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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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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 …
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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.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Clinton's Lead Keeps Shrinking — Want these election updates emailed to you right when they're published? Sign up here. — I, for one, welcome the unofficial end of summer. I'll miss the Olympics and fancy tomato salads. But it's an election year …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Yes, the race is tightening. But it's still too soon to panic. Here's why. — THE MORNING PLUM: — A batch of new polls suggests the race is tightening, which means the “Trump can really win” dirge is at full blast this morning. We'll get to the details in a moment.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Dings Clinton For Not Having ‘A Presidential Look’
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Fox Settles with Gretchen Carlson for $20 Million—and Is Expected to Offer an Unprecedented Apology — Act II of the Ailes saga may have just begun. — It has been exactly two months since Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, sued her old boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Van Susteren leaving Fox News, Hume tapped as replacement through election — Greta Van Susteren, who has hosted a top-rated evening program at Fox News for 14 years, is leaving the network. — The abrupt announcement today, in the middle of the presidential campaign …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox Apologizes to Gretchen Carlson and Pays Her a Reported $20 Million — Then Announces Greta Van Susteren Is Leaving
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
Greta Van Susteren Abruptly Leaving Fox News After 14 Years
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Greta Van Susteren abruptly leaves Fox News
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Dallas Morning News:
Donald Trump is no Republican — What does it mean to be a Republican? — For generations, the answer had been clear: A belief in individual liberty. Free markets. Strong national defense. — But what does it mean to be a Republican today? With Donald Trump as the party's new standard-bearer, it's impossible to say.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Endorsed by Nearly 90 Military Figures
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump earns endorsement of 88 retired generals, admirals
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Can we just stop talking about Hillary Clinton's health now? — This is what the Drudge Report looked like Tuesday morning: — The reference, in case you missed it, is to an episode of coughing that struck Clinton at a rally in Ohio on Labor Day. (You can watch it here.)
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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Clinton Turns Coughing Fit Into Trump Comedy Bit
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Clinton Campaign Dogpiles NBC Reporter for Covering Hillary's Coughing Attack
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Chicago Tribune:
13 people killed in Chicago over Labor Day as homicides climb over 500 — Photos from Labor Day weekend crime scenes. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Rosemary Regina Sobol, Peter Nickeas and Elvia Malagon Contact Reporters — Thirteen people were shot to death in Chicago over the Labor …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Real Reason Trump Donated $25,000 To Florida's Attorney General, According To Trump — Something changed. — Throughout the presidential election, Donald Trump has been adamant that he has donated to politicians of all parties as a way of purchasing favors for his business interests.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He'll Release Full Medical Records — In an exclusive interview Monday in Ohio, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told ABC News' David Muir that he plans to release his full medical records. — Neither of the presidential candidates has divulged his or her full medical records.
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Says It ‘Could Be’ That Some Undocumented Immigrants Stay
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Richard Deitsch / SI.com:
Media Circus: Troy Aikman sounds off on Fox Sports signing Skip Bayless — “I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected and credible individuals,” Aikman said, “none of which applies to Skip Bayless.” — Troy Aikman has worked for Fox Sports for 15 years …
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ITT Educational Services, Inc. to Cease Operations at all ITT Technical Institutes Following Federal Actions — CARMEL, Ind., Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Today, ITT Educational Services, Inc. released the following statement: — “It is with profound regret that we must report …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Five reasons Hillary could be blowing it — Everybody who has ever worked for Hillary Clinton, covered her, supported her with clutched rosary and gnarled innards through the darkest days — or even watched her with educated interest from afar — knew this moment would come.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Impeach Clinton to Bar Her from Holding Federal Office. It's Constitutional. — For months, I have been arguing that Hillary Clinton should be impeached. It is all well and good to prosecute a former government official for any crimes she has committed.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Flake fires back at Trump, warns GOP — Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake is firing back against Donald Trump with a warning for the Republican Party at large. — The Republican presidential nominee denounced Flake as “very weak and ineffective,” particularly with respect to illegal immigration …
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Freya Noble / Daily Mail:
The moment Ann Coulter leaves Australian TV host speechless after she calls a fallen US soldier's father Khizr Khan a ‘snarling Muslim’ — By , FREYA NOBLE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA — Conservative Australian commentator Andrew Bolt has been rendered speechless by right-wing American political pundit Ann Coulter.
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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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