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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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 …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump promises wall and massive deportation program — Donald Trump on Wednesday squashed any speculation that he might soften his immigration position to reach new voters in the final stretch of the 2016 campaign, delivering a hawkish, hardline, and true-to-his-roots border platform and vowing …
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Washington Post
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
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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Media Matters for America
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump shuts down talk of softening on immigration — laid out a 10-point, hard-line immigration plan in Phoenix Wednesday night that defied any expectation he would pivot from his position or soften his tone. — Hours after giving subdued comments in Mexico City at a joint press appearance …
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Mexican President Fact Checks Donald Trump To His Face, In Spanish — Following a controversial and hastily thrown together bilateral meeting behind closed doors on Wednesday, GOP nominee Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto held a tense press conference …
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New York Times:
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 …
New York Times:
Highlights of Donald Trump's Immigration Speech and Mexico Trip — In Mexico, Mr. Trump said he focused on the two nations' shared economic and security interests, and discussed his plan to build a border wall. In Arizona, what he said was startlingly different.
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The Point, The Atlantic, Althouse and Washington Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Here's what Donald Trump said in his big immigration speech, annotated
Here's what Donald Trump said in his big immigration speech, annotated
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Mother Jones
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's Mexico visit ends with Mexico disputing his comments
Donald Trump's Mexico visit ends with Mexico disputing his comments
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump Tries a Jarring New Style: Diplomatic
Donald Trump Tries a Jarring New Style: Diplomatic
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The Resurgent
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Trump admits wimping out in Mexico: 'We didn't discuss payment of the wall'
KXAN-TV:
Trump outlines 5 goals he wants to accomplish with Mexico
Trump outlines 5 goals he wants to accomplish with Mexico
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump Says He 'Didn't Discuss' Border Wall Payment With Mexican President
Trump Says He 'Didn't Discuss' Border Wall Payment With Mexican President
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Associated Press, Politico, 24Ahead and Joe.My.God.
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Hits Trump for ‘Dropping In’ on Mexico
Hillary Clinton Hits Trump for ‘Dropping In’ on Mexico
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Associated Press
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Why Is Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto So Unpopular?
Why Is Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto So Unpopular?
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Mark Potok / Southern Poverty Law Center:
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
Kate Hardiman / The College Fix:
Professors tell students: Drop class if you dispute man-made climate change — ‘We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change’ — Three professors co-teaching an online course called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs recently told …
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
“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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Milo / Breitbart:
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 …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Kentucky Republican to resign from House — (R-Ky.) will resign from the House next week instead of serving out the rest of his term, which ends in January. — Whitfield's early departure will set in motion a special election for his successor to finish the remaining months of his term.
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Douglas Ernst / Washington Times:
WikiLeaks' Assange: Reporters ‘erecting a demon’ by protecting Hillary Clinton — Whistleblower says Democrat will 'put nooses around everyone's necks as soon as she wins' — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday accused “the American liberal press” of “erecting a demon” by shielding Hillary Clinton from criticism.
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Politico, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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Mike Freeman / Bleacher Report - NFL:
1. 'I Can't Stand Him' — Across NFL front offices, there are team officials who are not offended, and even embrace, the controversial position of Colin Kaepernick. They are out there. Statistically, they have to be. But they are keeping a low profile.
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CBS New York, The Nation, Niners Wire, Raw Story, Mediaite, Bleacher Report and The Daily Caller
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
U.S. High Court Won't Revive North Carolina Photo-ID Law — Supreme Court justices divide 4-4 on order in voting dispute — Action is win for Obama administration, civil rights groups — An evenly divided U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate North Carolina's Republican-backed voting restrictions …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
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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Mediaite, The Last Refuge, Politicus USA, Hit & Run, AOL, The Right Scoop, FOX News Radio, Washington Free Beacon and Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Trump's Florida Ground Game Lags as GOP Rides to His Rescue — The Republican presidential nominee has yet to open any of the 24 field offices in the state he promised earlier this month. — JenniferJJacobs — kevcirilli — How many of the 24 field offices that Team Trump …
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