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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.
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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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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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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.
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’
Nick Gass / Politico:
VFW rips Trump's ‘out-of-bounds’ attack on Khan family
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The Hill, Political Wire and ABC News
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates
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ABC News, The Atlantic, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Politico
F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
‘Repugnant’: Families of War Dead Demand Apology From Trump
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
John McCain condemns Trump over attacks on Khan family
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
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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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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Washington Post and Politico
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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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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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, driftglass and Politicus USA
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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Raw Story
Andrew Colegrove / WSAZ-TV:
Dog crashes car into Walmart — WAYNE, W.Va. (WSAZ) — Shoppers couldn't believe who was behind the wheel after a car crashed into the Wayne Walmart on Friday. — A witness tells WSAZ she was standing in front of the store when she noticed a car started moving from its parking space at the front of the lot in her direction.
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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Israel Matzav
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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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.
Peter Schweizer / Wall Street Journal:
The Clinton Foundation, State and Kremlin Connections — Why did Hillary's State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses? — Hillary Clinton touts her tenure as secretary of state as a time of hardheaded realism and “commercial diplomacy” that advanced American national and commercial interests.
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WALA-TV:
Alleged burglar dies after being tied to a tree by homeowner — The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an alleged burglar who was tied to a tree by a homeowner. — It happened on Spurgeon Road in Leroy late Friday night. — The homeowner is still being questioned.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff — COLORADO SPRINGS — Thirteen years after billionaire industrialist Charles Koch gathered a small group of his fellow libertarian donors in a Chicago hotel to discuss how to promote their economic theories …
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