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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Republicans Privately Panic At “Terrifying” Prospect Of Trump Win — The Clinton campaign's wobbly performance over the past 72 hours has set off a rash of behind-the-scenes handwringing among professional Republicans as they confront an unnerving new possibility: What if their nominee actually wins the White House?
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Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
TV anchor accidentally reports Hillary Clinton died — A TV anchor started his broadcast Sunday with a startling statement. — “Good evening,” said WABC weekend anchor Joe Torres. “We begin with Hillary Clinton's death.” — Torres didn't correct himself, but the broadcast continued …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘This is badgering’: Trump campaign manager comes unglued when CNN asks for proof of charity claims — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway lashed out at CNN host Alisyn Camerota on Tuesday and accused the media of “badgering” …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class
Obama blasts Trump as a phony champion of the working class
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
New York attorney general opens ‘inquiry’ into Trump Foundation — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation “to make sure it's complying with the laws governing charities in New York,” he said Tuesday.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The brilliance of Hillary Clinton's ‘deplorables’ — Could there be a clunkier phrase than “basket of deplorables”? Hillary Clinton's assertion that half — or maybe something less than half — of Donald Trump's supporters are “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic …
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Democrats Push for Federal Look Into Donald Trump's Donation in Florida
Democrats Push for Federal Look Into Donald Trump's Donation in Florida
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CNN:
House Democrats seek investigation of Trump Foundation
House Democrats seek investigation of Trump Foundation
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Pence tries to douse David Duke fire
Pence tries to douse David Duke fire
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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
New poll shows competitive 2016 race in Maine — Of all the states once seen as clearly in Hillary Clinton's column, a new survey identifies the one perhaps most likely to tip to Donald Trump — and that state is Maine. — A Colby College-Boston Globe poll released Tuesday shows …
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Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
THE GEORGE W. BUSH WHITE HOUSE ‘LOST’ 22 MILLION EMAILS — IN THE MAGAZINE — Like Clinton, the Bush White House used a private email server—its was owned by the Republican National Committee. And the Bush administration failed to store its emails, as required by law …
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CNN:
Obama steps in as Clinton recovers
Obama steps in as Clinton recovers
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Donald Trump unveils child-care policy influenced by Ivanka Trump — ASTON, Pa. — Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled several policy proposals for lowering child-care costs that were crafted in part by his eldest daughter, Ivanka, including a plan to guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump to call for six weeks paid maternity leave
Trump to call for six weeks paid maternity leave
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CBS News Edits Out Embarrassing Verbal Slip in Bill Clinton Interview — When airing an interview with former president and would-be First Husband Bill Clinton, CBS News edited out a verbal slip that would have reflected poorly on his wife Hillary Clinton. — Clinton sat down with Charlie …
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Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Bevin says physical fight may be needed to preserve conservative values — Gov. Matt Bevin said Saturday that America is at a fork in the road and if something isn't done soon to protect religious and conservative values, people might have to physically fight for them.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Kentucky's governor said something really scary over the weekend
Kentucky's governor said something really scary over the weekend
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Democrat apologizes for remarks about Clinton and sex — (D-Fla.) apologized Tuesday for “poorly worded” comments he made over the weekend, when he said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — “is under no illusions that you want to have sex with her.”
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Coulter: ‘I would die’ for Trump — Ann Coulter, whose support of Donald Trump — at one point appeared to falter with his shifting immigration stance, is standing by the Republican nominee no matter what. — “I worship him like the North Koreans worship the ‘Dear Leaders’ — yes …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Ann Coulter, doyenne of the deplorables
Ann Coulter, doyenne of the deplorables
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Are The Media Objectively Pro-Trump? — Because they are, at this point. It's not even false equivalence: compare the amount of attention given to the Clinton Foundation despite absence of any evidence of wrongdoing, and attention given to Trump Foundation, which engaged in more or less open bribery …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Dr. Oz pledges to avoid questions Trump 'doesn't want to have answered' — Mehmet Oz on Tuesday promised to ask Donald Trump “pointed questions” about his health when he sits down with him this week, but in the same interview Oz pledged that he will not ask Trump “questions he doesn't want to have answered.”
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US Census / News Releases:
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015 — SEPT. 13, 2016 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income increased by 5.2 percent between 2014 and 2015 while the official poverty rate decreased 1.2 percentage points.
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World Anti-Doping Agency:
WADA Confirms Attack by Russian Cyber Espionage Group — The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that a Russian cyber espionage group operator by the name of Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bear, illegally gained access to WADA's Anti-Doping Administration and Management System …
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Aaron Adelson / WLOS-TV:
69-year-old woman punched in face outside rally by Trump supporter — ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Police say they arrested five people at Trump's Monday night rally in Asheville, and as of publishing have warrants out for two more people. Police plan to arrest Richard Campbell of Edisto Island, South Carolina for assault on a female.
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Bob Owens / Bearing Arms:
BREAKING: Katie Couric Sued for $12 Million For Defamation In Anti-Gun Documentary — Film producer Katie Couric and her director Stephanie Soechtig edited their anti-gun documentary Under the Gun in order to make a gun rights group in Virginia look as if they couldn't answer a simple question.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Liberal groups frustrate Democrats with GOP endorsements — Two major liberal outside groups have endorsed Republicans in Senate races, frustrating Democrats who see the majority as within their grasp. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which advocates for LGBT rights …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Democrats brace against potential 2018 Senate ‘disaster’
Democrats brace against potential 2018 Senate ‘disaster’
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Ethan Barton / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: John Kerry's State Department Funneled MILLIONS To His Daughter's Nonprofit — More than $9 million of Department of State money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry's daughter, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation show.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Crisis at The Times And That Public Editor Piece — I had a chance to read New York Times public editor Liz Spayd's much discussed column on “false balance.” I've seen many ‘false balance’ critics attacking it and countless national news reporters embracing it.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center:
The Parties on the Eve of the 2016 Election: Two Coalitions, Moving Further Apart — Trends in voter party identification 1992-2016 — Ahead of the presidential election, the demographic profiles of the Republican and Democratic parties are strikingly different.
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Salena Zito / The Atlantic:
Why Democrats in Western Pennsylvania Are Voting Trump — CHARLEROI, Pa.—Angela LeJohn is 49, has worked at a local energy company for nine years, and loves it. A registered Democrat, she never once voted for a Republican and never expected to entertain such a thought—not even in a local election—until this year.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Sen. Menendez loses in appeals court — Sen. Robert Menendez has lost another round in federal court in seeking to have the bribery and corruption charges against him dismissed, and the New Jersey Democrat will now ask the Supreme Court to get involved in his case.
Daily Mail:
Did Clinton bring her personal DOCTOR to 9/11 memorial where she collapsed? Woman seen 'checking Hillary's pulse' may be her physician — Clinton's collapse at the 9/11 memorial on Sunday was initially said to be because of over-heating but it was then revealed she has pneumonia
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