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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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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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Steve Eder / New York Times:
State Attorney General Orders Trump Foundation to Cease Raising Money in New York
State Attorney General Orders Trump Foundation to Cease Raising Money in New York
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
NY attorney general: Trump Foundation must stop fundraising now
NY attorney general: Trump Foundation must stop fundraising now
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Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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New York Times:
Kim Kardashian Robbed at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says — PARIS — Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night inside a luxury Paris apartment by two masked men dressed as police officers, according to a spokeswoman. The mayor of Paris condemned the attack …
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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump appears to suggest veterans with PTSD are not ‘strong’
Trump appears to suggest veterans with PTSD are not ‘strong’
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
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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Political Wire
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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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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Raw Story
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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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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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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
What Hillary Clinton's leaked audio teaches us about Hillary Clinton — A theory of why Hillary Clinton struggles with young voters. — What's most interesting about the leaked audio of Hillary Clinton assessing the Bernie Sanders movement from February isn't what she says about Bernie Sanders or his supporters.
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Washington Post
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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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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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Politico
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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The Daily Caller
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case
U.S. top court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case
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CNN, New York Times, The Week and BizPac Review
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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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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Talking Points Memo, Politicus USA and Politico
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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RedState, The Times of Israel, Raw Story, AOL, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
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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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton, Trump Neck and Neck in North Carolina: Bloomberg Poll — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are locked in a close race in North Carolina, a politically and racially polarized battleground where the Democratic presidential nominee is struggling to match the share of black voters President Barack Obama won in 2012.
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Politico