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8:55 AM ET, September 6, 2016

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CNN:
Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton start the race to November 8 on essentially even ground, with Trump edging Clinton by a scant two points among likely voters, and the contest sparking sharp divisions along demographic lines in a new CNN/ORC Poll.
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NBC News:
Clinton Maintains Six-Point Buffer Over Trump: Poll
Discussion: The Week
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A new 50-state poll shows exactly why Clinton holds the advantage over Trump  —  With nine weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is within striking distance in the Upper Midwest, but Hillary Clinton's strength in many battlegrounds and some traditional Republican strongholds gives …
Discussion: The Week
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Washington Post:
Poll: Redrawing the electoral map  —  A Washington Post-SurveyMonkey poll of all 50 states indicates the 2016 campaign could flip several red and blue states from their longtime loyalties.  The poll, conducted Aug. 9 through Sept. 1, asked more than 74,000 registered voters who they currently support for president.
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
How The Washington Post-SurveyMonkey 50-state poll was conducted  —  The Washington Post-SurveyMonkey 50-state poll was conducted to provide an expansive portrait of American voter attitudes about the 2016 election from every part of the country.  —  The survey's extraordinary size …
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Report: China blames America for Obama embarrassment  —  Chinese officials say it's America's fault that President Obama had to awkwardly exit Air Force One as he arrived in China for the G20 summit meeting, Reuters reports.  —  “I think if only the American group had respected …
Discussion: Reuters, CNBC and The Point
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Wesley Pruden / Washington Times:
Questions about Hillary's health
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump refuses to rule out legal status for undocumented immigrants
Discussion: Politicus USA and The Right Scoop
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Inside Bill Clinton's nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college  —  The guest list for a private State Department dinner on higher-education policy was taking shape when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a suggestion.  —  In addition to recommending invitations …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump: 'I Don't Think Anyone Cares' About My Tax Returns
Discussion: alan.com
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Clinton rejects Mexico invitation after Trump's diplomatic ruckus  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Monday she will not accept an invitation by Mexico's president, Enrique Pena Nieto, for a visit after rival Donald Trump created what she called a “diplomatic incident” in his foray there.
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL and Washington Times
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump, Clinton go to Cleveland in pursuit of the working-class voter
Discussion: ABC News
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:   Trump and Pence hit Ohio
Jeffrey Phelps / Talking Points Memo:   Trump Is Not Planning On Mock Debates For Practice Against Clinton
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.
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 …
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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 …
CNN:
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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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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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Choke Artist: Hillary Clinton Has Yet Another Coughing Fit on Plane Ride from Ohio to Iowa
James K. Glassman / New York Times:
Save the Republican Party: Vote for Clinton  —  Every day, I run into Republican friends who can't stomach a vote for Donald J. Trump but don't know what to do.  Vote for Hillary Clinton, who has trouble with the truth, wants to raise taxes and opposes free trade with Asia?
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Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
BREAKING: NYS GOP Group Kicks Out Cornell Group for Endorsing Libertarian Ticket
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio hit for opposing abortions for women with Zika  —  A prominent abortion rights group is attacking Marco Rubio over his opposition to abortion rights for women infected with the Zika virus.  —  NARAL Pro-Choice America is spending $175,000 to air a TV ad in Orlando and West Palm Beach targeting …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Fox News:
Congress returns for brief, election-year session with Zika funding, avoiding shutdown topping its list
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 …
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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Scottie Kay Auton / WSPA-TV:
York Co. detective dies after dance at daughter's wedding
Discussion: WCDC-TV and Associated Press
James Barron / New York Times:
Overlooked Influences on Donald Trump: A Famous Minister and His Church
Discussion: The Week
USA Today:
Serena Williams makes history, advances to U.S. Open quarters
Discussion: Bleacher Report and The Root
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Peggy Hartshorn / The Federalist:
22 Years Ago, The Clintons Pulled A Colin Kaepernick On Mother Teresa
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:
Now the burka is banned... by ISIS! …
Telegraph:
Piers Morgan asks child trophy hunter: What if I killed your pet cat?
Discussion: Western Journalism
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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