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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
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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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
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.
New York Daily News:
Andrea Tantaros, former Fox News host, sues Roger Ailes and network
Andrea Tantaros, former Fox News host, sues Roger Ailes and network
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Washington Monthly
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros sues for sexual harassment
Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros sues for sexual harassment
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Nick Gass / Politico:
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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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.
James Rosen / Fox News:
Clinton Foundation executive left 148 phone messages for Hillary Clinton's top aide — EXCLUSIVE: A senior executive at the Clinton Foundation left almost 150 telephone messages for Hillary Clinton's top aide at the State Department within a two-year time frame, according to previously unpublished documents obtained by Fox News.
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The Huffington Post:
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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's where the Trump campaign has spent money on Trump brands
Here's where the Trump campaign has spent money on Trump brands
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Missouri — Neck and Neck for Prez; Blunt Has Small Senate Lead — Democrat leads in governor's race — West Long Branch, NJ - The presidential race in Missouri couldn't be closer according to the Monmouth University Poll …
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Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Clinton opens wide lead over Trump in Va.
RC Poll: Clinton opens wide lead over Trump in Va.
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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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Appears To Embrace Obama's Deportation Policy
Trump Appears To Embrace Obama's Deportation Policy
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's new deportation plan: Do what Obama is doing but ‘with a lot more energy’
Trump's new deportation plan: Do what Obama is doing but ‘with a lot more energy’
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Associated Press:
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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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 …
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CNN:
FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others — Hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence have carried out a series of cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other US news organizations, according to US officials briefed on the matter.
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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?
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
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
Andrew Bradford / portal.liberalamerica.org:
Trump Lawyers Said Melania Didn't F**k For Money, Forced Us To Apologize, So Here It Is — Just so we're being completely transparent here, you should know this: — This is being written under duress because I don't have enough money to fight a legal battle against the Trump machine.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
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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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
NLRB: Graduate Students at Private Universities May Unionize — Federal labor board overturns ruling that denied collective bargaining rights to many teaching and research assistants. — By — Graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants at private universities …
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The Atlantic
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Bill Nye Calls Out CNN ‘Climate Change Denier’ Meteorologist Live On-Air: ‘Knock Yourselves Out’ — The Science Guy himself Bill Nye was brought in to CNN's New Day this morning to examine some of the devastating effects of the flooding in Louisiana that has left over 60,000 homes badly damaged.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Hillary Clinton's ‘Fight Song’ is driving some people nuts — It's Hillary Clinton's fight song, but some listeners don't have a lot of fight left in them. — Before and after the Democratic nominee takes the stage at rallies, her campaign inevitably plays the 2015 pop hit “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten.
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New York Times:
Think the Clinton-Trump Race Will Be a Landslide? Hold Your Horses — Donald J. Trump, after weeks of self-inflicted damage, has seen support for his candidacy in national polls dip into the 30s — Barry Goldwater and Walter F. Mondale territory — while Hillary Clinton has extended her lead …
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Steven Hill, Who Starred on ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Dies at 94 — Steven Hill, who originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series, “Mission: Impossible” in the 1960s and “Law & Order” in the 1990s, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 94.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
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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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
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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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
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 …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
How the first liberal Supreme Court in a generation could reshape America — Odds are that very soon, the Supreme Court will become something it hasn't been in nearly 50 years: made up of a majority of Democratic-appointed justices. — Ever since Abe Fortas's resignation in 1969 …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
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 …
Tracey Kaplan / Mercury News:
Brock Turner: Judge kicks himself off first sex-crime ruling since Stanford assault case — PALO ALTO — The Santa Clara County judge facing a recall threat for giving a relatively light sentence to former Stanford student Brock Turner has disqualified himself from making his first key decision in another sex case.