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Bloomberg:
Inside the Trump Bunker, With 12 Days to Go — Win or lose, the Republican candidate and his inner circle have built a direct marketing operation that could power a TV network—or finish off the GOP. — Subscribe Reprints — On Oct. 19, as the third and final presidential debate gets …
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New York Times:
Some Donald Trump Voters Warn of Revolution if Hillary Clinton Wins — COLORADO SPRINGS — Big crowds still mob Donald J. Trump when he comes to town, with fans waiting in long lines to attend his rallies, where they eagerly jeer his Democratic rival and holler happily at his message.
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Washington Post:
Inside ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’: Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income — When top Bill Clinton aide Douglas Band wrote the memo, he was a central player at the Clinton Foundation and president of his own corporate consulting firm. He made a case that his work had served …
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump springs news on Melania that she will give two or three ‘big’ speeches — To Melania Trump's apparent surprise, Donald Trump announced Thursday that his wife would be making two or three “big,” “important” speeches. — Speaking alongside the Republican presidential nominee during …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Melania Trump Tells How Son Barron Follows His Dad's Presidential Bid
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Cruz says there's precedent for keeping ninth Supreme Court seat empty — LOVELAND, Colo. — Speaking to reporters after a campaign rally for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate here, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said that there was “precedent” for a Supreme Court with fewer than nine justices …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Justice Thomas Laments a Washington That's ‘Broken in Some Ways’
Justice Thomas Laments a Washington That's ‘Broken in Some Ways’
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Politico
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely
Cruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll teach military expert ‘a couple of things’ — says he has lessons for a military expert who criticized his analysis of the battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). — “I've been hearing about Mosul now for three months,” he told ABC News's George Stephanopoulos Wednesday.
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I'll Teach Defense Secretary Carter ‘A Couple Things’ About Mosul (VIDEO)
Trump: I'll Teach Defense Secretary Carter ‘A Couple Things’ About Mosul (VIDEO)
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He'll Teach Military Expert ‘a Couple of Things’ About Mosul
Donald Trump Says He'll Teach Military Expert ‘a Couple of Things’ About Mosul
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Megyn Kelly Seeks Salary North of $20 Million in Contract Talks With Fox News — ‘The Kelly File’ host is in active negotiations; keeping her at the network is a priority for management, including Rupert Murdoch. 'It's up to her' and others ‘would give their right arm for her spot,’ he says.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Rupert Murdoch speaks out about contract talks with Megyn Kelly
Rupert Murdoch speaks out about contract talks with Megyn Kelly
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
‘Lyin’ Hillary Doll' With Noose Makes Appearance At Trump Rally In NC — A “Lyin' Hillary Doll” with a noose around its neck appeared Wednesday at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina, the latest example of violent depictions of the Democratic nominee at Trump's rallies.
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Amanda Sakuma / NBC News:
Trump Supporter Brings Effigy of Clinton With Noose to Rally
Trump Supporter Brings Effigy of Clinton With Noose to Rally
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Ben Westcott / CNN:
Sixth mass extinction? Two-thirds of wildlife may be gone by 2020: WWF — (CNN)More than two thirds of the world's wildlife could be gone by the end of the decade if action isn't taken soon, a new report from the World Wildlife Fund revealed on Thursday. — Since 1970, there has already …
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Damian Carrington / Guardian:
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Clinton leads by 6 points, Post-ABC tracking poll finds — With 12 days to go, Hillary Clinton holds a six-point edge over Donald Trump among an electorate fixated on the campaign and nervous about their candidate losing, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll.
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Stacey Readout / WJXT-TV:
UNF poll: Clinton leads Trump in 4-way race
UNF poll: Clinton leads Trump in 4-way race
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan has little margin for error in Speaker vote — Republican lawmakers who voted against Paul Ryan — (R-Wis.) for Speaker aren't saying whether they'll vote for him in a new election next year. — Nine House Republicans rejected Ryan in the special election to replace Speaker John Boehner
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Freedom Caucus divided over Ryan ouster
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: In Texas, Trump holding narrow lead over Clinton — Donald Trump and Mike Pence held a 45-42 lead over Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a three-percentage-point lead …
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Yashar Ali / The Daily Beast:
Jill Stein's Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another — Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein has largely based her campaign on her uncompromising positions on the environment, opposition to big banks and Wall Street, defense contractors, and the pharmaceutical industry.
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CNBC:
Clinton nearly doubles lead over Trump in latest CNBC survey — With only a dozen days to go before the election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has ratcheted up her lead over Republican nominee Donald Trump to 9 points, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey, nearly doubling her advantage from the last poll.
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Behind the retreat of the Koch brothers' operation — On a drizzly Monday morning in mid-September, about 200 staffers from the Koch brothers' conservative advocacy network were summoned to the fifth floor auditorium of the Charles Koch Institute's Arlington, Virginia, headquarters …
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Zoe Efstathiou / Daily Express:
Fury as German primary school ‘forces’ children to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Muslim prayer — PUPILS at a primary school were forced to chant “Allahu Akhbar” and “there is no God but Allah”, an appalled father has claimed. — The father of the pupil at the girl's primary school …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What Top Democrats Really Thought About Hillary's Private Server: “F*****g Insane” — Another Wikileaks nugget: in July of last year, Hillary Clinton's top supporters were worried about her primary race against Bernie Sanders, which was unexpectedly close, and how the emerging off-the-books server scandal would impact it.
Jeremy Turnage / WIS-TV:
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) — Gov. Nikki Haley says she's not really happy with either of her choices for president this year, but she still plans to vote for businessman Donald Trump on Nov. 8. — Speaking at a news conference for her flood and Hurricane Matthew relief fund, Haley was asked once about voting for Trump.
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Matthew Artz / Mercury News:
California poll: Trump's numbers dropping into ‘uncharted territory’ — Less than two weeks before Election Day, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris have commanding leads and propositions to legalize marijuana and levy a $2-per-pack tax on cigarettes appear heading for approval.
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kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2016 — Ashley Kirzinger, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie — KEY FINDINGS: — As the presidential election continues to dominate the attention of most Americans, the candidates themselves, the economy and jobs, and foreign policy rank …
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