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Anti-Trump Republican Launching Independent Presidential Bid — Key players in GOP's anti-Trump movement are preparing to launch an independent presidential campaign for Evan McMullin — a CIA veteran and the chief policy director of the House Republican conference — sources close to the effort told BuzzFeed News.
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Election Update: Clinton's Post-Convention Bump Is Holding Steady — Hillary Clinton's post-convention polling surge is showing no signs of fading. She leads Donald Trump, on average, by about 7 percentage points in national polls, and is an 83-percent favorite to win on Nov. 8, according to our polls-only model.
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George P. Bush, a Trump Holdout, Urges Support For Nominee … Land Commissioner George P. Bush, who has not endorsed Donald Trump, is now asking Texas Republicans to support the party's presidential nominee. — Addressing state GOP activists Saturday, Bush said it was time to put aside …
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Donald Trump Tries a Campaign Reboot — As the GOP nominee slumps in polls, he plans an economic speech in Detroit — Donald Trump is trying to quickly reset his presidential campaign to address worsening poll numbers and growing isolation from influential members of the Republican Party.
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Kasich: Trump Jr. called aide to float VP offer
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Cotton: Clinton discussed executed Iranian scientist on email — Hillary Clinton recklessly discussed, in emails hosted on her private server, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed by Iran for treason, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday. — “I'm not going to comment …
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Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in US spy mystery
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Iran executes nuclear scientist who returned to country from US
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National Review, Hot Air, New York Times and New York Magazine

Iran says it executed nuclear scientist in U.S. spy mystery
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I can no longer justify calling myself a Trump supporter — MORE FROM: — That's all folks! I'm out. — Embracing the presidential aspirations of Donald Trump was, from the start, an exercise in magical thinking. In my heart, I wanted the smack-talking, hair-challenged …


Trump to Propose Moratorium on New Financial Regulations — In a speech Monday in Detroit, the Republican presidential nominee will also call for a repeal of the estate tax. — kevcirilli — JenniferJJacobs — Donald Trump will propose a temporary moratorium on new financial regulations …
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Reagan Republican: Trump is the emperor with no clothes — A former government official in Republican administrations since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Frank Lavin is the CEO of Export Now, a company that helps U.S. brands sell online in China. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
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PHOTOS=> Hillary's Handler Carries DIAZEPAM Pen for Patients Who Experience Recurrent Seizures! — In recent bizarre events on the campaign trail a strange man was noticed at Hillary Clinton's side. — Via Mike Cernovich: … ** Danger and Play has much more.
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Clinton's Fibs vs. Trump's Huge Lies — ONE persistent narrative in American politics is that Hillary Clinton is a slippery, compulsive liar while Donald Trump is a gutsy truth-teller. — Over all, the latest CBS News poll finds the public similarly repulsed by each candidate …


Donald Trump's Diet: He'll Have Fries With That — President Obama is so disciplined that his wife has teased that he eats precisely seven lightly salted almonds each night. — George W. Bush was an exercise buff, obsessed with staying trim by mountain biking and clearing brush at his ranch in Crawford, Tex.

As senator, Clinton promised 200,000 jobs in Upstate New York. Her efforts fell flat. — In her presidential bid, Hillary Clinton has made job creation a centerpiece of her platform, casting herself as a pragmatist who would inspire “the biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II.”

Katie Ledecky Smashes Her Own World Record in 400 Freestyle — After finishing, having roared through the last 50 meters of the 400-meter freestyle at a sprinter's pace, Katie Ledecky turned around to see the scoreboard. It told her what she surely already knew: she had won gold …
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Katie Ledecky wins gold in women's 400 free, breaks her own world record
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New U.S. Citizens Could Help Swing Vote Against Trump — 33,000 in Florida alone apply for citizenship in 1st quarter — Quarter million new Americans seen mostly backing Clinton — Delcy Vasquez, a native of the Dominican Republic and resident of Florida, used the help on offer from Mexico to become a U.S. citizen.
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The crusade of a Democratic superlawyer with multimillion-dollar backing — PHOENIX — After a lopsided string of court victories knocking down state voting restrictions, Democratic superlawyer Marc E. Elias was literally flying high last week in his pursuit of other Republican-initiated voting laws …


‘Polling can be skewed’: Four Trump surrogates go on CNN for mass denial of Trump's lousy polls — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Four Donald Trump supporters insisted on CNN over the weekend that recent polls could not be trusted because they were “skewed” in favor of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
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2016 Battlegrounds: Trump keeps it close in Southwest, faces steep climb in Virginia
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