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Clinton Campaign: Trump Needs To Guarantee He Won't Leak Before Getting Briefed — “This isn't a normal political story, and it's not funny.” — Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — PHILADELPHIA The chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign urged U.S. intelligence agencies …
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Trump: I Was ‘Being Sarcastic’ When I Asked Russia To Release Clinton Emails
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Slate, Balloon Juice, Daily Kos, The Week and The Verge

Donald Trump's Appeal to Russia Shocks Foreign Policy Experts
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Fox News, Politico, Raw Story, Daily Kos, War in Context, The Root, Washington Post, Vocativ, Star Tribune, Dictionary and Thesaurus, Slate, Media Matters for America, Guardian and Engadget

DNC insiders detail months of escalating dysfunction — PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasn't supposed to ask Joe Biden to come to her daughter's bat mitzvah. — Democratic National Committee staff had sent the chair to the vice president armed with four specific requests …
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Hot Air, The Week and Talking Points Memo
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Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent
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New Urban Legends, The Daily Caller, The Week and Vocativ

Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party
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Hit & Run, Vox Popoli, Hot Air and Coffee House


North Carolina GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for ‘shameful’ Marine pin that honored his son — When Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine addressed the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Wednesday night, the North Carolina GOP thought it quickly spotted something wrong.
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NC GOP mistakenly attacks Kaine for ‘shameful’ pin
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, AOL, Washington Post, CBS Philly, Media Matters for America, Bearing Arms and The Week

Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News … Under different circumstances, the photo above might not be a big deal. So what if Fox News's Megyn Kelly was hanging out with CNN's Don Lemon at 3 a.m., after Democratic National Convention coverage ended?
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TVNewser, The Week, BizPac Review and New York Times
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‘I felt angry that it took so long’: Gretchen Carlson on Roger Ailes's ouster from Fox News
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TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »

Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’
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No More Mister Nice Blog and ABC News


As Obama speaks, chaos and arrests outside DNC — PHILADELPHIA—As President Barack Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention inside the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, a chaotic situation erupted nearby that led to seven arrests. — Protesters stormed security barricades …
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Understanding why populist fires are still ‘Berning’ — PHILADELPHIA — Wearing a big smile and a one-piece jumpsuit made out of fabric decorated with Bernie Sanders — images along with a campaign sign Oscar Salazar strode confidently down Broad Street heading towards City Hall for a protest rally.


Trump urges viewers to skip Clinton speech as Democrats rack up ratings wins — President Obama's prime time speech lifted the Democratic convention to its third straight night of ratings wins over the Republican convention last week — and now the Trump campaign is exhorting supporters not to watch the Democrats' final night.

Suffolk University Poll Shows Clinton Leading Trump by 9 Points in Pennsylvania — Just hours before Democrat Hillary Clinton is set to make history in Philadelphia as the first woman to accept her party's U.S. presidential nomination, a new Suffolk University poll of likely general-election voters …
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Politico and Political Wire


Cops mistook Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze for meth, Orlando man says — Daniel Rushing was arrested after an Orlando cop searched his car and tested Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze as positive for methamphetamine. He was charged with possession of meth and carrying a firearm. … Privacy Policy
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WFLA-TV, CBS Miami, Eater, Orlando Weekly and Raw Story


No Obama Bounce For DNC Day 3 Ratings As They Fall Behind RNC, ‘Wayward Pines’ Finale Down From 2015 — It was like a political Coachella last night at the Democratic National Convention - and not just because Lenny Kravitz was playing. With star turns from Vice-President Joe Biden …
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The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller


Merkel rules out migrant policy reversal after attacks — Recent attacks in Germany involving asylum-seekers would not change its willingness to take in refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. — She said the attackers “wanted to undermine our sense of community, our openness and our willingness to help people in need.
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Merkel admits EU is being RAVAGED BY TERROR but says Germany should welcome MORE refugees
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The Daily Caller and Pamela Geller


‘Sesame Street’ Lets Go Longtime Cast Members Bob, Gordon and Luis [UPDATE] — UPDATED: See statement from Sesame Workshop, the creators of ‘Sesame Street,’ below — Sesame Street, the 46-year-old award-winning children's show, cut three of its most senior cast members earlier this year …
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ThinkProgress, The MuppetCast, Guardian, AOL, Mashable and The Stranger …


No, President Obama doesn't eat exactly 7 almonds every night — Obama: I don't really eat 7 almonds a night; I was kidding! — PLAY VIDEO — “This has been really weighing on me,” Obama joked after discussing more weighty topics in his exclusive interview with TODAY's Savannah Guthrie.
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New York Times, Eater, CNBC, Jezebel, New York Magazine, Politico, Guardian, The Stranger …, Outside the Beltway, Business Insider and Washington Post


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 …
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Daily Mail, fox13now.com, KQED News, FOX31 Denver and Gizmodo

Chelsea Clinton: I'd consider meeting with Ivanka to discuss campaign tone — Chelsea Clinton would entertain the idea of a meeting with Donald Trump's children, or perhaps just her longtime friend Ivanka Trump, over the tone and rhetoric of the presidential campaign between their parents.
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Washington Post


Trump's minimum wage two-step confuses business groups, advisers — 's new call to raise the minimum wage has outside experts and even his closest advisers scratching their heads. — This week, Trump said the government should raise the federal minimum wage by roughly one-third, calling for a legal standard of $10 per hour.
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Championing Optimism, Obama Hails Clinton as His Political Heir — PHILADELPHIA — President Obama delivered a stirring valedictory address at the Democratic convention Wednesday night, hailing Hillary Clinton as his rightful political heir and the party's best hope to protect democracy from …
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FULL SPEECH: Leon Panetta on defense and Trump — At this hour, in some very dangerous corners of the world, young Americans stand guard. Our brave military and intelligence professionals are on the front lines, far from home, risking their lives. For us. For our freedom. For our way of life.
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Apple Hires BlackBerry Talent With Car Project Turning to Self-Driving Software — Dan Dodge, former CEO, founder of QNX, joined Apple this year — Bob Mansfield took over cars initiative with emphasis on tech — Apple Inc. has hired the former head of BlackBerry Ltd.'s automotive software division …
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Tech Insider, The Verge and The Next Web


Obama's Powerful Message: Donald Trump Is Un-American — It was about 8:40 p.m. last night when President Obama climbed aboard Air Force One for the hop to Philadelphia, where he was scheduled to speak at about 10:30 p.m. As an accomplished speaker, he must have known that the speech …


Black cops call for dismissal of Fox 2 reporter Bobby Hughes after ‘lead diet’ joke about killing of Mike Brown — Black St. Louis police officers said they are appalled by a white city officer's inappropriate Facebook post about Michael Brown Jr.'s mother, Lezley McSpadden …
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Raw Story