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Clinton Has 9-Point Lead as Comeback Obstacles Loom for Trump — Ahead of their final debate, the survey “shows movement toward Clinton with all the right groups it takes to win.” — McCormickJohn — Donald Trump would need to stage a historic comeback to win the White House in 20 days …
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Five things to watch in tonight's last debate — LAS VEGAS - Donald Trump is down to his third and final toss of the debate-night dice. — It's fitting, in this craps 2016 campaign, that a semi-successful casino magnate turned semi-successful presidential candidate would get his last big chance …
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Fox News Poll: Clinton tops Trump by 6 points
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Exclusive: Rubio: I Won't Talk About Wikileaks, and Neither Should Donald Trump — Sen. Marco Rubio tells ABC News Republicans are making a mistake by jumping on allegedly hacked emails released by Wikileaks to criticize Hillary Clinton. In fact, he says he won't talk about the hacked emails at all.
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Rubio warns GOP to stay silent on WikiLeaks hack
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At Previous Debates, Melania Trump and Bill Clinton Shook Hands. Not Anymore. — This intensely antagonistic election has shattered another quaint campaign ritual: the handshakes between opposing candidates' family members before a debate. — At previous debates, former President Bill Clinton …
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Obama's half-brother will be at Vegas debate cheering for Trump — MORE FROM: — President Obama's Kenyan-born, half-brother Malik will be in the audience in Las Vegas Wednesday night when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in their third and final debate.

President Obama's Half-Brother Will Be Donald Trump's Debate Guest
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Poll: Clinton up 4 points over Trump in Arizona — Hillary Clinton is hanging on to a small lead over Donald Trump in Arizona, according to a new Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll released Wednesday. azcentral.com Wochit — Hillary Clinton is hanging on to a small but widening lead …
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Condi Rice responds to report Trump called her a ‘bitch’ in 2006 : 'Can't wait until November 9!' — (CNN)Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded Tuesday to a resurfaced report from 2006 that Donald Trump called her a “bitch” in a speech, telling CNN's KFile in an email that she “can't wait until November 9!”
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The one thing Trump should do at the final debate — Modern journalists have little in common with those I was privileged to know when I was a copyboy at NBC News in Washington in the '60s. — Today's “journalists” will disagree, but as numerous surveys have shown, the public trust …
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WikiHillary for President — Thank God for WikiLeaks. — I confess, I was starting to wonder about what the real Hillary Clinton — the one you never get to see behind closed doors — really stood for. But now that, thanks to WikiLeaks, I've had a chance to peruse her speeches …
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Czech police arrest Russian in connection with U.S. hacking attacks — Czech police have detained a Russian man wanted in connection with hacking attacks on targets in the United States, the police said, without giving further details. — The arrest was carried out in cooperation …


New York Times Names A.G. Sulzberger Deputy Publisher — The New York Times brought a new generation of the Sulzberger family into its top ranks on Wednesday, naming Arthur Gregg Sulzberger the deputy publisher. The appointment positions him to succeed his father as publisher and chairman of The New York Times Company.
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Trump didn't invent the ‘rigged election’ myth. Republicans did. — Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. — Cratering in the polls, besieged by sexual assault allegations and drowning in his own disgusting rhetoric, Donald Trump has been reduced …
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Clinton maintains double-digit (51% vs. 36%) lead over Trump — CLINTON MAINTAINS DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD OVER TRUMP — Clinton Maintains Double-digit Lead over Trump — With only three weeks remaining in the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton maintains a double-digit lead over Donald Trump among likely voters …
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Ecuador confirms it cut off Assange's internet over Clinton emails — The Ecuadorian government confirmed Tuesday that it cut off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's internet connection because of his anti-secrecy platform's publication of emails allegedly stolen from Hillary Clinton
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Ecuador cut off Assange's internet at U.S. request, WikiLeaks says
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Trump proposes term limits for Congress — on Tuesday called for term limits in Congress as part of his new ethics reform proposal. — “If I'm elected president I will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress,” Trump said at a rally in Colorado Springs …


Dem operative ‘stepping back’ after video suggests group incited violence at Trump rallies — In the past, O'Keefe and his Project Veritas Action have been criticized for strategically editing footage — Washington (CNN)A Democratic operative whose organization was helping Hillary …


Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she thought about hitting Antonin Scalia with baseball bat — Sonia Sotomayor said her fellow Supreme Court justice's comments sometimes left her wanting to dispense rough justice with sporting equipment. — “There are things he's said on the bench …
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Donald Trump's Call to Monitor Polls Raises Fears of Intimidation — Warning darkly of a stolen election, Donald J. Trump has called on supporters to turn out in droves on Election Day to monitor polling places, telling them they need to be vigilant against widespread voter fraud and a rigged outcome.
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O'Keefe claims another scalp with new video — A national field director for the left-leaning Americans United for Change was fired on Monday after the release of an undercover video that showed him saying he hired mentally ill people to protest at Donald Trump — events.
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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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Dumping Trump in Nevada Comes With Risk for GOP Senate Hopes — Senate control hinges on race for Harry Reid's Senate seat — Cortez Masto sees lead in polls after Trump tape sparks exodus — Until 10 days ago, Republicans smelled victory in Nevada, looking to save their endangered Senate majority …


Because you asked: Mrs Obama is wearing a floor length, rose gold chainmail gown designed by Atelier Versace. pic.twitter.com/DqPfAW6Rgi — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 18, 2016 — Even first lady Michelle Obama embraced the “go big or go home” attitude, striding out of the White House …


On the wikileak-ed emails between Tanden and Podesta re: me — I'm on my way from Iceland to my parents' to see my dad, who's not doing well. Landing in JFK, I found my inbox flooded with questions about the above. Here's a single, and my only, response. — I'm a big believer in leaks for the public interest.
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Hillary Fixer Breaks Ranks: I Arranged Sex Trysts For Her — With Men & WOMEN — Stunning revelations of Clinton bag man! — Hillary Clinton is a secret sex freak who paid fixers to set up illicit romps with both men AND women! — That's the blockbuster revelation from a former Clinton family operative …
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