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Tom Fontaine / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Trump Jr. to Trib: Dad will ‘separate’ from business interests if elected — Donald Trump Jr. talks about his father's campaign with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review at the Trib's office on the North Shore, Wednesday, September 14, 2016. — BY TOM FONTAINE — Donald Trump Jr. dismissed …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Powell in leaked email slams Bill Clinton on continuing affairs with ‘bimbos’ — A website claiming to have hacked former Secretary of State Colin Powell's private emails has published correspondence that appears to show Powell accusing President Bill Clinton — of adultery.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Five dramatic revelations from Powell's leaked emails — Candid emails from former Secretary of State Colin Powell are causing a stir across the country with their blunt assessment of a host of Washington's stars. — The emails, released by hackers behind a WikiLeaks-type website believed …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Jr: My Dad's ‘12,000-Page’ Tax Return Would Prompt Too Many Queries — Donald Trump Jr. said that one reason his father has yet to receive his tax returns, in a break from four decades of precedent for presidential candidates, was that the complicated documents would provoke too many questions.
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Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
NEW YORK - Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with this one. — An email hacked from Colin Powell's Gmail account has him writing that he had just returned from the famed Bohemian Grove — a place the Washington Post once described as “where the rich and powerful go to misbehave” …
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Colin Powell: Bill Clinton ‘still d—ing bimbos (according to the NYP)’
Colin Powell: Bill Clinton ‘still d—ing bimbos (according to the NYP)’
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CBS News:
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton locked in tight race nationally - CBS/NYT poll — With the first debate less than two weeks away, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a tight race for the presidency nationally. Clinton has just a 2-point edge in a two-way match-up among likely voters.
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Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
Poll Shows Tight Race for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Poll Shows Tight Race for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
My gut worry about the polling shift toward Donald Trump
My gut worry about the polling shift toward Donald Trump
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Flint pastor: ‘She was like a nervous mess’ — The pastor in Flint, Michigan, who interrupted Donald Trump as he ripped into Hillary Clinton on Wednesday “was like a nervous mess” as she introduced him, the Republican nominee said Thursday, adding that he “figured something was up.”
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Scott Detrow / NPR:
Trump Criticizes Flint Pastor — But Misstates Key Facts About Their Encounter — Donald Trump is lashing out against an African-American pastor who interrupted him Wednesday to chide him for campaigning in her Flint, Mich., church. — “Something was up,” Trump told Fox and Friends on Thurday morning.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Not in my house, pastor tells Trump
Not in my house, pastor tells Trump
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The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Wants Peter Thiel On The Supreme Court, Sources Say — The eccentric billionaire endorsed Trump in a speech at the Republican National Convention this summer. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Donald Trump has made it clear he will nominate Peter Thiel …
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Washington Post:
Donald Trump, scam artist … THE TRUMP campaign believes this editorial is not journalism. It is “badgering.” That is how campaign manager Kellyanne Conway described on Tuesday some simple questions The Post and others have asked Mr. Trump and his circle over the past several months about his supposed philanthropic activities.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump bought a 6-foot-tall portrait of himself with charity money. We may have found it.
Trump bought a 6-foot-tall portrait of himself with charity money. We may have found it.
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twitchy.com, The Week and New York Times
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Despite gestures, Trump is still the least transparent U.S. presidential candidate in modern history
Despite gestures, Trump is still the least transparent U.S. presidential candidate in modern history
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Prachi Gupta / Cosmopolitan:
Ivanka Trump on Her Father's New Child Care and Maternity Leave Policy — Cosmopolitan.com spoke to the 34-year-old Trump Organization executive about the plan she heavily influenced. — On Tuesday night, Donald Trump released a child care and maternity leave plan that offers new mothers six weeks …
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KRCG:
State senator sits in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick — State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, sat down during the Pledge of Allegiance at the Missouri state capitol Wednesday. — “I decided to not stand for the pledge of allegiance today to stand in solidarity with the cause of injustice …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Huckabee: Clinton health ‘cover-up’ like Nixon — Donald Trump surrogate Mike Huckabee pounced on Bill Clinton's mistaken pronouncement of his wife's condition as the “flu” rather than the diagnosed case of pneumonia, suggesting Thursday that there is a “cover-up” about the Democratic nominee's health similar …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Bill Clinton is no longer the closer
Joseph W. McQuaid / UnionLeader.com:
An Editorial — Joseph W. McQuaid, Publisher: A better choice for President (No need to hold your nose) — New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher … In 1972, Union Leader Publisher William Loeb found himself having to recommend either President Richard Nixon or challenger George McGovern.
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Emily Guskin / Washington Post:
Poll: Nearly half of Americans say voter fraud occurs often — Nearly half of Americans say that voter fraud occurs at least somewhat often according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a viewpoint at odds with studies showing it rarely occurs in U.S. elections.
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Julie Phelan / ABC News:
Pessimistic or Optimistic? Election-Wise, It Matters (POLL)
Pessimistic or Optimistic? Election-Wise, It Matters (POLL)
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP negotiators reach deal to postpone IRS impeachment vote — House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte have reached a tentative compromise to postpone a vote to impeach the IRS commissioner, sources familiar with the talks told POLITICO.
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
House Republicans Face New Tests of Their Irrelevance
House Republicans Face New Tests of Their Irrelevance
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Time to Face It: Trump Really Could Win This — If Democrats are starting to panic, they should. What else do they have to throw at him? — If you aren't seriously contemplating the biggest black swan event in American electoral history, you aren't paying attention.
Associated Press:
Boy, 13, fatally shot by police after pulling out BB gun — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A police officer responding to a reported armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy when the teen pulled a firearm from his waistband that was later determined to be a BB gun, police said Thursday.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
The Time Trump's Campaign Manager Called Americans “a Bunch of Pigs” — Immediately after the news broke that Hillary Clinton had said that half of Donald Trump's supporters were racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, or Islamophobic and belonged in a “basket of deplorables,” Kellyanne Conway …
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