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Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
TEXT OF LETTER WEINER ASKED TEEN TO SEND TO TEACHER — The teen wrote this letter but sent it to a fake email address and sent a copy to Weiner. Parts of the letter that might identify her are redacted. The teen told DailyMail.com what she had done. Weiner provided a copy of the letter in his belief it was sent to her teacher.
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Special Victims Unit launches investigation into Anthony Weiner after DailyMail.com reveals he had an on-line sexting relationship with 15-year-old girl — The high school girl, whose name is being withheld by DailyMail.com because she is a minor, reveals the online relationship began last January
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Leads Donald Trump by 6 Points in Latest WSJ/NBC Poll — Both candidates viewed negatively by majority of voters; third-party candidates at 12% support — Hillary Clinton is maintaining her edge over Republican rival Donald Trump despite recent campaign setbacks …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton leads Trump by 6 points in nationwide poll
Clinton leads Trump by 6 points in nationwide poll
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Nearly 70 Percent Have Concerns About Trump's Controversial Comments
Poll: Nearly 70 Percent Have Concerns About Trump's Controversial Comments
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Washington Post and Independent Journal Review
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rumblings=> Hillary Clinton May Cancel Debate on Monday — On Tuesday Hillary Clinton canceled her campaign fundraiser in North Carolina. — The campaign offered no explanation for the cancellation. — Hillary Clinton canceled several events after she collapsed at Ground Zero on 9-11.
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Is Missing From The Campaign Trail — Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton will only hold five rallies in September and doesn't have one scheduled for the foreseeable future, as she relies on surrogates to do her campaigning. — Her running mate Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Christie: Clinton's Comments On Tackling Systemic Racism “A Disgrace” Like Her
Christie: Clinton's Comments On Tackling Systemic Racism “A Disgrace” Like Her
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Corey Lewandowski Pulled From Appearing on CNN Morning Show — Editor's Note: Based on information from a high level CNN source, we initially reported that Corey Lewandowski was suspended from CNN. CNN has now gotten back to us and firmly denied that Lewandowski has been suspended …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Confirmed: Trump campaign is controlling every word of prominent CNN commentator — An insightful statement has emerged from the Donald Trump campaign. It concerns Corey Lewandowski, the former Trump campaign manager who was apparently fired from his post in June and then quickly signed on as a political commentator for CNN.
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Trump Campaign Paid Trump's Companies Over $500,000 In August
Trump Campaign Paid Trump's Companies Over $500,000 In August
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Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Unlike Trump Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative Has Data to Prove Its Worth — In many ways it was just like any year at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting, where non-profit leaders, politicians, and executives gather to talk about solving the world's hairiest problems, such as poverty, AIDS, the refugee crisis.
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Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Some donations to Trump Foundation count as Trump's money, aide says
Some donations to Trump Foundation count as Trump's money, aide says
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Clinton Foundation has become a clear liability, as Bill Clinton mounts his big defense
The Clinton Foundation has become a clear liability, as Bill Clinton mounts his big defense
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Politico, NewsBusters, RealClearPolitics and Mother Jones
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Bill Clinton on CGI legacy: ‘You have to keep this alive’
Bill Clinton on CGI legacy: ‘You have to keep this alive’
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ABC News
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Police union knocks Trump for suggesting Tulsa officer choked — The top official in the country's largest police union tweaked Donald Trump on Wednesday for leaping to blame the police officer who shot an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma. — The Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Trump last week …
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Yousef Saba / Politico:
Trump suggests Tulsa officer was ‘choking’ in fatal shooting
Trump suggests Tulsa officer was ‘choking’ in fatal shooting
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Thomas Patterson / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed If Clinton loses, blame the email controversy and the media — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a question from a member of the media after speaking at a rally at the University of North Carolina, in Greensboro, N.C., on Sept. 15. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)
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Thomas E. Patterson / Shorenstein Center:
News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Context
News Coverage of the 2016 National Conventions: Negative News, Lacking Context
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Raw Story, Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Avengers Assemble! Director Joss Whedon Launches Hillary Clinton Super PAC with Star-Studded Video (Watch) — The director's organization, Save the Day, will encourage left-leaning groups to vote for Hillary through a series of comedy videos featuring A-listers including Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Neil Patrick Harris.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump tops Clinton in battlegrounds Nevada, N. Carolina, Ohio — Donald Trump narrowly leads Hillary Clinton in the battleground states of Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio. — That's according to Fox News statewide likely voter polls conducted Sunday through Tuesday evenings.
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump praises ‘stop-and-frisk’ police tactic — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would consider using “stop-and-frisk” policing methods to cut crime if elected, according to two people who attended a Fox News “town hall” taping at a predominantly African-American church in Cleveland.
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
First on CNN: ISIS suspected of mustard attack against US and Iraqi troops — Photos: — The ISIS terror threat — People flee the scene of a terror attack at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on June 29. Turkish officials have strong evidence that ISIS leadership was involved in the planning of the attack …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton asks why she isn't beating Trump by 50 points — ORLANDO — Hillary Clinton gave voice Wednesday to a question on the minds of many of her fiercest advocates in her race against the controversy-prone Donald Trump: Why isn't she way, way ahead? — The Democratic nominee raised …
Liam Deacon / Breitbart:
Soros-Linked ‘October Surprise That Will End Trump’: The Campaign To Register 8 Million ‘Global Citizens’ To Vote — A new campaign, touted as the “October surprise that will end Trump”, is seeking to mobilise a “secret swing state” of more than 8 million mostly unregistered “global citizens” …
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
I called the Wells Fargo ethics line and was fired — Millions of phony accounts. Fake bank card PIN numbers. Fictitious email accounts. — Wells Fargo admitted to firing 5,300 employees for engaging in these shocking tactics. The bank earlier this month paid $185 million in penalties and has since apologized.
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Jennifer Bartlett / New York Times:
Longing for the Male Gaze — When I was in my early 30s, I practiced yoga at a studio in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. On most days, I walked there with two good friends — one who was in her 20s and one about my age — but occasionally we each got to class on our own.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Dems hijack IRS hearing to ask about Trump's taxes — Democrats are using a House hearing on whether IRS Commissioner John Koskinen should be impeached to raise questions about Donald Trump — 's taxes. — Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) declared the hearing “an obvious sham” …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Clinton's Samantha Bee Problem — When the histories of the Trump era are written from exile in Justin Trudeau's Canada, they will record that it was none other than Jimmy Fallon who brought down the republic. — Or so you might have thought, at least, listening the furious liberal reaction …
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John McTernan / CNN:
Clinton needs to stop taking a knife to a gun fight — If Clinton doesn't start taking on Trump directly on a more visceral level, she may spend the rest of her life regretting it, he says — John McTernan is a former speechwriter for ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair …