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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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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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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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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Tax Numbers Sharpen Focus on Treatment of Losses
Donald Trump's Tax Numbers Sharpen Focus on Treatment of Losses
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Who gave Trump's taxes to the New York Times? The mystery behind a bombshell story.
Who gave Trump's taxes to the New York Times? The mystery behind a bombshell story.
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Associated Press:
Much Unknown About Trump's Taxes and Finances
Much Unknown About Trump's Taxes and Finances
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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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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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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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
WikiLeaks cancels announcement amid security concerns: report
WikiLeaks cancels announcement amid security concerns: report
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Associated Press:
Report: WikiLeaks cancels highly anticipated Tuesday announcement due to ‘security concerns’
Report: WikiLeaks cancels highly anticipated Tuesday announcement due to ‘security concerns’
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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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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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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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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive — WASHINGTON — The fierce struggle to enact and carry out the Affordable Care Act was supposed to put an end to 75 years of fighting for a health care system to insure all Americans. Instead, the law's troubles could make it just a way station …
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg / New York Times:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for Living — “Did you always want to be a judge” or, more exorbitantly, “a Supreme Court justice?” Schoolchildren visiting me at the court, as they do at least weekly, ask that question more than any other. It is a sign of huge progress made.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Giuliani on facing accusations about infidelity: ‘Well, everybody does’ — Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani answered the charge that he faces accusations of infidelity on Sunday by saying it's not just him. — “Everybody does,” the former New York City mayor and Donald Trump supporter said.
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Giuliani Says Trump Better For US ‘Than a Woman’
Giuliani Says Trump Better For US ‘Than a Woman’
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Giuliani: A man with ‘this kind of economic genius’ better for U.S. than a woman
Giuliani: A man with ‘this kind of economic genius’ better for U.S. than a woman
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Clinton Campaign Admits Hillary Used Same Tax Avoidance “Scheme” As Trump — Well this is a little awkward. With the leaked 1995 Trump tax returns ‘scandal’ focused on the billionaire's yuuge “net operating loss” and how it might have ‘legally’ enabled him to pay no taxes for years …
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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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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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Megan Twohey / New York Times:
How Hillary Clinton Grappled With Bill Clinton's Infidelity, and His Accusers — Hillary Clinton was campaigning for her husband in January 1992 when she learned of the race's newest flare-up: Gennifer Flowers had just released tapes of phone calls with Bill Clinton to back up her claim they had had an affair.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Trump and Taxes — NOTABLES —FOUR YEARS OF RETURNS SHOW TRUMP DID NOT PAY FEDERAL TAXES: Although GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has not released his tax returns, citing a “routine audit,” court cases and other litigation procedures have revealed three years of tax returns …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump blasts Clinton for comments about Bernie Sanders supporters
Trump blasts Clinton for comments about Bernie Sanders supporters
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