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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Things just got very, very heated between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Matthews — Rudy Giuliani is the highest-profile Donald Trump supporter to publicly raise questions about Hillary Clinton's health. While Trump himself relies more on innuendo, the former New York mayor prefers to be more direct.
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CANNONFIRE and The Resurgent
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RT:
Iraq, Hillary and baseball: Donald Trump talks to Larry King (RT EXCLUSIVE) … Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells RT's Larry King that he doesn't dislike Hillary Clinton, but that she's not the person to make America great again - and that their televised duel Wednesday was more fun than baseball.
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Washington Times, The Hill and Business Insider
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office — On Thursday, the full force of the Democratic Party, including President Obama, rallied around Hillary Clinton, saying that rival Donald Trump is unfit for office. — On the Republican side, there was no such unity …
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Political Wire, Informed Comment, New York Magazine and Politico
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Trump attacks U.S. foreign policy, political press corps on state-owned Russian television network — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized U.S. foreign policy and the American political press corps Thursday during an interview on RT America, a state-owned Russian television network.
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New Century Times, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Stands By Embrace of Putin
Donald Trump's Campaign Stands By Embrace of Putin
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Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Politico and The Week
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Giuliani: ‘Trump believes now that Obama was born in the U.S.’
Giuliani: ‘Trump believes now that Obama was born in the U.S.’
Discussion:
Political Wire
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’
Mike Pence defends Donald Trump comments on Vladimir Putin: ‘inarguable’
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Talking Points Memo, Balloon Juice, New York Magazine, The Hill, Washington Post, The Week, Hot Air, Daily Kos, CBS Pittsburgh and France 24
William Saletan / Slate:
NBC's Commander in Chief Forum Was an Authoritarian Farce
NBC's Commander in Chief Forum Was an Authoritarian Farce
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NBC News, The Stranger …, fox8.com, Washington Post, PolitiFact and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
The Hillary Clinton email story is out of control — JUDGING BY the amount of time NBC's Matt Lauer spent pressing Hillary Clinton on her emails during Wednesday's national security presidential forum, one would think that her homebrew server was one of the most important issues facing the country this election.
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Mother Jones, The Week, Balloon Juice, CNN, Hillary Clinton Speeches and Breitbart
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New York Times:
A Debate Disaster Waiting to Happen — There was not much of a contest in Wednesday night's forum with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Mrs. Clinton answered the questions of the moderator, Matt Lauer, in coherent sentences, often with specific details. Mr. Trump alternated between …
Discussion:
Vox, Washington Post and Ghosts of Tom Joad
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Behind scenes, NBC execs concede Matt Lauer forum performance was “disaster”
Behind scenes, NBC execs concede Matt Lauer forum performance was “disaster”
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ok, I Admit It: I'm a Lauer Truther
Ok, I Admit It: I'm a Lauer Truther
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Balloon Juice, The Atlantic and Vox
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates
Matt Lauer Loses the War in a Battle Between the Candidates
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The Week, Salon, New Century Times, Daily Kos, Mashable, Mediaite, Towleroad, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, Liberty Unyielding and Lawyers, Guns & Money
NBC News:
What Really Happened at Donald Trump's Intelligence Briefing — What ‘body language’ is Trump talking about? — As U.S. officials cast doubt on Donald Trump's claim he read the “body language” of intelligence officials at a recent briefing, NBC News has learned exclusive details …
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Washington Post, Politico, Gothamist, Daily Kos, Independent Journal Review, Balloon Juice, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, alan.com, Raw Story and Hot Air
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Clinton Slams Trump But Blabbed About Briefing in 2008 — Clinton on the offensive following IAVA Forum 5:07 — Hillary Clinton slammed Donald Trump for talking about an intelligence briefing he received — but she's done it, too. — “I think what he said was totally inappropriate …
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CNBC, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon and Balloon Juice
Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Donald Trump offers nine explanations of his Iraq War stance in 13 minutes — Most of Trump's explanations for his position on the war in 2002 and 2003 were dishonest, contradictory or both. — WASHINGTON—Donald Trump supported the invasion of Iraq. This is a matter of public record.
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Salon, Raw Story, Business Insider, Mediaite, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, New York Times, New York Magazine, NBC News, Vox, Media Matters for America and Liberty Unyielding
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Donald J. Trump / Esquire:
Donald Trump: How I'd Run the Country (Better)
Donald Trump: How I'd Run the Country (Better)
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CNN, ABC News, Politico, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, Little Green Footballs, Vox, Political Wire and Guardian
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks
Trump: I Would've Captured Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11 Attacks
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New Century Times, alan.com, Fox News Insider and The Week
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Seahawks Considering National Anthem Protest As A Team — In the fourth week of the preseason, two other NFL players joined Colin Kaepernick in sitting out the playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner”: his 49ers teammate Eric Reid, and Seahawks CB Jeremy Lane.
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Stephen Cohen / KOMO:
Seahawks players may expand national anthem protest Sunday vs Dolphins
Seahawks players may expand national anthem protest Sunday vs Dolphins
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Townhall.com, The Federalist, Florida Politics and Associated Press
Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
Super-PAC Telegraphs Battleground Strategy to Clinton Campaign — A conservation super-PAC's press release contains a kind of coded message about voters they're targeting to other organization on the left—like the Democratic nominee's campaign. — The League of Conservation Voters' super-PAC …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hill Republicans: Clinton investigations won't stop if she wins — Top GOP lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol are vowing that their investigations of Hillary Clinton will continue even if she wins the White House in November. — Indeed, the FBI wrapped up its investigation …
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Political Wire
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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts — Everyone hates paying bank fees. But imagine paying fees on a ghost account you didn't even sign up for. — That's exactly what happened to Wells Fargo customers nationwide.
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USA Today, Techdirt, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic and The Resurgent
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Michael Corkery / New York Times:
Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Fraudulently Opening Accounts
Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Fraudulently Opening Accounts
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Bloomberg, The Verge, KTLA, naked capitalism, The Daily Caller, Mother Jones, LawNewz and The Week
Garrett M. Graff / Politico:
'We're the Only Plane in the Sky' — Nearly every American above a certain age remembers precisely where they were on September 11, 2001. But for a tiny handful of people, those memories touch American presidential history. Shortly after the attacks began, the most powerful man in the world …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of Trump's D.C. policy shop — The Trump campaign built a large policy shop in Washington that has now largely melted away because of neglect, mismanagement and promises of pay that were never honored. Many of the team's former members say the campaign leadership never took …
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RedState, Politico, The Resurgent, Ying Ma, Raw Story, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo and The New Civil Rights Movement
PR Newswire:
Hillary's Health Concerns Serious, Say Most Doctors Polled by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) — Concerns about Hillary Clinton's health are “serious—could be disqualifying for the position of President of the U.S.,” say nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding …
Lauren Easton / The Definitive Source:
Statement on why AP deletes Clinton tweet — The Associated Press today is deleting a 2-week-old tweet about Hillary Clinton's meetings as Cabinet secretary after concluding the tweet fell short of AP standards by omitting essential context.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Maybe Trump can win — Once resigned to a November defeat, swing state Republicans are increasingly optimistic about Donald Trump's chances now that the GOP presidential nominee has closed a once-yawning deficit in the polls against Hillary Clinton.
Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
Sunday voting, additional early voting sites and hours restored in some counties despite GOP opposition — RALEIGH — Noting the watchful eye of a federal court, the State Board of Elections voted to restore Sunday early voting hours in several counties that had offered the option - popular among African-American voters - in 2012.
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Talking Points Memo, New York Times, The Charlotte Observer and Daily Kos
CNN:
Turkey suspends over 11,000 teachers for suspected terror links — Istanbul (CNN)Turkey has suspended thousands of teachers over alleged links to a militant Kurdish group, according to sources and state-run news agency Anadolu. — At least 11,285 schoolteachers across the country …
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The Week and Instapundit
Donald J Trump for President:
NEW SCHOOL CHOICE POLICIES TO BE UNVEILED BY DONALD J. TRUMP TODAY — Today Donald J. Trump Unveiled Four Proposals To Increase School Choice, Which Will Lead To Increased Student Performance — PROPOSAL: Mr. Trump's first budget will immediately add an additional federal investment of $20 billion towards school choice.
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EveryJoe, The Daily Caller and Politico