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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.
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Carville: ‘Somebody is going to hell’ over Clinton Foundation attacks — “Somebody is going to hell” over the political attacks on the Clinton Foundation, longtime Clinton confidant James Carville declared Tuesday, denouncing the recent scrutiny and criticism of the charitable organization.
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MichelleMalkin.com and Hot Air


The Note: The Clinton E-mail Saga Continues — NOTABLES —CLINTON TELLS JIMMY KIMMEL SHE'S ‘EMBARRASSED’ BY ‘BORING’ EMAILS: Hillary Clinton took on two controversial topics in a late-night interview on ABC's ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Monday. First, Kimmel quizzed the Democratic presidential candidate …
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USA Today, Politico, Hot Air, New York Magazine, Washington Post, BizPac Review, The Resurgent, The Week, Instapundit, twitchy.com, infowarsteam.com, Hit & Run and Associated Press


Clinton Foundation executive left 148 phone messages for Hillary Clinton's top aide
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Media Matters for America, Mediaite, BizPac Review and The Week

Consultant Raised Cash for Hillary Clinton, Used Access to Seek Meeting for Coal Giant, Emails Reveal

Hillary Clinton's historic free pass on the airwaves
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The Week

Hillary Clinton's 15,000 New Emails to Get Timetable for Release
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JustOneMinute, NBC News, Refinery29, Washington Free Beacon, BillMoyers.com, Reuters, New York Magazine, Althouse, Townhall.com and The Atlantic

It's Colin Powell vs. Hillary Clinton on email
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The Point, Breitbart, ABC News, Washington Free Beacon and Liberal Values


Donald Trump Jacked Up His Campaign's Trump Tower Rent Once Somebody Else Was Paying It — Office rent soared in July after Trump's campaign began accepting donor contributions. — S.V. Date — WASHINGTON After bragging for a year about how cheaply he was running his campaign …
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RedState, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, New York Post, Politicus USA, Mediaite, New Century Times, Daily Kos, Independent Journal Review, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller, CANNONFIRE, Raw Story, The Week, The Bob and Chez Show, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Addicting Info, The Right Scoop, Balloon Juice and BuzzFeed
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Here's where the Trump campaign has spent money on Trump brands
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Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight


Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Sex 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.
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The Explosive New Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Detailed — After complaining, a former Fox News host was banned from his show. — Roger Ailes is out at Fox News but the troubles for the network might just be getting started. — In a new lawsuit filed …
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Raw Story

Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros sues for sexual harassment — Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, has filed suit against the channel and several of its executives, alleging a culture of “misogyny” and “intimidation” that allowed for Tantaros to be sexually harassed.

Trump Appears To Embrace Obama's Deportation Policy — During a series of interviews Monday evening, Donald Trump appeared to reverse his mass deportation policy, saying that he will do the “same thing” as President Obama regarding deportation but “perhaps with a lot more energy.”
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National Review, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Fox News, The Right Scoop, WataugaWatch and WEWS-TV
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The Fake $400 Million Iran ‘Ransom’ Story — The first thing to know about the latest controversy over the Iran nuclear deal is that the Obama administration did not pay $400 million in “ransom” to secure the release of three American detainees. Yet that's the story critics are peddling …
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Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Washington Free Beacon and Real Clear Politics

Trump's new deportation plan: Do what Obama is doing but ‘with a lot more energy’
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Daily Kos, Hot Air, New York Magazine and Instapundit

Iran Travel Warning
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RedState, Hot Air, MichelleMalkin.com and twitchy.com


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 …
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Talking Points Memo, NBC News, The Week and The Daily Caller

Megyn Kelly Grills Top Trump Aide About Personal Attacks On ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts (VIDEO) — Donald Trump's newly-minted campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, made clear Monday night that while she doesn't support personal attacks, she thinks her boss was only hitting back when he accused the hosts of MSNBC's …
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The Week


What Are the Chances That Democrats Retake the House? — With less than three months to go until the presidential election, there's still time for Donald J. Trump to make it a closer race. — But suppose that he doesn't, and that Hillary Clinton enters the final stretch with a clear and consistent lead?
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post


2 years probation for East Longmeadow teen in sex assault case — David Becker will be able to serve probation while in college — PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) - An East Longmeadow High School student who was accused of sexually assaulting two of his classmates following a house party will not serve …
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New York's PIX11 and KFOR-TV
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Anti-Trump operatives targeted in online ‘catfishing’ scheme — Steven Wessel is a convicted con man with a Big Apple flair, feigning connections to Ronald Reagan and pretending to be an Oxford man while bilking rich Manhattanites of $750,000. But his last scam before heading to prison …
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RedState


WOW! Monmouth Refigures Poll After Trump Comes Out With Lead Over Hillary Clinton — WOW! These people are sooo corrupt! — Monmouth University released a poll today that had Donald Trump defeating Hillary Clinton. — Trump was up 41-39 so they weighted the poll with more Democrats to give Hillary the lead.
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The Last Refuge, infowarsteam.com and Monmouth University

RC Poll: Clinton opens wide lead over Trump in Va. — Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has opened a 16-point lead over Republican Donald Trump among likely voters in Virginia (48%-32%), according to The Roanoke College Poll. Libertarian Gary Johnson received the support …
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RedState, Politico, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway and Washington Times

Trump Unpopular, But Still Heavily Favored in Utah — In a year where much has been made of voters not liking their choices for President, there's probably nowhere that's truer than Utah. Donald Trump has a 31/61 favorability rating in the state. That makes him the popular candidate there …


Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets — CAIRO (AP) — WikiLeaks' global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has found.
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Hot Air, AOL, The Week and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »


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.

Trump: I Would Stop Crime By Letting ‘Tough’ Cops Take Charge — Pushed by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to provide specifics on curbing violent crime in cities like Chicago, Donald Trump said Monday that he would simply put “tough” cops in charge. — “So, specifically, specifically. How do you do it?
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RedState, Washington Examiner and Hullabaloo


Clinton to give speech linking Trump to ‘alt-right’ — will deliver a speech Thursday linking Donald Trump — to the “extremism” of the “alt-right” movement. — Clinton's campaign announced Tuesday morning that her Reno, Nev., speech would focus on Trump and his aides' “embrace of the disturbing ‘alt-right’ political philosophy.”
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Guardian and Vox Popoli


The Nine Lives of Donald J. Trump — Whatever his faults, a Trump victory is preferable for the Republic. — Seasoned Republican political handlers serially attack Donald Trump and his campaign as amateurish, incompetent, and incoherent. The media somehow outdid their propaganda work …


CNN headline makes blacks and felons synonymous — Sometimes in this business of media analysis, you just have to shake your head in disbelief. — Today's “WTF” moment comes courtesy of the following CNN Politics headline: … You read that one right. — First off, before getting …
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Politico and Instapundit