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BuzzFeed:
Colin Powell Calls Trump A “National Disgrace” In Personal Emails — The former secretary of state also blasted the Republican nominee for president for embarking on a “racist” movement, according to his private emails seen by BuzzFeed News. — Paul Morigi / Getty Images
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The Daily Caller, NBC News, Raw Story, Washington Times, Politico, AOL, New York Magazine, Politicus USA and The Week
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The Intercept:
Colin Powell Urged Hillary Clinton's Team Not to Scapegoat Him for Her Private Server, Leaked Emails Reveal — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell attempted to discourage Hillary Clinton and her team from using him as a scapegoat for her private email server problems, according to newly leaked emails from Powell's Gmail account.
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The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
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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CNN:
House Democrats seek investigation of Trump Foundation
House Democrats seek investigation of Trump Foundation
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BuzzFeed, Washington Post, The Atlantic, Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and Politicus USA
Steve Eder / New York Times:
New York Attorney General to Investigate Donald Trump's Nonprofit
New York Attorney General to Investigate Donald Trump's Nonprofit
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Daily Kos
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.
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Kimmel: Clinton Conspiracy Theories Would Be Harder to Believe If They Didn't Actually Come True — ABC's Jimmy Kimmel joked on his late night show that it would be more difficult to believe “conspiracy theories” about Hillary Clinton's health “if they didn't actually come true.”
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Infowars
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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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Washington Free Beacon and The Gateway Pundit
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Awkward Timing: Hillary Clinton Featured In New Issue Of 'Women's Health'
Awkward Timing: Hillary Clinton Featured In New Issue Of 'Women's Health'
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Deadline, RedState, SFist, New Urban Legends and twitchy.com
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
New Guccifer 2.0 Leaks - PAY FOR PLAY - Top DNC Donors Were Awarded Federal Posts Following Donations — On Tuesday night Guccifer 2.0 dropped 600MB worth of new “DNC Documents.” … The DNC released a statement bracing for the new batch of documents. … THIS IS BIG—
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Cory Bennett / Politico:
Guccifer 2.0 drops more DNC docs — The hacker persona Guccifer 2.0 has released a new trove of documents that allegedly reveal more information about the Democratic National Committee's finances and personal information on Democratic donors, as well as details about the DNC's network infrastructure.
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Motherboard, Engadget, heave-ho.org, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The brilliance of Hillary Clinton's ‘deplorables’
The brilliance of Hillary Clinton's ‘deplorables’
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Hot Air, Daily Kos, Raw Story, Power Line and Politico
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 …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama and Clinton plot a final-stretch blitz — PHILADELPHIA — Next up: recreating that hug. — President Barack Obama was back here Tuesday, seven weeks and just a few miles from where he gave his big Democratic convention speech for Hillary Clinton — and, most importantly, for the campaign.
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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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Taylor Marsh, Politico, Washingtonian, CNN and Washington Monthly
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton to return to campaign trail Thursday
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Chelsea Manning Told She Will Receive Gender Transition Surgery, Her Lawyer Says — WASHINGTON — Army officials have informed Chelsea Manning that they will provide her with gender transition surgery, her lawyer tells BuzzFeed News. — A lawyer for Manning, the ACLU's Chase Strangio …
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New York Times, fox8.com, New York Magazine, RT, Refinery29 and The Verge
Tennessean.com:
Next Slide — “No matter how guilty you think I am, there are aspects of this situation that should bother you,” Durham said. — Durham, however, was not present for the expulsion vote, having abruptly departed after listening to his colleagues and fielding questions for nearly an hour.
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Talking Points Memo
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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Hullabaloo
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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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New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News, The Atlantic, Mashable, Forbes, Engadget, Bleacher Report, Refinery29, RT, The Verge, Vocativ and The Week
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J. Weston Phippen / The Atlantic:
The Hack on U.S. Olympians' Medical Records
The Hack on U.S. Olympians' Medical Records
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Computerworld, AOL, Mashable and The Root
Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
U.S. Household Income Grew 5.2 Percent in 2015, Breaking Pattern of Stagnation — WASHINGTON — Americans last year reaped the largest economic gains in nearly a generation as poverty fell, health insurance coverage spread and incomes rose sharply for households on every rung of the economic ladder, ending years of stagnation.
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Refinery29, Marginal REVOLUTION, Associated Press, Morning Consult, News Releases and The Week
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Ivy League Student Brought To Tears By Trump Chalking [VIDEO] — Conservative activist James O'Keefe visited Columbia University's campus in late August and brought a student to tears by showing his support for Donald Trump in chalk and cardboard bricks.
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The Gateway Pundit and Independent Journal Review
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.
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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CANNONFIRE, Mother Jones and Washington Monthly
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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RedState, Mediaite, Fox News Insider, Talking Points Memo and Politico
Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
ISIS ‘celebrate Eid’ by hanging ‘US spies’ from meat hooks and butcher them ‘like sheep’ in ‘worst ever video’ that also shows Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible — ISIS has marked Eid by hanging prisoners upside down from meat hooks and ‘butchering them like sheep’ in a gruesome new execution video.
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Pamela Geller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and New York Times
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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RT, FOX News Radio, BizPac Review and Scared Monkeys