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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump Answers Fans' Questions in Reddit AMA — Republican nominee Donald Trump visited Reddit tonight as part of an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, and fielded questions from his most ardent supporters on the web. — Trump has been an Internet phenomenon since announcing his candidacy in 2015 …
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Jake Novak / CNBC:
The Democrats just fell for Trump's Russian email-hack bait — Trump: I hope Russia finds ‘the 30,000 emails that are missing’ — Grand Theft Convention. — No, that's not a new video game. But it is what we just saw Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump do to the Democrats …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails — DORAL, Fla. — Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton's email, essentially encouraging an adversarial foreign power's cyberspying on a secretary of state's correspondence.
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
Donald Trump vs. America: The GOP presidential nominee explicitly asks Russia to violate our national security — Trump's call for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's email is insane, and Republicans have to answer for it — It's not often you see a major-party presidential candidate invite …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Trump's Russia talk ‘disqualifying’
Carl Bernstein: Trump's Russia talk ‘disqualifying’
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Jeanne Sahadi / CNNMoney:
What Trump's tax returns could reveal about Russia
What Trump's tax returns could reveal about Russia
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and 'We Don't Look to Be Ruled'
President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and 'We Don't Look to Be Ruled'
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
‘Treason’? Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments
‘Treason’? Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's falsehood-laden press conference, annotated
Donald Trump's falsehood-laden press conference, annotated
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
4 Ways Donald Trump Is Living Rent-Free In The DNC's Head
4 Ways Donald Trump Is Living Rent-Free In The DNC's Head
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Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Call for Russia to Hack the U.S. Might Be a Felony
Donald Trump's Call for Russia to Hack the U.S. Might Be a Felony
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Colleen McCain Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Aide Robby Mook Needles Trump on Battlegrounds Plan
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Tim Kaine Says He ‘Never Expected to Be Here’ in Accepting VP Role
Tim Kaine Says He ‘Never Expected to Be Here’ in Accepting VP Role
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Just Got Hillary Clinton To Admit Her E-mails Are A ‘National Security Issue’
Donald Trump Just Got Hillary Clinton To Admit Her E-mails Are A ‘National Security Issue’
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Victor Morton / Washington Times:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails — Another shoe has been dropped by Wikileaks. — On the night President Obama and Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine were scheduled to speak to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the anti-secrecy whistle-blower group released hacked voicemails of top Democratic officials.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails — WikiLeaks on Wednesday released a number of voicemail message recordings that were purportedly stolen from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). — The voicemails come a week after the site published a trove of emails from the DNC that many believe were stolen by Russian hackers.
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent — Democratic runner-up says more DNC staff should leave over emails — PHILADELPHIA - Bernie Sanders said he plans to return to the Senate as an independent, despite winning 13 million votes in the Democratic Party's presidential primary contest.
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Democrats' well-deserved WikiLeaks blowback
The Democrats' well-deserved WikiLeaks blowback
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’ — While trying to take the barrage of Democratic convention attacks against him in stride, Donald Trump admitted in an interview with Fox News aired Thursday that he cannot help but “take it a little bit personally.”
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Hope Is Handed Off, as Obama Makes Way for Hillary Clinton — The Democratic Party's Obama era morphed into another Clinton one on Wednesday night with a series of roars, a warm embrace, and a brash show of teamwork, with the outgoing and would-be incoming president again looking to capture some hope.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden tweets for first time in 492 days — Vice President Joe Biden dusted off an old Twitter account Wednesday night to prep for his speech boosting Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Committee. — “It's good to be back, folks. We've got less than 4 months until Election Day, and I need you with me.
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Katie Hicks / Vox:
Read Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech transcript
Read Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech transcript
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At the Democratic convention, women seize their moment — and momentum
At the Democratic convention, women seize their moment — and momentum
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Melania Trump's Website, Biography Have Disappeared From The Internet — The apparent scrubbing job comes after speculation over whether she earned an undergraduate degree, as previously claimed. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — The professional website of Melania Trump …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Melania Trump website scrubbed from internet — Melania Trump's professional website was recently deleted from the internet, according to The Huffington Post. — The deletion comes amid questions from the media about her degree in architecture from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
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Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
Some readers unconvinced by our True rating for White House slave claim — On the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, we rated Michelle Obama's statement that the White House “was built by slaves” as True. — As we wrote in our fact-check, “Strictly speaking …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Abigail Adams Proves Bill O'Reilly Wrong About Slavery
How Abigail Adams Proves Bill O'Reilly Wrong About Slavery
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Light streaks across night sky, generating a frenzy — A streak of light burst across the night sky late Wednesday, generating a frenzy and prompting questions: — Was it a meteor or meteor shower? A fireball or smoldering satellite? — From witness accounts, the glowing trail was spotted in Nevada …
New York Times:
After Lying Low, Deep-Pocketed Clinton Donors Return to the Fore — PHILADELPHIA — In a luxury suite high above the convention floor, some of the Democratic Party's most generous patrons sipped cocktails and caught up with old friends, tuning out Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Monday …