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Kendall Taggart / BuzzFeed:
Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing — “Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.” — Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Donald Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants — some as young as 15 — were changing.
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Former Miss Arizona: Trump ‘just came strolling right in’ on naked contestants … On an April, 11, 2005, Howard Stern show, Donald Trump bragged about some of the special perks he enjoyed while owner of the Miss USA pageant. They came not in a locker room but a dressing room.
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Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Poll: Trump falls into tie with Clinton among Utah voters — SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Donald Trump appears to have, in his earlier words, “a tremendous problem in Utah” as a new poll shows him slipping into a dead heat with Democrat Hillary Clinton since crude comments he made about women surfaced last weekend.
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The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
In the end, Hillary Clinton is the only qualified candidate, and the best choice — It is time to get serious. — It has been amusing, to a degree, to watch the circus that was the Republican primary process struggle and fuss and finally produce such a disappointment to be its presidential nominee.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway: GOP ‘dangerously close’ to becoming party of elites until Trump — Far from alienating many who might otherwise vote for a Republican for president, Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday morning that the Manhattan billionaire has rescued the GOP from becoming “the party of the elites.”
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign manager squabbles with Anderson Cooper over polls — Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway stole a play from the GOP nominee's playbook Tuesday night, labeling Hillary Clinton “the magic 46” for her inability to climb higher in the polls despite an array of advantages.
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Berates ‘Wishy-Washy ’ Republican Leaders
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Boss Stephen Bannon Bragged in 2015: 'I'm Trump's Campaign Manager'
Breitbart Boss Stephen Bannon Bragged in 2015: 'I'm Trump's Campaign Manager'
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's New Attack Strategy: Curb Clinton Vote — The Republican nominee has given up the conventional wisdom of trying to reach voters far outside his core of support — Donald Trump, faced with opposition inside and outside his party, plans to renew the nationalist themes that built …
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Major GOP Donors Are Asking Trump for Their Money Back
Major GOP Donors Are Asking Trump for Their Money Back
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Paul Singer / USA Today:
Exclusive: USA TODAY survey shows that a quarter of elected top Republicans won't endorse Trump
Exclusive: USA TODAY survey shows that a quarter of elected top Republicans won't endorse Trump
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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama mocks Republicans for standing by Trump
Obama mocks Republicans for standing by Trump
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
It's Obama Versus Trump as Clinton Leans on Her ‘Cleanup Hitter’
It's Obama Versus Trump as Clinton Leans on Her ‘Cleanup Hitter’
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Politico, New York Times and The Atlantic
CBS News:
Neb. senator re-endorses Trump after tape scandal — Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer was on Donald Trump's team. Then she wasn't. Now she is again. — Fischer, who on Saturday suggested Republican nominee Donald Trump should “step aside and allow Mike Pence” to become the GOP's candidate …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator Who Unendorsed Trump 3 Days Ago Jumps Back On The Train
GOP Senator Who Unendorsed Trump 3 Days Ago Jumps Back On The Train
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
In reversal, Sen. Fischer renews support for Trump
In reversal, Sen. Fischer renews support for Trump
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Plain Dealer:
New Ohio poll puts Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump by 9 points after news of Trump's vulgar talk — Hillary Clinton has opened up a big lead over Donald Trump in Ohio, according to the most thorough statewide poll to date, conducted by the Baldwin Wallace University Community Research Institute.
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigating if Fatal Plane Crash in East Hartford Was Intentional — The F.B.I. is investigating whether the crash of a small plane in East Hartford, Conn., that killed a passenger on Tuesday was intentional, according to four federal law enforcement officials.
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Exclusive: Trump campaign CEO wanted to destroy Ryan — 's presidential campaign, gave explicit orders to his staff to destroy Speaker Paul Ryan — (R-Wis.). — On editorial conference calls, the Breitbart chairman would often say “Paul Ryan is the enemy,” according to a source who worked with Bannon at the news organization.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Trump: Maybe Ryan won't be Speaker if I win WH
Trump: Maybe Ryan won't be Speaker if I win WH
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
'I Think He's a Very Dangerous Man for the Next Three or Four Weeks' — Back in early March, Politico Magazine brought together five Donald Trump biographers for a conversation over lunch at Trump Tower. At the time, the country was just beginning to grapple with the reality …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Women Are Defeating Donald Trump — A series of national polls released on Tuesday showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by margins ranging from 5 to 11 percentage points — except for the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times tracking poll, which defiantly continues to show Trump up by 2 points.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
NY Trump Supporter Arrested After Threatening To Beat Black Woman — A Donald Trump supporter was arrested Monday night after allegedly threatening to beat a black woman outside a ShopRite in upstate New York, the Albany Times-Union reported. — Todd Warnken, 55, was asked to leave the store after …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Clinton campaign chairman ties email hack to Russians, suggests Trump had early warning — WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta, said Tuesday that the FBI is investigating a “criminal hack” of his private email account, which he blamed on Russia …
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
NYT/CNBC's John Harwood Advises Clinton Campaign, Gloats About Provoking Trump At Debate
NYT/CNBC's John Harwood Advises Clinton Campaign, Gloats About Provoking Trump At Debate
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New York Times:
Split Over Donald Trump Threatens to Tilt Republican States — Donald J. Trump's intensifying battle with his own party is tearing open the nation's political map, pulling Republicans across the country into a self-destructive feud that could imperil dozens of lawmakers in Congress …
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise — The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase. Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana …
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Wlady Pleszczynski / The American Spectator:
History Is Full of Surprises — History is full of surprises. Never have I, looking back on history, found it to go precisely as I had anticipated it would go. Always the reality of history's progress plays tricks on us. It now appears that the sexual revolution begun in the late 1960s is ending …