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Here's Why Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Didn't Rise To Level Of ‘Gross Negligence’ — Legal experts say her actions fell short of past cases where information mishandling was intentional. — In declining to seek prosecution of Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said the former Secretary …
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Another Clinton ‘scandal’ goes poof — SO NOW it's all but official: No bolt from the blue will ruin Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes. — There will be no criminal charges against Clinton because of her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state.
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AP FACT CHECK: Clinton email claims collapse under FBI probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — Key assertions by Hillary Clinton in defense of her email practices have collapsed under FBI scrutiny. — The agency's yearlong investigation found that she did not, as she claimed, turn over all her work-related messages for release.
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Clinton to propose 3-month hiatus for repayment of student loans
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Paul Ryan Wants To Deny Clinton Classified Briefings During Campaign
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Ryan faces GOP defections on gun proposal
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Most Disagree with Decision Not to Indict Clinton
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Hillary Clinton Expanding College Plan to Offer Free Tuition to Millions
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Comey to testify on Clinton email probe Thursday
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Ryan: GOP will hold hearings on Clinton probe
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The Note: Politics on the Jersey Shore
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Sanders' Supporters Grapple With FBI Decision on Clinton Emails
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'He's got a gun! Gun': Video shows fatal confrontation between Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police officer — Alton Sterling, a 37-year old man who sold CDs, was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge police officer Tuesday morning outside a convenience store on North Foster Drive after …
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Video captures white Baton Rouge police officer fatally shooting a black man, sparking outrage — A video showing two white police officers involved in a deadly altercation with a 37-year-old black man in Baton Rouge circulated across the Internet early Wednesday morning …
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Alton Sterling shot, killed by Louisiana cops during struggle after he was selling music outside …
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Alton Sterling shooting: Video of deadly encounter with officers sparks outrage
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Feds to Investigate ‘Deeply Troubling’ Fatal Police Shooting
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Alton Sterling Police Shooting Prompts Justice Dept. Investigation in Baton Rouge
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Slain Baton Rouge Man's Son Breaks Down as Mom Addresses Cop Shooting
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How video changed Americans' views toward the police, from Rodney King to Alton Sterling
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Corker withdraws as potential Trump running mate — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has recently emerged as a finalist in the search for Donald Trump's running mate, told The Washington Post in an interview Wednesday …
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Ernst all but withdraws from Trump veepstakes — Joni Ernst all but removed herself from Donald Trump's vice presidential search, telling POLITICO in an interview that she wants to help Trump become president but that she's focused on Iowa and the Senate, where the freshman senator said she's “just getting started.”
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Trump praises for Saddam Hussein's efficient killing of ‘terrorists,’ calls today's Iraq ‘Harvard for terrorism’ — Trump: World better with Hussein and Gadhafi in power — Raleigh, North Carolina (CNN)Donald Trump on Tuesday once again expressed his preference for keeping dictators in power in the Middle East.
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Chilcot report live: ‘We just want the truth,’ say families — Plus all the day's other political news as Tory leadership runners go down to three — Jack Straw, who was foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq war, and who by his own account could have stopped Britain's participation …
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After 13 years, Chilcot report delivers damning verdict on British role in Iraq War
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Tony Blair: ‘I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you can ever believe’
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Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media
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Will Britain's Iraq War Chilcot inquiry lead to consequences for Tony Blair?
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BREAKING: Ex-Fox Anchor Gretchen Carlson Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes — Fox News anchor and author Gretchen Carlson is filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against CEO Roger Ailes. … Carlson took to social media to confirm moments ago that she is no longer with Fox News …
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Ex-Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Sues Roger Ailes For Sexual Harassment — Gretchen Carlson, until last month a Fox News host, alleged in a lawsuit announced Wednesday that Fox News boss Roger Ailes fired her from the network after months of rebuffing his sexual advances.
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Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes
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Fox News Host Sues Roger Ailes Over Sexual Harassment
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Sanders booed by House Democrats — Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who's running for president. But frustrated House Democrats — who booed him at one point during a morning meeting — say it's time to stop. — With the Democratic convention just weeks away …
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Exclusive: Marvel's New Iron Man Is a Black Woman — Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis talks the creation of Riri Williams, who will take over for Tony Stark — There's a new Iron Man. Well, Iron Man for now. She's still working on the name. The events at the end …


Hillary Clinton to trash Donald Trump's business record in Atlantic City — Clinton hits back, says Trump would crash economy — Hillary Clinton will undercut Donald Trump's “fraudulent business history” during a campaign stop in New Jersey — Trump has filed four business bankruptcies …
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Hillary Clinton's Atlantic City speech is her answer to Donald Trump's populism
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Apparent Suicide Attempt In Prison — EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — Chelsea Manning, who's serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified military documents, was in a prison hospital and our sources say it was the result of a suicide attempt. — We're told the incident occurred early Tuesday at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas prison.
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Source: Chelsea Manning hospitalized after apparent suicide attempt
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On Hillary Clinton's Rough Day, Republicans Rue Missed Chance — WASHINGTON — As the Republican strategist Brian Walsh watched the nonstop cable news coverage Tuesday from his K Street office, he thought he was seeing the stuff of his party's dreams. — A week after former President Bill Clinton lit …
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Robert Brown user — There are other ways to view the same sets of facts. For instance, consider that Mr Comey has spent his entire career getting to where he is today as the Director of the FBI. He surely has greater ambitions, so if he can make a plausible case not to prosecute based on his judgment …
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Questionable tax-free payments to Trump staffers raise ‘red flags’ — Tax-free payments to Trump staffers in question — Experts say the unusual tax filing practices by Donald Trump's campaign staffers raise red flags. — A series of filing anomalies point to a Donald Trump camp …
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