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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Tells Trump: Stop ‘Whining’ and Trying to Discredit the Election — WASHINGTON — President Obama said Tuesday that Donald J. Trump should “stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes.” — Speaking at a Rose Garden news conference with Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister …
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Obama Slams Donald Trump's ‘Flattery’ of Vladimir Putin as Unprecedented and ‘Out of Step’ — President Obama today characterized Donald Trump's affection for Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “unprecedented” moment in U.S. history. — “Any characterization that somehow …
Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
Obama: “I'd Advise Mr. Trump To Stop Whining” About A Rigged Election
Obama: “I'd Advise Mr. Trump To Stop Whining” About A Rigged Election
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Tells Donald Trump to ‘Stop Whining’ About Election Rigging
President Obama Tells Donald Trump to ‘Stop Whining’ About Election Rigging
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Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Italian prime minister takes a swipe at Trump during White House visit
Italian prime minister takes a swipe at Trump during White House visit
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
President Obama Tells Donald Trump To ‘Stop Whining’ About Mythical Voter Fraud
President Obama Tells Donald Trump To ‘Stop Whining’ About Mythical Voter Fraud
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
RNC members agree with Trump: It's rigged — Donald Trump is spending the final weeks of his presidential bid declaring he's the victim of an unprecedented vote-rigging conspiracy meant to elect Hillary Clinton. — Many top Republican Party officials agree.
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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Controversial Republican Mike Roman to run Donald Trump's ‘election protection’ — Operative best known for promoting video of apparent voter intimidation by New Black Panthers will oversee poll-watching efforts — Donald Trump's “election protection” effort will be run by Mike Roman …
Chris Massie / CNN:
Maine Gov. Paul LePage claims election not legitimate until voter ID laws passed
Maine Gov. Paul LePage claims election not legitimate until voter ID laws passed
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Melania Plays Defense
The Note: Melania Plays Defense
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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Donald Trump - Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim of ‘large scale voter fraud’
Donald Trump - Donald Trump's Pants on Fire claim of ‘large scale voter fraud’
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's Wisconsin strategy: Burn it all down
Trump's Wisconsin strategy: Burn it all down
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The GOP Created the “Rigged Vote” Myth
The GOP Created the “Rigged Vote” Myth
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Stephanie Petit / People.com:
PEOPLE Reveals 6 Witnesses Who Corroborate Natasha Stoynoff's Story of Being Attacked by Donald Trump — Six colleagues and close friends who corroborate former PEOPLE writer Natasha Stoynoff's account of being attacked by Donald Trump in 2005 are now coming forward.
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Karen Mizoguchi / People.com:
Former PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff Speaks After Trump Controversy: ‘We Cannot Be Silent Anymore’
Former PEOPLE Writer Natasha Stoynoff Speaks After Trump Controversy: ‘We Cannot Be Silent Anymore’
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New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Naked statue of Hillary Clinton in downtown Manhattan causes fight during morning commute — An artist erected an obscene statue of Hillary Clinton in downtown Manhattan Tuesday morning causing a heated fight between defenders of the profane piece of protest art and women trying to tear it down.
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Nevada — Clinton Retakes Lead; Senate Race Remains Close — West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead of Donald Trump by 7 points in Nevada, which has been one of the “swingy-est” states of the 2016 election.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
How low can Trump go in the polls?
How low can Trump go in the polls?
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Pence: There'd Be More Media Coverage If NC Dem Office Was Firebombed — While visiting a local North Carolina GOP campaign office that was burned down over the weekend, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) accused the media of devoting insufficient attention to the incident because of party bias.
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence visits firebombed GOP office in North Carolina
Pence visits firebombed GOP office in North Carolina
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Curt Schilling says he's running for Senate in 2018, setting up potential blockbuster race with Elizabeth Warren — Former star major-league pitcher and conservative firebrand Curt Schilling said Tuesday that he had decided to challenge Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts for her US Senate seat in 2018.
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Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton accused of stealing furniture from the State Department — Hillary Clinton swiped State Department furniture to decorate her Washington home, a former member of her security detail has alleged to the FBI. — “Early in Clinton's tenure as secretary of state …
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Daniel Halper / New York Post:
State Department security really didn't like working for Clinton
State Department security really didn't like working for Clinton
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Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Trump's path to an electoral college victory isn't narrow. It's non-existent. — The trajectory of the 2016 presidential race — which will result in a Hillary Clinton victory — remains largely unchanged from May, when Donald Trump and Clinton were in the process of wrapping up their nominations.
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Vogue:
Vogue Endorses Hillary Clinton for President of the United States — For all the chaos and unpredictability and the sometimes appalling spectacle of this election season, the question of which candidate actually deserves to be president has never been a difficult one. — Vogue has no history of political endorsements.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Clinton holds clear advantage in new battleground polls — Hillary Clinton holds a decisive advantage over Donald Trump in the competition for votes in the Electoral College, leading in enough states to put her comfortably over the 270 majority needed to win the presidential election in November …
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Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Donald Trump Is Running Some Really Insecure Email Servers — In what might be one of the more delicious cases of irony to ever grace a presidential election, a researcher has found that a number of email servers linked to Donald Trump's hotel and others businesses are running horribly …
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Anjali Mullany / Fast Company:
Ivanka Breaks Her Silence On The Trump Tape — The presidential hopeful's daughter makes her first public statement on the now-infamous recording. — It has been two weeks since the Trump Tape—the now-infamous recording of Republican candidate Donald Trump and TV host Billy Bush speaking …
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Amy Kaufman / Los Angeles Times:
Khloe Kardashian fires back at ‘cruel’ Donald Trump remarks — Khloe Kardashian, left, responds to reports that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called her a “piglet.” (John Shearer / Invision / Associated Press; Mary Schwalm / AFP / Getty Images)
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Chicago Tribune:
John McCain backs off promise Republicans would block Clinton Supreme Court nominees — Sen. John McCain, seen here on April 12, 2016, backed off his comments on a radio show on Oct. 17 that Republicans in the Senate would block any nominee to the Supreme Court made by Hillary Clinton.
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