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BostonGlobe.com:
Trump says the election is rigged — and his supporters are furious — CINCINNATI — In an arena normally reserved for ice hockey, the Donald Trump crowd was on edge. — Some wore shirts with slogans like “[Expletive] Your Feelings” or, in reference to the female Democratic nominee, “Trump that Bitch.”
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Suggests Clinton Was on Drug During Debate — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times EDT): — Donald Trump is accusing rival Hillary Clinton of being on some kind of drug during the last debate and says that both candidates should be tested for substances ahead of the next one.
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Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Donald Trump camp rebukes Ohio GOP Chair Matt Borges, cuts ties — Underscoring the searing divisions over Donald Trump within the Republican Party, Trump's Ohio campaign today disassociated itself with state GOP Chairman Matt Borges because of his lack of support for the party's presidential nominee.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump calls for drug test before debate … on Saturday called for himself and Hillary Clinton — to take a drug test prior to the third presidential debate. — During a campaign rally Saturday in New Hampshire, the GOP presidential nominee compared himself and Clinton to athletes.
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump: We Should Do a Drug Test Before the Debate
Trump: We Should Do a Drug Test Before the Debate
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Molly Redden / Guardian:
Donald Trump ‘grabbed me and went for the lips’, says ninth accuser — Cathy Heller joins eight other women in coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Republican, with story similar to his taped remarks — On October 7, as the political world convulsed from the revelation …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The press always got booed at Trump rallies. But now the aggression is menacing. — Donald Trump's rallies have never been the friendliest places for reporters. But lately, as Trump has come under increasing fire, an unwelcoming atmosphere for the press has turned into outright hostility.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
A Shrinking Trump Mocks His Accusers to Shrinking Crowds
A Shrinking Trump Mocks His Accusers to Shrinking Crowds
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton's team unleashes Watergate attack against Trump — Four decades after five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, Hillary Clinton's campaign is trying to frame the hacking of her campaign chairman's email as a repeat of the most famous political scandal …
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Taking Trump voters' concerns seriously means listening to what they're actually saying — Donald Trump's supporters deserve to have their concerns taken seriously. — If the media and commentators in 2016 can agree on nothing else, it's this. It's a bit of an odd meme.
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Associated Press:
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases — KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major effort to fight climate change.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
John Kasich's dire warning for the Republican Party: EVOLVE OR DIE — John Kasich was the last remaining Republican primary challenger to Donald Trump. — Since ending his campaign in early May, Kasich has not followed the same course as fellow long-lasting GOP primary challengers …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Trump has a point with media criticism — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — has gone thermonuclear on the media in a way we've never seen from any political figure — or any public figure — before. — From a Trump rally in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday: … ADVERTISEMENT
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Senate GOP faces late cash crunch — Senate Republicans, whose fragile majority has been threatened by Donald Trump's tanking presidential bid, are suddenly confronting another problem: a lack of cash. — Republicans are set to be massively outspent on TV ads in seven of the eight states …
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The Charlotte Observer:
Why we're not endorsing Pat McCrory for the first time in 25 years — The Charlotte Observer's editorial board has endorsed Republican Pat McCrory in every one of his bids for office since 1991. That includes twice for City Council, seven times for mayor and twice for governor.
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Los Angeles Times:
‘A bloody scene’: 3 killed, 12 wounded in mass shooting at West Adams restaurant — Police say two groups exchanged gunfire inside and outside the restaurant, located in a converted home, in the West Adams district. Some diners were caught in the crossfire.
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Trump Hotel protest boils over in DC — A group of hotel workers brought their beef with Donald Trump — to the nation's capital on Thursday. — The Culinary Union is locked in a labor dispute with Trump over the right to organize employees of Trump Hotel Las Vegas, which is partially owned by the Republican presidential nominee.
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Washington Post and alan.com
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
How Did Walmart Get Cleaner Stores and Higher Sales? It Paid Its People More — Can the answer to what ails the global economy be found in the people in blue vests at your neighborhood Walmart? — BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A couple of years ago, Walmart, which once built its entire branding around …
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Associated Press
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Sanders tweet causes drug company to lose $400M in a day — ' (D-Vt.) Twitter account on Friday afternoon caused the stock of a pharmaceutical company to crash, costing the company millions of dollars. — Sanders told his 2.6 million followers that Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. had raised …
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Mary Ann Georgantopoulos / BuzzFeed:
CNN's President Says It Was A Mistake To Air So Many Trump Rallies And “Let Them Run” — Jeff Zucker also refused to say whether Trump is fit to be president. — Reporting From — CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — CNN President Jeff Zucker on Friday said it was a “mistake” to air so many Trump rallies …
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Emily Smith / Page Six:
Billy Bush expected to get $10 million settlement from NBC
Billy Bush expected to get $10 million settlement from NBC
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump dismantles teleprompter at rally … dismantled his teleprompter at a Friday night rally in North Carolina, and told the audience he wouldn't pay the company that provided the faulty equipment. — “Here's the way government works — so the telemproter is a bummer, it doesn't work.
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Politico:
Depressing poll of the day — DEPRESSING POLL OF THE DAY — The latest Marketplace-Edison Research survey shows economic anxiety is up to 36 from 30 a year ago (the scale runs 0-100). But that's not the depressing part of the poll's findings. It's this: 25 percent of Americans …
CBS News:
Militia members arrested in alleged plot targeting Muslims — WICHITA, KAN. Three members of a Kansas militia group were charged Friday with plotting to bomb an apartment complex that's home to Somali immigrants in the western Kansas meatpacking town of Garden City, a thwarted attack prosecutors …
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