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9:25 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.
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Fox News:
Trump calls for special prosecutor to look at Clinton Foundation, clarifies immigration stance
Discussion: Politico and BizPac Review
NBC News:
Trump Wants Special Prosecutor to Probe Clinton Foundation
Discussion: NBC News, Daily Wire and CNBC
Judicial Watch:
New Abedin Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton State Department Gave Special Access to Top Clinton Foundation Donors
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:   New Emails Show Top Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Setting Up Meetings with Major Foundation Donors
New York Times:
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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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 …
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.
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.
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Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
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 …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
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?
Discussion: Washington Post
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Emails: Huma Abedin Left Classified Material Unsecured In The Front Seat Of Her Car  —  Ex-Secret Service Agent Loses It On Politico Reporter: ‘F*** Yourself!’  —  THE MIRROR |  BETSY ROTHSTEIN  —  Potential Clinton Email Bombshell To Drop Right Before The Election  —  DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Condi Rice Also Has No Recollection Of Hillary's Email Convo With Colin Powell
Discussion: twitchy.com
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 …
Yahoo:
Worldwide concern over ‘too many immigrants’: study  —  Paris (AFP) - People throughout the world are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with immigration levels which are higher than any time since the Second World War, according to a new survey published Monday.
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 …
Debbie Emery / The Wrap:
Hillary Clinton Proves to Jimmy Kimmel That She's Not Dying  —  Presidential nominee has her pulse checked and opens a jar of pickles in response to rumors about her health  —  Hillary Clinton is willing to do a lot to prove she's fit enough to be president.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie Sanders' new group is already in turmoil  —  The revolution is already tearing itself apart.  —  Less than a week before its official launch on Wednesday, Bernie Sanders' new political group is working its way through an internal war that led to the departure of digital director Kenneth Pennington …
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 …
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.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Ages 68 and 70, Share Few Health Details  —  Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton have been more secretive and selective than many recent presidential nominees in providing up-to-date details about their personal health — a particularly striking departure, experts say, given the candidates' age.
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.
Anna Brand / NBC News:
Giuliani Fuels Clinton Health Rumors Again ... and Again  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday continued to insist that Hillary Clinton's physical and mental health is failing but again offered no evidence beyond unsubstantiated or debunked theories circulating on the Internet.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani gets the street brawl with Hillary Clinton that he's always wanted
Discussion: ABC News, The Week and twitchy.com
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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Rachel Bishop / Mirror.co.uk:
Robot brothels could soon become reality in UK as nation's booming sex trade undergoes revolution
Discussion: alan.com
Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's pivot toward ‘humane’ immigration policies
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
Edgar Walters / The Texas Tribune:
Judge Denies UT-Austin Professors' Attempt to Block Campus Carry
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's red-state tour
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Advisor: Hillary and Obama Want ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of ‘White Working People’
 Earlier Items: 
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
RNC ready to reelect Reince Priebus
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Will media turn on Clinton?
Devon Pendleton / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates's Net Worth Hits Record High of $90 Billion: Chart
Discussion: New York Magazine and NOLA River
Zoie O'Brien / Daily Express:
‘NO’ German girls given TEMPORARY TATTOOS to help prevent swimming pool sex attacks
 

 
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