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8:45 AM ET, August 31, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump to meet in Mexico with the country's president  —  Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City on Wednesday for a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, just hours before he delivers a high-stakes speech in Arizona to clarify his views on immigration policy.
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Jon Conradi / LifeZette:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump-Nieto Meeting Confirmed — It's On  —  LifeZette has confirmed that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will travel to Mexico on Wednesday to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.  —  Sources, that include Mexican officials involved in the planning of the visit …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Can Trump Be This Stupid? (Not a Trick Question)
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Donald Trump to Visit Mexico After More Than a Year of Mocking It
Discussion: Politico, Althouse and ThinkProgress
TIME:
FBI Recovers 30 Hillary Clinton Emails Involving Benghazi Attack  —  These emails were not previously provided by Clinton to the State Department  —  (WASHINGTON)— The State Department says about 30 emails involving the 2012 attack on U.S. compounds in Benghazi, Libya …
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
State finds 30 deleted Clinton emails on Benghazi
Daily Mail:
Now 30 BENGHAZI-related emails have been recovered from Hillary's server …
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Poll: Clinton Unpopularity at New High, on Par With Trump  —  Hillary Clinton's unpopularity reached a new high in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, putting her on par with Donald Trump among registered voters.  —  The latest findings solidify their positions as the two most unpopular …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Times
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary Clinton  —  Hillary Clinton hit her stride after the Democratic National Convention, riding to a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in some national and swing-state polls — her highest of the year.  —  As of today, though, Americans' views of her just hit a record low.
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
How the Political Revolution Failed Tim Canova  —  The political revolution has let Tim Canova down.  Bernie Sanders hasn't shown up to campaign for his chosen primary challenger to Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Wasserman Schultz prevails, beats back primary challenge from Tim Canova  —  Sun Sentinel … U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz triumphed over her political critics on Tuesday, as she fended off a challenge from within her own party, defeating Tim Canova in Tuesday's Democratic congressional primary.
David Brody / CBN.com:
Only On The Brody File: Michele Bachmann Says “God Raised Up” Trump To be GOP Presidential Nominee  —  Michele Bachmann, who is one of Donald Trump's close evangelical advisors tells The Brody File that, “God raised up” Trump to be the GOP presidential nominee.  Here's what she says:
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:   Michele Bachmann: God picked Trump to be the GOP nominee
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio challenges Murphy to six debates, including one on Spanish TV  —  Hours after a dominating primary win, Sen. Marco Rubio sent a Wednesday morning challenge to U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy: face off in six live televised debates, including one on Spanish-language TV.
Discussion: Political Wire
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ABC News:   After Easy Win, Rubio Has Bigger Challenge to Keep Seat
Priscilla Alvarez / The Atlantic:
John McCain's Long Road Ahead  —  The effect of Donald Trump's candidacy on down-ballot races has concerned Republicans, worried his divisive rhetoric might alienate conservative voters.  But on Tuesday night, John McCain eased those fears with his victory in Arizona's Senate primary.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McCain braces for squeaker in today's primary
SETI Institute:
A SETI Signal?  —  A star system 94 light-years away is in the spotlight as a possible candidate for intelligent inhabitants, thanks to the discovery of a radio signal by a group of Russian astronomers.  —  HD 164595, a solar system a few billion years older than the Sun but centered on a star …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections  —  Even before the FBI identified new cyber attacks on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a “critical infrastructure,” giving it the same control …
Richard W. Painter / New York Times:
The Real Clinton Foundation Revelation  —  When I was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, I asked many prospective administration officials if they would sell stock in companies, give up stock options, step down from nonprofit boards or make other painful choices to enter public service.
Discussion: Politico
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Rudy Giuliani / USA Today:
I'm performing a public service
Allen West / Townhall.com:
“The Super-Secret Handshake of the Black Community”  —  Something is happening in this presidential election cycle that has some folks totally up in arms.  A white GOP presidential candidate is addressing the issues in the black community.  And, of course, Donald J. Trump has kicked …
PBS NewsHour:
The Trump campaign has a ground-game problem  —  As the presidential election marathon breaks into a final sprint, the Trump campaign faces a jaw-dropping gap in the ground game: Hillary Clinton currently has more than three times the number of campaign offices in critical states than does Donald Trump.
Bloomberg:
Kim Has Officials Killed by Anti-Aircraft Gun, Paper Says  —  North Korea officials were purged over graft, project, it says  —  Follows defection of high-level diplomat to South Korea  —  Two senior North Korean officials were executed with an anti-aircraft gun in early August on the orders …
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago gangs no longer know or fear the police, and bodies pile up  —  Police officers emerge from the Robert Taylor Homes on Aug. 16, 1991, with weapons they confiscated while they searched for a sniper who shot and wounded a CHA officer.  —  The dead multiply in Chicago, the fruit of the gang wars ripening in August.
Discussion: VDARE and intellectualtakeout.org
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD seeks search warrant for Chris Brown's home after 911 call  —  Singer Chris Brown in court for a probation hearing in 2012.  (David McNew / Getty Images)  —  Los Angeles police are seeking a search warrant for singer Chris Brown's Tarzana home to look for a weapon he allegedly used …
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Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
Chris Brown posts Instagram rant from inside his house as police wait outside
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton camp thinks Trump fell for old trick  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign feels confident.  So confident that behind closed doors her team is taking some credit for forcing Donald Trump to seemingly defend territory that Republicans almost never lose.  —  After weeks of Brooklyn telegraphing …
Lee Drutman / Vox:
How race and identity became the central dividing line in American politics  —  In 2016, race and identity has emerged as the central dividing line in American politics.  Though race has always lived close to the surface of politics in the US, it has rarely been so explicitly front and center in political campaigns.
Oliver Darcy / Business Insider:
Hannity rants against Glenn Beck, Ted Cruz, and the Never Trump movement: 'I'll blame you' if Clinton wins!  —  Sean Hannity on Tuesday laced into Glenn Beck, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and the so-called Never Trump movement at large, saying on his radio program that he will hold those who refused …
Associated Press:
Clinton to Stress American Exceptionalism in Ohio  —  Hillary Clinton plans to stress her support for American exceptionalism during a speech in the battleground state of Ohio, while arguing that Donald Trump has rejected the concept.  —  Clinton's midday address at the American Legion's annual convention …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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