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5:05 PM ET, August 17, 2016

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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
I Know Trump's New Campaign Chairman, Steve Bannon.  Here's What You Need To Know.  —  On Wednesday, the Trump campaign shifted top campaign staff: the new CEO of the campaign is, predictably and hilariously, Steven K. Bannon, the current chairman of Breitbart News.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump shakes up campaign, demotes top adviser  —  Donald Trump, following weeks of gnawing agitation over his advisers' attempts to temper his style, moved late Tuesday to overhaul his struggling campaign by rebuffing those efforts and elevating two longtime associates who have encouraged his combative populism.
Associated Press:
AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign chairman helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million in payments to two prominent Washington lobbying firms in 2012, and did so in a way that effectively obscured …
New York Times:
Donald Trump, in Shake-Up, Hires Breitbart Executive for Top Campaign Post  —  LAS VEGAS — Donald J. Trump has shaken up his presidential campaign for the second time in two months, hiring a top executive from the conservative news site Breitbart News and promoting a senior adviser to a key …
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign CEO's Résumé Includes Goldman and ‘Seinfeld’  —  Ten things to know about Steve Bannon.  —  JoshuaGreen  —  Last year, I wrote a 7,000-word Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on Breitbart News honcho Stephen K. Bannon, who on Wednesday was named chief executive …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon's Hire Highlights Breitbart's Cozy Relationship With Trump
Discussion: Politico
Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Trump Campaign's New CEO Peddled Conspiracy Theories About Clinton Team
Nicole Auerbach / USA Today:
Ryan Lochte: 'We were afraid we'd get in trouble'  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Ryan Lochte told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday that he initially did not tell the U.S. Olympic Committee that he and three other American swimmers were victims of a robbery early Sunday morning “because we were afraid we'd get in trouble.”
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Judge orders two U.S. swimmers to stay in the country  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian judge has ordered two U.S. swimmers not to leave the country, according to court documents obtained Wednesday.  Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen were ordered to stay in Rio four days after they reported they were robbed.
The Huffington Post:
Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Humana Merger  —  Give us our merger or we'll quit Obamacare, the insurer told Justice Department officials in a July letter.  —  Senior National Correspondent, The Huffington Post  —  The big health care news this week came from Aetna …
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Aetna decision exposes weaknesses in Obama's health-care law
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Dumps All Over U.S. Intel Community: 'I Won't Use Them'  —  Donald Trump said Wednesday he was wary of relying on the U.S. intelligence community because he does not trust them and believes they've made “bad decisions.”  —  During an interview with Fox News, Trump was asked …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I don't trust U.S. intelligence information  —  Donald Trump offered a blunt explanation for why he wants retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn at his side as he gets his first classified briefing at FBI headquarters on Wednesday — he doesn't trust intelligence information coming from those currently in charge.
Discussion: RedState, The Week and Joe.My.God.
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump?  Ask Sean Spicer in a few months.  —  It was the third day of the Republican National Convention, the party's big chance to pitch America on its vision for the country, and all anybody wanted to talk to Sean Spicer about was “My Little Pony.”
Discussion: alan.com
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Spox Likens His Role To That Of Doctors, Lawyers Assisting ‘Bad’ People  —  Serving as communications director for the Republican National Committee may seem like a thankless job in an election year that has seen top GOP officials try to distance themselves from their own nominee, but Sean Spicer knows it's just part of his role.
Discussion: GOP.com
Nick Gass / Politico:
Giuliani: I want people to think Trump ‘has no organization’  —  Donald Trump's campaign shakeup means nothing more than an expansion, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday, praising the Republican nominee's organization and recent on-message speeches.  —  “More people.
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S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Donald Trump pushes law and order agenda in direct appeal to black voters
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Kristine Guerra / Washington Post:
A 4-year-old found beaten and abused said she thought her name was ‘Idiot,’ according to police  —  The 4-year-old girl had deep purple bruises, a black eye, a swollen cheek and a mark on her forehead.  —  She also had healing scars across her back, dried blood in the corner of her mouth …
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Alex Wong / KABE-LP:
Why this Republican is endorsing Hillary Clinton  —  “For me to consider the unthinkable—to vote for a democrat—has been a profound soul searching process.” … I have been a Republican since I became a US Citizen in 1984 and was proud to vote for Ronald Reagan's reelection.
Discussion: Washington Times
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Latina Former Bush Treasurer Endorses Clinton, Blasts Trump
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump's Strange New Attack On Hillary Clinton Echoes White Supremacists  —  In a major foreign policy speech on Monday, which offered few details and many inaccuracies, GOP nominee Donald Trump attacked his Democratic opponent's stance on immigration and refugees by comparing her to the chancellor of Germany.
Jenna VonHofe / Associated Press:
Liz Cheney wins Republican primary for U.S. House  —  In this Feb. 18, 2010, file photo, Liz Cheney addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.  —  Buy Now  —  Tim Stubson addresses attendees of his campaign watch party after results from the Republican House primaries …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Liz Cheney wins Wyoming GOP primary
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and RedState
Nina Schutzman / The Poughkeepsie Journal:
Fire chairman seeks ‘compromise’ after American flag controversy  —  Alex H. Wagner/Poughkeepsie Journal  —  Will flags return to Arlington Fire District trucks after their removal attracted national attention and criticism?  A compromise may be in the works.
 
 
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
She ‘loved life:’ A grieving father wrote openly about suicide and mental illness in daughter's obituary
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Lee Stranahan / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Twin Falls Politician Apologizes Personally to Family, Girl Victim, for Facebook Refugee-Rape Rant
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Philip Oltermann / Guardian:
German vice-chancellor gives middle finger to neo-Nazi protesters
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USA Today:
A Muslim activist says Trump is right*: Raheel Raza
The New Indian Express:
Bin Laden's son urges overthrow of Saudi rulers
Discussion: Infowars
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court rejects bid to end straight-ticket voting in Michigan
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Angie Jackson Melissa Boughton / Post and Courier:
Teens accused of murdering man who helped them to remain behind bars after bond hearing
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Root
Nick Gass / Politico:
Mikhail Baryshnikov: Trump's rhetoric ‘reminds me of the Soviet Union’
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Powerful NSA hacking tools have been revealed online
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Trump's Stock Drops With Investors in Bloomberg National Poll
 

 
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