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Washington Post:
Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she will resign in aftermath of email controversy — PHILADELPHIA — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said she will resign this week in the aftermath of the release of thousands of embarrassing internal email exchanges among Democratic officials.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz steps down as DNC chair — The controversial chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, announced she would resign at the end of her party's convention this week, a victim of her toxic relationship with peers and a trove of embarrassing internal emails.
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The Hill, The Moderate Voice, Heat Street, New York Magazine and Balloon Juice
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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Patterico's Pontifications and The Right Scoop
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 …
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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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign Amid Email Hack — Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who will step down at the end of this week's convention, plans to address the delegates — PHILADELPHIA—The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee resigned Sunday after a trove of emails …
Washington Examiner:
Clinton aide claims Russians hacked DNC to help Trump
Clinton aide claims Russians hacked DNC to help Trump
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Politico, Sputnik International, The Gateway Pundit and Instapundit
Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Step Down As Democratic Chair After Convention
Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Step Down As Democratic Chair After Convention
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats vote to bind most superdelegates to state primary results
Democrats vote to bind most superdelegates to state primary results
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Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
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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Independent Journal Review, Mashable and Politico
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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ABC News
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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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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Mirror.co.uk, The Gateway Pundit and Vox Popoli
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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Deadspin and Sputnik International
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 …
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.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign — and some cyber experts — say Russia is behind email release — A top official with Hillary Clinton's campaign on Sunday accused the Russian government of orchestrating the release of damaging Democratic Party records in order to help the campaign of Republican Donald Trump …
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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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New York Times and Politico