike Ditka to make a star appearance at the Republican National Convention came as no surprise to anybody — except Da Coach himself.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ivanka Trump: “Athletes And Coaches” Will Be Speaking At The RNC — Ivanka Trump on Wendesday confirmed that athletes and coaches are being lined up to speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. — “We're putting together the line up of speakers now and the interest is incredible …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Who will show up? Who will pay? The many unknowns of the GOP convention.
Who will show up? Who will pay? The many unknowns of the GOP convention.
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Campaign Legal Center:
Donald Trump Is Illegally Soliciting Money from Foreign Nationals to Fund His Presidential Campaign — FEC Urged to Stop Foreign Money from Infiltrating Our Presidential Election — WASHINGTON - Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign committee is violating black-letter federal law …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
British Politicians Demand to Exit ... Donald Trump's Fundraising List
British Politicians Demand to Exit ... Donald Trump's Fundraising List
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Sending Fundraising Emails To Elected Officials In Multiple Countries
Trump Camp Sending Fundraising Emails To Elected Officials In Multiple Countries
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Emma Platoff / Philly.com:
Why police were called to a South Jersey third-grade class party — On June 16, police were called to an unlikely scene: an end-of-the-year class party at the William P. Tatem Elementary School in Collingswood. — A third grader had made a comment about the brownies being served to the class.
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NY1 News:
McConnell Says Trump Is Not Yet A “Credible Candidate” — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has reservations about the candidate at the top the 2016 Republican ticket: Donald Trump. — McConnell made headlines earlier this week for declining to say whether Trump is qualified for the presidency.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Trump Still Not A ‘Credible’ Candidate, ‘Needs To Change’
McConnell: Trump Still Not A ‘Credible’ Candidate, ‘Needs To Change’
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Washington Post
Maeve McDermott / USA Today:
Exclusive: Miss Teen USA to eliminate swimsuit competition — 4.2k Shares — One of America's highest-profile beauty pageants just traded bikinis for athleisure. — In recent years, competitions have increasingly modernized, featuring women that break the mold of the traditional pageant queen …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Plagiarized Lessons and Deceptive Tactics: A Look Inside the Trump Institute — In 2005, as he was making a transition from developing real estate to capitalizing on his fame through ventures like a reality show and product-licensing deals, Donald J. Trump hit upon a two-pronged strategy for entering the field of for-profit education.
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Susan Wright / RedState:
CHILLING: Senator Marco Rubio Accurately Predicts Istanbul Terrorist Attack — Florida Senator Marco Rubio is no lightweight, and has proven himself well-versed in the threats facing our nation at this very critical juncture in world history. — In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attack …
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Soner Cagaptay / CNN:
Istanbul airport attack: Turkey's vengeance will be like ‘rain from hell’
Istanbul airport attack: Turkey's vengeance will be like ‘rain from hell’
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
GOP donor Paul Singer says Trump would cause a depression — Trump could cause global depression: Singer — Hedge fund manager Paul Singer had some strong words for Trump today, saying his trade policies could trigger a widespread global depression. — A hedge fund executive …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Wants America to Behead People Now and America Sort of Agrees — In the wake of another terrorist attack, this one killing at least 36 people and wounding over 100 at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Donald Trump wasted no time in returning to a familiar well of atrocity and aggression.
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Jim Ruth / Washington Post:
I hate Donald Trump. But he might get my vote.
I hate Donald Trump. But he might get my vote.
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Matt Canham / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Dems' transgender Senate nominee — Primary sets up contest with GOP's Lee in November. — Utah voters picked a historic, and largely unknown, Democratic candidate to challenge Sen. Mike Lee this November. — Misty K. Snow is the first transgender nominee …
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Private E-Mail Use Said to Frustrate Top Aide Huma Abedin — Both witnesses to Abedin's testimony described her as cooperative. — A top aide to Hillary Clinton said the former secretary of state's use of a private e-mail server to conduct government business on at least …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
New analysis shows 160 emails missing from Clinton's disclosure to State
New analysis shows 160 emails missing from Clinton's disclosure to State
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John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
The World's Most Efficient Languages — Just as fish presumably don't know they're wet, many English speakers don't know that the way their language works is just one of endless ways it could have come out. It's easy to think that what one's native language puts words to, and how, reflects the fundamentals of reality.
The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Hillary group takes $200K in banned donations — has accepted $200,000 in donations from a company holding multiple contracts with the federal government — despite a ban on such contributions. — According to a review of contributions by The Hill, Boston-based Suffolk Construction …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week? [VIDEO] — Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week? — If It Wasn't For This CIA Officer, A Lot More People Would Have Died In Benghazi — DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |
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Ray Rahman / EW.com:
JESSICA WILLIAMS IS LEAVING THE DAILY SHOW — EXCLUSIVE — Thursday's episode will be her last, Williams reveals in an interview with EW — The youngest correspondent to ever join The Daily Show is about to become the youngest correspondent to ever leave it: After four years with the late-night series …
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