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Guardian:
Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon is registered voter at vacant Florida home — Exclusive: Bannon's enrollment is apparent violation of crucial swing state's election law requiring voters to be legal residents of county they register in — Donald Trump's new presidential campaign chief …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump campaign CEO once charged in domestic violence case — Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Donald Trump campaign, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness following an incident in early January 1996, though the case was ultimately dismissed …
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BuzzFeed, Talking Points Memo, RedState, Boing Boing, Joe.My.God., LawNewz, AOL, Washington Times, Raw Story and Guardian
New York Post:
Trump campaign CEO accused in divorce papers of attacking wife — More On: — The man hired to remake Donald Trump's image roughed up and threatened his wife during their marriage, she claimed in court documents obtained by The Post. — Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Trump campaign …
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Raw Story, Gothamist, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, NPR, Guardian, Hollywood Life, New Century Times, Joe.My.God. and Independent Journal Review
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump When Asked About Alt-Right: ‘Nobody Even Knows What It Is’ — Donald Trump on Thursday night claimed that he doesn't know what the alt-right is when asked about Hillary Clinton's charges in a Thursday speech that Trump has embraced those who push white nationalist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim beliefs.
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Keegan Hankes / Southern Poverty Law Center:
Whose Alt-Right Is It Anyway?
Whose Alt-Right Is It Anyway?
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Media Matters for America, Occupy Democrats, NBC News and The Verge
Cassandra Fairbanks / We Are Change:
4Chan Poster Gloriously Interrupts Clinton Alt-Right Speech
4Chan Poster Gloriously Interrupts Clinton Alt-Right Speech
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The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Trumpocrats Say Clinton ‘Alt-Right’ Speech Backfires, Turns Democrats Toward Donald …
Exclusive — Trumpocrats Say Clinton ‘Alt-Right’ Speech Backfires, Turns Democrats Toward Donald …
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The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and Israpundit
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
'Prove I'm a racist': LePage challenges Westbrook lawmaker in obscenity-laced voice mail — The governor later says he wishes he and Rep. Drew Gattine could have a duel and ‘I would point (my gun) right between his eyes.’ — Gov. Paul LePage left a state lawmaker from Westbrook …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Mixed Signals on Immigration Roil Campaign — Some backers say they would welcome a change; others say easing his plan to deport all illegal immigrants would cost him the election — Donald Trump's mixed signals about easing his plan to deport all illegal immigrants …
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Trump's big immigration reversal shaped by Christie, Giuliani says — TRENTON — Donald Trump's apparent pivot away from his calls for mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants is partially the result of prodding by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, according to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Los Angeles Times, Towleroad and The Right Scoop
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump: No legal status for undocumented immigrants
Trump: No legal status for undocumented immigrants
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Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Capitol View, The Week, New York Times, Daily Kos, Politico and National Review
James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
President Obama Broke Promise for Charity Donation, ISIS Hostage Family Says — As President Barack Obama tried to console the parents of Kayla Mueller after she was killed in ISIS captivity last year, they say he offered to make a contribution to a foundation they had established in her name.
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Fox News, National Review, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon and LawNewz
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Top Aide: Trump Better At Talking To Black Voters Than Most GOPers — Donald Trump has taken flack for painting a bleak picture of African-American life in recent speeches, but his campaign manager argued he is better at appealing to black voters than others in his party.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump's mob-linked ex-associate gives $5,400 to campaign — A Russian-born, mafia-linked businessman whose ties to both Donald Trump and loyalists of Russian President Vladimir Putin have sparked scrutiny, visited Trump Tower last month for undisclosed business, he told POLITICO.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Assange: ‘Unexpected’ Clinton campaign leaks coming — WikiLeaks expects to release information with some “unexpected angles” regarding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — 's campaign ahead of the general election, the organization's founder, Julian Assange, said Wednesday.
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Talking Points Memo and Yahoo
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here are the leading Republicans who rushed to defend Donald Trump on race: ______ — On Dec. 29, 2014, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) admitted that he'd attended an event hosted by white supremacist leaders a decade earlier. The timing was awkward for Republicans, since Scalise had recently moved …
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Mother Jones, Speaker.gov, Daily Kos, Political Wire and ThinkProgress
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Man Jailed For Oral Activity On Boardwalk — Police: Floridian, 50, serviced woman in front of beachgoers — A man spotted yesterday afternoon performing oral sex on a woman lying down on a Florida beach boardwalk told cops that he was an “emergency responder and had to assist the female …
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Scared Monkeys
CBS Boston:
New Concerns Arise About Mental Health Of College Students — BOSTON - New concerns arise about the mental health of students on college campuses all across the country. — Dr. Gene Beresin, a psychiatrist and Executive Director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital …
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National Review and JustOneMinute
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Obama to Create the World's Largest Marine Protected Area — On Friday, President Obama will expand the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument off the coast of Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine protected area.
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ThinkProgress, The Verge, New York Times, The Daily Caller and Reuters
Paul Demko / Politico:
Obamacare sticker shock hits key Senate races — As insurers push large premium increases for 2017 Obamacare plans, some of the steepest hikes have been requested by insurers in crucial swing states that could determine control of the Senate. — In nine of 11 states with competitive Senate races …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
After Ailes, Fox News Has a New Crisis: Can It Keep Megyn Kelly? — Within its subterranean newsroom, staffers and executives have a new fear: Will they be able to convince Megyn Kelly to re-sign with the network and stave off a potential post-Ailes ratings decline? And does that mean the end of Bill O'Reilly?
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
A bleak choice between a ‘liar’ and your ‘drunk uncle’ for one Wisconsin focus group — BROOKFIELD, Wis. — For a small group of undecided voters here, the presidential choices this year are bleak: Hillary Clinton is a “liar” with a lifetime of political skullduggery and a ruthless agenda for power …
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The Week
Sam Adams / Mirror.co.uk:
Assassination attempt on Angela Merkel feared as armed man arrested 'trying to infiltrate German chancellor's motorcade' in Prague — Czech police halted an armed man in a black 4x4 Mercedes as he allegedly tried to join Merkel's motorcade during her visit to the capital
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RT, The Daily Caller, Infowars, BizPac Review and We Are Change
Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton: ‘I am sure’ that there are no damaging emails — Hillary Clinton forcefully and unequivocally rejected on Friday the prospect that her presidential campaign could be derailed by any new emails or scandals related to the Clinton Foundation. — “Are you certain that there are no emails …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post and Mother Jones
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Democrats' Weak Bench Undermines Hope of Taking Back Senate — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, aware of the dead weight that Donald J. Trump has placed on their vulnerable Republican colleagues, can taste a reclaimed majority. — But just as Senate Republicans blew their chances in 2010 …
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Praxis, Political Insider blog, BillMoyers.com and Washington Post