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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Selects Tim Kaine, a Popular Senator From a Swing State, as Running Mate — Hillary Clinton named Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to be her running mate Friday, selecting a battleground state politician with working-class roots and a fluency in Spanish, traits that she believes …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kaine's VP pick greeted by blowback from progressive groups — RICHMOND — Even before Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) was unveiled Friday as Hillary Clinton's running mate, liberal groups were teed up to criticize the pick. — Kaine's boosters say that Kaine, a former Virginia governor …
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Politico:
Trump campaign hits ‘Corrupt Kaine’ right out of the gate — Donald Trump's campaign wasted little time depicting Hillary Clinton's new running mate as a continuation of the “rigged system,” casting Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as “Corrupt Tim” and attacking him for supporting President Barack Obama's policies.
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Tim Kaine Boycotted Netanyahu Speech, Backed Iran Deal — Democrats are touting Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Hillary Clinton's new running mate, as a pro-Israel voice in Congress. The left-wing Forward ran a tribute exulting: “5 Reasons Tim Kaine Will Be the Jewiest Vice President Pick for Hillary Clinton.”
Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Donald Trump Compares ‘Ethically Challenged’ Tim Kaine to Bob McDonnell — Republican nominee Donald Trump's senior communications advisor Jason Miller called presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) “an ethically challenged insider.”
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Tim Kaine: A Self-Effacing Senator in a Sharp-Elbows Era — WASHINGTON — The day after Barack Obama became the first African-American to win the White House, Tim Kaine, then the governor of Virginia, visited a civil rights memorial in Richmond. There, in a former capital of the Confederacy …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia chosen as Hillary Clinton's VP
Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia chosen as Hillary Clinton's VP
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Evan Popp / ThinkProgress:
What You Need To Know About Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's Vice President Pick
What You Need To Know About Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's Vice President Pick
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton Picks Tim Kaine As Running Mate
Clinton Picks Tim Kaine As Running Mate
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The Hill:
Outcry from Sanders supporters after leaked DNC ‘atheism’ emails — supporters Friday tore into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on social media after a leaked email appeared to show a DNC official plotting to question Sanders's religion. — The email, written by Chief Financial …
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The Intercept:
New Leak: Top DNC Official Wanted to Use Bernie Sanders's Religious Beliefs Against Him
New Leak: Top DNC Official Wanted to Use Bernie Sanders's Religious Beliefs Against Him
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by Wikileaks, and Oh MAN Are They Great!
BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by Wikileaks, and Oh MAN Are They Great!
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The Intercept:
DNC Staffers Mocked the Bernie Sanders Campaign, Leaked Emails Show
DNC Staffers Mocked the Bernie Sanders Campaign, Leaked Emails Show
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Hacked emails are posted online as Democrats' convention nears
Hacked emails are posted online as Democrats' convention nears
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Washington Post:
Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich … [BREAKING:Alleged shooter in Munich spree who killed 9 was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich] — MUNICH — A gunman carried out a shooting rampage Friday in a busy shopping area of Munich …
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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Several dead’ and 10 injured in shooting rampage inside a Munich shopping centre as police hunt gunman
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Several dead’ and 10 injured in shooting rampage inside a Munich shopping centre as police hunt gunman
Fox News:
‘TERROR ATTACK IS SUSPECTED’: Many feared dead after shooting spree at Munich shopping center
‘TERROR ATTACK IS SUSPECTED’: Many feared dead after shooting spree at Munich shopping center
Associated Press:
Police give all-clear in Munich shooting; say suspect dead
Police give all-clear in Munich shooting; say suspect dead
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Guardian:
Munich attack: gunman researched school killing sprees before rampage - live
Munich attack: gunman researched school killing sprees before rampage - live
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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg.com:
Trump Would Fund Super-PACs Aimed at Taking Down Cruz, Kasich — Donald Trump plans to create and fund super-PACs specifically aimed at ending the political careers of Ted Cruz and John Kasich should either run for office again, after both snubbed the Republican nominee during his party's convention …
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Susan Wright / RedState:
Rush Limbaugh Shreds Last Bits of Dignity to Idolize Trump and Trash Ted Cruz — If you want to know how a raging, barely coherent, lifelong Manhattan liberal became the new face of the GOP, look at traitorous talking heads like Rush Limbaugh. — After last night's funeral for the Republican party …
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Elizabeth Titus / Bloomberg:
Trump Rips Into Cruz the Morning After Accepting GOP Nomination — Revisits debunked theory about Cruz's father, JFK assassin — Follows former rival's endorsement snub on primetime TV — A day after accepting the Republican presidential nomination in a speech that signaled …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy — DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome. The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton after Republican convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton after Republican convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
Vice Chair of D.C. GOP to Resign Over Trump Nomination
Vice Chair of D.C. GOP to Resign Over Trump Nomination
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump's Speech Was Just Another Scam
Donald Trump's Speech Was Just Another Scam
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Donald Trump's RNC address could mark the start of an American revival
Donald Trump's RNC address could mark the start of an American revival
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Washington Post:
The fall of Roger Ailes: He made Fox his ‘locker room’ — and now women are telling their stories — One day in early June, an embattled but determined news anchor, a public relations man and a group of attorneys settled into chairs around the conference table on the 35th floor of a law office on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
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Jeff Wise / New York Magazine:
Exclusive: MH370 Pilot Flew a Suicide Route on His Home Simulator Closely Matching Final Flight — New York has obtained a confidential document from the Malaysian police investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that shows that the plane's captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah …
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governor.virginia.gov:
Governor McAuliffe Statement on the Virginia Supreme Court Decision on the Restoration of Civil Rights — Governor Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today following the Virginia Supreme Court decision in Howell v. McAuliffe: — “Once again, the Virginia Supreme Court …
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Kenneth R. Timmerman / The Hill:
Trump awakens the sleeping giant of America — The liberal media has got its knickers in a twist. In fact-checking Donald Trump — 's moving appeal to ordinary Americans who have been burned by what he calls a “rigged system,” they've had to defend NAFTA, pretend that 2015 was a banner year …
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