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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Trump Suggests Paul Ryan Doesn't Want Him to Be President Because of Ryan's 2020 Ambitions — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested tonight that House Speaker Paul Ryan does not want a President Trump because of his own political ambitions in 2020.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Maybe Ryan doesn't want me to win because he wants to run in 2020 … might not want the Republican presidential nominee to win because Ryan may want to launch his own White House bid in four years. — “I don't want to be knocking Paul Ryan,” Trump said in an interview …
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Melania Trump: Donald Trump was ‘egged on’ into ‘boy talk’ — (CNN)Melania Trump says her husband was “egged on” in the 2005 tape in which he made lewd comments about his own sexually aggressive behavior toward women — remarks she says were “boy talk.” — “I said to my husband that, you know, the language was inappropriate.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Billy Bush officially leaves NBC in the wake of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
Billy Bush officially leaves NBC in the wake of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Heck on tape: ‘I really’ want to support Trump but I can't
Heck on tape: ‘I really’ want to support Trump but I can't
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Melania Trump: Donald was ‘egged on’ to say ‘dirty’ things
Melania Trump: Donald was ‘egged on’ to say ‘dirty’ things
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
How low can Trump go in the polls? — Polls conducted since the first presidential debate last month put Donald Trump on a pace to earn a smaller percentage of the vote than any major-party nominee in at least 20 years. — In matchups that include third-party candidates, Trump is winning …
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CBS News:
CBS poll: Clinton's lead over Trump widens with three weeks to go — Following the second presidential debate and controversies surrounding both campaigns, Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has expanded to nine points now nationally. Forty-seven percent of likely voters support …
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Chris Massie / CNN:
John McCain: 'I don't know' if Trump will be better for Supreme Court than Clinton — (CNN)Republican Sen. John McCain said on Monday that he wasn't sure if Donald Trump would be a better president for appointing Supreme Court justices than Hillary Clinton. — Trump has released lists of 21 potential justices.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
McCain Vows Supreme Court Blockade Will Continue Through Clinton's Presidency — Senate Republicans have formed a united front around the principle Barack Obama should not be able to appoint a replacement for Antonin Scalia, and that the seat should instead be selected by the winner of the 2016 election.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's Bill Clinton strategy is going very poorly
Donald Trump's Bill Clinton strategy is going very poorly
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Matt York / Talking Points Memo:
McCain: GOPers Will Unite To Block ‘Any’ Clinton SCOTUS Nominee
McCain: GOPers Will Unite To Block ‘Any’ Clinton SCOTUS Nominee
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Clinton campaign fires back: ‘The system is not rigged’ — campaign on Monday dismissed cries from Donald Trump — that a “rigged election” will steal the presidency from him. — “He knows he's losing and is trying to blame that on the system,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said in a conference call with reporters.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Drudge, Limbaugh Fall for Twitter Joke About Postal Worker Destroying Trump Ballots — Just when you thought 2016 couldn't get any stupider, a Twitter user who describes himself as “the cool and chill guy of online” inadvertently punked two of the most powerful figures in conservative media.
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
FBI, State deny ‘quid pro quo’ over Clinton email — Newly released documents contain a summary of notes related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton — Washington (CNN)The FBI is denying that any “quid pro quo” was offered in a fight between the bureau and State Department …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
State Dept. official accused of offering ‘quid pro quo’ in Clinton email scandal
State Dept. official accused of offering ‘quid pro quo’ in Clinton email scandal
The Daily Beast:
Apprentice Staffer Claims Gary Busey Groped Her. And Then Donald Trump Laughed. — Oscar nominee Gary Busey allegedly sexually assaulted a female Apprentice employee during his time on the show, five Apprentice employees tell The Daily Beast. Donald Trump knew about the incident …
Amy Zimmerman / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy Theorists: Pamela Anderson Poisoned Julian Assange With a Vegan Sandwich — In past years, a Presidential nominee calling women he's accused of groping ugly liars or a major foreign power allegedly hacking into huge swathes of campaign emails would be Internet-breaking ammo.
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Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
Mystery swirls around Assange's status at Ecuadorean Embassy
Mystery swirls around Assange's status at Ecuadorean Embassy
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NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Maintains Solid National Lead — After a bruising week for Donald Trump amid backlash from the release of a lewd 2005 recording and in-fighting among GOP party leaders, Hillary Clinton now holds a 6-point lead over the Republican nominee, according to the latest NBC News|
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Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Politico Reporter Sends Story To Hillary Aide For Approval, Admits He's A ‘Hack’ — Donny Deutsch Goes Into Full-Panic Mode On ‘Joe’ — 'What's Scaring Me Is...' — FBI Docs: Hillary Was So Unpleasant Security Agents Didn't Want To Protect Her — Cheerleading Coach Busted …
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Court rules against EPA in case over coal job losses — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not properly estimated the potential job losses in the coal and other industries affected by its regulations, a federal judge ruled Monday. — Judge John Preston Bailey of the District Court …
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Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes:
Feds Walk Into A Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones — In what's believed to be an unprecedented attempt to bypass the security of Apple iPhones, or any smartphone that uses fingerprints to unlock, California's top cops asked to enter a residence and force anyone inside …
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Tim Miller / The Ringer:
Donald Trump Is on a Presidential Death March We've Never Seen Before — A political survivor describes what it means when a campaign fails, and how this bizarre election cycle is exposing the worst in Trump — Donald Trump is going to lose this election. His campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, is going to lose this election.
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Anderson Cooper / CBS News:
The Brothers Rosenberg — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons tell Anderson Cooper how it felt to be the children of the infamous spies, in a story that sheds new light on a central event of the Cold War — The following is a script from “The Brothers Rosenberg,” which aired on Oct. 16, 2016.
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Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Agents Say Comey ‘Stood In The Way’ Of Clinton Email Investigation — FBI agents say the bureau is alarmed over Director James Comey's decision to not suggest that the Justice Department prosecute Hillary Clinton over her mishandling of classified information.