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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.
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“I think we're doing well” — Donald Trump has had a difficult stretch, starting with convention drama in Cleveland and continuing through two rough weeks of damaging controversies. TIME interviewed him on Aug. 9, just hours before he seemed to suggest the only remedy to a Hillary Clinton …
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Daily Wire and Raw Story
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
As early voting looms, Donald Trump is running out of time
As early voting looms, Donald Trump is running out of time
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The Week
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: The Republican Party's Chairman's Warning to Donald Trump
Exclusive: The Republican Party's Chairman's Warning to Donald Trump
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Guardian, Daily Wire and Occupy Democrats
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton to Deliver Economic Rebuttal to Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton to Deliver Economic Rebuttal to Donald Trump
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Politico
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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS” — Donald Trump has said repeatedly during the campaign that President Obama “founded ISIS,” a remark that has come under scrutiny in recent days. — “He's the founder of ISIS. He's the founder of ISIS.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: 'Everyone's liking' my Obama, ISIS remarks
Trump: 'Everyone's liking' my Obama, ISIS remarks
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Fox News Insider, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Shakesville
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls Obama ‘Founder of ISIS’ and Says It Honors Him
Donald Trump Calls Obama ‘Founder of ISIS’ and Says It Honors Him
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Fox News, Glamour, Media Matters for America, Outside the Beltway, Gothamist, Daily Kos and Business Insider
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
DEA Rejects Attempt To Loosen Federal Restrictions On Marijuana — The Obama administration has denied a bid by two Democratic governors to reconsider how it treats marijuana under federal drug control laws, keeping the drug for now, at least, in the most restrictive category for U.S. law enforcement purposes.
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Paul Armentano / The Hill:
DEA shouldn't leave marijuana in same class as heroin
DEA shouldn't leave marijuana in same class as heroin
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Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana
U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana
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The Daily Caller, Political Insider blog, Hit & Run and STAT
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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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Expected to Release 2015 Tax Returns
Hillary Clinton Expected to Release 2015 Tax Returns
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Independent Journal Review
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton to Take on Trump on the Economy
The Note: Clinton to Take on Trump on the Economy
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump Hits Clinton on Mateen Father's Seating — as Disgraced Congressman Foley Sits Behind Him — SUNRISE, Florida — Donald Trump on Wednesday night admonished Hillary Clinton for having the father of the Orlando shooter seated behind her at a recent campaign rally. — “Wasn't it terrible?”
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley sits behind Trump at rally
Former Florida Rep. Mark Foley sits behind Trump at rally
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House report fuels new campaign brawl over Obama and ISIL — The early findings of a Republican congressional probe that faults the Pentagon for overly optimistic intelligence reports about the war against the Islamic State is providing new fodder for the growing partisan fight …
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ABC News, U.S. House of … and Liberty Unyielding
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump ramps up attack on Obama as founder of Islamic State
Trump ramps up attack on Obama as founder of Islamic State
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CNN, Guardian, The American Spectator, Eclectablog and Daily Wire
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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Media Matters for America and The Week
New York Times:
Hack of Democrats' Accounts Was Wider Than Believed, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — A Russian cyberattack that targeted Democratic politicians was bigger than it first appeared and breached the private email accounts of more than 100 party officials and groups, officials with knowledge of the case said Wednesday.
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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The Hill:
Gloom sets in for GOP — Gloom is setting in for GOP lawmakers and strategists who increasingly think Donald Trump — will lose the presidential race and their party will be left in the political wilderness. — “I'm not feeling great about the immediate future of the conservative movement right now …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Arianna Huffington to Leave the Huffington Post — Huffington Post co-founder and editor-in-chief to focus on health-and-wellness startup Thrive Global — Arianna Huffington, who co-founded the Huffington Post 11 years ago and built it into one of the largest digital media outlets in the U.S. …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Bob Woodward: ‘Excessive Rhetoric’ From Clinton Backers Is ‘Feeding’ Trump — Famed investigative reporter Bob Woodward suggested Thursday morning that “excessive rhetoric” from Donald Trump's opponents was feeding the bombastic billionaire's increasingly controversial remarks.
Nick Ochsner / WBTV-TV:
Lawsuit: Trump campaign failed to act after staffer pulled gun — A lawsuit filed by a former staffer on Donald J. Trump's campaign for president claims the campaign's then-North Carolina State Director pulled a gun on him and senior campaign officials refused to do anything about it.
Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
Trump successfully baits media into hysteria. Again. — The anti-Trump media (another name for the mainstream media) have resumed their frenzied claims that Donald Trump is out to unleash indescribable horror in the American people. The current version of doom is that he is calling …
Washington Times:
Israeli athletes in Rio endure ‘shocking’ hostility, taunting by Muslim nations — Clashes with Lebanese, Saudi athletes mar team's experience — The 2016 Olympic Games have been billed as an opportunity to put politics aside in the spirit of international camaraderie …
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Pamela Geller and WND
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Is Trump Wrecking Both Parties? — On Aug. 7, Lee Drutman, a senior fellow at New America, a center-left Washington think tank, posted some of the findings from an Aug. 1 CNN survey on Twitter with a succinct comment: — In case you weren't convinced Democrats are becoming the cosmopolitan elite party.