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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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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump's pay for play scandal intensifies — The swirl of scandal around Donald Trump's donation to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is intensifying, with the Republican nominee and his aides vigorously pushing back against the idea that he bought the decision by Bondi to not pursue an investigation into his Trump University.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bill Clinton accuses Trump of using charity money to ‘pay off’ Pam Bondi
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Presidential Race Up for Grabs in Florida — PPP's newest Florida poll finds a very tight race for President in the state. In the full field Donald Trump gets 44% to 43% for Hillary Clinton, with Gary Johnson at 5%, and Jill Stein and Evan McMullin each at 1%.
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New York Times:
Senate Democrats Block Zika Bill Over Planned Parenthood Provisions
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
GOP Congressman Brings Jar Of Mosquitoes To House Floor To Talk About Zika Bill
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Joe.My.God.
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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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 …
Evan Vucci / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Outlines Scattershot Plan For Yooooge Military Buildup — Donald Trump laid out a national security plan that would dramatically increase defense spending and troop levels during a Wednesday address at the Union League of Philadelphia. — Calling for a Middle East policy …
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump says he would give generals 30 days to present plan to defeat Islamic State
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Donald Trump Wants Plan Within 30 Days to Defeat ISIS if Elected
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Blair Emerson / Bismarck Tribune:
Charges to be filed against presidential candidate — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, center, meets with Dakota Access Pipeline protesters on Tuesday in Morton County. — Buy Now — Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier speaks at a press conference Tuesday afternoon …
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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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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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Radio host Levin reverses: 'I'm gonna vote for Donald Trump'
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The Gateway Pundit, Western Journalism and The Last Tradition
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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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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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 …
Ben White / Politico:
63 days to freedom — 63 DAYS TO FREEDOM — Here we go folks. Just over two months and this entire, dismal, garbage fire campaign will come to a merciful end. The race tightened somewhat over the late summer with Donald Trump consolidating some of the GOP vote and Hillary Clinton largely …
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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.”
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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.
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Hit & Run
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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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump, committees raise $90M in August, well short of Clinton's total — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and his joint committees raised $90 million in August, a substantial haul for a candidate late to fundraising but one that still significantly trails Hillary Clinton's enormous summer totals.
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 …
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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James West / Mother Jones:
Senator Calls for Homeland Security to Investigate Trump's Model Agency — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is calling on federal authorities to investigate Trump Model Management for alleged labor and immigration violations, in the wake of a Mother Jones investigation of the company.
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ThinkProgress, Barbara Boxer, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and Media Matters for America
John Bresnahan / Politico:
House plans to vote to allow 9/11 lawsuits against Saudi Arabia — The House will vote this week on a controversial bill allowing the families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts, a Republican leadership source said Wednesday. — The legislation, approved unanimously by the Senate in May …
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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.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Worse Than the Depression: 1 in 6 Working Age Males Has No Job Under Obama — The numbers are in and after seven years of Obamanomics the economic climate in America is “worse than the depression.” — One in six working age males in America has no job. — Millions of men …
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NPR
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Behind Closed Doors, Donald Trump's Adviser Explains His Real Economic Plan — The departments of Commerce and Energy are out. Millions of new drilling and mining jobs are in. — National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post — WASHINGTON At a private meeting of conservatives …
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