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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz steps down as DNC chair — The embattled 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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN cuts ties with Donna Brazile, freeing her up for DNC job — CNN has suspended Donna Brazile's contributor agreement as she takes the reins of the Democratic National Committee. — “With news of Donna Brazile stepping in as interim chair for the Democratic National Committee …
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Caleb Howe / RedState:
BREAKING: That Was Fast! Hillary Immediately Brings Disgraced DNC Chair Onto Her Campaign! — Hillary to Schultz: You're Fired. You're Hired. Within about no time at all, Debbie Wasserman Schultz went from embarassed, to losing a speaking slot, to “resigning”, to ... brand new top Clinton campaign official.
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 …
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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Eyder Peralta / NPR:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz To Step Down As Democratic Chair After Convention — Amid furor over an email leak that revealed a bias against Bernie Sanders inside the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she will step down as chair.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HERE IT IS=> Detailed List of Findings in Wikileaks DNC Document Dump — On Friday Wikileaks released nearly 20,000 hacked emails it says are from the accounts of Democratic National Committee officials. — The documents were released just days before the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.
Washington Examiner:
Clinton aide claims Russians hacked DNC to help Trump
Clinton aide claims Russians hacked DNC to help Trump
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Fox News:
Wasserman Schultz ousted from convention role amid email leak
Wasserman Schultz ousted from convention role amid email leak
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Hayley Walker / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign in Wake of Email Leaks
Bernie Sanders Calls for Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Resign in Wake of Email Leaks
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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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
DNC Chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz Stepping Aside in Wake of Leaked Email Scandal
DNC Chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz Stepping Aside in Wake of Leaked Email Scandal
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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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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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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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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column Hillary Clinton's 3 big convention challenges
Column Hillary Clinton's 3 big convention challenges
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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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Zia Weise / Telegraph:
Syrian refugee kills woman with machete in Reutlingen in southern Germany
Syrian refugee kills woman with machete in Reutlingen in southern Germany
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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.
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 …
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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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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