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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 J. Trump are deadlocked less than a month before the Democratic and Republican presidential conventions, according to a new national poll that shows the American electorate feeling disappointed in each candidate.
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
Hillary Clinton Tweets for Trump=> “DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS”
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Obama Will Campaign With Hillary Clinton in North Carolina
Obama Will Campaign With Hillary Clinton in North Carolina
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Washington Post and The Week
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 …
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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.
Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Private E-Mail Use Said to Frustrate Top Aide Huma Abedin
Clinton's Private E-Mail Use Said to Frustrate Top Aide Huma Abedin
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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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Politico
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
British Politicians Demand to Exit ... Donald Trump's Fundraising List — Americans are accustomed to being bombarded by unsolicited fundraising solicitations from American politicians. The British? Not so much. — Several members of the U.K. Parliament in recent days have publicly complained …
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Campaign Legal Center:
Donald Trump Is Illegally Soliciting Money from Foreign Nationals to Fund His Presidential Campaign
Donald Trump Is Illegally Soliciting Money from Foreign Nationals to Fund His Presidential Campaign
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Wants America to Behead People Now and America Sort of Agrees
Donald Trump Wants America to Behead People Now and America Sort of Agrees
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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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Little Green Footballs
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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Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Lining Up Tyson and Ditka for Convention — Several sports personalities and musical entertainers have agreed to appear at this summer's convention. — kevcirilli — ESPN has nothing on this summer's Republican national convention. — Donald Trump's campaign aides …
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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Anxiety mounts over GOP convention's security
Anxiety mounts over GOP convention's security
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Washington Post, NPR and Talking Points Memo
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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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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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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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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Evangelical Leader Backpedals On Story Of Trump's Recent Conversion — A prominent evangelical leader is walking back his claim that Donald Trump recently became a born-again Christian, saying he doesn't know the “details” of the alleged conversion. — Last week, Dr. James Dobson told attendees …
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Bob Eschliman / Charisma News:
After Donald Trump's Salvation, Dr. James Dobson Reminds How to Deal With ‘Baby Christians’
After Donald Trump's Salvation, Dr. James Dobson Reminds How to Deal With ‘Baby Christians’
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The Resurgent, Joe.My.God. and The Right Scoop
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 …
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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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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Daniel Klaidman / Yahoo:
CIA chief Brennan looks at Turkish attack and sees a warning for Americans — Four hours after three suicide bombers killed at least 41 people and wounded hundreds more at Istanbul's Ataturk airport, CIA Director John Brennan said the attacks bore the grim hallmarks of ISIS and warned …
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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
What Is on Justice Anthony Kennedy's Mind? — Some years ago, Dahlia Lithwick and I christened Justice Anthony Kennedy “the Sphinx of Sacramento.” Throughout his nearly 30 years on the Supreme Court, Kennedy's mind has often seemed like a distant and mysterious country …
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