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Associated Press:
MANY DONORS TO CLINTON FOUNDATION MET WITH HER AT STATE  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation.
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
Emails Show Huma Used To Put Hillary Down For Nap Time  —  An email in WikiLeaks' Hillary Clinton archive shows Huma Abedin served as the Director of Nap Time while working at the State Department.  —  Abedin sent the email in question to Clinton on January 11, 2013, ahead of a meeting with the French Foreign Minister.
Heidi M Przybyla / USA Today:
Experts: New Clinton State Dept. emails show donor ‘access,’ not ‘favors’
Nick Gass / Politico:
Carville: ‘Somebody is going to hell’ over Clinton Foundation attacks
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton leads Trump by 12 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WOW! Monmouth Refigures Poll After Trump Comes Out With Lead Over Hillary Clinton
Discussion: infowarsteam.com
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Donald Trump's new strategy to counter the view of many that he is ‘racist’  —  Donald Trump is rapidly trying to turn around his presidential campaign with a vigorous and at times strained effort to shed a label applied to him by a substantial portion of the electorate: racist.
Joshua Robertson / Guardian:
French man allegedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ in fatal stabbing of British woman at Australian hostel  —  A British man is in a critical condition and a woman is dead after attack witnessed by up to 30 people in Home Hill, in Queensland's north  —  A French man allegedly cried “Allahu Akbar” …
Discussion: Pamela Geller
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:   A terrorist attack in Roanoke
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Roanoke stabbings being investigated by FBI after man allegedly shouted ‘Allah Akbar’
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Mass Lesbian Farm Infiltration Is Obama's Best Scheme Yet  —  Barack Obama is nearing the finish line of a presidency filled with accomplishments ranging from death panels to FEMA camps to the importation of Sharia law.  Year eight is a natural time for Obama to unveil the most deviously brilliant plot …
Esther Yu Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
If Trump's New Immigration Plan Sounds Familiar, That's Because Obama Is Already Enforcing It  —  Donald Trump has built his presidential campaign around harsh rhetoric toward immigrants—referring to people who cross the border as “rapists,” pledging to build a wall between the United States and Mexico …
Discussion: NPR
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The return of ‘Straight Talk’ McCain  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The dour John McCain of Capitol Hill is on hiatus.  In his place, at least for a day: The loose, accessible, happy warrior of Straight Talk Express yesteryear.  —  McCain is deadly serious about winning reelection and continuing …
Daily Mail:
Get 'em off!  Armed police order Muslim woman to remove her burkini on packed Nice beach - as mother, 34, wearing Islamic headscarf is threatened with pepper spray and fined in Cannes  —  The French ban on the burkini is threatening to turn into a farce as police officers armed with pepper spray …
CBS News:
Second-grade teacher's unique homework policy goes viral  —  Every school year, elementary school students are faced with new challenges.  —  They have to make new friends, get to know new teachers and learn how to juggle more complex courses.  —  But there's at least one stressful thing second-graders …
Emma Dumain / Post and Courier:
S.C. Democrats tout new poll showing Clinton, Trump in dead heat  —  WASHINGTON — A new poll shows Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tied in the presidential contest in the Palmetto State.  —  The poll, paid for by the South Carolina Democratic Party and conducted by the Feldman Group …
Discussion: The Week
Associated Press:
Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets  —  CAIRO (AP) — WikiLeaks' global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has found.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
2M people off food stamp benefits in last year  —  The number of Americans who receive food stamps has dropped by more than 2 million over the last year, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as states begin to reintroduce work rules relaxed during the recession.
New York Times:
6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Italy, Killing at Least 10  —  ROME — Strong earthquakes struck central Italy early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, trapping many others under debris and setting off tremors that awakened residents in Rome nearly 100 miles to the southwest.
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
'I wasn't crazy.' A homeless woman's long war to prove the feds owe her $100,000.  —  If you've spent any time in downtown Washington, you've probably seen 80-year-old Wanda Witter.  —  Shock white hair, a determined, unsmiling set to her mouth, jeans.  She may have asked you for some change …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Did Donald Trump make donations for flood relief in Louisiana?  Here's what we know.  —  Last week, Donald Trump toured areas of Louisiana that had been devastated by flooding.  During his visit, news outlets reported that he had made at least two donations to flood-relief efforts there.
The White House:
President Obama Honors Outstanding Mathematics and Science Teachers  —  WASHINGTON, DC — President Obama today named 213 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Discussion: WWLP-TV and NOLA River
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Steven Hill, Who Starred on ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Mission: Impossible,’ Dies at 94  —  Steven Hill, who originated imposing lead roles on two notable television series, “Mission: Impossible” in the 1960s and “Law & Order” in the 1990s, died on Tuesday in Manhattan.  He was 94.
Zachary Tracer / Bloomberg:
Insurance Startup Oscar Quits Two Markets, Rethinks Obamacare Plans  —  'The individual market isn't working as intended,' CEO says  —  Company will stop selling insurance in Dallas, New Jersey  —  Health insurance startup Oscar Insurance Corp. will reevaluate its approach to Obamacare …
WNEP-TV:
Angered over Sap, Man Cuts Down Tree, Sending It onto His Own Apartment House … PITTSTON TOWNSHIP — A man in Luzerne County cut down his neighbor's tree over the weekend because he thought it was ruining his car.  The tree ended up hitting his own apartment house.
Discussion: Associated Press and KFOR-TV
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Trump Open to ‘Softening’ in Immigration Laws … Editor's note: This story has been updated.  —  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says he is open to a “softening” in laws dealing with people who are in the country illegally, offering a pivot away from the hardline immigration views he espoused throughout the primaries.
Jeremy B. Merrill / New York Times:
Liberal, Moderate or Conservative?  See How Facebook Labels You  —  You may think you are discreet about your political views.  But Facebook, the world's largest social media network, has come up with its own determination of your political leanings, based on your activity on the site.
Discussion: Refinery29, Mashable, alan.com and RedState
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Hillary Clinton's ‘Fight Song’ is driving some people nuts  —  It's Hillary Clinton's fight song, but some listeners don't have a lot of fight left in them.  —  Before and after the Democratic nominee takes the stage at rallies, her campaign inevitably plays the 2015 pop hit “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten.
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Drug Company Exec Pay Jumped as EpiPen Prices Hiked  —  EpiPen Prices Rocket Along with Drugmaker Executive's Pay 1:11  —  EpiPen prices aren't the only thing to jump at Mylan.  Executive salaries have also seen a stratospheric uptick.  —  Proxy filings show that from 2007 to 2015 …
 
 
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Ted Johnson / Variety:
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
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Florida Times Union:
Police identify victim, 83, in fatal Jacksonville dog attack; neighbors hope dogs will not return
Discussion: CBS New York
Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Pence Stops for Haircut From Barber Who Doesn't Recognize Him
Discussion: Politico
Daniel Wagner / BuzzFeed:
Where Are Trump's “Made In The USA” Suits Made? (Hint: Not The USA)
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Turtles and BS All The Way Down  —  As I noted in my earlier post …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Natalie Robehmed / Forbes:
The World's Highest-Paid Actresses 2016: Jennifer Lawrence Banks $46 Million Payday Ahead Of Melissa McCarthy
The Sun:
NEW WORLD REVEALED ‘Secret second Earth’ that could be home to ALIENS will be exposed tomorrow
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Vic Ryckaert / Indianapolis Star:
IMPD officers shoot homeowner in robbery confusion
Discussion: Raw Story and Bearing Arms
CNN:
FBI investigating Russian hack of New York Times reporters, others
New York Times:
Think Hillary Clinton Will Win in a Landslide? Don't Bet on It
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
The Explosive New Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Bill O'Reilly, Detailed
 

 
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