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8:40 AM ET, August 23, 2016

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Emails reveal how foundation donors got access to Clinton and her close aides at State Dept.  —  A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and whose firm paid Bill Clinton millions of dollars in consulting fees wanted help getting a visa for a British soccer player with a criminal past.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
It's Colin Powell vs. Hillary Clinton on email  —  Republicans are seizing on reports of friction between Hillary Clinton  —  and Colin Powell to bolster their case that the Democratic presidential nominee lied to the FBI about her handling of classified information.
Fox News:
Trump calls for special prosecutor to look at Clinton Foundation, clarifies immigration stance
Discussion: BizPac Review
Judicial Watch:
New Abedin Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton State Department Gave Special Access to Top Clinton Foundation Donors
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump calls for special prosecutor for Clinton
Discussion: The Week
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The FBI found 15,000 emails Hillary Clinton didn't turn over. Uh oh.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence unleashes new attack on Clinton in Iowa
Michael Wolff / USA Today:
Will media turn on Clinton?
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Conservative Group Says Emails Suggest Special Access for Clinton Donors
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:   New Emails Show Top Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Setting Up Meetings with Major Foundation Donors
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Andrea Tantaros of Fox News Claims Retaliation for Harassment Complaints  —  Andrea Tantaros, a former Fox News host, charged in a lawsuit filed Monday that top executives at the network, including the man who replaced Roger Ailes, punished her for complaining about sexual harassment by Mr. Ailes.
Aaron David Miller / Wall Street Journal:
Why ‘Cash for Prisoners’ May End Up Being Least of U.S. Concerns Over Payment to Iran  —  Aaron David Miller is a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars and most recently the author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President.”
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New York Times:
The Fake $400 Million Iran ‘Ransom’ Story
Mike Levine / ABC News:
FBI Investigating Possible ISIS-Inspired Knife Attack in Virginia  —  The FBI has launched a federal terrorism investigation into a weekend stabbing in Roanoke, Va., looking at whether the attacker may have been trying to behead his victim in an alleged ISIS-inspired assault, sources tell ABC News.
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NBC News:
Clinton Continues to Hold Big Lead Over Donald Trump  —  Hillary Clinton continues to hold a large national lead over Donald Trump, 50 percent to 42 percent, weeks after the Democratic National Convention.  —  Clinton's 8-point advantage is virtually unchanged from her 9-point lead last week …
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
Reports: Trump cancels Nevada, Colorado, Oregon events  —  3.7k Shares  —  Donald Trump has canceled at least three events this month.  —  On Monday, outlets in Colorado, Nevada and Oregon reported that Trump events set to go on in their states were canceled, though in Nevada and Colorado …
Ethan Lou / Reuters:
Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party  —  About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country's coast guard said on Monday.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Melania Trump taking legal action against Daily Mail for defamation  —  Melania Trump has started legal action against the Daily Mail and other outlets for what she claims is a defamatory article about her past.  —  Charles Harder, an attorney for Trump, said in an email that the legal action goes beyond …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Emails: Huma Abedin Left Classified Material Unsecured In The Front Seat Of Her Car  —  Ex-Secret Service Agent Loses It On Politico Reporter: ‘F*** Yourself!’  —  THE MIRROR |  BETSY ROTHSTEIN  —  Potential Clinton Email Bombshell To Drop Right Before The Election  —  DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Condi Rice Also Has No Recollection Of Hillary's Email Convo With Colin Powell
Discussion: twitchy.com
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
‘Go F*ck Yourself, You Piece of Sh*t’: GOP Candidate Goes on Tirade Against Reporter  —  In a phone call with Politico Florida reporter Marc Caputo, Florida Republican congressional candidate Dan Bongino went on a profanity-laced rant, inviting Caputo several times to carry out a sexual act that is not physically possible.
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Yahoo:
Worldwide concern over ‘too many immigrants’: study  —  Paris (AFP) - People throughout the world are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with immigration levels which are higher than any time since the Second World War, according to a new survey published Monday.
Jeff Horwitz / Associated Press:
Racism and talk of religious war: Trump staff's online posts  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, ridiculed Mexican accents, called for Secretary of State John Kerry …
Dr. Harry Wilson / Roanoke College:
RC Poll: Clinton opens wide lead over Trump in Va.  —  Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has opened a 16-point lead over Republican Donald Trump among likely voters in Virginia (48%-32%), according to The Roanoke College Poll.  Libertarian Gary Johnson received the support …
Tom Scocca / Gawker:
Gawker Was Murdered by Gaslight  —  A lie with a billion dollars behind it is stronger than the truth.  Peter Thiel has shut down Gawker.com.  —  This is the final act in what Thiel wished to present, and succeeded in presenting, as a simple and ancient morality play, a story of hubris meeting its punishment.
Washington Post:
Don't fall for Trump's pivot toward ‘humane’ immigration policies  —  CONCEIVED IN a spasm of xenophobia (Mexican “rapists,” the wall, mass deportations) and weaned on a diet of red-meat nativism (America First!), Donald Trump's campaign has gloried in demonizing immigrants, particularly the undocumented variety.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What Are the Chances That Democrats Retake the House?  —  With less than three months to go until the presidential election, there's still time for Donald J. Trump to make it a closer race.  —  But suppose that he doesn't, and that Hillary Clinton enters the final stretch with a clear and consistent lead?
Discussion: Washington Post
Edgar Walters / The Texas Tribune:
Judge Denies UT-Austin Professors' Attempt to Block Campus Carry … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  A federal judge has denied three University of Texas at Austin professors' initial attempt to keep guns out of their classrooms under the state's campus carry law.
 
 
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Russ Read / The Daily Caller:
Bahrain's Prince Got Audience With Clinton After Donating $32 Million To Her Foundation
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Trump's red-state tour
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Advisor: Hillary and Obama Want ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of ‘White Working People’
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
RNC ready to reelect Reince Priebus
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani gets the street brawl with Hillary Clinton that he's always wanted
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Judge halts school board elections in Ferguson-Florissant, saying they're stacked against black voters
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Chaffetz claims FBI gave Congress conflicting documents on Clinton email probe
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