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Garance Burke / Associated Press:
AP: How Trump's ‘Apprentice’ moved from capitalism to sexism — NEW YORK (AP) — In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Republicans Wonder If Trump Can Recover From ‘Worst Week’ — “The hole that Trump has dug for himself is very deep.” — The worst week of Donald Trump's presidential campaign began with a widely criticized debate performance and ended with a bombshell report that he could have avoided paying federal income taxes for 18 years.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Five Days That Shaped a Presidency — Barack Obama shares with Jonathan Chait a very early draft of his memoirs. — On August 25, after a short trip to Baton Rouge to assess flooding in Louisiana and before what will likely be his last visit to China on Air Force One …
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Bloomberg:
Obama Says Obamacare Has ‘Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix — Exodus of major insurers and spiraling prices hurt the law — Enrollment for 2017 begins a week before Election Day — President Barack Obama said his signature health-care law has “real problems” …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Sees ‘Straight Line’ From Sarah Palin To Donald Trump
Obama Sees ‘Straight Line’ From Sarah Palin To Donald Trump
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LeBron James / Business Insider:
Why I'm endorsing Hillary Clinton — Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. Below is the op-ed he has written about his decision, which he has exclusively provided to Business Insider. The op-ed will also be published in the print edition of the Akron Beacon Journal on Monday.
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Former Prosecutor Endorses Her for President — Twenty years ago Michael Chertoff was near the top of the Clintons' enemy list. He was the lead Republican counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee, one of the first of many Congressional investigations into Hillary Clinton.
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
LeBron James, the most influential person in the major swing state of Ohio, endorses Hillary Clinton
LeBron James, the most influential person in the major swing state of Ohio, endorses Hillary Clinton
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CNN:
Kanye West halts show after Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris — Photos: — The Kardashian clan — The most famous of the Kardashian clan is undoubtedly Kim, who has gained publicity for everything from “breaking the Internet” to bleaching her hair blonde to ... well, pretty much everything she does gains publicity.
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Is a Cryptic Tweet by Marla Maples a Clue as to Source Behind Trump Tax Leak? — At 1:34 p.m. Sunday, Donald Trump's second ex-wife, Marla Maples, tweeted a photograph of a pumpkin patch. Does what happened next contain clues that confirm she anonymously mailed Trump's 1995 tax return to The New York Times?
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Yashar:
Did Marla Maples Leak Her Own Tax Returns? — Disclaimer: I admit this post involves a great deal of conjecture, but it doesn't change some very interesting facts... Last night, the New York Times, in a bombshell report, revealed that they obtained partial copies of Donald Trump's 1995 tax returns …
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Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
Trump Suggests That Soldiers Who Suffer From PTSD Aren't “Strong” — “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you're strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it,” Trump told a room full of veterans.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general's office — The New York attorney general has notified Donald Trump that his charitable foundation is violating state law — by soliciting donations without proper certification — and ordered Trump's charity to stop …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
‘The Trump Rule’: Leaked Audio of Trump Ogling Miss USA Beauty Queens — During the first presidential debate, a record-breaking primetime television event viewed by over 84 million people worldwide, Hillary Clinton managed to get under Donald Trump's skin by invoking two of his favorite pastimes: beauty pageants and unbridled sexism.
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True Pundit:
Under Intense Pressure to Silence Wikileaks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Proposed Drone Strike on Julian Assange — Julian Assange and his free-speech brainchild Wikileaks were once lauded as global heroes of public service among United States politicians and policy makers.
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Clinton up 6 in POLITICO/Morning Consult national poll — Hillary Clinton has opened up a six-point lead over Donald Trump, erasing the New York billionaire's slim national edge with five weeks until Election Day, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll of likely voters.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Exclusive: Republicans Launch Willie Horton-Style Attack on Kaine — RNC releases video ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate — Finance Committee Mourns Loss of Longtime Republican Staffer Republican Senator Seeks Radical Changes to Budget Process One Murphy's Gun Safety Group Backs Another Murphy
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International Consortium of Investigative Journalists:
Trump's organization did business with Iranian bank later linked to terrorism — Donald Trump's real estate organization rented New York office space from 1998 to 2003 to an Iranian bank that U.S. authorities have linked to terrorist groups and Iran's nuclear program.
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Cyra Master / The Hill:
Clinton resets campaign schedule with Sanders — 's campaign announced Sunday night that it had canceled tentatively planned events with Sen. Bernie Sanders — for Monday. — Instead, her primary rival will now be on the campaign trail Wednesday in Iowa and Wisconsin instead.
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Andrew Kaczynski's BuzzFeed Team Joins CNN — The cable network scores a major coup in hiring the political research unit known for 2016 scoops. — NEW YORK BuzzFeed's Andrew Kaczynski and his scoop-driven political research team are joining CNN during the final, frenetic stretch of the 2016 election and beyond.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Donald Trump: Terroristic Man-Toddler — Donald Trump is a domestic terrorist; only his form of terror doesn't boil down to blowing things up. He's the 70-year-old toddler who knows nearly nothing, hurls insults, has simplistic solutions for complex problems and is quick to throw a tantrum.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Colorado — Clinton Maintains Double Digit Lead — Sen. Bennet in strong position for re-election — West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton holds an 11 point lead over Donald Trump in Colorado, which is nearly identical to the 13 point advantage …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
NCAA Athlete Pay Dispute Sidestepped by U.S. Supreme Court — The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over the multibillion-dollar college sports business, refusing to consider whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association has violated federal antitrust law by restricting athlete compensation.
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Associated Press:
US Suspends Contacts With Russia on Syria — The State Department says the U.S. is suspending bilateral contacts with Russia over Syria. That comes after last week's threat by Secretary of State John Kerry to suspend contacts amid new attacks on the city of Aleppo.
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Dmitry Solovyov / Reuters:
Russia's Putin suspends plutonium cleanup accord with U.S. because of ‘unfriendly’ acts — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday suspended an agreement with the United States for disposal of weapons-grade plutonium because of “unfriendly” acts by Washington, the Kremlin said.
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