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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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'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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New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police — Footage provided to The Daily Beast shows Alton Sterling being repeatedly shot by police officers after he was pinned to the ground. — BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — New cellphone video provided to The Daily Beast shows Alton Sterling …
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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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Hillary Clinton Expanding College Plan to Offer Free Tuition to Millions — Plan is a modified version of what Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed during his presidential campaign — In a bid to win over rival Bernie Sanders and his supporters, Democrat Hillary Clinton is expanding her college plan …
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Clinton to propose 3-month hiatus for repayment of student loans
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Hillary Clinton Embraces Ideas From Bernie Sanders's College Tuition Plan
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Trump raises $51 million with GOP in June, including $26 million for his campaign — Donald Trump raised more than $26 million for his campaign and another $25 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee in June, a hefty haul that his campaign hopes will put to rest anxieties …
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Trump announces $51 million fundraising in June
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Sen. Ted Cruz Negotiating Speaking Role at Republican Convention
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Donald Trump's Much-Improved Fundraising Haul
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Donald Trump Raised More Than $50 Million in June
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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
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Most Disagree with Decision Not to Indict Clinton — Most voters disagree with FBI Director James Comey's decision not to seek a criminal indictment of Hillary Clinton. — The FBI concluded that Clinton potentially exposed top secret information to hostile countries when she used …
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Another Clinton ‘scandal’ goes poof
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On Hillary Clinton's Rough Day, Republicans Rue Missed Chance
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Sanders Supporters Grapple With FBI Decision on Clinton Emails
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The Donald Trump I Know — My father-in-law is not an anti-Semite. — It's that simple, really. Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he's not a racist. Despite the best efforts of his political opponents and a large swath of the media to hold Donald Trump accountable for the utterances …


Opinion Hillary Clinton didn't go where David Petraeus and Scooter Libby did — Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a 2011 nomination hearing. (Cliff Owen / Associated Press) — Melissa Batchelor Warnke — Emailgate dragged its bloodied body across …
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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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WH rejects call to block Clinton from receiving classified briefings
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After 13 years, Chilcot report delivers damning verdict on British role in Iraq War — Chilcot: Plan for Iraq after Hussein wholly inadequate — If you're in North America, go here to watch a live stream of our coverage of the Chilcot inquiry on CNNgo. — London (CNN)[Breaking news update at 7:50 a.m. ET]
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Chilcot Report on Iraq War Offers Devastating Critique of Tony Blair
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Tony Blair: ‘I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you can ever believe’
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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 …
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Fundamentally flawed — Over the last dozen years, I have often confessed to being a fundamentalist. — This is not a statement of religious conviction, but rather an expression of my belief about what's most important in presidential elections. — While the daily flood of commentary focuses …


Source: Chelsea Manning hospitalized after apparent suicide attempt — (CNN)Former U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning was hospitalized Tuesday, the result of what a source told CNN is believed to be a suicide attempt. — Manning was taken to a local hospital near the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks …
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Apparent Suicide Attempt In Prison
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Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media — By now, everyone's aware that Donald Trump wandered off message Tuesday night and told an audience in Raleigh, N.C., that Saddam Hussein, for all his sins, “killed terrorists.” — “He did that so good,” the presumed GOP presidential nominee said.
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Trump praises for Saddam Hussein's efficient killing of ‘terrorists,’ calls today's Iraq ‘Harvard for terrorism’
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Democrats bet the House on Trump — As part of an effort to nationalize the November elections by tying Republicans to their lightning-rod presidential nominee, House Democrats have begun collaborating with Hillary Clinton's campaign to build what they're calling their “Trump model” of persuadable voters.
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Ryan faces GOP defections on gun proposal
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