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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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Tom McCarthy / Guardian:
Trump heads to Florida as state extends voter registration - campaign live
Trump heads to Florida as state extends voter registration - campaign live
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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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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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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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Tom Griffith / Rapid City Journal:
Despite disappointment, Thune to vote for Trump — South Dakota's senior U.S. senator said Tuesday that the current presidential campaign represented “a race to the bottom,” but that he would still likely cast his ballot for GOP hopeful Donald Trump. — In the wake of Friday's release …
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Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
What Politicians' Reactions to the Trump Video Reveal About Sexism
What Politicians' Reactions to the Trump Video Reveal About Sexism
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CBS News:
Neb. senator re-endorses Trump after tape scandal
Neb. senator re-endorses Trump after tape scandal
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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
CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘The shackles have been taken off me’
Donald Trump: ‘The shackles have been taken off me’
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
Major GOP Donors Are Asking Trump for Their Money Back — Donald Trump's big-dollar donors asking for their money back, NBC News learns 2:52 — Two big-money donors who have given or raised tens of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump are livid at the Republican 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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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages — There is a 19-year-old black man in Illinois who has no idea of the role he is playing in this election. — He is sure he is going to vote for Donald J. Trump. — And he has been held up as proof by conservatives …
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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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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Republican politicians fall back in line behind Trump after defecting — THE BIG IDEA: Now that it has become crystal clear Donald Trump will not quit—that he has “unshackled” himself and plans to “limp” across the finish line—some Republicans who called on him to drop out over the weekend are reversing themselves.
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Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's New Attack Strategy: Curb Clinton Vote
Donald Trump's New Attack Strategy: Curb Clinton Vote
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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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Emily Masters / Albany Times Union:
Police: Trump supporter threatens black woman in Albany
Police: Trump supporter threatens black woman in Albany
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Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Facebook Helped Drive a Voter Registration Surge, Election Officials Say — A 17-word Facebook reminder contributed to substantial increases in online voter registration across the country, according to top election officials. — At least nine secretaries of state have credited …
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Column Hillary Clinton will (almost certainly) win — but her margin matters — A victorious Hillary Clinton could still face a Congress controlled by Republicans, who have succeeded in blocking much of President Obama's major initiatives. Above, Clinton celebrates after winning the New York primary in April.
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Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
Russia orders all officials to fly home any relatives living abroad, as tensions mount over the prospect of a global war — Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed.
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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 …
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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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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Los Angeles Times:
LAPD detective investigating Derrick Rose case found dead of gunshot wound in Whittier — An LAPD employee was fatally shot in Whittier on Tuesday. (KTLA) — A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating rape allegations against NBA star Derrick Rose died after being found …
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