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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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
McCain slams Trump over Khan fight — Sen. John McCain slammed Donald Trump Monday morning for feuding with the parents of a fallen Muslim soldier, offering perhaps his sternest rebuke yet of a candidate with whom he has clashed throughout the campaign process.
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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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Scott Walker distances himself from Trump's Gold Star attack — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has a simple message for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — : Look at my wrist. — Pulling up the sleeve of his navy blazer, Walker showed The Hill …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Trump Veterans Adviser Attacks Khizr Khan As A ‘Muslim Brotherhood Agent’ — An official adviser to the Trump campaign has escalated the attacks on Khizr Khan, the gold star father who was critical of Trump at the Democratic convention, baselessly accusing him of being a “Muslim Brotherhood agent.”
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — While Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was posting a Facebook statement claiming Donald Trump “cherishes” the Khan family, a close confidant and advisor …
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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.”
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Did Trump go too far? — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's criticism about the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier has generated — once again — a backlash within his own party. — Just 100 days from the election, Trump has responded in his standard fashion — dig in, claim he's being treated unfairly and attack back.
Nick Gass / Politico:
VFW rips Trump's ‘out-of-bounds’ attack on Khan family — The Veterans of Foreign Wars blasted Donald Trump on Monday for his comments about Ghazala Khan, the mother of a fallen Muslim Army captain, calling the Republican nominee “out of bounds.” — “Election year or not …
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Ted / Walid Shoebat:
What The Media Is Not Telling You About The Muslim Who Attacked Donald Trump: He Is A Muslim …
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CNN's Jeffrey Lord Defends Trump's Attacks On Khan Family: “This Is Politics”
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F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
‘Repugnant’: Families of War Dead Demand Apology From Trump
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CBS News:
Did Clinton get a post-convention bump? — Hillary Clinton has received a bump in support after the Democratic convention and has now pulled ahead of Donald Trump. — Forty-six percent of voters nationwide say they'll vote for Clinton in November, while 39 percent say they'll back Trump.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans More Positive About Democratic Than GOP Convention
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gallup: Trump support tumbles after conventions
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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.
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Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Trump adviser: Melania nude picture ‘nothing to be embarrassed about’
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate on CNN: ‘Russia Did Not Seize Crimea’ — A Donald Trump campaign surrogate argued on CNN Sunday night that Russia did not seize Crimea from Ukraine, despite the fact that Russia recently seized Crimea from Ukraine. — “Again, Russia did not seize Crimea,” GOP consultant Boris Epshteyn argued.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott:
Gov. Scott: Florida Calls on CDC to Activate Emergency Response Team Following Confirmed Mosquito-Borne Transmissions — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has identified 10 additional people in Florida with the Zika virus …
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Florida announces 10 new Zika cases; a travel advisory is expected
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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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Max Boot / New York Times:
How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Donald Trump — It's hard to know exactly when the Republican Party assumed the mantle of the “stupid party.” — Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such prominent early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.
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Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Is Donald Trump OK? Erratic behaviour raises mental health questions — As his behaviour grows more bizarre, more and more analysts are asking if there's something off with the Republican candidate. — WASHINGTON—There is an elephant in the election. — It was tiptoed around …
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
Guy Cecil of Pro-Clinton PAC Priorities USA Will Not Be Outspent — A Q&A about how he intends to spend his $200 million. — Ever since the Supreme Court in 2010 legalized the spending vehicles known as super-PACs, Democrats have used the Citizens United case to plead a perpetual penury.
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Jenny Barchfield / Associated Press:
Expert To Rio Olympic Athletes: 'Don't Put Your Head Under Water' — RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.
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John Tierney / City Journal:
Monuments to Idiocy — Let's honor the public servants responsible for giving us the TSA. — Summer 2016 — Public safety — Naming anything after a living politician is usually a bad idea; but this summer, we can make an exception. Now that Americans will be spending …
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Seton Motley / RedState:
ObamaCare and Net Neutrality Are Doing Exactly the Damage Their Opponents Predicted — ObamaCare and Network Neutrality are really dumb policy. For many, many reasons. — Like with all huge new government power grabs, there are a few very predictable post-grab outcomes.
Fox News:
FBI agent charged with acting as agent of China — A veteran FBI electronics technician - who had top secret clearance - was charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office on Monday with acting as an agent of China. — The man was identified as Kun Shan Chun and also went by “Joey Chun,” according to the official complaint.
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