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Trump angry at allies conceding he lost debate — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is angry that his aides and advisers have conceded to reporters — largely without attribution — that the Republican nominee struggled in his first presidential debate. — In a conference call …
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Trump campaign talking points: Bring up Monica — Trump polls audience of Christian conservatives — (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign is instructing its supporters to use figures like Monica Lewinsky and Gennifer Flowers to beat back concerns about how Trump described a former winner of …
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Trump Campaign Manager on Bill Clinton's Past: 'I'm Not Advising Him to Go There' — Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said she's not advising the Republican nominee to bring up former President Bill Clinton's past infidelities as a way to attack his opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Eric Trump: Bill Clinton Is “Maybe The Worst” Sexist “That's Ever Lived”
Eric Trump: Bill Clinton Is “Maybe The Worst” Sexist “That's Ever Lived”
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Media Matters for America, Fox News, The Daily Beast, New Urban Legends and Mediaite
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Enabler or family defender? How Hillary Clinton responded to husband's accusers
Enabler or family defender? How Hillary Clinton responded to husband's accusers
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National Review, RedState, Betsy's Page and Politico
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HOW DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA — THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP CUBA — A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in communist Cuba during Fidel Castro's presidency despite strict American trade bans …
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Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Marco Rubio ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Possible Donald Trump Cuba Business — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Donald Trump will have to “answer some questions” about a Newsweek story reporting that a Trump-owned company allegedly violated the United States' trade embargo with Cuba in the late 1990s.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Report on Trump company's Cuba dealings could affect crucial Florida vote
Report on Trump company's Cuba dealings could affect crucial Florida vote
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire, Politicus USA and Naked Politics
Detroit News:
Endorsement: Libertarian Gary Johnson for president — Today this newspaper does something it has never done in its 143-year history: endorse someone other than the Republican candidate in a presidential contest. — Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every …
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Ron Nielson / Facebook:
The Clinton and Trump supporters are at it again. This is gotcha-ism at its finest.
The Clinton and Trump supporters are at it again. This is gotcha-ism at its finest.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Stein trolls Johnson on world leaders gaffe, also fails to name world leaders
Stein trolls Johnson on world leaders gaffe, also fails to name world leaders
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Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Obama had a tense exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper over why he won't say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ — President Barack Obama sparred with CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday night in a tense exchange over Obama's refusal to use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism.”
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BBC:
Obama: Congress veto override of 9/11 lawsuits bill ‘a mistake’
Obama: Congress veto override of 9/11 lawsuits bill ‘a mistake’
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama faces tough questions from military and veterans
Obama faces tough questions from military and veterans
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Fox News:
More than 100 reported hurt, passengers trapped after train crash at Hoboken, NJ station — DEVELOPING: More than 100 people were reported hurt, many critically, and others remained trapped after a train slammed into a busy station in Hoboken, N.J., during the Thursday morning commute as emergency workers rushed to the scene.
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New York Daily News:
More than 100 injured, many critically, after major New Jersey Transit crash at Hoboken station
More than 100 injured, many critically, after major New Jersey Transit crash at Hoboken station
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CBS New York:
At Least 1 Dead, More Than 100 Hurt After NJ TRANSIT Train Crashes At Station In Hoboken
At Least 1 Dead, More Than 100 Hurt After NJ TRANSIT Train Crashes At Station In Hoboken
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump says Google proves he's winning — and is trying to make sure he loses — At the top of his rally in the critical Wisconsin county of Waukesha on Wednesday night, Donald Trump accused the search giant Google of both impeding and bolstering his candidacy.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Floats Conspiracy Theory That Google Suppresses ‘Bad’ Clinton News
Trump Floats Conspiracy Theory That Google Suppresses ‘Bad’ Clinton News
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ThinkProgress, New York Times, Media Matters for America and alan.com
Matt Bai / Yahoo:
Why Clinton hasn't put Trump away — My first impression, after watching the opening chapter of the Trump-Clinton debate trilogy Monday, was that really not much would change as a result. Trump had been his rude, sputtering, substance-free self; Clinton had proved herself again …
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The Resurgent
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Employees at Trump's California golf course say he wanted to fire women who weren't pretty enough — D — onald Trump wanted only the pretty ones, his employees said. — After the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes opened for play in 2005, its world-famous owner didn't stop …
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Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Cover Story: Donald Trump Is Barry Blitt's “Miss Congeniality” — “She was the worst we ever had, the worst, the absolute worst, she was impossible,” Donald Trump told Fox News the morning after his debate with Hillary Clinton, defending his treatment of Alicia Machado …
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Massimo Calabresi / TIME:
How Russia Wants to Undermine the U.S. Election — What's behind Russia's effort to influence the U.S. election — The leaders of the U.S. government, including the President and his top national-security advisers, face an unprecedented dilemma. Since the spring, U.S. intelligence …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton Leads in Key Battlegrounds; Seen As Big Debate Winner — New Public Policy Polling surveys in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, conducted on behalf of VoteVets Action Fund, find Hillary Clinton leading in each state. Voters in all five states see Clinton …
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Daily Wire and Politicus USA
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump slams media for dismissing online post-debate polls — on Wednesday criticized the media for saying online post-debate polls “don't mean anything,” as he continues to brag about winning the surveys many consider unscientific and unrepresentative. — At a rally in Council Bluffs …
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Mother Jones
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: NY Attorney General's Probe Of Trump Foundation Appears To Widen — The New York attorney general's investigation of the Donald J. Trump Foundation appears to have broadened to include new allegations of self-dealing by Trump that surfaced after the probe began, TPM has learned.
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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly Tears Kellyanne Conway to Bits Over Trump's History of Misogyny — This is one interview that stands above the rest in a sea of truly intense Election 2016 interviews. — As you'll recall, Megyn Kelly was dragged through the mud by Donald Trump for well over a year because she asked …
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Independent Journal Review and New Century Times
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich on former Miss Universe: 'You're not supposed to gain 60 pounds' — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed up Donald Trump's weight-based attacks against a former pageant winner, telling an audience Wednesday night that “you're not supposed to gain 60 pounds during the year that you're Miss Universe.”
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the Right-Wing Media — Since the candidate clinched the nomination, the green room has become a chilly place. — In recent years, one of the most important events on a prospective Republican presidential candidate's calendar was the RedState Gathering …
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The Resurgent, Media Matters for America and The Daily Caller
Caleb Downs / Dallas Morning News:
Suspect in deadly crime spree in Dallas, Cedar Hill is three-time deportee — The suspect in a deadly crime spree in Cedar Hill and Dallas on Sunday was deported from the U.S. three times before his arrest outside Austin on Tuesday. — Silvestre Franco-Luviano, 40, was taken into custody …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ohio, Long a Bellwether, Is Fading on the Electoral Map — ATHENS, Ohio — After decades as one of America's most reliable political bellwethers, an inevitable presidential battleground that closely mirrored the mood and makeup of the country, Ohio is suddenly fading in importance this year.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Clinton Saved the Bombshells for Round 2 — Come along with me, people, because it's already time to look ahead to the second debate. Consider this thought: Hillary Clinton took Donald Trump to the house Monday night without even playing some of the heaviest cards against him.
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David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Missing’ White Voters Could Elect Trump. But First They Need To Register. — Here's a scary stat for Democrats: In 2012, President Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes, but about 47 million eligible white voters without a college degree — including 24 million men — didn't bother to vote.
Julia Carrie Wong / Guardian:
‘This is awful’: robot can keep children occupied for hours without supervision — A child-size robot designed to take on distinctly adult responsibilities takes the debate over the automation of human jobs to the next level — umanoid robots were out of fashion at this year's RoboBusiness …
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Mother Jones