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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
AHMAD KHAN RAHAMI … The FBI is asking for assistance in locating Ahmad Khan Rahami. Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York.
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Marty Golden / New York Daily News:
FBI arrests five people near Verrazano Bridge in possible connection to Chelsea bombing after bomb cache find in New Jersey — Federal agents busted five people in Brooklyn in a possible connection to the Chelsea bombing late Sunday, law enforcement sources said.
New York Times:
Police Raid New Jersey Home in Search of Manhattan Bomber — Hours after five pipe bombs were discovered near a train station in Elizabeth, N.J., federal agents and the police raided a home nearby early Monday morning as part of the sweeping search for the person or people responsible for Saturday night's bombing in Manhattan.
New York Daily News:
New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami identified as first person wanted in connection with NYC bombing — Authorities started a fierce search Monday morning for the first person sought in connection with the New York City bombing over the weekend. — Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28 …
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NBC News:
Ahmad Rahami Identified as N.Y., N.J. Bombings Suspect: Officials — ELIZABETH, N.J. — Law enforcement officials are searching for a 28-year-old man suspected of playing a role in the series of blasts that have terrorized New York and New Jersey over the last three days.
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New York Post:
FBI raids New Jersey building near where suspicious devices found
FBI raids New Jersey building near where suspicious devices found
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Fox News, Liberty Unyielding and BizPac Review
New Jersey Online:
Blast heard at scene of ‘possible live bomb’ at Elizabeth train station
Blast heard at scene of ‘possible live bomb’ at Elizabeth train station
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CBS New York, The Week, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Sputnik International
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Police connect New York, N.J. bombings, seek same man for questioning in both
Police connect New York, N.J. bombings, seek same man for questioning in both
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NPR, The Right Scoop, The Daily Caller, The Root, The Week, ThinkProgress and New York Times
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Sources: Up to 5 People in FBI Custody in Connection With NY Bombing, Following Traffic Stop
Sources: Up to 5 People in FBI Custody in Connection With NY Bombing, Following Traffic Stop
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Talking Points Memo, USA Today, RedState, Los Angeles Times, AOL, New York's PIX11, Mashable, The Daily Caller and NPR
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Kasich camp bashes Priebus, warns of national GOP ‘wipeout’ — Ohio Gov. John Kasich's war with the national Republican Party exploded into the open Sunday night, when his top adviser thrashed GOP leader Reince Priebus and hinted that the presidential election may be out of reach for Donald Trump.
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump shatters GOP records with small donors
Trump shatters GOP records with small donors
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The Week and The Last Refuge
Paul Walsh / Star Tribune:
Family ID's attacker behind ‘potential act of terrorism’ in St. Cloud — The attacker who wounded 9 inside the mall was shot and killed by an off-duty officer. The father revealed the suspect's identity. — Video (03:30) : Including a description of surveillance video from the mall and the FBI's role in seeking out motive.
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Siena College:
Clinton 41 Trump 40 in Four-Way Sunshine State Race … New York Times Upshot/ Siena College Florida Poll: — Rubio Tops Murphy by Six Points — Florida Closely Divided on Key Issues: Obamacare, Immigration, Wall with Mexico, Govt. Stimulus & 2nd Amendment — Loudonville, NY.
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Florida Politics
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
White Voters Keep Trump's Hopes Alive in Must-Win Florida
White Voters Keep Trump's Hopes Alive in Must-Win Florida
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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Spooked by Charity Probe — Those in Donald Trump's orbit appear to be nervous about the swirling scandal around the Trump Foundation—and they should be: the stakes are incredibly high. — The allegations of a quid pro quo between Trump and Florida Attorney General …
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Political Wire, alan.com and Media Matters for America
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Christie's claim that Trump did not ‘on a regular basis’ spout birther nonsense after 2011 — JAKE TAPPER: “Well, just as a point of fact, again, Donald Trump did not accept when Barack Obama released his birth certificate in 2011. He kept up this whole birther thing until Friday. That's five years.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
The Truth: Clinton Staffer Who Saw Birther Email in 2007 Called it ‘Racist and Ignorant’
The Truth: Clinton Staffer Who Saw Birther Email in 2007 Called it ‘Racist and Ignorant’
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HUUGE! Trump Now Winning in IA, NM, FL, CO, NV - 5 States Obama Won Twice
HUUGE! Trump Now Winning in IA, NM, FL, CO, NV - 5 States Obama Won Twice
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Infowars, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Larry Celona / New York Post:
FBI detains 5 in connection to Chelsea bombing … FBI agents stopped a car in Brooklyn carrying five men who may be connected to Saturday's bombing in Chelsea, sources said. — The men were heading over the Verrazano Bridge from Staten Island to Brooklyn when they were stopped Sunday night.
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USA Today and BizPac Review
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Death of ‘He Said, She Said’ Journalism — Last Saturday, The New York Times published an extraordinary story. What made the story extraordinary wasn't the event the Times covered. What made it extraordinary was the way the Times covered it. — On its front page, top right …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Obama faults ‘misinformation’ from Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, blogs — President Obama says “misinformation” fed by Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and right-wing web sites partly explains why the presidential race is such a nail-biter. — At a fundraiser in New York City, he cited political polarization …
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RedState and BizPac Review
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate accuses Obama of ‘otherness’ — and then scrambles to walk it back — Just as conservatives felt they had deep-sixed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's five years of questioning President Barack Obama's place of birth, the head of a super PAC boosting Trump's candidacy opened …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump super PAC strategist says there is an ‘otherness’ to Obama
Trump super PAC strategist says there is an ‘otherness’ to Obama
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The Week
Dylan Scott / STAT:
In interview, Biden outlines a lifelong role in cancer research, but not in a Clinton White House — HOUSTON — Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to dedicate his career after politics to cancer research — and to do so for “as long as I'm alive” — but ruled out serving …
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The Week
Alan Cole / Tax Foundation:
Details and Analysis of the Donald Trump Tax Reform Plan, September 2016 — By — Key Findings — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's tax plan would significantly reduce income taxes and corporate taxes, and eliminate the estate tax. — According to the Tax Foundation's Taxes …
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Washington Times
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The Progressive Case For Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming — For a lot of liberals, the most important goal of this election is to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. And since Trump naturally sucks up most of the political oxygen, that means lots of blogging about Trump and not so much about Clinton.
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