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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 …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Spend More Than $500 Billion on Infrastructure — The proposal would amount to a massive new government program. — Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed a plan to rebuild U.S. infrastructure that costs “at least double” the amount that Hillary Clinton has floated …
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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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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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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump to Baby at Rally: Crying Is for Losers
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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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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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Says Republicans Should Withdraw Support for Trump — WASHINGTON — In his strongest denouncement of Donald J. Trump so far, President Obama on Tuesday said Mr. Trump was “unfit to serve as president” and urged the leaders of the Republican Party to withdraw their backing for his candidacy.
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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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Donald J Trump for President:
TRUMP STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAILED LEADERSHIP
TRUMP STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAILED LEADERSHIP
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CNN:
Obama says Trump ‘unfit’ for presidency
Obama says Trump ‘unfit’ for presidency
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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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Matt Friedman / Politico:
Christie calls Trump criticism of the Khans ‘inappropriate’
Christie calls Trump criticism of the Khans ‘inappropriate’
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
From Silence to Reproach: How 22 GOP Senators Reacted to Trump's Fight With Khans — The last thing Republican senators want to talk about this summer is Donald Trump's latest dust-up. — There are 22 GOP senators who are facing re-election this fall, and only one - Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson …
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Richard Hanna.JPG / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Rep. Richard Hanna letter: We should all be done with Donald Trump (commentary) — U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a three-term Republican from Oneida County, represents the 22nd Congressional District. Hanna is shown speaking last month to firefighters in Binghamton. (Provided photo)
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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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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
That poll showing Clinton leading in Utah? It doesn't exist. — The only fitting way for the 2016 campaign to end, after all of the tumult and bizarreness that we've seen over the past 20 months, is for there to be some dramatic result on Election Day. An electoral college tie, maybe.
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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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Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Child yells profanity directed at Hillary Clinton during Donald Trump rally — A school-age child at a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday stood up and yelled “Take the bitch down” after the candidate mentioned Hillary Clinton. His mother later defended the child's right to speak and blamed his language on “Democratic schools.”
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Jessica Masulli Reyes / delawareonline:
Supreme Court: Delaware's death penalty law unconstitutional — In a landmark decision, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that the state's death penalty statute is unconstitutional. — A 148-page opinion released Tuesday afternoon said that the current law is a violation of the Sixth Amendment role of the jury.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: There's something ‘phony’ about these polls — cast doubt on general election polls that show him trailing Hillary Clinton — , calling those polls “phony.” — “I see some great polls — I see one from the Los Angeles Times, just came out, where were ahead by 4 or 5 points.
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