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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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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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MichelleMalkin.com and Hot Air
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Clinton E-mail Saga Continues
The Note: The Clinton E-mail Saga Continues
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Politico, USA Today, Hot Air, New York Magazine, BizPac Review, The Week, The Resurgent, Washington Post, Instapundit, twitchy.com, infowarsteam.com, Hit & Run and Associated Press
James Rosen / Fox News:
Clinton Foundation executive left 148 phone messages for Hillary Clinton's top aide
Clinton Foundation executive left 148 phone messages for Hillary Clinton's top aide
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Mediaite, BizPac Review, Media Matters for America and The Week
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's historic free pass on the airwaves
Hillary Clinton's historic free pass on the airwaves
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The Week
The Intercept:
Consultant Raised Cash for Hillary Clinton, Used Access to Seek Meeting for Coal Giant, Emails Reveal
Consultant Raised Cash for Hillary Clinton, Used Access to Seek Meeting for Coal Giant, Emails Reveal
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
It's Colin Powell vs. Hillary Clinton on email
It's Colin Powell vs. Hillary Clinton on email
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The Point, Breitbart, ABC News, Washington Free Beacon and Liberal Values
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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Alex Thompson / VICE News:
Trump's kids are cashing in on his campaign — Republican Donald Trump has so far paid $7.7 million in campaign contributions to his own companies and children, according to a filing with the Federal Elections Commission, and as the campaign transitions to the general election those payments are increasing.
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RedState
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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Daily Kos and FiveThirtyEight
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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Media Matters for America, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
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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
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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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Washington Times, Business Insider, The Week and Guardian
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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 …
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Talking Points Memo, RedState, Politico, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
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, Fox News, Washington Post, The Right Scoop, WataugaWatch and WEWS-TV
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New York Times:
The Fake $400 Million Iran ‘Ransom’ Story
The Fake $400 Million Iran ‘Ransom’ Story
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Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, Washington Free Beacon and Real Clear Politics
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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New York Magazine, Daily Kos, Hot Air and Instapundit
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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Hot Air, The Week, The Verge, AOL, Daily Express and The Liberty Zone, more at Mediagazer »
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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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and The Week
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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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
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
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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RedState
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.
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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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Joe.My.God. and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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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US Uncut and The Daily Caller
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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Daily Kos
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 …
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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RedState, Washington Examiner and Hullabaloo
BBC:
The 21st Century's 100 greatest films — The best that cinema has had to offer since 2000 as picked by 177 film critics from around the world. — “They don't make 'em like they used to.” — How often have we all heard that resigned expression? How often have we said it ourselves?
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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Outside the Beltway and AOL