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Alex Burns / New York Times:
Dismayed by Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg Will Endorse Hillary Clinton — Michael R. Bloomberg, who bypassed his own run for the presidency this election cycle, will endorse Hillary Clinton in a prime-time address at the Democratic convention and make the case for Mrs. Clinton as the best choice …
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Leaked Emails Show DNC Officials Planned Anti-Trump Protests — The release of Democratic National Committee emails by Wikileaks Friday reveals that DNC officials planned anti-Donald Trump protests. — In multiple emails DNC officials sign off and acknowledge the existence …
Fox News:
Wasserman Schultz ousted from convention role amid email leak — PHILADELPHIA - Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been ousted from her convention role, Fox News confirmed Sunday, after leaked emails indicating an anti-Bernie Sanders bias in her operation inflamed the left flank of the party.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Clinton's campaign manager: Russia helping Trump — Philadelphia (CNN)Hillary Clinton's campaign manager is alleging that Russian hackers are leaking Democratic National Committee emails critical of Bernie Sanders in an effort to help Donald Trump win the election in November.
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Hayley Walker / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign in Wake of Email Leaks — Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that in the wake of the leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee its chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, should step down. — “I think she should resign …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Sanders calls on Dem party boss to step down following email leaks … Sunday called on Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to resign following email leaks from within the party that showed officials tried to undermine his campaign.
Washington Examiner:
Clinton aide claims Russians hacked DNC to help Trump
Clinton aide claims Russians hacked DNC to help Trump
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she will resign in aftermath of email controversy
Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she will resign in aftermath of email controversy
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Sanders: ‘Awful’ DNC emails should cost party chair her job
Sanders: ‘Awful’ DNC emails should cost party chair her job
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Green candidate: Sanders should leave party that ‘betrayed’ him
Green candidate: Sanders should leave party that ‘betrayed’ him
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
BIG MOTHER: Hillary Clinton Demanded Passwords to Every Social Media Account of Veep Candidates' Family Members
BIG MOTHER: Hillary Clinton Demanded Passwords to Every Social Media Account of Veep Candidates' Family Members
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats grapple with intraparty divisions two days before convention opens
Democrats grapple with intraparty divisions two days before convention opens
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Washington Monthly and ABC News
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Why Obama's half-brother says he'll be voting for Donald Trump — President Obama's Kenyan half-brother wants to make America great again — so he's voting for Donald Trump. — “I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart,” Malik Obama told The Post from his home in the rural village of Kogelo.
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Jennifer Newton / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Machete-wielding Syrian refugee, 21, hacks PREGNANT woman to death in the street and injures two others in latest horror to rock Germany — Syrian refugee, aged 21, went on a machete rampage in the city Reutlingen, Germany near to a doner kebab stand
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Greg Baum / Sydney Morning Herald:
Rio Olympics 2016: athletes' village ‘unliveable’ — The troubled Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games have arrived at their first major crisis, two weeks before the opening ceremony. The Australian Olympic Committee confirmed on Sunday evening that the athletes' village has been deemed uninhabitable in the short term.
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Jonathan Mcevoy / Daily Mail:
ENTIRE Russian team of 387 athletes will be banned from competing at the Rio Olympics as punishment …
ENTIRE Russian team of 387 athletes will be banned from competing at the Rio Olympics as punishment …
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Talal Ansari / BuzzFeed:
Trump Supporter And Retired General Shares Anti-Semitic Post — Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn retweeted an anonymous account that often posts racist comments, adding that the “Democratic machine” is corrupt. — Michael Flynn, a retired US General and supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump …
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Why Can't Hillary Stop Fudging the Truth? — What is it with Hillary Clinton? What is it about this brilliant and accomplished woman—described by Barack Obama as possibly “more qualified” to be president than anyone in history—that makes so many people certain she is an incurable liar?
Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
Trump Doesn't Totally Rule Out Supporting A David Duke Candidacy — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump didn't completely rule out the possibility that he would support a Democrat running against David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, who announced he is running as a Republican for U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
CHAOS! Bernie Supporters Bang on Door of DNC Rules Committee Chanting “Let Us In!” (VIDEO) — Sanders supporters and grassroots activists delivered a petition with 600,000 signatures demanding the Democratic Party end the use of unelected officials to help determine presidential nominees.
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is expanding his Muslim ban, not rolling it back — Donald Trump made clear this weekend that he has not rolled back his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, despite top allies insisting that he had. — In accepting the Republican nomination on Thursday night …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Tim Kaine's Republican fan club — MIAMI — Tim Kaine is not going to be an easy target for Republicans. After all, they all but love the guy. — As a rank-and-file Democratic senator, Kaine has shown deal-making tendencies with top GOP lawmakers and an affinity for breaking …
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Kristen East / Politico:
Trump on Ailes: 'A lot of people are thinking he's going to run my campaign' — In his first public comments on Roger Ailes' departure from Fox News following an investigation into alleged sexual harassment, Donald Trump declined to say whether the media mogul is helping his campaign.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment
How Fox News Fired and Silenced a Female Reporter Who Alleged Sexual Harassment
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