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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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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — New Hampshire — Clinton Leads Trump; Senate Race Neck and Neck — Republican leads for Governor — West Long Branch, NJ - New Hampshire may have been the scene of a big win for Donald Trump and an embarrassing loss for Hillary Clinton in the primaries …
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Marquette Law School Poll, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Politico, Talking Points Memo and Slate
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 …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Leads Trump Ahead of First Debate — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by six points among likely voters heading into the first presidential debate on Monday, according to a brand-new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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The Moderate Voice, Business Insider, Politicus USA and The New Civil Rights Movement
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump tops Clinton in battlegrounds Nevada, N. Carolina, Ohio
Fox News Poll: Trump tops Clinton in battlegrounds Nevada, N. Carolina, Ohio
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Business Insider and FOX News Radio
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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Hot Air
Military Times:
This poll of the U.S. military has Gary Johnson tied with Donald Trump in the race for president
This poll of the U.S. military has Gary Johnson tied with Donald Trump in the race for president
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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
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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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
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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Annie Karni / 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
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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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
Confirmed: Trump campaign is controlling every word of prominent CNN commentator
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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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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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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The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump ‘troubled’ by Tulsa shooting — says he is “very troubled” by the killing of an unarmed black man by police in Oklahoma, adding that it looked like the man killed did everything he should have done when he was confronted by police. — Trump offered the comments on Wednesday during …
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Police union knocks Trump for suggesting Tulsa officer choked
Police union knocks Trump for suggesting Tulsa officer choked
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Raw Story
CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
1 shot, 8 hurt, tear gas deployed in 2nd night of Charlotte police shooting protests — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCN) — One person is on life support after being shot as more violence and looting broke out at Wednesday night protests against the Charlotte police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Professor, the Cop, and the President — After the “beer summit,” the fallacy of a post-racial America was over—and white citizens never thought of Barack Obama the same way again. — Henry Louis Gates was just trying to get into his house. — It was July 16, 2009 …
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 …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Struggles to Replicate Obama's Small-Donor Juggernaut — WASHINGTON — In 2012, B. Rowe Winecoff, a retired social worker from Newton, Iowa, contributed $120 to President Obama's re-election campaign. But he has yet to give any money to Hillary Clinton in this election.
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)
Doris Kearns Goodwin / Vanity Fair:
Barack Obama and Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Ultimate Exit Interview — As his two-term presidency draws to a close, Barack Obama is looking back—at the legacies of his predecessors, as well as his own—and forward, to the freedom of life after the White House.
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Mediaite and Political Wire
Ben Garbarek / WSYX:
1-on-1 with Donald Trump — TOLEDO — Donald Trump spoke one-on-one with ABC6/FOX28 before his latest campaign stop Wednesday in Toledo. — Trump was running late so he would only answer three questions before taking the stage. — Here is the full transcript of the interview:
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Embraces Wider Use of Stop-and-Frisk by Police — Donald J. Trump on Wednesday endorsed the expansion of the contentious stop-and-frisk policing strategy in America's cities, embracing an aggressive tactic whose legality has been challenged and whose enforcement has been abandoned in New York …
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Politico, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Politicus USA, ThinkProgress, The Right Scoop, Mother Jones, ABC News and BizPac Review
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
U.S. presidential candidate Trump praises ‘stop-and-frisk’ police tactic
U.S. presidential candidate Trump praises ‘stop-and-frisk’ police tactic
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Hit & Run, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo and Politico
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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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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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” …