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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign — Donald Trump's campaign is still trembling from its shakeup this week. — Trump on Friday announced that campaign chairman Paul Manafort had resigned, two days after the Republican nominee put in place a new leadership structure that appeared to minimize Manafort's role.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigns — Trump campaign chairman and chief strategist Paul Manafort resigned on Friday, following a staff shake-up this week that reduced his role in the campaign. — GOP nominee Donald Trump confirmed the resignation in a statement Friday morning …
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Associated Press:
Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign — WASHINGTON (AP) — A firm run by Donald Trump's campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine's ruling political party, attempting to sway American public opinion in favor …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Paul Manafort Quits Donald Trump's Campaign After Tumultuous Run — Paul Manafort, installed as the chief strategist for Donald J. Trump's campaign after the firing of his original campaign manager, handed in his resignation on Friday morning. — Mr. Manafort left after a major shake …
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New York Times:
Ukraine Releases More Details on Payments for Trump Aide
Ukraine Releases More Details on Payments for Trump Aide
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Paul Manafort Resigns From Donald Trump's Campaign
Paul Manafort Resigns From Donald Trump's Campaign
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late — Three and a half months after sealing the Republican nomination, Donald Trump pivoted to contest the general election on Thursday night, expressing regret for his past failures to “choose the right words” and delivering one of the most comprehensive …
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Half-Indian man escorted out of Trump rally — Charlotte (CNN)A man who identified himself as half-Indian was escorted out of a Donald Trump rally on Thursday out of concern that he was a protester, but the man insisted he was a Trump supporter and said he feels that he was racially profiled.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump blasts ‘rigged’ Clinton system in first general election TV ad — Donald Trump's campaign rolled out its first general election ad Friday, part of a buy totaling nearly $5 million in battleground states where he is currently trailing Hillary Clinton. Its message: Trump will keep …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump releases first general election ad … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — 's first campaign ad of the general election says Hillary Clinton — 's immigration policies stack the deck against voters. — “In Hillary Clinton's America, the system stays rigged against Americans …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Donald Trump Steps Out of Character to Voice Unexplained Regrets
Donald Trump Steps Out of Character to Voice Unexplained Regrets
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Peter D. Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Full Replay/Transcript: Donald Trump Gives First Campaign Speech Since Hiring Bannon & Conway
Full Replay/Transcript: Donald Trump Gives First Campaign Speech Since Hiring Bannon & Conway
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: Sometimes you say the wrong thing
Trump: Sometimes you say the wrong thing
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Told F.B.I. Colin Powell Advised Her to Use Private Email — Pressed by the F.B.I. about her email practices at the State Department, Hillary Clinton told investigators that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell had advised her to use a personal email account
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Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Report: Clinton told FBI Colin Powell advised her to use personal email
Report: Clinton told FBI Colin Powell advised her to use personal email
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Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Clinton's foundation to alter donations policy if elected
Clinton's foundation to alter donations policy if elected
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ABC News:
Former Breitbart Staffer to Powerhouse Politics: Bannon Ran Meetings That Sounded Like White Supremacists Talking — A former Breitbart News spokesman slammed Donald Trump's new campaign chief executive, Stephen Bannon, for allegedly using racist rhetoric during editorial meetings at Breitbart …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
How One Family's Deep Pockets Helped Reshape Donald Trump's Campaign
How One Family's Deep Pockets Helped Reshape Donald Trump's Campaign
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Breitbart editor planned secret anti-Trump campaign to take down reporter
Breitbart editor planned secret anti-Trump campaign to take down reporter
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's ugly and dishonest new TV ad shows he isn't changing a thing — THE MORNING PLUM: — Last night, Donald Trump delivered a speech in which he spoke in soothing tones about the need to unify the country and expressed “regret” about any remarks that have caused “personal pain,” …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Republicans Worry a Falling Donald Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats
Republicans Worry a Falling Donald Trump Tide Will Lower All Boats
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Kai Reed / WBALTV:
Dog dies after shielding infant from fire — Firefighters rescue child from second floor of home — An 8-month-old infant is in serious condition after a fire late Sunday in Baltimore. — The girl is alive today thanks to an act of heroism and a heart-breaking loss for her family.
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Mike Vaccaro / New York Post:
Ryan Lochte is everything the world hates about Americans — MORE FROM: — This was late one night — actually, early one morning — in the summer of 2004, at a bustling tavern in Plaka, the social heart of Athens during the Olympics. We could see the Parthenon from our table …
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The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Editor Milo Yiannopoulos Takes $100,000 for Charity, Gives $0 — The alt-right icon promised to give scholarships to white men, but almost a year later he still hasn't filed with the IRS or handed out a penny. — Months after he was supposed to give away more than $100,000 …
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Daily Wire and Mediaite
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm — On Monday, a hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” announced an auction for what it claimed were “cyber weapons” made by the NSA. Based on never-before-published documents provided by the whistleblower Edward Snowden …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Cruz's Image Among Republicans Tanks After GOP Convention — PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans' views of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have gotten significantly worse since he refused to endorse Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention, with his favorable rating falling from 59% to 43%.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
GOP preps tough perjury case against Clinton — House Republicans are doubling down in their effort to bring perjury charges against Hillary Clinton — over her testimony last year to the House Select Committee on Benghazi. — GOP lawmakers have claimed that the Democratic presidential nominee broke …
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Infowars, Political Wire and AFF
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Donald Trump Slams President Obama for Not Visiting Flood-Ravaged Louisiana — Donald Trump today slammed President Obama for not interrupting his vacation to visit Louisiana after deadly flooding in Baton Rouge and parts of Lafayette. — While speaking with volunteers …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Smoking Gun Memo Could Bolster Voting Rights Case Against North Carolina — North Carolina's Republican Party has had an interesting response to a recent appeals court ruling that said a number of voting restrictions passed by the state's GOP legislature were enacted with the intent …
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