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4:40 PM ET, August 18, 2015

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CNN:
Post-debate, Trump pulls clear of competition  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has won his party's trust on top issues more than any other Republican presidential candidate, and now stands as the clear leader in the race for the GOP nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
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Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
Grassley Snubs Cruz, Lists Trump as a Democrat  —  Senator Chuck Grassley is the gold standard when it comes to Iowa politicians.  The six-term U.S. Senator and powerful Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is running for a seventh term in 2016.  Even the ever-rare open U.S. Senate contest …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Bush donors not panicking — yet
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
I Am Republican, Hear Me Roar
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton Is Rooting for Jeb Bush
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush on Donald Trump's immigration ideas: ‘A plan needs to be grounded in reality’
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton's email firm Platte River Networks was run from a loft in Denver  — Democrat White House front runner used Platte River Networks of Denver, Colorado, to maintain her controversial ‘home brew’ server  — Up to 60 emails with classified material have been found in a sample …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Maybe Hillary Clinton just isn't a very good candidate  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged that her 2016 campaign would be better than her 2008 campaign.  And it has been.  —  She has hired the best and brightest of Democratic staffers.  She has purposely downplayed her celebrity and has tried …
Rosie.com:
CHELSEA O'DONNELL MISSING  —  Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell was reported missing.  Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16.  She was last seen Tuesday, August 11.
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Video: Hillary Clinton's Intense Meeting With Black Lives Matter Activists  —  “Look, I don't believe you change hearts,” Clinton said.  “I believe you change laws.”  —  Shares  —  In the past few weeks, Black Lives Matter protesters have disrupted Martin O'Malley …
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magazine.good.is:
Hillary Clinton to #BlackLivesMatter in Video, “I Don't Believe You Change Hearts...”  —  “...you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate.”  by Gabriel Reilich  —  As recently reported by various news outlets, Hillary Clinton held a closed-door session …
Jim Swift / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Rolls Eyes, Lectures #BlackLivesMatter Activists
ABC News:
First Openly Transgender Official Hired at White House  —  The White House has hired its first openly transgender staff member.  —  The White House announced Raffi Freedman-Gurspan's appointment on Tuesday.  Freedman-Gurspan is an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the Office of Personnel.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
In first, White House hires openly trans staffer
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
First Transgender White House Official, Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, Gets to Work
Discussion: Towleroad
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood launches ads against vulnerable GOP senators  —  Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it is launching ads targeting vulnerable Republican senators over talk of defunding the organization.  —  The ads will run in the home states of Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) …
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Congress Sends Letter Requesting These Seven Things From Planned Parenthood — Make Note of Last One
John Harwood / New York Times:
Divisions and Inertia in Congress May Hand Obama a Victory on Iran Deal  —  WASHINGTON — Partisanship has become the pre-eminent scapegoat for American political failure, an all-purpose explanation for Washington's inability to act.  Yet in rare circumstances, it can actually guarantee action.
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Sen. Menendez Comes Out Against Iran Deal
John Naughton / Des Moines Register:
Little League says Iowa's allegations of another team cheating were ‘credible’  —  Little League International issued a Tuesday morning news release after the outcome of a Monday game was questioned.  —  “The Little League International Tournament Committee recently received credible reports …
Discussion: NBCSports.com
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WHOTV:
Crazy Scenario at Little League Softball World Series, Central Iowa to Play in One-Game Playoff
Discussion: UPROXX, NPR and SBNation.com
Sen. Marco Rubio / Politico:
My Plan To Fix Health Care  —  To help more of our people achieve the American Dream, we need to make affordable, quality healthcare accessible in the 21st century.  Unfortunately, President Barack Obama's one-size-fits-all, big government approach has failed to achieve this goal.
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Politico:
Scott Walker gets out front with Obamacare replacement plan
Discussion: Slantpoint, The PJ Tatler and Mediaite
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo saves drowning man in Hamptons  —  CNN anchor Chris Cuomo rescued a drowning man who had been swept away by a fierce rip current while boating in the Hamptons.  —  The “New Day” anchor and brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spotted the older man being carried …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Was Portrayal of Amazon's Brutal Workplace On Target?  —  Soon after The Times's massive takeout on the culture of Amazon's workplace ("Where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves."), an Amazon employee, Nick Ciubotariu, wrote a long, passionate response in disagreement.
Eric Garland / The Hill:
WATCH: Rubio hits kid in face with football … Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) may have attended college on a football scholarship, but a recent toss of the pigskin didn't go too well for the presidential hopeful at the Iowa State Fair.  —  Rubio took time out from campaigning in Iowa to throw …
 
 
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Mandy Oaklander / TIME:
Head Lice in 25 States Are Now Resistant to Treatment
Discussion: Slantpoint and The Week
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Former Marine, 66, survives bloody hand-to-claw combat with black bear
TMZ.com:
Madonna — Cops Called After Raging 57th B-Day Party (PHOTOS)
Discussion: UPROXX and The Daily Caller
Stephanie Marken / Gallup:
Trump Favorability Among Women Typical for GOP Candidates
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Jon Offredo / delawareonline:
Markell: Joe Biden has my support
Jimmy Vielkind / Politico:
Assemblyman John Ceretto will become a Democrat
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex-lover says Donald Trump was great in bed
Discussion: UPROXX and Daily Mail
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Baker / New York Times:
DNA Shows Warren Harding Wasn't America's First Black President
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon / Foreign Policy:
Meet the First Class of Women to Graduate From Army Ranger School
Discussion: Politico and The Atlantic
Politico:
Fox's Luntz blasted Trump at Koch seminar
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming

 
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