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7:45 AM ET, August 23, 2016

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.  —  A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and whose firm paid Bill Clinton millions of dollars in consulting fees wanted help getting a visa for a British soccer player with a criminal past.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump calls for special prosecutor for Clinton  —  Donald Trump intensified his effort Monday to shift the focus of the campaign to Hillary Clinton and the huge donations to the Clinton Foundation from foreign benefactors, calling for a special prosecutor to “investigate Hillary Clinton's crimes.”
Discussion: The Week
Judicial Watch:
New Abedin Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton State Department Gave Special Access to Top Clinton Foundation Donors  —  Crown Prince of Bahrain Forced to Go Through Foundation to See Clinton, after Pledging $32 Million to Clinton Global Initiative  —  Hollywood Executive Casey Wasserman …
Fox News:
Trump calls for special prosecutor to look at Clinton Foundation, clarifies immigration stance  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for an “expedited investigation” by a special prosecutor into “pay-to-play” accusations involving the Clinton Foundation while reiterating …
The Intercept:
Consultant Raised Cash for Hillary Clinton, Used Access to Seek Meeting for Coal Giant, Emails Reveal  —  In 2009, when St. Louis-based coal company Peabody Energy was aiming for rapid expansion into Mongolia, China, and other international markets, it sought an audience with then-Secretary …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The FBI found 15,000 emails Hillary Clinton didn't turn over. Uh oh.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
FBI uncovers 15,000 more documents in Clinton email probe
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence unleashes new attack on Clinton in Iowa
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Conservative Group Says Emails Suggest Special Access for Clinton Donors
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:   New Emails Show Top Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Setting Up Meetings with Major Foundation Donors
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Reports: Trump cancels Nevada, Colorado, Oregon events  —  3.7k Shares  —  Donald Trump has canceled at least three events this month.  —  On Monday, outlets in Colorado, Nevada and Oregon reported that Trump events set to go on in their states were canceled, though in Nevada and Colorado …
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KMOV-TV:
12-year-old running Trump campaign office in Colorado
John Frank / Denver Post:
Donald Trump to make fundraising trip to Colorado, campaign now says no immigration speech expected
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Harassment Complaints  —  Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, charged in a lawsuit filed Monday that top executives at the network, including the man who replaced Roger Ailes, punished her for complaining about sexual harassment by Mr. Ailes.
Ethan Lou / Reuters:
Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party  —  About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country's coast guard said on Monday.
NBC News:
Clinton Continues to Hold Big Lead Over Donald Trump  —  Hillary Clinton continues to hold a large national lead over Donald Trump, 50 percent to 42 percent, weeks after the Democratic National Convention.  —  Clinton's 8-point advantage is virtually unchanged from her 9-point lead last week …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
FBI Investigating Possible ISIS-Inspired Knife Attack in Virginia  —  The FBI has launched a federal terrorism investigation into a weekend stabbing in Roanoke, Va., looking at whether the attacker may have been trying to behead his victim in an alleged ISIS-inspired assault, sources tell ABC News.
Discussion: Fox News and twitchy.com
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Melania Trump taking legal action against Daily Mail for defamation  —  Melania Trump has started legal action against the Daily Mail and other outlets for what she claims is a defamatory article about her past.  —  Charles Harder, an attorney for Trump, said in an email that the legal action goes beyond …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘Go F*ck Yourself, You Piece of Sh*t’: GOP Candidate Goes on Tirade Against Reporter  —  In a phone call with Politico Florida reporter Marc Caputo, Florida Republican congressional candidate Dan Bongino went on a profanity-laced rant, inviting Caputo several times to carry out a sexual act that is not physically possible.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Condi Rice Also Has No Recollection Of Hillary's Email Convo With Colin Powell  —  Ex-Secret Service Agent Loses It On Politico Reporter: ‘F*** Yourself!’  —  THE MIRROR |  BETSY ROTHSTEIN  —  Bahrain Prince Gave $32 Million To Clinton Foundation Before Meeting Hillary
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Emails: Huma Abedin Left Classified Material Unsecured In The Front Seat Of Her Car
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
Racism and talk of religious war: Trump staff's online posts  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, ridiculed Mexican accents, called for Secretary of State John Kerry …
Tom Scocca / Gawker:
Gawker Was Murdered by Gaslight  —  A lie with a billion dollars behind it is stronger than the truth.  Peter Thiel has shut down Gawker.com.  —  This is the final act in what Thiel wished to present, and succeeded in presenting, as a simple and ancient morality play, a story of hubris meeting its punishment.
Edgar Walters / The Texas Tribune:
Judge Denies UT-Austin Professors' Attempt to Block Campus Carry … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  A federal judge has denied three University of Texas at Austin professors' initial attempt to keep guns out of their classrooms under the state's campus carry law.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
RNC ready to reelect Reince Priebus  —  Donald Trump is teetering on the brink of a historic defeat, but Republican National Committee officials are poised to reward the party's chairman Reince Priebus with another term.  —  Priebus is soliciting support for January's chairmanship election …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Is Abandoning Every Network But Fox  —  Where he's getting a lot of questions about his stamina.  —  Donald Trump, who never seemed to meet a camera he didn't like, became a constant TV presence throughout the Republican primary, a bonafide celebrity crowding out a field of more conventional senators and governors.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Roger Stone: Trump “Should Release His Tax Returns Immediately”  —  Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Republican nominee Donald Trump, said on Monday that Trump should immediately release his tax returns to the public.  —  Asked on the Fernand Amandi Show on 610 WIOD Miami radio …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Advisor: Hillary and Obama Want ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of ‘White Working People’  —  An economic and trade advisor to Donald Trump argued in a column earlier this year that President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were conspiring to carry out an ethnic genocide of America's white blue-collar workers.
 
 
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John Kasich / New York Times:
20 Years After Reform, Welfare Is Still Broken
Russ Read / The Daily Caller:
Bahrain's Prince Got Audience With Clinton After Donating $32 Million To Her Foundation
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's red-state tour
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Will media turn on Clinton?
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani gets the street brawl with Hillary Clinton that he's always wanted
Discussion: twitchy.com
Ashley Lisenby / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Judge halts school board elections in Ferguson-Florissant, saying they're stacked against black voters
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Devon Pendleton / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: New York Magazine and NOLA River
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Chaffetz claims FBI gave Congress conflicting documents on Clinton email probe
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Joseph Crespino / New York Times:
Why Hillary Clinton Might Win Georgia
Discussion: Associated Press
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