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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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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 — Donald Trump and Mike Pence did a joint interview today with ABC News' David Muir and said that no one really cares about his taxes. — There has been enormous pressure on Trump to release his tax returns, following disclosures by Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine.
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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 — Hillary Clinton's national lead over Donald Trump remains steady at 6 points, according to the latest NBC News| SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll. — Clinton currently enjoys 48 percent support while Trump maintains 42 percent — the same margin as last week.
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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.
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump refuses to rule out legal status for undocumented immigrants
Trump refuses to rule out legal status for undocumented immigrants
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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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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump and Pence hit Ohio
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
Choke Artist: Hillary Clinton Has Yet Another Coughing Fit on Plane Ride from Ohio to Iowa
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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 …
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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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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 …
Peggy Hartshorn / The Federalist:
22 Years Ago, The Clintons Pulled A Colin Kaepernick On Mother Teresa — It's hard to overstate the symbolic power of sitting down. Today, a football player's refusal to stand for the National Anthem has garnered headline upon headline. Twenty-two years ago, a seated couple protested one of the world's most beloved figures.
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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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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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