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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
The Unhappy Campaign Of Paul Manafort
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: What Trump's latest shakeup says about his flailing campaign
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Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Trump Campaign's New CEO Peddled Conspiracy Theories About Clinton Team
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Steve Bannon's Hire Highlights Breitbart's Cozy Relationship With Trump
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Richard J. Cross, III / Baltimore Sun:
GOP speechwriter may vote for Hillary Clinton — (Washington Post) … I am a lifelong political animal and a longtime Maryland Republican. I worked on the staffs of Maryland Congresswoman Helen Bentley and Congressman/Gov. Bob Ehrlich. I also served on the GOP staff of the House Financial Services Committee.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Who Wrote Fiery Benghazi Mom's RNC Speech: Clinton ‘Only Choice’ In Nov — The Republican operative who wrote “Benghazi mom” Patricia Smith's RNC speech, where Smith tearfully blamed Hillary Clinton for her son's death, said he can never vote for Donald Trump in an op-ed published Wednesday.
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Andrew Stiles / Heat Street:
MUST SEE: Photos of Hillary Clinton Propped Up on Pillows — Hillary Clinton doesn't like reporters, so she did an interview last week on a podcast hosted by her own presidential campaign. … Notice anything about the image? — Hillary is being propped up by a pillow, and it's hardly the first time this has happened.
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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.
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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Tim Kaine Talks About a Subject Hillary Clinton Rarely Mentions: Benghazi
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Alex Wong / KABE-LP:
Why this Republican is endorsing Hillary Clinton
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Shaken Ryan Lochte seen in new security footage as he reached safety of athletes' village after gunpoint robbery by fake cops — Daily Mail Online has obtained security footage from the entrance to the athletes' village showing Lochte and his fellow swimmers returning
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Nicole Auerbach / USA Today:
Ryan Lochte: '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
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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.
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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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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Aetna's Retreat From Obamacare Is More Than It Seems
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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.”
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Spox Likens His Role To That Of Doctors, Lawyers Assisting ‘Bad’ People
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
This morning a friend of mine told me he expected to see an exodus from Breitbart to the Trump campaign. “After all,” he said, “they're the new establishment.” — Now it appears Matthew Boyle is headed over to the Trump campaign. … Bruce says this is not a joke.
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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Asking for black votes, a very different Donald Trump — How many times have Donald Trump's supporters and critics debated whether he will pivot to a larger, more presidential candidacy? Too many to count. So put aside any talk of pivoting — the fact is, Trump delivered a focused …
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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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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
That Awkward Moment When CNN Reminds Trump's Lawyer He's Losing (VIDEO) — Donald Trump's top lawyer had trouble stomaching a hard truth presented to him on CNN Wednesday. — When host Brianna Keilar brought up that new additions to Trump's staff were being perceived as a shake-up …
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