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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide Next Slide — Two metro-area police officers were shot and killed in apparent “ambush style” attacks early Wednesday. — Police from Urbandale and Des Moines departments responded to a report of gunfire at the intersection of 70th Street and Aurora Avenue at about 1:06 a.m.
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New York Times:
Iowa Police Arrest Suspect in ‘Ambush’ Killings of 2 Officers — Two police officers were shot and killed early Wednesday while sitting in their patrol cars in the Des Moines area, and the authorities later arrested a 46-year-old Iowa man in connection with the “ambush-style attacks.”
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Grant Rodgers / Des Moines Register:
Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters
Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters
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Linh Ta / Des Moines Register:
Iowa police shootings: Confederate flag incident at stadium under scrutiny
Iowa police shootings: Confederate flag incident at stadium under scrutiny
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CNN:
2 Iowa police officers killed, manhunt on for suspect
2 Iowa police officers killed, manhunt on for suspect
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CNN:
Obama on FBI: We don't operate on innuendo — FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to members of Congress related to Hillary Clinton's emails — (CNN)President Barack Obama made his first public comments about the FBI decision to disclose its new review into emails …
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New York Times:
Obama Criticizes F.B.I. Director: 'We Don't Operate on Incomplete Information' — WASHINGTON — President Obama criticized the decision by his F.B.I. director to alert Congress on Friday about the discovery of new emails related to the Hillary Clinton server case, implying …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cotton: Clinton Foundation one of world's largest money-laundering schemes
Cotton: Clinton Foundation one of world's largest money-laundering schemes
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama weighs in on FBI: 'We don't operate on innuendo'
Obama weighs in on FBI: 'We don't operate on innuendo'
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
White nationalists plot Election Day show of force — Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll watchers across all 50 states. His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The long history of black voter suppression in American politics
The long history of black voter suppression in American politics
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Media Matters for America and The Root
Morgan Howard / WDAM-TV:
WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism — GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) - — Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville. — A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Historically Black Church In Mississippi Set Ablaze, Vandalized With ‘Vote Trump’ — A historically black church in Greenville, Mississippi was set on fire and vandalized with graffiti reading “vote Trump” on Tuesday night. — “It is being investigated as a hate crime,” …
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Post-ABC Tracking poll finds race tied, as Trump opens up an 8-point edge on honesty — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are tied in the new Washington Post-ABC News Tracking Poll which finds Trump now holds an edge on which candidate is honest and trustworthy.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Clinton, Trump tied in latest national poll
Clinton, Trump tied in latest national poll
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Early Voting a Poor Predictor of Final Results — As we wind down this election, we begin to hear the familiar chime: The election is over and/or can be predicted because of what we see in the early vote. Don't buy it. While we might be able to make some broad projections based upon early voting …
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Teen Who Allegedly Got Weiner Sexts “Upset” With Comey — The 15-year-old exclusively told BuzzFeed News she is upset with the FBI for not informing her that her case became tied to the use of Hillary Clinton's private email server. — The teenage girl who allegedly received indecent messages …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Teen who allegedly got explicit texts from Weiner slams FBI
Teen who allegedly got explicit texts from Weiner slams FBI
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Nick Denton / Being myself:
A hard peace — After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached. The saga is over. — As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories—about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email …
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Jon Stewart tears into Trump at NY event — It's possible Jon Stewart misses his old job — or at least the part where he got to make fun of Donald Trump — The former “Daily Show” host repeatedly mocked the GOP presidential nominee at a Tuesday event, specifically scoffing at his claims …
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Video shows Trump with mob figure he denied knowing — A newly uncovered video appears to contradict Donald Trump's claim that he never knew a high-stakes gambler who was banned from New Jersey casinos for alleged ties to organized crime. — The reputed mob figure, Robert LiButti …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
FBI investigating alleged donor scheme tied to Senate candidate — The FBI is investigating an alleged illegal donation scheme involving a wealthy Saudi family that supports Democratic Florida Senate candidate Patrick Murphy. — The Hill has found no evidence that Murphy himself was involved in, or even aware of, the alleged scheme.
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Associated Press:
Wisconsin Airwaves Flooded by Johnson, Feingold Senate Ads — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic former Sen. Russ Feingold began making their closing arguments to voters in Wisconsin's closely contested Senate race Wednesday, while attack ads from both sides flooded the airwaves.
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Zac Bellman / Beloit Daily News:
Johnson: Clinton could be impeached
Johnson: Clinton could be impeached
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Nephew: George W. Bush may vote for Clinton — George P. Bush said Tuesday that his uncle, former President George W. Bush, may join his grandfather George H.W. Bush in casting his ballots for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump to Clinton's early voters: You can change your vote
Trump to Clinton's early voters: You can change your vote
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — Pennsylvania — Clinton Has Smaller Lead; McGinty Ahead in Senate Race — West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton maintains the lead in Pennsylvania, although by a smaller margin than one month ago. The Monmouth University Poll finds she currently …
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Talking Points Memo and Politico
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Republicans and Russian hackers have made Hillary Clinton the most transparent candidate in history — And Donald Trump is the least. — Hillary Clinton — by law, by circumstance, by accident, and by dint of Russian hackers — is the most transparent presidential candidate in modern history.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Yes, Donald Trump Has A Path To Victory — Tuesday was another pretty good day of polling for Donald Trump. It's also not an easy day to characterize given the large number of polls published. You could cherry-pick and point to the poll that has Trump up 7 percentage points …
Heather Higgins / The Hill:
If Dems will rig a debate for Clinton, what won't they do to win? — No matter what the election outcome next week, the media will be big losers. This campaign season has seen much of the media rip off their veneer of objectivity, too often acting instead as an unofficial campaign arm working to elect Hillary Clinton
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
From Roe to Trump — On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States, by a 7-2 majority, discovered a sweeping constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and struck down abortion laws across the country. Within five years, the number of abortions in America annually climbed above a million …
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