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Eric Bradner / CNN:
First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close — Jeb Bush adviser Sally Bradshaw, who is leaving the GOP — (CNN)Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans More Positive About Democratic Than GOP Convention — PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are evenly divided on whether they view the Democratic Party more favorably (44%) or less favorably (42%) after the party's national convention last week. However, their ratings of the Republican Party …
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CNN:
Post-convention poll: Clinton retakes lead over Trump — Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton emerges from her party's convention in Philadelphia with a restored lead over Donald Trump, having earned a 7-point convention bounce, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. — In a two-way head-to-head matchup …
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Danielle Keeton-Olsen / Talking Points Memo:
Gallup Poll Finds Trump's Convention Is A Historic Dud — Donald Trump's efforts to make the Republican National Convention “unlike any we've ever seen” produced an unexpected first: the first time more voters came away from a convention less likely to vote for the party's nominee …
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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Why Can't Hillary Clinton Stop Lying? — This is a note to Clinton Democrats—a desperate plea, actually. Your candidate staged a winning convention in Philadelphia: big stars, tight messaging, and a compelling case against her rival, Donald Trump. — The Republican nominee followed …
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CBS News:
Did Clinton get a post-convention bump?
Did Clinton get a post-convention bump?
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: My Position On Keeping Terrorists Out Is What Bothered Khizr Khan — In an interview with a local Ohio television station on Monday, Donald Trump said that Khizr Khan was really bothered by his position on border security — specifically his promise to keep radical Islamic terrorists from entering the country.
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Charles Hurt / The Hill:
Khizr Khan was tricked into smearing Donald Trump — Khizr Khan is a fine American and the father of a true American patriot. But now he is also everything that is wrong with American politics today. — It is not entirely his fault, though he has only himself to blame for allowing …
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
GOP Criticism Mounts As Trump Continues Attacks On Khan Family — Two weeks ago, in the midst of controversy over the fact his wife, Melania, had plagiarized passages of her convention speech from Michelle Obama, Donald Trump tweeted that “all press is good press.”
David Wright / CNN:
While Khan talks peace, Trump tweets against him
While Khan talks peace, Trump tweets against him
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Khan fight highlights a huge GOP problem: No one knows how low Trump can go
The Khan fight highlights a huge GOP problem: No one knows how low Trump can go
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan's Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary's Clinton …
Clinton Cash: Khizr Khan's Deep Legal, Financial Connections to Saudi Arabia, Hillary's Clinton …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Surrogate: Trump Sacrificed Two Marriages To Create Jobs!
Trump Surrogate: Trump Sacrificed Two Marriages To Create Jobs!
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: 'I'm Afraid' The General Election's ‘Gonna Be Rigged’ — At a Monday campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Donald Trump teed up for a potential challenge to the integrity of the fall general election, an escalation of his rhetoric about the “rigged” primary system.
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump: 'I'm Afraid the Election Is Going to Be Rigged'
Donald Trump: 'I'm Afraid the Election Is Going to Be Rigged'
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Avoided Draft With a Heel Problem, but the Details Are Murky — Back in 1968, at the age of 22, Donald J. Trump seemed the picture of health. — He stood 6 feet 2 inches with an athletic build; had played intramural football, tennis and squash; and was taking up golf.
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania Trump's girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed — Here's the nation's would-be first lady — and right beside her, a second lady. — Three years before she met husband Donald Trump, Melania Trump was snapped in a nude frolic with another female model, bombshell photos obtained exclusively by The Post show.
Jeff Bercovici / Inc.com:
Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood — The contrarian venture capitalist believes transfusions may hold the key to his dream of living forever. — San Francisco bureau chief, Inc. @jeffbercovici — More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor …
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Trump and feminists should quit blaming Roger Ailes' victims: Kirsten Powers — No, the short-skirted, ‘leggy’ women of Fox News aren't to blame for sexual harassment and they shouldn't have to quit their jobs. — Donald Trump thinks it's “very sad” that women at Fox News are “complaining” …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Student body vice president writes a ‘forget Black Lives Matter’ post, and a university erupts — In the emotional hours after five police officers were shot and killed during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas last month, Rohini Sethi vented on Facebook.
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Damon Root / Hit & Run:
Is SCOTUS a Good Reason to Support Trump? Libertarian and Conservative Legal Experts Weigh In — Donald Trump is hoping to pitch himself as the conservative legal movement's last best hope for securing the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. Trump says that if he's elected president …
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John Minster / Daily Wire:
Breaking: DePaul University Bans Shapiro — There comes a time in every society where even its most basic values come under attack. In the United States, since the beginning of our country's founding, we have had certain God-given unalienable rights: freedom of religion, freedom of the press …
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Heather Kelly / CNNMoney:
Apple replaces the pistol emoji with a water gun — Bullets are out, water is in. Apple is replacing the controversial pistol emoji with a green water gun in the next version of its iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 10. — The gun swap is just one of a number of emoji changes the company announced on Monday.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Refuses To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal — WASHINGTON — The federal judge in Mississippi who halted enforcement of the state's new anti-LGBT religious exemption law declined on Monday to put his ruling on hold while the state appeals the ruling.
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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Warren Buffett Challenges Trump to Show Tax Returns, Says He's ‘Afraid’ — Business magnate Warren Buffett took on Donald Trump over his refusal to release his tax returns — issuing the real estate mogul a challenge to put his cards on the table. — Speaking at a Hillary Clinton rally in Omaha …
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Chris Spargo / Daily Mail:
Shocking moment Hillary Clinton supporter, 23, ATTACKS pro-Trump protester, 67, for trying to stop him burning an American flag at a Pittsburgh rally — Joshua Sturman, 23, tackled Richard Dillon, 67, to the ground outside a rally being held by the Democratic nominee
Perry Chiaramonte / Fox News:
Law professor goes after Maryland prosecutor for Freddie Gray case — Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby could face the same fallout from the Freddie Gray case as prosecutor Michael Nifong did after the Duke lacrosse case in 2006. (L- Reuters, R- AP)
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Mother of service member booed over Khan question at Pence rally — CARSON CITY, Nevada — The woman, in a quiet voice, stood before the crowd of hundreds at a town hall-style event here with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and announced that her son serves in the Air Force. The crowd applauded.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump signs first ever internet anti-porn pledge, Clinton refuses — Donald Trump has signed the first-ever internet anti-porn presidential pledge, promising to enforce long-ignored obscenity laws to stop the explosion of hard core sex videos that studies show are rewiring teen brains and feeding violence against children.
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Doubts Start Creeping In for Democrats — For four days in Philadelphia, almost every comment I heard from Democratic operatives, pollsters and policy wonks reminded me of an old Jackie Mason line about married couples. — “Ask them if they're happy, you get a number. ‘Are you happy?...’ ‘Thirty-one years ... ’”