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Trump Allies Plot Candidate Intervention After Disastrous 48 Hours — Key Republicans close to Donald Trump's orbit are plotting an intervention with the candidate after a disastrous 48 hours led some influential voices in the party to question whether Trump can stay at the top …
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GOP Reels After Unprecedented 24 Hours From Trump — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — GOP, Trump go from ‘unraveling’ to ‘break glass’ mode
Washington Post:
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.
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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 …
CNN:
Sources: Trump-world frustrated by their candidate — (CNN)Donald Trump aides and people close to his campaign are increasingly frustrated by his insistence on waging various fights that steer him off message. — Sources close to the campaign are describing a series of missteps that are trailing …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Ally of Trump staffer Paul Manafort: The staff is ‘suicidal,’ he's mailing it in — Donald Trump's behavior in recent days, from criticizing the parents of a fallen American soldier to declining to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan, has strained the nerves of his campaign staff as he falls behind in the polls.
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Katy Tur / NBC News:
RNC Chairman Priebus ‘Apoplectic’ Over Trump's Refusal to Endorse Ryan — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is “apoplectic” over Donald Trump's refusal to back House Speaker Paul Ryan or Sen. John McCain, a top Republican source said. — Priebus called several Trump staffers …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: 'I'm just not quite there yet'
Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: 'I'm just not quite there yet'
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
Former top Gingrich ally calls Trump nom ‘mistake of historic proportions’
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Reports: Priebus ‘Apoplectic,’ Trump Aides ‘Suicidal’ After String Of Blunders
Reports: Priebus ‘Apoplectic,’ Trump Aides ‘Suicidal’ After String Of Blunders
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Gingrich blasts Trump's ‘very self-destructive’ behavior
Gingrich blasts Trump's ‘very self-destructive’ behavior
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Martinlongman / Washington Monthly:
With Trump, Every Day is a New Buffet
With Trump, Every Day is a New Buffet
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Ignoring Advice, Donald Trump Presses Attack on Khan Family and G.O.P. Leaders
Ignoring Advice, Donald Trump Presses Attack on Khan Family and G.O.P. Leaders
David Weigel / Washington Post:
For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself
For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump insists ‘great unity’ in campaign
Trump insists ‘great unity’ in campaign
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Trump denies asking why nukes aren't used — 's presidential campaign denied a report on Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee had three times asked a foreign policy adviser why the U.S. could not use its vast nuclear arsenal. — “There is no truth to this,” …
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Media Matters for America:
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: Trump Asked “Three Times In An Hour Briefing, 'Why Can't We Use Nuclear Weapons?'” — JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): What concerns you most about Donald Trump? — GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN: How erratic he is, Joe. I can argue about this position or that position.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
Trump asks why US can't use nukes: MSNBC
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Boy Bye!’ CNN Panel Goes Off the Rails After Lewandowski Goes Birther on Obama — CNN contributor and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski went full birther tonight in a panel segment that really went off the rails. — Lewandowski and Angela Rye were fighting …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Lewandowski Revives Birther Conspiracy Theory About Obama
Lewandowski Revives Birther Conspiracy Theory About Obama
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Freedom Caucus Blasts House GOP Leaders For Kansas Rep's Primary Loss — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a scathing statement Wednesday morning blasting House GOP leaders for the primary loss of fellow Freedom caucus member Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), a fifth generation farmer who found himself without …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Huelskamp loses GOP primary after ideological battle
Huelskamp loses GOP primary after ideological battle
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Curtis Tate / Wichita Eagle:
Roger Marshall upends incumbent Tim Huelskamp in Kansas' 1st District GOP primary
Roger Marshall upends incumbent Tim Huelskamp in Kansas' 1st District GOP primary
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Wall Street Journal:
George W. Bush Delivers Critique of Donald Trump's Policies — Former president stops short of putting his remarks in the context of the 2016 presidential campaign — Without naming Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, former President George W. Bush delivered an incisive critique …
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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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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Kirby: This Was Not Ransom, Just a Coincidence
Kirby: This Was Not Ransom, Just a Coincidence
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Senior GOP Officials Exploring Options if Trump Drops Out — Republican officials are exploring how to handle a scenario that would be unthinkable in a normal election year: What would happen if the party's presidential nominee dropped out? — ABC News has learned that senior party officials …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
A Trump Victory Is a Scary Thought. A Disputed Loss Might Be Scarier. — Why his “rigged” comments are so corrosive and dangerous. — We have a tradition in the United States. When you lose an election, you take the L, and you move on. It's what John Adams did after he lost …
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Matthew Dean / Fox News:
DC Metro Transit police officer charged with aiding ISIS — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. Metro Transit police officer who was a convert to Islam and once dressed up as Jihadi John for Halloween was charged on Wednesday with trying to provide material support to ISIS …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
DC transit officer charged with aiding ISIS
DC transit officer charged with aiding ISIS
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Jim Galloway / Political Insider blog:
Georgia Republican says he might withhold electoral college vote from Donald Trump — I just finished a highly unusual telephone conversation with Baoky Vu, a naturalized U.S. citizen and longtime GOP activist in Georgia. — Vu will be on the November ballot as an elector …
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Political Wire and The Resurgent