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Donald Trump Gambles on Immigration but Sends Conflicting Signals — Donald J. Trump made an audacious attempt on Wednesday to remake his image on the divisive issue of immigration, shelving his plan to deport 11 million undocumented people and arguing that a Trump administration and Mexico would secure the border together.
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Mexico gamble a huge win for Trump — About an hour before Donald Trump made his joint statement with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a strategist in Trump's extended circle saw success on the horizon. — “I bet they have a nice meeting where they both explain their positions …


Trailing Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Turns to Political Gymnastics — Donald J. Trump's campaign was teetering early last month, with an increasingly isolated candidate and a downcast staff that seemed to lurch from crisis to crisis. Having fired his campaign chairman and retooled his message …
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Trump promises wall and massive deportation program
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Here's what Donald Trump said in his big immigration speech, annotated
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Mexico President Rebuffs Trump: I Told Him We Aren't Paying for the Wall
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Highlights of Donald Trump's Immigration Speech and Mexico Trip
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Mexican President Fact Checks Donald Trump To His Face, In Spanish
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Trump Says He 'Didn't Discuss' Border Wall Payment With Mexican President
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Several Hispanic Trump surrogates reconsider support — Several major Latino surrogates for Donald Trump are reconsidering their support for him following the Republican nominee's hardline speech on immigration Wednesday night. — Jacob Monty, a member of Trump's National Hispanic Advisory Council …
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Critics ream Trump immigration address — Donald Trump's immigration speech Wednesday night in Arizona served up red meat to his staunchest allies and supporters but left those on the fence about supporting him even more wary and those fiercely opposed to him even more confident in their criticism.
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Trump has the ball and Hillary can't run out the clock — Running out the clock is a term often applied to the Clinton campaign as Election Day appears on the horizon, now only 68 days away. And with a lead in the Real Clear Politics average of polls relatively once at an almost-insurmountable 7.9 points …
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Julian Assange: American press supports ‘demon’ Hillary Clinton
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Women don't really like Hillary Clinton that much
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Senate 2016: Flip Flop — As we head into Labor Day, Democrats are slight favorites to win a slim Senate majority — It seems like only yesterday when the Republicans took over the U.S. Senate. Actually, nearly two years have passed since that big moment, when the GOP gained nine seats …


Fox News Poll: Trump narrows Clinton's lead — The race for the White House has narrowed. A new Fox News Poll finds Donald Trump gaining ground in the head-to-head matchup, despite improvements from Hillary Clinton on top issues. — In addition, this is the first time the poll offers …
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Voters Want Gary Johnson, Jill Stein on the Debate Stage
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Washington Times and Political Wire


iLeave — Apple and the Irish example. — The interaction between big businesses and small countries can be strange. Add in a big, transnational government, and things get even stranger. — Apple is in trouble — largely symbolic trouble — over the taxes it owes to the government of Ireland.
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Pollsters fight to figure out Trump phenomenon — Pollsters are debating whether Donald Trump — 's “silent majority” of voters exists, and are scrambling to make sure that their surveys reflect the opinions of voters who might not ordinarily be included in opinion polls.


The London We've Lost — I'm leaving London tomorrow, perhaps for the last time, and I can't say I'm sad. This isn't my city any more. — I first thought my long absence was the source of my malaise. I've been feeling this niggling sense of unease, as though either I had changed …


Exclusive: U.S., others agreed to ‘secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal - report — The United States and its negotiating partners agreed “in secret” to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief …
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The Times of Israel


“This is repulsive” Hillary Clinton Comms Staffer Lashes Out at “Angel Parents” Speaking at Trump Rally — “This is repulsive.” — That was the reaction of senior Clinton operative Ian Sams as parents of American killed by illegal aliens spoke at a Phoenix rally Wednesday night by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
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Senate Advertising Bigger Than Presidential in Year of Trump — In 2008 and 2012, general-election ad spending for White House races exceeded combined total for Senate races at this point of campaign. — McCormickJohn — In another sign of the unusual nature of this election year …
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Political Wire

Revealed: Conway, Bannon Members of Secretive Group — The two political operatives chosen earlier this month to lead Donald Trump's presidential campaign after two former managers departed have been members of the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP), Hatewatch has learned
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Raw Story

GOP Rep. Ed Whitfield to Resign From Congress Next Week — Republican U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield says he will resign from office next week, one year after announcing his retirement amid a House ethics investigation. — Whitfield notified Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin on Monday with a letter …
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