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8:40 AM ET, August 16, 2016

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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP lays out case for charging Clinton with perjury  —  A pair of leading House Republicans on Monday laid out detailed instructions for the Justice Department to file perjury charges against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  More than a month after first requesting …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Green Party candidate slams Clinton on email  —  Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Monday ramped up her attacks on Hillary Clinton  —  for using a private email system while serving as the nation's top diplomat and maintaining a fuzzy boundary between her official and private duties.
Discussion: CNN
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Third-party candidates on outside as debate criteria released  —  The Commission on Presidential Debates has released the polls it will use to decide the participants of September's first presidential debate as third-party candidates struggle to make the stage.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Commission on Presidential Debates:
Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Polls to be used in 2016 Candidate Selection Criteria
Philly.com:
Jury: A.G. Kane guilty of perjury, obstruction, all other charges  —  Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and other crimes after squandering her once bright political future on an illegal vendetta against an enemy.  —  KATHLEEN KANE TRIAL
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Pennsylvania's Attorney General Is Convicted on All Counts  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Kathleen G. Kane, the attorney general of Pennsylvania, was convicted Monday night of nine criminal charges, including perjury and criminal conspiracy.  —  It was a stunning end to the political career of Ms. Kane …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S.  —  Donald Trump proposed on Monday a new ideological test for all Muslim immigrants and visitors to this country, allowing entry only to “those who support our values.”  —  “Those who support bigotry and hatred” …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Atlantic
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New York Times:
Mr. Trump's Foreign Policy Confusions
Discussion: Foreign Policy, Daily Kos and Politico
Austin Wright / Politico:
Trump's Islamic State address: Fact or fiction?
Washington Post:
Trump unpopularity fuels wide lead for Clinton in new Virginia poll  —  Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Donald Trump in Virginia, with disdain for the Republican presidential nominee helping Clinton overcome her own vulnerabilities, a new Washington Post poll finds.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
President Obama ‘Tired’ of Talking About Donald Trump  —  President Obama took a brief break from his 16-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard to attend a Democratic National Committee fundraiser on the island, where he made a strong case for Hillary Clinton as he seemed to brush off Donald Trump.
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Obama: I'm tired of talking about Trump  —  President Obama on Monday evening urged supporters to aggressively campaign for the remainder of the presidential election in order to get Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton  —  to the White House.  —  At a fundraiser in Martha's Vineyard …
NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Maintains Big Lead as Voters Doubt Trump's Temperament  —  The numbers were virtually unchanged since last week's poll.  Generally low favorability and negative attitudes among voters plague both candidates, however, as they make appeals to voters in key swing states in the weeks ahead.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani didn't forget about 9/11 today.  He conveniently omitted it.  —  There was a time in his political career when Rudy Giuliani talked about 9/11 so much that Joe Biden famously said of him that there were “only three things he mentions in a sentence: A noun, a verb and 9/11.”
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: No successful terrorist attacks in US in 8 years before Obama
Discussion: ABC News and Mediaite
Peter Thiel / New York Times:
The Online Privacy Debate Won't End With Gawker  —  Last month, I spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland because I believe our country is on the wrong track, and we need to solve real problems instead of fighting fake culture wars.  I'm glad that an arena full of Republicans stood …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
House Committee Chairmen Lay Out Case For Perjury Against Hillary Rodham Clinton To U.S. Attorney  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president of the United States, may have committed perjury in testimony before Congress, two separate U.S. House committee chairmen detailed late Monday.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Clinton tops 270 electoral votes in NBC map  —  tops the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency in an NBC News battleground map projection updated Monday.  —  then gets 174 votes, with another 76 considered toss-ups.  —  The map is based on states leaning or likely …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Crooks and Liars
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Early Voting Limits Donald Trump's Time to Turn Campaign Around  —  Advisers to Donald J. Trump keep reassuring Republicans that there is still plenty of time to rescue his candidacy — nearly three months to counter Hillary Clinton's vast operation in swing states and get Mr. Trump on message.
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Lori Chung / NY1 News:   Funeral Held for Queens Imam and His Assistant; Police Question Man Over Shooting
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Aetna pulling back from ObamaCare in blow to health law  —  In a blow to the health care law, Aetna — one of the largest health insurers in the country — announced Monday that it will significantly scale back its presence on the ObamaCare marketplaces next year.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump may cost the GOP a generation of voters  —  People always remember their first presidential vote — their first participation in the largest decision of American democracy.  —  In high school, I was a rather awkward, nerdish history buff.  (My wife would dispute the verb tense.)
Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Upset by Brexit, Some British Jews Look to Germany  —  LONDON — Until Britain voted to leave the European Union, Philip Levine never thought deeply about his Jewish heritage.  —  But looking for a way to ensure that he could still work and live in Europe once Britain leaves the bloc …
Caroline Kelly / Politico:
Never Trump conservative misses California ballot deadline, plans lawsuit  —  Independent conservative candidate Evan McMullin has missed the deadline to make it on to the California ballot, a top staffer confirmed Monday.  —  Candidates had until Friday to file the 178,039 valid signatures …
Discussion: RedState, Hot Air, Hit & Run and Joe.My.God.
Daily Mail:
ISIS executes six people by BOILING them in TAR after Iraqi Sharia court accuses the men of being spies  —  By , TED THORNHILL FOR MAILONLINE and MARK NICOL FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY  —  Six people have been put to death by Isis - by being immersed in boiling vats of tar, it's been reported.
 
 
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Conservatives' Laughable Effort to Blame Liberals for Trump
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Today's men are not nearly as strong as their dads were, researchers say
Discussion: Shakesville
Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Libertarians can swap in Gary Johnson's name on Ohio ballot, Jon Husted rules
Discussion: Washington Post and Hit & Run
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Tim Kaine's Southern night: Barbecue, beer and bluegrass on the harmonica
Discussion: ABC News
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Increase in minority voters poses problem for Trump in Florida
Discussion: Washington Post
Donna Rachel Edmunds / Breitbart:
Calais Locals Warned to Stay Away from Main Roads As Migrants Smash Vehicles
Donald Trump / Deseret News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump: Utah can help make America great again
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Troll So Hard: Harry Reid Demands That Trump Take The Naturalization Test
Rachel Petty / New York Post:
New York is getting really trashy
Discussion: CBS New York and Instapundit
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Reince Priebus mulling RNC re-election bid
Lizzie Widdicombe / New Yorker:
Ivanka and Jared's Power Play
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Althouse
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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