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Donald Trump Is Being Outplayed by Women and He's Losing His Mind — The GOP nominee's pathological sexism could be what kills his presidential hopes. Good. — By , — You've heard of the 3 a.m. phone call, the one every presidential nominee must be prepared to answer ably.
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WATCH: Visibly uncomfortable Arkansas AG offers cringe-inducing defense of Trump's ‘sex tape’ tweet — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Just hours after Donald Trump declared that he and his campaign represented the “bright and clean” future of American politics …
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Trump Tweets About Sex Tape as Campaign Struggles to Regroup — The salvos are part of an ongoing struggle between Trump and his aides about how to coordinate a cohesive strategy against Clinton. — JenniferJJacobs — kevcirilli — With the urgency of a presidential election 38 days away …

Donald Trump Opens New Line of Attack on Hillary Clinton: Her Marriage
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As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
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The surprisingly logical reason Donald Trump is bringing up Bill Clinton's sex scandals
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Here Is Donald Trump's Newly Released Videotaped Deposition — BuzzFeed News filed court motions seeking the release of the videos. In it, Trump implied he planned to call Mexicans “rapists” when he announced his run for president. — A Washington DC judge on Friday released video depositions of Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
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Trump restaurant deposition video released — A video of Donald Trump testifying under oath about his inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Mexicans and other Latinos went public Friday, drawing new attention to those comments just weeks before voters cast their ballots in the presidential race.
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Donald Trump Appeared In A 2000 Playboy Softcore Porn — Donald Trump made an appearance in an explicit 2000 Playboy video. — Trump's role in the porn is relatively benign and centers around him breaking a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the playmates are visiting New York City.
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Endorsement Why Hillary Clinton is the safe choice for president — This paper has not endorsed a Democrat for president in its 148-year history. But we endorse Clinton. She's the safe choice for the U.S. and for the world, for Democrats and Republicans alike.
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A principled option for U.S. president: Endorsing Gary Johnson, Libertarian
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Debate commission admits ‘issues’ with Trump's audio — The Commission on Presidential Debates issued a one-sentence statement Friday admitting “issues” with Donald Trump — 's audio in this cycle's first debate Monday. — “Regarding the first debate, there were issues regarding Donald Trump's audio …
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Debate commission says there were ‘issues’ with Trump's audio
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It turns out Donald Trump was right about his defective microphone. Vindication?
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HEAR IT: Donald Trump said 17-year-old Ivanka made him promise not to date anyone younger than her — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump must not play blackjack, because he wanted to hit on 17. — The casino owner and future Republican nominee told Howard Stern in 1999 that his daughter Ivanka …
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Trump Campaign Releases First General Election Ad Featuring Ivanka Trump
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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore suspended for rest of term — Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been suspended from the bench for telling probate judges to defy federal orders regarding gay marriage. — It's the second time Moore has been removed …


Obama Admin Strikes ‘Jerusalem’ From Israel — The Obama administration stripped Jerusalem from being located in Israel in its official communication of the president's remarks in the ancient city at a memorial service for recently deceased former Israeli president Shimon Peres.
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White House corrects location of Jerusalem on day of Peres' funeral
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Hacked Audio Reveals Hillary Clinton Sees Herself Occupying “Center-Left to Center-Right” — In the hacked recording of a private conversation with campaign donors in February, Hillary Clinton distanced herself from progressive goals like “free college, free healthcare” …
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Newsweek Website Attacked After Report On Trump, Cuban Embargo — The editor-in-chief of Newsweek confirmed Friday that the magazine's website was on the receiving end of a denial-of-service attack Thursday night, following the publication of a story accusing one of Donald Trump's companies of violating the Cuban trade embargo.
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Risk of big earthquake on San Andreas fault rises after quake swarm at Salton Sea — A view of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain. A valley is deeply eroded along the fault. (U.S. Geological Survey) — Rong-Gong Lin II — The rumbling started Monday morning deep under the Salton Sea.


Judge rejects attempt to stop internet oversight transfer — A federal judge ruled Friday that the transfer of internet domain systems oversight to an international governing body can move forward, overruling opposition from several state attorneys general and lawmakers.


Carnegie Deli will close at end of 2016 — The Carnegie Deli, a New York institution since 1937, will soon serve its last “Woody Allen.” — The iconic home to gigantic Jewish-style sandwiches — like the 4-inch-high, pastrami-and-corned beef “Woody” on rye — will close its doors forever on Dec. 31, The Post has learned.
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How the Clinton-Trump Race Got Close — Monday's presidential debate was a blowout, surely the most one-sided confrontation in American political history. Hillary Clinton was knowledgeable, unflappable and — dare we say it? — likable. Donald Trump was ignorant, thin-skinned and boorish.
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Hillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome — She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history. — There were cheers when Donald Trump assured his Virginia audience last weekend that the wall will be built and, yes, that Mexico would pay for it.
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Libertarian VP: Clinton might be the most qualified to be president — Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld suggested Friday evening that Democrat Hillary Clinton — may be the most qualified person to be president. — “I'm not sure anybody is more qualified than Hillary Clinton …
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How a Combat Photographer Named a Phenomenon to Honor Soldiers — While embedded with troops in Afghanistan in the late 2000s, war photographer and writer Michael Yon captured numerous photos of the sparkling halo that can appear when a helicopter's rotors hit sand and dust.
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Support for death penalty lowest in more than four decades — As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the first of two death penalty cases in this year's term, the share of Americans who support the death penalty for people convicted of murder is now at its lowest point in more than four decades.
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How Democrats Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Big Donor Money — Democrats denounced it as an assault on democracy and a sop to billionaires when the Supreme Court issued a ruling two years ago that loosened limits on campaign giving. — But Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party leaders …
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What Carmela Soprano Understood About Hillary Clinton — There's a forgotten scene in the third season of “The Sopranos” when the wives of the show's mob crew, sitting inside a local Italian restaurant, turn to the delicate subject of Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, infidelity and marriage.
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California toughens laws against rape after Brown signs bills inspired by Brock Turner case — Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed legislation that expands the legal definition of rape and imposes new mandatory minimum sentences on some sexual assault offenders — measures inspired amid national outcry …