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2:45 PM ET, August 31, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump to meet in Mexico with the country's president  —  Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration policy.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Can Trump Be This Stupid?  (Not a Trick Question)  —  We have news tonight that tomorrow, in advance of his big immigration speech in Arizona, Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.  This is such an outlandish idea it is not easy to make sense of it or predict its outcome.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
Danielle Kantor / Hillary Clinton 2016:
Donald Trump is about to meet the president of Mexico.  Which of these tweets might they discuss?  —  A big, beautiful list of tweets.  —  Donald Trump is headed to Mexico to meet with the country's president, Enrique Peña Nieto.  If you're surprised by that news—well, you're not alone.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Mexico rages against Trump visit  —  Donald Trump may have accepted the invitation of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for a Wednesday meeting in Mexico City, but the Republican presidential nominee is getting the cold shoulder in a country where public views of its own president are already abysmally low.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Traveling media will not accompany Trump to Mexico  —  Just one day after a traveling print pool was put in place for Donald Trump's campaign, the campaign is leaving the press behind on its big trip to Mexico on Wednesday.  —  The last-minute trip to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was announced on Tuesday.
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Donald Trump and Mexico's Former President Vicente Fox Spar on Twitter Ahead of Visit  —  Donald Trump and Mexico's former President Vicente Fox are engaged in a bitter back-and-forth just hours before the Republican presidential nominee is scheduled to visit the country.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton camp blasts Trump's Mexico visit
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Kos
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Poll: Clinton Unpopularity at New High, on Par With Trump  —  Hillary Clinton's unpopularity reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, putting her on par with Donald Trump among registered voters.  —  The latest findings solidify their positions as the two most unpopular …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary Clinton
Richard W. Painter / New York Times:
The Real Clinton Foundation Revelation  —  When I was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, I asked many prospective administration officials if they would sell stock in companies, give up stock options, step down from nonprofit boards or make other painful choices to enter public service.
Discussion: LawNewz and Politico
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Win, Lose, but No Compromise
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
'It's outrageous': Clinton's aides had concerns about email setup  —  Hillary Clinton continued sending classified information even after leaving the State Department, The Post has exclusively learned.  —  On May 28, 2013, months after stepping down as secretary of state …
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton camp thinks Trump fell for old trick  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign feels confident.  So confident that behind closed doors her team is taking some credit for forcing Donald Trump to seemingly defend territory that Republicans almost never lose.  —  After weeks of Brooklyn telegraphing …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
LePage demands apology from reporter, vows to never speak to press again  —  Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday blamed a reporter in part for his fiery outburst to a state lawmaker last week and vowed never to speak with the press again.  —  LePage last Thursday left an obscenity-laced voicemail …
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Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Paul LePage insists he's staying put
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
How the Political Revolution Failed Tim Canova  —  The political revolution has let Tim Canova down.  Bernie Sanders hasn't shown up to campaign for his chosen primary challenger to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Awkward: All GOP State Senate Candidates Have Same Kids In Ads  —  It seems all the targeted Republican state senate candidates had a big TV shoot recently, as they've all posted their first ads online in the past few weeks.  The ads themselves are so-so at best, but you rarely see very creative TV spots at the statehouse level.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Obama commutes sentences for 111 inmates  —  President Obama on Tuesday commuted the sentences of 111 inmates, bringing the total for the month of August to 325.  —  The latest round of commutations is part of Obama's efforts to help those who have been hit with lengthy prison sentences in the government's decades-long war on drugs.
NBC News:
Prosecutor Probes Trump Campaign CEO Stephen Bannon's Voter Record  —  Trump Shakes Up Campaign Less Than 3 Months From Election Day 2:14  —  Florida prosecutors are investigating the voter registration of Donald Trump's campaign chief, NBC News has learned.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and LawNewz
Eryn Rogers / WSPA-TV:
Student claims teacher trashed her shoes at Greenville Co. school  —  SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) - Two Upstate parents are looking for answers after they said a teacher threw away their first-grader's shoes at Bryson Elementary in Simpsonville last week.  —  Six-year-old Taraji Edward's mother …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Root and 6
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Donald Trump to show up, but not speak out at Detroit church  —  Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press  —  When Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump comes to Detroit this weekend to try to strengthen his standing in the African-American community, he will be attending a service …
Joe Cunningham / RedState:
NYT Columnist Nicholas Kristof Says the Holocaust is America's Fault  —  Nicholas Kristof is your stereotypical elite liberal media guy.  He has an absolute disdain for America and he has a grasp of history that rivals a five year old holding a 500-page college textbook …
Bruce Golding / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner bragged about using his kid as a ‘chick magnet’  —  When Weiner's sext partner jokingly told him to put his kid to work, he replied, “Already at work.  Being a chick magnet.”  —  Anthony Weiner didn't just send his latest sexting partner a crotch shot selfie with his young son curled …
James West / Mother Jones:
Former Models for Donald Trump's Agency Say They Violated Immigration Rules and Worked Illegally  —  Republican nominee Donald Trump has placed immigration at the core of his presidential campaign.  He has claimed that undocumented immigrants are “taking our jobs” and “taking our money,” …
 
 
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Josh Earnest / New York Times:
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Discussion: UK and AOL
Washington Post:
The U.S. has more third-party candidates than it's seen in a century. Why?
Discussion: ballot-access.org
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
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A dog has given birth to the first identical twin puppies
Steven Nelson / US News:
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
IRS doesn't tell 1 million taxpayers that illegals stole their Social Security numbers
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