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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump On Election Strategy: 'I Don't Know That We Need To Get Out The Vote' — Donald Trump trumpeted a confident assessment of his campaign on Thursday night, saying there was no need for him to encourage voters to head to the polls on election day. — Asked by Fox News' Eric Bolling …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump team, RNC to meet at pivotal moment — Donald Trump's campaign and top Republican Party officials plan what one person called a “come to Jesus” meeting on Friday in Orlando to discuss the Republican nominee's struggling campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the scheduled sit-down.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising — on Thursday issued a threat to stop fundraising for the Republican Party after a report emerged that party officials could focus resources on down-ballot candidates. — “I mean, if it is true, that's OK too because all I have to do is stop funding …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Running the Table in Key Battlegrounds — Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states - including by double digits in two of them - according to four brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton well ahead in several battlegrounds, new poll shows — New polls released Friday show Hillary Clinton with significant leads over Donald Trump in three key battleground states. — The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls show Clinton with commanding advantages in Colorado …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Battleground States
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Battleground States
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns as Tim Kaine Releases 10 Years' Worth — Hillary Clinton today released her 2015 tax returns while running mate Sen. Tim Kaine released 10 years' worth of his. — The information shows that she paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 percent …
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns; Paid 34% Effective Federal Rate
Hillary Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns; Paid 34% Effective Federal Rate
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton releases 2015 tax return, calls on Trump to release his
Clinton releases 2015 tax return, calls on Trump to release his
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway — Multiple FBI investigations are underway involving potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation, according to a former senior law enforcement official. — The investigation centers on New York City …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Now Says Claim That Obama Was ‘Founder Of ISIS’ Was ‘Sarcasm’ — According to Donald Trump, the press just doesn't get his sense of humor. — After spending the past two days telling multiple press outlets and campaign rally attendees that President Barack Obama was “the founder of ISIS …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Calling Obama ISIS founder was ‘sarcasm’
Trump: Calling Obama ISIS founder was ‘sarcasm’
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2007 Radio Hit, Trump Said He Wanted Friend Hillary To Be The Democratic Nominee
In 2007 Radio Hit, Trump Said He Wanted Friend Hillary To Be The Democratic Nominee
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump backtracks on Obama as ISIL founder: 'They don't get sarcasm?'
Trump backtracks on Obama as ISIL founder: 'They don't get sarcasm?'
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump,
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
McConnell: I may not be majority leader next year
McConnell: I may not be majority leader next year
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win — Republican insiders are more convinced than Democrats that Donald Trump is so far behind Hillary Clinton that he can't win in November. — Roughly half of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states …
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Trump closes up shop in New Jersey — Donald Trump and his supporters claimed, once the Republican nomination was wrapped up, that traditionally blue New Jersey could be in play come November. — With great fanfare, Trump's campaign opened a New Jersey office on May 3 in Edison …
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Obama puts Congress on notice: TPP is coming — The White House put Congress on notice Friday morning that it will be sending lawmakers a bill to implement President Barack Obama's landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement — a move intended to infuse new energy into efforts to ratify the flat-lining trade pact.
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Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
A 6-Year-Old Girl Was Handcuffed At School For Taking Candy — Now her mother is suing. — A woman is suing the Chicago Board of Education and a security guard for handcuffing her 6-year-old daughter at school after other students said she took candy off of a teacher's desk. The incident took place in March.
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump's success — Economic distress and anxiety across working-class white America have become a widely discussed explanation for the success of Donald Trump. It seems to make sense. Trump's most fervent supporters tend to be white men without college degrees.
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Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold — RIO DE JANEIRO - American swimmer Simone Manuel spoke out about the United States' police brutality controversy after claiming a historic gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night.
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Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump — There is no such thing as Pro-Trump free speech as Clinton corporate allies serve up a carefully curated view of the campaign — My dad always told me that conservative candidates have to work twice as hard …
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The Daily Beast:
A Note From the Editors — Today, The Daily Beast took an unprecedented but necessary step: We are removing an article from our site, “The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping.” — The Daily Beast does not do this lightly. As shared in our editor's note earlier today …
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Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Trump: Americans could be tried in Guantánamo — A President Donald Trump might push for Americans accused of terrorism to be tried in military tribunal at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Republican nominee told the Miami Herald on Thursday.
Hannah Jeffrey / Tampa Bay Times:
Pinellas sheriff: 2-week-old infant beaten to death by 6-year-old brother (w/video) — Kathleen Steele, 62, loaded her three young children into a minivan on Monday afternoon and drove to a cellphone repair shop in St. Petersburg. — 3 Months Ago 2 Months Ago
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