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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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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Has Trump hit his ceiling? — Donald Trump has run head-first into an electoral wall. — In poll after poll, Trump isn't even close to winning a majority of the vote. While he's narrowed the gap between his campaign and Hillary Clinton in recent weeks, in the past 21 national polls …
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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 …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Greta Van Susteren to leave Fox News — Fox News host Greta Van Susteren will be leaving Fox News after 14 years at the network. — Brit Hume will take over as the anchor for “On the Record.” … The news comes the same day that Fox News agreed to settle former anchor Gretchen Carlson's …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Fox Apologizes to Gretchen Carlson and Pays Her a Reported $20 Million — Then Announces Greta Van Susteren Is Leaving
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
Greta Van Susteren Abruptly Leaving Fox News After 14 Years
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Greta Van Susteren abruptly leaves Fox News
Greta Van Susteren abruptly leaves Fox News
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Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Clinton Turns Coughing Fit Into Trump Comedy Bit — Clinton Turns Coughing Fit Into Joke About Trump 0:38 — Hillary Clinton struggled to fight back a coughing fit while campaigning in Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday. — “I've been talking so much,” Clinton said with a hoarse voice.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Can we just stop talking about Hillary Clinton's health now?
Can we just stop talking about Hillary Clinton's health now?
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Clinton Campaign Dogpiles NBC Reporter for Covering Hillary's Coughing Attack
Clinton Campaign Dogpiles NBC Reporter for Covering Hillary's Coughing Attack
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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 [VIDEO]
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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 — Donald J. Trump's campaign will release an open letter on Tuesday from about 90 retired generals and military officials endorsing his presidential campaign, urging a “long overdue course correction in our national security posture.”
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump earns endorsement of 88 retired generals, admirals
Trump earns endorsement of 88 retired generals, admirals
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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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CNN:
CHICAGO VS. OTHER CITIES — When you compare Chicago's homicide rate to that of other big cities in the country — New York and Los Angeles, for example — it tops the list. — But Chicago is not the homicide capital of the United States. — New Orleans, St. Louis, Detroit …
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's news conference drought is finally over. Or is it? — Hillary Clinton took questions from reporters aboard her campaign plane Monday, but seemingly more interesting than what she said is what to call the session in which she said it. Was it a news conference or something else …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Timing of Russian hack aimed at helping Trump
Hillary Clinton: Timing of Russian hack aimed at helping Trump
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Here's what Hillary Clinton told the traveling press corps aboard her campaign plane
Here's what Hillary Clinton told the traveling press corps aboard her campaign plane
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
More Records Releases Loom for Hillary Clinton
More Records Releases Loom for Hillary Clinton
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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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
How Donald Trump made it look like he was bribing the attorney general of Florida
How Donald Trump made it look like he was bribing the attorney general of Florida
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ITT Educational Services, Inc. - Investor Relations:
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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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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Phyllis Schlafly / WND:
Trump in Mexico recalls Reagan in Geneva — Phyllis Schlafly recalls Gipper's no-surrender issue that led to end of Cold War — Phyllis Schlafly is a lawyer, conservative political analyst and author of 20 books. Her latest is “Who Killed the American Family?”
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Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: How Elizabeth Holmes's House of Cards Came Tumbling Down — In a searing investigation into the once lauded biotech start-up Theranos, Nick Bilton discovers that its precocious founder defied medical experts—even her own chief scientist—about the veracity of its now discredited blood-testing technology.
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.
Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Pentagon: ‘Play hardball’ against Ryan plan — The Pentagon has crafted a secret plan to play “hardball” against House Speaker Paul Ryan's defense spending proposal, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO that calls for pitting the House and Senate against each other, capitalizing on the …
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