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White House cancels Obama meeting with Philippines leader — (CNN)The White House on Monday canceled President Obama's upcoming meeting with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. — This comes after Duterte lashed out at Obama for wading into the issue of the Philippines' leader's controversial policy toward drug dealers.
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Teresa Cerojano / Associated Press:
Duterte tells Obama not to question him about killings
Duterte tells Obama not to question him about killings
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Cbs St. / CBS St. Louis:
Longtime Conservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly Dies at 92 — ST. LOUIS (KMOX/AP) — Phyllis Schlafly, one of the most iconic and recognizable leaders in America's conservative movement for many decades, has died. — Schlafly founded the Eagle Forum in 1972, a pro-family conservative group focusing heavily …
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Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Phyllis Schlafly, Conservative Leader and Foe of E.R.A., Dies at 92 — Phyllis Schlafly, whose grass-roots campaigns against Communism, abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment galvanized conservatives for almost two generations and helped reshape American politics, died on Monday. She was 92.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's history of corruption is mind-boggling. So why is Clinton supposedly the corrupt one? — In the heat of a presidential campaign, you'd think that a story about one party's nominee giving a large contribution to a state attorney general who promptly shut down an inquiry into that nominee's scam …
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump, dismissing allegations of impropriety, says donation to Fla. attorney general came with no strings — Donald Trump on Monday dismissed questions about his failure to disclose an improper $25,000 contribution to a political group connected to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi …
Neal Baker / The Sun:
IF LOOKS COULD KILL Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin in tense G20 standoff as the famously hostile pair fail to reach a breakthrough on Syria — Grinning Putin shakes hands with stony-faced Obama after US President was snubbed by Chinese hosts — PICTURED
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Thomas Burrows / Daily Mail:
Obama gives Putin his best death stare: Tense moment the world's two most powerful men squared …
Obama gives Putin his best death stare: Tense moment the world's two most powerful men squared …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump refuses to rule out legal status for undocumented immigrants — Vienna, Ohio (CNN)Donald Trump on Monday refused to rule out granting legal status to undocumented immigrants who remain in the United States, breaking with an immigration proposal he laid out just last week.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump and Pence hit Ohio
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump, Clinton go to Cleveland in pursuit of the working-class voter
Trump, Clinton go to Cleveland in pursuit of the working-class voter
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Nate Madden / Conservative Review:
Instead of Labor Day, why not make Constitution Day the new national holiday? — It's once again the first Monday in September, and that means Americans are taking the day off, hitting the beach, and grilling in honor of all the supposedly wonderful things unions have done.
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Jeff Spross / The Week:
The bloody history of Labor Day
The bloody history of Labor Day
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Enjoli Francis / ABC News:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Says Husband Bill Should Not Have to Resign From Foundation Until After Election — Hillary Clinton told ABC News' David Muir today that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, should not have to step down before the election from his position at the Clinton Foundation.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Gets Gored — Americans of a certain age who follow politics and policy closely still have vivid memories of the 2000 election — bad memories, and not just because the man who lost the popular vote somehow ended up in office. For the campaign leading up to that end game was nightmarish too.
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American Soccer Now:
Megan Rapinoe Kneels For Anthem at NWSL Match — The 31-year-old from Redding, Calif., displayed support for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick Sunday night, kneeling while the national anthem was played before a Seattle-Chicago match. — BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Obama Weighs in on Kaepernick Protest: 'He's Exercising His Constitutional Right'
Obama Weighs in on Kaepernick Protest: 'He's Exercising His Constitutional Right'
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Mother Jones:
Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please Don't Fire Us? — This is a story about the future. — Not the unhappy future, the one where climate change turns the planet into a cinder or we all die in a global nuclear war. This is the happy version. It's the one where computers keep getting smarter and smarter …
Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:
Now the burka is banned... by ISIS! Terror group outlaws the Islamic garb from their buildings because they are a SECURITY RISK — ISIS has outlawed the burka at their security centres in a northern Iraqi city, despite previously brutally enforcing a law requiring them to be worn.
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Telegraph:
Piers Morgan asks child trophy hunter: What if I killed your pet cat? — Piers Morgan had a heated debate with a child trophy hunter and her father on Good Morning Britain. — Aryanna Gourdin, 12, from America, has stoked outrage online after she and her father posted pictures trophy hunting.
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Western Journalism
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
U.S. investigating potential covert Russian plan to disrupt November elections — U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in U.S. political institutions …
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Has A Nearly 2 Minute Long Coughing Fit [VIDEO] — Hillary Has A Nearly 2 Minute Long Coughing Fit — Kendall Jenner Loves Going Braless [SLIDESHOW] — ENTERTAINMENT | FORD SPRINGER — 'I really don't see what the big deal is' — Oil Pipeline Protests Turn Violent, As Protesters Clash With Security Officials
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