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Paul Ryan Won't Defend Donald Trump, Upsetting Trump and G.O.P. Hard-Liners — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan dealt a hammer blow to Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy Monday, dashing any remaining semblance of party unity and inviting fierce backlash from his own caucus by announcing …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Ryan abandons Trump — Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning that he's done defending Donald Trump and will focus on maintaining his party's increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call. — The message amounted to a concession …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Priebus declares RNC standing behind Trump — In an emergency call with members of the Republican National Committee, Chairman Reince Priebus declared that the party remained firmly behind Donald Trump, despite the tape of his lewd remarks about groping and making advances on married women.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Is Trump a Sufferable Evil? — The Republican party is looking down the road to disaster. — The emergence Friday of the disgusting Trump tape was a gift to the Republican party. It provided an occasion, at the very last minute, for the party to dump a fundamentally unworthy and radically unfit nominee.
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Resumes Attacks on Bill Clinton
The Latest: Trump Resumes Attacks on Bill Clinton
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cotton, Ernst stand by Trump
Cotton, Ernst stand by Trump
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan
Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County
Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Mike Pence Dismisses Reports He Was Contemplating Leaving Trump Campaign
Mike Pence Dismisses Reports He Was Contemplating Leaving Trump Campaign
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CNN:
Paul Ryan said he won't defend Donald Trump
Paul Ryan said he won't defend Donald Trump
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence calls rumors of him weighing dropping off the ticket ‘absolutely false’
Pence calls rumors of him weighing dropping off the ticket ‘absolutely false’
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Jeff Sessions: Behavior Described by Trump in ‘Grab Them by the P—y’ Tape Isn't Sexual Assault — Two days after the videotape of Donald Trump's now-infamous 2005 lewd conversation was released, the Trump team remains divided over the most serious question arising from the tape: Is Trump talking about sexual assault?
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Did NBC News Sit on the Trump Tape for So Long? — As the political world ponders whether the past 72 hours have delivered a fatal knockout blow to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the nation's media observers have been bedeviled by a separate question: Why did NBC News hold its story …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Pat Robertson: It's ‘macho’ for Trump to grab women ‘by the p*ssy’ without permission — Pat Robertson on Monday declared that Donald Trump was the “clear winner” of Sunday night's presidential debate, and the televangelist asserted that the GOP candidate's admission that he groped women was simply “macho” talk.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy — There is no way to sugarcoat this: At Sunday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump threatened to throw Hillary Clinton in jail if he wins the presidency. This — threatening to jail one's political opponents — is how democratic norms die.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway slams Anderson Cooper for pressing Trump on sexual assault
Conway slams Anderson Cooper for pressing Trump on sexual assault
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
After lying low, Mike Pence delivered a sermon in support of Donald Trump
After lying low, Mike Pence delivered a sermon in support of Donald Trump
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Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
Which vote can they defend? Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate
Which vote can they defend? Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Poll: After Trump Tape Revelation, Clinton's Lead Up to Double Digits — NBC/WSJ poll: Clinton holds major lead 7:03 — As Donald Trump's campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton …
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump
Ralph Nader predicts fastest impeachment in history for Trump
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Sarah B. Boxer / Yahoo:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump, Kaepernick and her lifelong love of the law — They don't call her the “Notorious RBG” for nothing. — In “My Own Words,” a new compilation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's writings over the course her lifetime, the vim and vigor that she is famous for expressing …
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Victoria M. Massie / Vox:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg respects Colin Kaepernick's right to protest, but thinks “it's dumb and disrespectful”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg respects Colin Kaepernick's right to protest, but thinks “it's dumb and disrespectful”
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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Clinton suggests intervention for protester wearing Bill Clinton ‘rape’ shirt — Hillary Clinton encouraged supporters Monday to follow and stage an intervention for a protester who was removed by security after he interrupted her rally in Detroit. — “You know,” Clinton said after the demonstrator …
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month
Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’
Emails: Firm that hired Abedin called Chelsea Clinton a ‘spoiled brat kid’
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Washington Post:
Trump's debate plan to seat Bill Clinton's accusers in family box was thwarted — ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box …
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Business Wire:
Some Tax Facts for Donald Trump — OMAHA, Neb.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Answering a question last night about his $916 million income tax loss carryforward in 1995, Donald Trump stated that “Warren Buffett took a massive deduction.” Mr. Trump says he knows more about taxes than any other human.
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes
Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes
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The Huffington Post:
There Are Transcripts Of Trump's Unaired Moments On ‘The Apprentice.’ We Got One. — The Republican nominee was hypercritical of one up-and-coming singer's skin. — Top Democratic operatives have offered to pay millions of dollars for unaired footage of Donald Trump on the set of …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
GOP ex-prosecutors slam Trump over threat to ‘jail’ Clinton — Donald Trump's debate-night vow to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's email setup and put her “in jail” provoked a sharp blowback from former U.S. prosecutors, who said Trump's view of the Justice Department serving …
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / BuzzFeed:
Democratic Rep: “Deplorables” Remark May Be “Worst Line I've Ever Heard In Politics” — Democratic Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton offered stinging criticism of Hillary Clinton's comment that half of Donald Trump's supporters could be put in a “basket of deplorables.”
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