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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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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 …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Granted Immunity to Specialist Who Deleted Hillary Clinton's Emails — WASHINGTON — A computer specialist who deleted Hillary Clinton's emails despite orders from Congress to preserve them was given immunity by the Justice Department during its investigation into her personal email account …
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Politico, Page Two, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Washington Free Beacon, Denver Post, Power Line and JONATHAN TURLEY
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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Outside the Beltway, Washington Free Beacon and Political Wire
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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CBS News, The Hill, Hot Air, RT, Daily Kos, The Week, New Century Times and Instapundit, more at Mediagazer »
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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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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
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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ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Week, Political Wire and Washington Free Beacon
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
On Russian TV, Trump says it's ‘unlikely’ Putin trying to sway election
On Russian TV, Trump says it's ‘unlikely’ Putin trying to sway election
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The New Civil Rights Movement, New York Magazine and Bloomberg
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office
Democrats rally around Clinton and paint Trump as unfit for office
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Politico, Political Wire, Informed Comment, New York Magazine and Hillary Clinton Speeches
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.’
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Dustin Moskovitz:
Compelled to Act — We're committing $20M to help Democrats in the 2016 election — Cari and I have dedicated our lives to figuring out how to do the most good we can with the resources we've been given. Until now, those efforts have not included making endorsements or contributions in presidential elections.
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Sasha Issenberg / Bloomberg:
Super-PAC Telegraphs Battleground Strategy to Clinton Campaign
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican insiders plot post-election party overhaul — Republican insiders opposed to Donald Trump have begun discussions to prepare a party overhaul whether its candidate wins the presidency or not. — They regard Trump as the symptom of a disease that afflicts the GOP and fear …
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Washington Post, The Resurgent and Political Wire
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Minnesota DFL:
Minnesota DFL Files Legal Challenge to Donald Trump Being Placed on Minnesota Ballot
Minnesota DFL Files Legal Challenge to Donald Trump Being Placed on Minnesota Ballot
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Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / Twin Cities:
DFL sues to get Donald Trump off Minnesota ballots
DFL sues to get Donald Trump off Minnesota ballots
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Capitol View, Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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Political Insider blog, Outside the Beltway and The Week
Politico:
President Obama condemns North Korean nuclear test — President Barack Obama on Friday denounced North Korea's latest test of a nuclear weapon, condemning the move “in the strongest possible terms as a grave threat to regional security and to international peace and stability.
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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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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Clinton Slams Trump But Blabbed About Briefing in 2008
Clinton Slams Trump But Blabbed About Briefing in 2008
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The Point, CNBC, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Washington Post and Washington Free Beacon
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Does body language really give Trump insight into intelligence operatives' thoughts? Um, no.
Does body language really give Trump insight into intelligence operatives' thoughts? Um, no.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
David Brock to Commission on Presidential Debates: Drop Chris Wallace — Media Matters founder David Brock is demanding that the Commission on Presidential Debates remove Fox News anchor Chris Wallace as moderator of the final presidential debate in October.
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RedState, Media Matters for America, BuzzFeed, The Week and CNNMoney
Julia Carrie Wong / Guardian:
Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes ‘napalm girl’ post — Norway's largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company's decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war — Norway's largest newspaper has published …
CNN:
Looking back at 9/11, Americans feel fear, anger, worry — Washington (CNN)Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans are increasingly worried that terrorists will strike in the days around the anniversary, and they are more likely than five years ago to feel fear and anger …
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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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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau:
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice of Secretly Opening Unauthorized Accounts — Bank Incentives to Boost Sales Figures Spurred Employees to Secretly Open Deposit and Credit Card Accounts — WASHINGTON, D.C. …
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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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Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts
5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired for creating over 2 million phony accounts
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USA Today, FiveThirtyEight, Techdirt, The Week, U.S. Uncut, The Atlantic and The Resurgent
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
'There's Nothing Better Than a Scared, Rich Candidate' — This past April, the American Association of Political Consultants gathered for its annual conference, known as the Pollies, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. During breaks between sessions ("Buying Votes in a Presidential Election," …
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bill Clinton: “If You're A White Southerner,” You Know What ‘Make America Great Again’ Really Means — Former President Bill Clinton stumps for his wife in Orlando, FL. He says that Donald Trump's promise to “Make America Great Again” is a racist codeword.
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Scared Monkeys and Independent Journal Review
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
2016 Is the Year of the Hack — Welcome to 2016, America's stupidest year, and if there's one word that sums it all up, one word that perfectly encapsulates the misery and disgrace of this terrible twelve months, it's the word “hack.” The year 2016 is all about hacks in every sense of the word.