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The Huffington Post:
Trump Held Fundraiser For Pam Bondi At Mar-a-Lago After She Dropped Investigation — The Republican Party of Florida paid much less for the venue than Trump's own campaign has paid. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON In March 2014, Donald Trump opened …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Donation Is His Latest Brush With Campaign Fund Rules — Donald J. Trump, who has repeatedly denounced pay-to-play politics during his insurgent campaign, is now defending himself against claims that he donated $25,000 to a group supporting the Florida attorney general …
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New York Times:
Pay to Play, Mr. Trump?
Pay to Play, Mr. Trump?
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Dallas Morning News:
We recommend Hillary Clinton for U.S. president — There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton. — We don't come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump camp tries to clarify his ‘I love war’ comment — Donald Trump's campaign manager fired back Wednesday at an ad produced by the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Priorities USA taking on the Republican nominee's fitness to be commander in chief. — The 30-second ad out Tuesday, titled …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Swing State Polls: All Tied Up in Battlegrounds, Including...Texas?
Swing State Polls: All Tied Up in Battlegrounds, Including...Texas?
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New trove of Clinton Benghazi emails proves thin — A set of about 30 Benghazi-related messages found by the FBI during their investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email system turns out to contain little fodder for critics or supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee.
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Clinton's campaign manager kept blacklist of potential hires
Clinton's campaign manager kept blacklist of potential hires
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Donald Trump ending press ‘blacklist’ — Donald Trump is ending a practice most journalists think he never should have started: his “blacklisting” of news outlets. — Effective on Thursday, the Trump campaign says it will approve requests for press credentials from The Washington Post …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump ending media ‘blacklist’ — is ending his “blacklist” of media outlets. — Trump's presidential campaign had been denying press credential requests from the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Univision, the Daily Beast, Politico and other news organizations over what the campaign considered unfair coverage.
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The Hill:
A fall road map for Senate Democrats — With summer vacation ending, students all across America have returned to the classroom, excited to learn. — This week, after the longest summer recess in Senate history, lawmakers are also returning to Washington.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP outside groups tout massive Senate fundraising haul
St. Louis American:
Ferguson activist Darren Seals dies at 29 — Darren Seals wearing his signature “Straight Outta Ferguson” t-shirt as he posed with fellow activists Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Bree Newsome and Dr. Cornel West during the “Ferguson is Everywhere” hip-hop concert on August 9, 2015.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate — Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump. Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery. — In all nine states where he has officially qualified …
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Peter Thiel / Washington Post:
Trump has taught us this year's most important political lesson — The writer is an entrepreneur and investor. — Our government used to get things done. The Manhattan Project coordinated the work of more than 130,000 people in over a dozen states. It was difficult, unprecedented — and successful.
Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
America's uninsured rate just dropped to a new low — Fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before, new federal data shows. — Quarterly numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) show that the uninsured rate fell to 8.6 percent during the first three months of 2016.
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Jon Favreau / The Ringer:
Longtime Listener, First-Time Candidate — Donald Trump and the entertainers who took over the Republican Party are trying to reach their biggest audience yet — are now just 20 days away from what may turn out to be the most watched political event in history: the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's ‘Invisible Guiding Hand’ — BROOKLYN, N.Y. — There are only a handful of corner offices inside Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters, and they are mostly occupied by familiar names: campaign manager Robby Mook, campaign chairman John Podesta, and Huma Abedin, her ubiquitous confidante.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Transferred $1.3 Billion More in Cash to Iran After Initial Payment — First $400 million coincided with Iran's release of American prisoners and was used as leverage, officials have acknowledged — The Obama administration followed up a planeload of $400 million in cash sent to Iran …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump making a play for Virginia, despite long odds — THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump will spend more money this week in Virginia than anywhere else. Of the $3.5 million in advertising time he's booked, $1.9 million will go into the commonwealth. More specifically, $1.4 million will be spent in the D.C. market.
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Fox News, Media Matters for America, National Review and New York Magazine
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
Early voting reduced in 23 NC counties; 9 drop Sunday voting after NCGOP memo — RALEIGH — Voters in 23 North Carolina counties will have fewer opportunities to vote early than they did four years ago under schedules approved by Republican-led election boards.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Gift of Clinton — If the Trump campaign weren't such an all-consuming piece of performance art, the big story of this election would be the sheer shambolic strangeness of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. — The Democratic candidate is the most disliked nominee of modern times — except, of course, for her opponent.
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CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
NC man admits shooting ex-wife in Facebook video; son dies talking to 911 — NORLINA, N.C. (WNCN) - A Warren County man is on the run after shooting his ex-wife and then his 15-year-old son in the chest early Tuesday morning, police said. — The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. at a home located at 403 Hyco St. in Norlina.
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Poll: Arizona a toss-up between Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump — Arizona is a too-close-to-call presidential battleground between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, according to a new statewide Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll.
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Marie Waxel / KSLA-TV:
Bakery refuses to write ‘Trump 2016’ on cake — A Facebook post shared by a Bossier Parish teen is getting a lot of attention. — It reads, “Just left Albertsons. The woman behind the cake counter just refused to make me a birthday cake because I wanted Trump 2016 on it. Did that really just happen.”
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama Just Nominated A Muslim To Be A Federal Judge. That's A First. — Abid Qureshi would fill a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. — WASHINGTON President Barack Obama made history on Tuesday by nominating the first Muslim person to the federal judiciary, Abid Qureshi.
Phil Shiver / Conservative Review:
Levin: I'm voting for Trump ... here's why — Mark Levin made the big announcement Tuesday night on his radio show after methodically walking listeners through his rationale. — At the beginning of the program, Levin made sure his real feelings were known.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In every state, pessimism about Trump, Clinton and the impact of the election — The presidential campaign has intensified long-standing political divisions, but there is one area of broad agreement among voters in both red states and blue states — a pervasive pessimism that no matter the outcome …
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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Politico Co-Founder Jim VandeHei to Launch News Venture for Professionals — Service will sell subscriptions, aim at specialists in industries, such as tech, health care — Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei is preparing to unveil his next act: a media outlet targeting corporate executives …
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Camila Domonoske / NPR:
Video Appears To Show Tourists Destroying Popular Oregon Rock Formation — When the iconic sandstone formation known as “the duckbill” collapsed, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department wasn't suspicious. — Erosion happens. Rocks fall. The stretch of cliff where the formation was located …
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Gas tanks found in unmarked car by Paris' Notre Dame cathedral spark terror fears — “Several people” are being held in Paris after police found an unmarked car containing gas cylinders next to Notre Dame cathedral, according to French reports, sparking fears of a fresh terrorist plot.
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