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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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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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Hillary Clinton Unveils Debt-Free College For All, Adopting Major Bernie Sanders Plank
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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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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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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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WH rejects call to block Clinton from receiving classified briefings
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Lynch says DOJ will not pursue charges against Clinton
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Another Clinton ‘scandal’ goes poof
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Sanders Supporters Grapple With FBI Decision on Clinton Emails
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On Hillary Clinton's Rough Day, Republicans Rue Missed Chance
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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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Gretchen Carlson of Fox News Files Suit Against Roger Ailes
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Ex-Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Sues Roger Ailes For Sexual Harassment
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Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes
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Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment
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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 …


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 Raised More Than $50 Million in June
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Tony Blair: ‘I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you can ever believe’ — Blair responds to Iraq war report - which says former PM disregarded warnings of risks as he built case for military action — Tony Blair has responded to criticisms made in the Chilcot report by saying …
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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’
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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 …

Protesters Shower Dollar Bills on Senate — Demostration centers on food-labeling bill — Gun Control Advocates Arrested in Rotunda Trump to Meet with Senate Republicans Tennessee Senators Honor Pat Summitt — GMO activists also dropped money in the Hart Senate Office Building in October.
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Group drops $2,000 on Senate floor to protest GMO bill
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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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Pilot captures incredible nighttime thunderstorm photo over the Pacific Ocean — This is one of the most striking thunderstorm photos we've seen. — Taken from a plane at the moment of a lightning flash, it illustrates both the ferocity of a turbulent atmosphere and the beauty of Mother Nature.
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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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Anti-Donald Trump Forces See Convention Coup as Within Reach — Backing of 28 Rules Committee members would allow a full vote on unbinding delegates — Months after Donald Trump appeared to seal the Republican nomination for president, anti-Trump forces still have one last chance to force …
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