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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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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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CNN, Guardian, Hot Air, Daily Wire and Occupy Democrats
TIME:
“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
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Hannity Angrily Rants Against Republicans ‘Sabotaging’ Trump, Names Names
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Washington Times, Hot Air and twitchy.com
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
As early voting looms, Donald Trump is running out of time
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The Week
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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Vox, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, TVNewser and twitchy.com
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: 'Everyone's liking' my Obama, ISIS remarks — is doubling down on his claim that President Obama “founded” the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). — “Last night you said that the president was the founder of ISIS,” said radio host Hugh Hewitt in a Thursday interview with Trump.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Cites Iraq Withdrawal He Passionately Supported To Say Obama “Founded ISIS”
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls Obama ‘Founder of ISIS’ and Says It Honors Him
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The Atlantic, Slate, Fox News, Right Wing Watch, Raw Story, Media Matters for America, Glamour, Daily Kos, Gothamist and Outside the Beltway
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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Vox, The Atlantic, ThinkProgress, National Review, Pacific Standard, Guardian, Booman Tribune, The Stranger … and Althouse
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Lenny Bernstein / Washington Post:
U.S. will affirm its prohibition on medical marijuana
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Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller, Political Insider blog, Hit & Run, STAT, Congressman Ted Lieu and New York Magazine
Brad Heath / USA Today:
DEA regularly mines Americans' travel records to seize millions in cash
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Business Insider, The Daily Caller and The Week
New York Times:
Obama Administration Set to Remove Barrier to Marijuana Research
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USA Today, Washington Post, Common Dreams, Vox, The Daily Caller, The Verge and Mother Jones
Paul Armentano / The Hill:
DEA shouldn't leave marijuana in same class as heroin
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TalkLeft
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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Talking Points Memo, CNBC, Scripting News and Mediaite
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Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Expected to Release 2015 Tax Returns
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Independent Journal Review
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton to Deliver Economic Rebuttal to Donald Trump
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Politico
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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South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Trump has potentially embarrassing supporter — Mark Foley — behind him at Sunrise rally
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
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 escalates claim that Obama founded ISIL
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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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The Week and Media Matters for America
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.
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Gathering Storm — In turbulent and interesting times such as these, as Donald Trump rumbles on from outrage to outrage, we're all on the look out for people who take some courageous or moral stand. Is this or that Republican taking a stand against Trump and saying they can't support him?
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.
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Washington Times, AOL and Raw Story
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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New York Daily News, CBS New York, Balkinization, AOL, Business Insider and CBS Chicago
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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Slate, Salon, The New Civil Rights Movement, Vox, Heat Street and LGBTQ Nation
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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Raw Story
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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