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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: 'I'm just not quite there yet' — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his war with his own party's leadership Tuesday by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan or Sen. John McCain, two of the GOP's highest-ranking elected officials …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself — Donald Trump, trailing narrowly in presidential polls, has issued a warning to worried Republican voters: The election will be “rigged” against him — and he could lose as a result. — Trump pointed to several court cases nationwide …
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Donald Trump transcript: The Republican nominee in his own words — Republican nominee Donald Trump sat down with The Post's Philip Rucker for an interview at Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 2 following a rally at a nearby high school. This is a lightly edited transcript of the 50-minute interview.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Ignoring Advice, Donald Trump Presses Attack on Khan Family and G.O.P. Leaders — Donald J. Trump's unabashed and continuing hostility toward the parents of a slain Muslim American soldier, and his attacks on Republican leaders who have rebuked him for it, threaten to shatter his uneasy alliance …
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Richard Hanna.JPG / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Richard Hanna letter: We should all be done with Donald Trump (commentary)
Rep. Richard Hanna letter: We should all be done with Donald Trump (commentary)
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Katrina Pierson Implies Obama, Clinton Are to Blame for Humayan Khan's Death in 2004 — Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson went off the deep end on CNN tonight, implying that something President Obama and Hillary Clinton did led to the death of Captain Humayan Khan. — Khan died in 2004.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump spokeswoman blames Obama for 2004 death of Captain Khan — Donald Trump's spokeswoman blamed the policies of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the death of Army Capt. Humayun Khan, despite the fact that Khan died in 2004. — “It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Spend More Than $500 Billion on Infrastructure
Trump Says He'll Spend More Than $500 Billion on Infrastructure
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Clinton Raised Almost $90 Million in July, Campaign Says
Clinton Raised Almost $90 Million in July, Campaign Says
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Drudge Retort
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Obama: Trump “Unfit,” “Woefully Unprepared” For Presidency, Has To Be A Point Where Republicans Say “Enough”
Obama: Trump “Unfit,” “Woefully Unprepared” For Presidency, Has To Be A Point Where Republicans Say “Enough”
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie calls Trump criticism of the Khans ‘inappropriate’
Christie calls Trump criticism of the Khans ‘inappropriate’
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Meg Whitman, Calling Donald Trump a ‘Demagogue,’ Will Support Hillary Clinton for President — Meg Whitman, a Hewlett Packard executive and Republican fund-raiser, said Tuesday that she would support Hillary Clinton for president and give a “substantial” contribution to her campaign in order …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump at rally: ‘Get the baby out of here’ — Donald Trump asked a woman with a crying baby to leave his rally in Ashburn, Virginia, on Tuesday. — The GOP nominee initially suggested that he did not mind the disruption. — “Don't worry about that baby.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: ‘I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier’
Trump: ‘I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier’
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Andrea Waguespack / Houston Chronicle:
New York Times uncovers Donald Trump's draft deferments
New York Times uncovers Donald Trump's draft deferments
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Beefs With Crying Babe At Rally: ‘Get The Baby Out Of Here!’ (VIDEO)
Trump Beefs With Crying Babe At Rally: ‘Get The Baby Out Of Here!’ (VIDEO)
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Heads roll at the DNC — With just three months until Election Day and the Democrats' official party apparatus struggling to right itself from months of dysfunction and the scandal caused by the WikiLeaks email hack, interim Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile cleaned house Tuesday with the ouster of three top officials.
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Associated Press:
AP sources: CEO at Democratic National Committee resigns
AP sources: CEO at Democratic National Committee resigns
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Top Democratic National Committee officials resign in wake of email breach
Top Democratic National Committee officials resign in wake of email breach
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed — Obama administration insists there was no quid pro quo, but critics charge payment amounted to ransom — WASHINGTON—The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release …
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Reuters:
Trump loses bid to end Trump University lawsuit before trial — A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's pretrial bid to throw out a lawsuit brought by Trump University students who said they were defrauded by its real-estate seminars.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge won't release Trump U. deposition videos
Judge won't release Trump U. deposition videos
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
First on CNN: Ex-top Christie aide backs Clinton over Trump — (CNN)Longtime Chris Christie aide Maria Comella says she plans to vote for Hillary Clinton — saying that after Donald Trump's nomination, Republicans are “at a moment where silence isn't an option.”
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump memo calls for ‘urgent pivot’ from Khan controversy — 's campaign sent out an email to surrogates this week titled “URGENT PIVOT” as the campaign seeks to control the damage from Trump's war of words with the parents of a Muslim U.S. Army captain killed in Iraq.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Black Lives Matter: from a lie to a revolution — The Black Lives Matter movement emerged as a force just about a year ago, following the killing of Ferguson, Missouri thug Michael Brown by a white police officer who was defending himself. The movement was predicated on a lie …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Immigration: The Issue that Got Away? — America's political, business, media and academic elites have forced on the rest of us a radical mass immigration regime that we neither wanted nor voted for. When our immigration laws were rewritten in 1965, at the height of the Democratic Party's power …
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
'There isn't really anything magical about it': Why more millennials are avoiding sex — Sam Wei, a 26-year-old financial analyst in Chicago, has not had sex since her last relationship ended eighteen months ago. She makes out with guys sometimes, and she likes to cuddle.
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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
How Jeff Zucker Made CNN Great Again … It's the second day of the Democratic National Convention, and Jeff Zucker is huddled with his CNN staff on the ground in Philadelphia. Unlike most cable news network chiefs, he is painstakingly involved with the minutiae of hourly coverage …
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
15 Hours of Donald Trump's Lies — From his attacks on the Khan family to calling Hillary Clinton the devil and his claims of ‘yuge’ crowds, Monday was an incredible day of falsehoods for the GOP nominee. — The lying started at 7:27 a.m. and did not stop until after dark.
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Nate Thayer / Politico:
Documents Show Trump Officials Agreed to Limit Rally Size, Contradicting the Candidate — Oh, and that Colorado fire marshal Trump accused of being a Democrat? He's a Republican. — When Donald Trump puts his foot into something, he just can't seem to get it out.
Brian Barrett / Wired:
AMERICA'S ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES ARE SCARILY EASY TARGETS — This week, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump openly speculated that this election would be “rigged.” Last month, Russia decided to take an active role in our election. There's no basis for questioning the results of a vote that's still months away.
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Jeff Donn / Associated Press:
Medical benefits of dental floss unproven — HOLMDEL, N.J. (AP) — It's one of the most universal recommendations in all of public health: Floss daily to prevent gum disease and cavities. — Except there's little proof that flossing works. — Still, the federal government …
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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP'S MANY BUSINESS FAILURES, EXPLAINED — And while Trump is quick to boast that his purported billions prove his business acumen, his net worth is almost unknowable given the loose standards and numerous outright misrepresentations he has made over the years.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
The Religious Right's Dangerous Bet On Trump — On July 17, 2015, Donald Trump received a caps lock-heavy campaign memo from one of his advisers containing instructions on how to communicate with a voter species that was especially exotic to the candidate at the time.
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