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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Dozens of Republicans to urge RNC to cut off funds for Trump — More than 70 Republicans have signed an open letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus urging him to stop spending any money to help Donald Trump win in November and shift those contributions to Senate and House races.
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TIME.com:
Inside Donald Trump's Meltdown — Donald Trump's sinking polls, unending attacks and public blunders have the GOP reconsidering its strategy for November — When Donald Trump mucks things up, the first person to let him know is usually Republican Party boss Reince Priebus.
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: The Republican Party's Chairman's Warning to Donald Trump — Turn around his flailing campaign, or else... Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told Donald Trump in a phone call last week that if he doesn't turn his flailing campaign around …
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Jeremy Fugleberg / Cincinnati.com:
Email: Trump campaign scrambling in SW Ohio — With the presidential election 90 days away, the Donald Trump campaign is scrambling to set up the basics of a campaign in Hamilton County, a key county in a swing state crucial to a Republican victory, a recent internal email obtained by The Enquirer shows.
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Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Donald Trump Makes A Return Visit … The audio: — 08-11hhs-trump — The transcript: — HH: And I'm pleased now to welcome Donald Trump. Mr. Trump, welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show. — DT: Yes, good morning. — HH: We're a little bit late, so I hope I get a little reprieve on the time that Hope gave me.
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump: I meant that Obama founded ISIS, literally — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Thursday that he meant exactly what he said when he called President Barack Obama the “founder of ISIS” and objected when a conservative radio show host tried to clarify the GOP nominee's position.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS”
Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS”
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Donald Trump calls Obama the ‘founder of Isis’
Donald Trump calls Obama the ‘founder of Isis’
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump escalates claim that Obama founded ISIL
Trump escalates claim that Obama founded ISIL
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Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
The Other Olympic Sport in Rio: Swiping — One athlete poses in his full team kit. Others post their Olympic bedspreads as their profile pictures. When they're not competing, they're ready to date. — RIO DE JANEIRO — I expect you've heard the legend of the athletes' village …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
This Daily Beast Grindr Stunt Is Sleazy, Dangerous, and Wildly Unethical — On Thursday morning, the Daily Beast published an exceedingly gross and bizarre article by a straight, married male writer who lured in gay Olympians through hookup apps for no particular purpose.
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Associated Press:
Trump touts child care programs, but they're for guests only — NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump vowed this week to make child care more accessible and affordable, it was just the second time during his White House campaign that he's talked about an issue that affects millions of working Americans with young children.
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Caryn Little / WCCB Charlotte:
Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Campaign After Charlotte Staffer Accused Of Pulling Gun — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A lawsuit was filed against the Donald J. Trump campaign for president due to an incident allegedly involving a Trump staffer pulling a gun on another staffer.
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CNN:
Top Clinton State Department aide helped Clinton Foundation — (CNN)A top aide to Hillary Clinton at the State Department traveled to New York to interview job candidates for a top job at the Clinton Foundation, a CNN investigation has found. — The fact that the aide, Cheryl Mills …
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Matthew Cooper / Newsweek:
IS DONALD TRUMP REALLY BEING AUDITED BY THE IRS? — U.S. DONALD TRUMP TAXES 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN — Donald Trump has broken with a 40-year-old tradition of U.S. presidential candidates making public their tax returns because he claims to be under audit by the IRS …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Secretly Censored Abusive Responses To President Obama — The move was conducted in secret, according to well-placed sources. — In 2015, then-Twitter CEO Dick Costolo secretly ordered employees to filter out abusive and hateful replies to President Barack Obama during …
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Ivan Levingston / CNBC:
Trump just confirmed every Republican's worst fear — Regulations, Obamacare and taxes are destroying economy: Donald Trump — Donald Trump, Republican presidential candidate, shares is thoughts on what is hurting the U.S. economy. — Donald Trump told CNBC on Thursday that he will either win …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Donald Trump interview that should terrify national Republicans, annotated — Donald Trump is going to do Donald Trump. That's the big takeaway from a striking CNBC interview he did Thursday morning. — Over the course of the interview, Trump unapologetically said he's going to win …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump predicts winning the presidency will get him into heaven — Donald Trump called on evangelical pastors to help him win the presidency this November, which he said is “maybe the only way I'm going to get to heaven.” — “For evangelicals, for the Christians, for the everybody …
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Media Matters for America:
Trump Names Serial Misinformer Betsy McCaughey To Economic Advisory Council — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced that his campaign was expanding its so-called “economic advisory council” to include New York Post columnist Betsy McCaughey, a serial misinformer …
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Jennifer Pagliarocity Hall / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford crack video released after charges dropped against Sandro Lisi — Watch the video that triggered the country's biggest political scandal. Warning: video contains graphic language. — The public can now watch the video that touched off the biggest political scandal in Toronto's history.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders strategists exit Canova campaign against Wasserman Schultz — Less than two weeks after publicly signing on to help the campaign of ousted Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's challenger, Bernie Sanders' top political and media strategists are no longer working for Tim Canova.
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Becket Fund:
Military court punishes Marine over Bible verses — Court-martial upheld because majority says verses not “important” — For Immediate Release: August 11, 2016 — Washington, D.C. - The military's highest court ruled yesterday that men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces …
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Kate Vershov Downing / shift.newco.co:
Letter of Resignation from the Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission — Dear City Council Members and Palo Alto Residents, — This letter serves as my official resignation from the Planning and Transportation Commission. My family has decided to move to Santa Cruz.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Too good to check: Sean Hannity's tale of a Trump rescue — “The Trump campaign has confirmed to Hannity.com that Mr. Trump did indeed send his plane to make two trips from North Carolina to Miami, Florida to transport over 200 Gulf War Marines back home.” — quote in article titled …
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Rob Lever / Agence France-Presse:
Newspapers rethink paywalls as digital efforts sputter — Washington (AFP) - Paywalls were supposed to help rescue newspapers from the crisis of sinking print circulation as readers shifted to getting their news online. — But with a few exceptions, they have failed to deliver much relief …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
While Wooing Republicans, Clinton Sticks to Progressive Policy — Clinton: If Team U.S.A. Was as Fearful as Trump, They'd Be Afraid to Compete 0:37 — What economic policy concessions might Hillary Clinton offer up to woo Republicans? If her speech Thursday in Warren, Michigan is any indication, the answer is: Nothing.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Saving Mike Pence — Mike Pence has been the good soldier. He's standing up for his boss and cleaning up Donald Trump's messes. And he's even holding onto a thin edge in the polls that show more people still like him than dislike him. — But Trump's campaign is devolving, driven by one self-inflicted wound after another.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton's agenda would flounder in Congress. Here are seven reasons why. — THE BIG IDEA: — Hillary Clinton is trying to win a mandate to enact an ambitious economic agenda. During a rally in Des Moines yesterday afternoon, the Democratic nominee said she could create 10.4 million new jobs as president.
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
House Update: Handful of Races Move Toward Democrats — In a recent meeting, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R, WI-1) warned donors that the GOP's House majority might not be safe. Now, politicians don't like to project overconfidence — just check your email for campaign fundraising pitches …
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Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Iowa Poll Shows Trump Leading Clinton by 1 Point, 41-40 Percent — With fewer than 13 weeks to go before the November election, a new Suffolk University poll shows the race in Iowa a statistical dead heat with Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Hillary Clinton 41 percent …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: Dems could force Senate vote on Garland — (D-Nev.) on Thursday left the door open for Democrats to potentially use a procedural tactic to force a vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. — “We have a couple of options, and we're deciding when to do that and if we should do it …