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This election is unlike any other in our nation's history. Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election. — In Cleveland, I urged voters, “please, don't stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience …
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Ted Cruz Caves — WHY HE WILL COME TO REGRET HIS ENDORSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL BID. — Donald Trump and Ted Cruz at the CNN republican presidential debate last December, months before Trump beat Cruz in the primary and Cruz eventually endorsed his one-time opponent.
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Cruz: I'm voting for Trump — Ted Cruz on Friday said he would vote for Donald Trump for president and that he would encourage others to do the same, reversing months of opposition to his bitter primary rival. — “After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience …
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Glenn Beck: Cruz backing Trump ‘profoundly sad’
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Ted Cruz expected to support Donald Trump
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Mike Lee won't follow Ted Cruz's lead on endorsing Donald Trump
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9 truly awful things Ted Cruz and Donald Trump said about each other
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Video by Wife of Keith Scott Shows Her Pleas to Police — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A cellphone video made by the wife of Keith Lamont Scott as he was fatally shot by the police here shows the moments before and after the episode, including the wife's pleas to her husband to get out of his truck …
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Charlotte Shooting Video: Footage Shows Fatal Encounter Between Police, Keith Lamont Scott — Wife's Video Shows Deadly Encounter Between Keith Scott and Police 4:41 — Unsettling footage obtained by NBC News shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Why We Are Protesting in Charlotte — Charlotte, N.C. — Since a police officer shot and killed Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday afternoon, the ensuing protests have dominated national news. Provocateurs who attacked police officers and looted stores made headlines.
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Cell phone video released of Keith Lamont Scott's shooting
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The Latest: Charlotte hotel moves guests to another site
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Suspect arrested in Charlotte protester's death
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U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin — U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials …
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Obama used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, FBI documents reveal — President Barack Obama used a pseudonym in email communications with Hillary Clinton and others, according to FBI records made public Friday. — The disclosure came as the FBI released its second batch of documents …

A note from the editor-in-chief about Chris Ziegler — Hey everyone — there have been questions about Chris Ziegler and his absence from The Verge in the past few weeks. I want to provide answers for those who have been worried about him. — First, Chris accepted a position at Apple.
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Trump's Father Helped GOP Candidate With Numerous Loans — Although Donald Trump says he built his empire from a $1 million loan from his father, a court document shows frequent borrowing from Fred Trump and his companies — Donald Trump often has said on the campaign trail …


Kim Kardashian West — Eve Barlow trails the story of Kween K and the Kardashian dynasty - Earth's most followed fam. — Mid-way through a 10am interview with Kim Kardashian on a Sunday morning, my attempts to protect her from the threat of unseen, yet omnipresent, paparazzi almost knock her out.
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Kim Kardashian Is Suddenly (And Disappointingly) Considering Voting For Donald Trump
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Washington mall shooting: Four dead in Burlington, police say — CNN Map — (CNN)Four people were killed in a shooting Friday night at a mall in Burlington, Washington, a spokesman for the state patrol tweeted. — Police are searching for at least one shooter, and are sweeping stores in the mall, Sgt. Mark Francis said.
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Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a ‘Moron’ — “The republic is under siege by a moron,” Springsteen says in excerpts from upcoming Rolling Stone feature. “It's a tragedy for our democracy” — All Stories » — Bruce Springsteen spent the summer playing stadiums with the E Street Band …
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Corey Lewandowski set to collect nearly $500,000 from Trump campaign — Corey Lewandowski is set to be paid nearly half a million dollars by Donald Trump's presidential campaign by the end of the year, with almost a quarter of his compensation coming after the controversial political operative's June ouster as campaign manager.
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Obama vetoes 9/11 bill — President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S courts, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Congress. — “I recognize that there is nothing that could ever erase the grief the 9/11 families have endured,” Obama wrote in his veto message.
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Enquirer: It has to be Hillary Clinton — Presidential elections should be about who's the best candidate, not who's the least flawed. Unfortunately, that's not the case this year. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the most unpopular pair of presidential candidates …
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DONALD TRUMP EITHER LIED TO THE REPUBLICANS OR BROKE THE LAW (EXCLUSIVE) — THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP JEB BUSH 2016 ELECTION — Donald Trump committed perjury. Or he looked into the faces of the Republican faithful and knowingly lied. There is no third option.
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