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WBUR:
WBUR Poll: After Conventions, Clinton Up 15 Points Over Trump In New Hampshire 06:31 — Play — According to a new WBUR poll of New Hampshire voters, Hillary Clinton is enjoying a dramatic post-convention bump and now leads Donald Trump by 15 points. Our poll also shows Democrat Maggie Hassan …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Paul Ryan just summed up Republicans' Donald Trump problem in three lines — If the top priority for politicians was simply to dominate news coverage through sheer volume, there's no question Donald Trump has succeeded like no other. Between the slights and non-endorsements …
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New York Times, The Resurgent, The Huffington Post and Hot Air
Detroit News:
Clinton jumps to a big lead over Trump in Michigan poll — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Republican Donald Trump in Michigan as 3-in-5 likely voters say the New York businessman is not qualified to be president, according to a new poll conducted for The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Philly.com, Vox, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Business Insider, Washington Times, Hullabaloo, The Week, twitchy.com and CANNONFIRE
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Ex-GOP senator: Trump's a sociopath — Former Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.) says he is considering voting for Hillary Clinton — Humphrey, who served in Congress from the '70s to 1990, told NBC News on Thursday he is confident that Trump has major psychological issues …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Paul Manafort Acknowledges ‘Conflict’ Within the Trump Campaign Over Paul Ryan Endorsement — Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, acknowledged that “there's a conflict within the Trump campaign” over the Republican presidential nominee's hesitation to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for re-election.
The Sean Hannity Show:
LISTEN: Sean Explains Why Republican Insiders Will Be To Blame If Trump Is Defeated In November — GOP insiders are in full-on panic mode over Donald Trump after a rough week led to a dip in the polls for the Republican nominee. While we're still several months from the November election …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Pennsylvania poll: Clinton has double-digit lead over Trump — has opened up an 11-point lead over Donald Trump — among likely voters in Pennsylvania, according to a new Franklin and Marshall College poll. — Clinton has 49 percent in the poll among likely Pennsylvania voters while Trump has 38 percent.
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Politico, Daily Wire, Hot Air, Joe.My.God., Towleroad and Fox News
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Former GOP Senator Might Vote for Clinton
Former GOP Senator Might Vote for Clinton
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Washington Post and WBUR
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump: 'I don't know why we're not leading by a lot'
Trump: 'I don't know why we're not leading by a lot'
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Washington Post and The Week
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Why is progressive frustration with Hillary Clinton not boosting the Green Party?
The Daily 202: Why is progressive frustration with Hillary Clinton not boosting the Green Party?
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republican releases ad promising to ‘stand up’ to Trump
Republican releases ad promising to ‘stand up’ to Trump
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Daily Wire, CNN, Raw Story and The Colorado Statesman
Nick Gass / Politico:
Manafort misspeaks on Ryan: 'I'm going to be supporting him as a candidate for president, too'
Manafort misspeaks on Ryan: 'I'm going to be supporting him as a candidate for president, too'
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Towleroad
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: 'I'm happy' with refusal to endorse Ryan
Trump: 'I'm happy' with refusal to endorse Ryan
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Political Insider blog, Washington Post, Daily Kos, NBC News, RedState, The Week and Daily Wire
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gaps in Melania Trump's immigration story raise questions — Nude photographs published this week are raising fresh questions about the accuracy of a key aspect of Melania Trump's biography: her immigration status when she first came to the United States to work as a model.
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Guardian, New York Magazine, Hit & Run, The Atlantic, Mediaite, The Slot, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, Scripting News, RedState, Daily Kos, alan.com, Towleroad, AOL, rubber hose, The Week, twitchy.com, ImmigrationProf Blog and Joe.My.God.
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Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Melania Trump Could Clear Up Her New Immigration Controversy by Releasing Her Visa Records
Melania Trump Could Clear Up Her New Immigration Controversy by Releasing Her Visa Records
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Washington Post, Mediaite, Raw Story and Towleroad
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Melania Trump, Lucky Immigrant
Melania Trump, Lucky Immigrant
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Washington Post, Politico, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Media trumpeting Trump implosion, but is it real? — This is what a full-fledged feeding frenzy looks like. — With Donald Trump facing the roughest stretch of his candidacy, the media have moved from questioning his sanity to depicting a campaign in disarray and top Republicans still wondering whether they can dump the nominee.
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Vox Popoli and Instapundit
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Foursquare Direct:
How the Trump Presidential Campaign is Affecting Trump Businesses — At Foursquare, our data scientists are often called upon to analyze real world trends; we use Big Data to determine how commercial fortunes are rising or falling. This year, politics and business are intersecting …
Glamour:
President Barack Obama on Feminism, Michelle, and His Daughters — There are a lot of tough aspects to being President. But there are some perks too. Meeting extraordinary people across the country. Holding an office where you get to make a difference in the life of our nation. Air Force One.
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Vox, Guardian, Business Insider, Politicus USA, Daily Wire, Mediaite, Althouse, KOIN-TV, Heat Street, Taylor Marsh, The Week and twitchy.com
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Erickson Angrily Tears Into Trump Boosters: You ‘Reflect the Evil Character of Your God’ — Erick Erickson has been a #NeverTrump conservative for a while now, but something Trump said today finally pushed him to a place of extreme anger at his boosters. — Erickson was set off …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
That is Donald Trump asking if NATO countries “have paid” …
That is Donald Trump asking if NATO countries “have paid” …
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RedState, The Daily Caller, The Colorado Independent, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Gayle Fee / Boston Herald:
Sasha Obama lands summer job at Vineyard seafood joint — Sasha Obama, who has lived eight of her 15 years in the luxurious confines of the White House, is learning how the other half lives this summer. The First Daughter is working the takeout window at Nancy's, a seafood restaurant on Martha's Vineyard.
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Complex, The Daily Caller, Mashable, WGN-TV, CBS Boston, AOL and Page Six
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump did not actually watch an Iranian recording of that controversial money transfer — As Fox News reported on the controversial transfer of $400 million in cash to Iran in January, it repeatedly played dark, grainy footage of shadowy figures walking off a small private plane with bags with hand.
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Kristen Taketa / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri's head public defender assigns case to Gov. Nixon, cites overburdened staff — Fed up with what he says is the governor's failure to properly fund his overwhelmed office, the state's lead public defender ordered Gov. Jay Nixon this week to represent a poor person in Cole County this month.
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Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Hanging Tough — Why we've made only minor changes to our Electoral College ratings since March — On March 31, we released our first general election map of the Electoral College. With our self-imposed rule of permitting no cop-out “toss-ups” — a rule we'll try to hold to as we handicap …
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Politico and Business Insider
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Loses It Over Trump Rehashing Old Dirt: ‘What Is He Doing?!’ (VIDEO) — Fox News' Megyn Kelly couldn't conceal how baffled she was by Donald Trump's choosing to remind voters about his oldest campaign controversies on the trail this week. — After Trump tried to rehash …
Indianapolis Star:
A blind eye to sex abuse: How USA Gymnastics failed to report cases — THE PROMINENT OLYMPIC ORGANIZATION FAILED TO ALERT AUTHORITIES TO MANY ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY COACHES. — Top executives at one of America's most prominent Olympic organizations failed to alert authorities …
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Washington Post, Mashable, ABC News, Fox News and LawNewz
Nature:
A Hidden Portrait by Edgar Degas — Abstract — The preservation and understanding of cultural heritage depends increasingly on in-depth chemical studies. Rapid technological advances are forging connections between scientists and arts communities, enabling revolutionary new techniques …
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Daily Mail, Guardian and Washington Post
Maria Cardona / The Hill:
The ‘Trump Train’ flies off the rails, again — I wrote this article Monday about how the Donald Trump — campaign is in total meltdown. I started with examples to prove the point. However, in the last two days, several more examples have come to light that are worth mentioning …
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Raw Story
Nancy Fischer / Buffalo News:
North Tonawanda's only black firefighter targeted by racist letter at his home — NORTH TONAWANDA - The reaction ranged from anger to shame after residents learned that a North Tonawanda volunteer firefighter - the city's only black firefighter - received a threatening and racist letter on Monday.