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10:15 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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton camp blasts Trump's Mexico visit  —  Donald Trump's meeting in Mexico with President Enrique Peña Nieto ahead of his immigration speech Wednesday night in Phoenix will not change anything about what he has previously said about the country or its people, a top aide for Hillary Clinton's campaign said.
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Kos
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Can Trump Be This Stupid?  (Not a Trick Question)  —  We have news tonight that tomorrow, in advance of his big immigration speech in Arizona, Donald Trump will travel to Mexico City to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.  This is such an outlandish idea it is not easy to make sense of it or predict its outcome.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Mother Jones
CNN:
Donald Trump mulling Mexico trip  —  Donald Trump is weighing a last-minute trip to Mexico to meet with the country's president on Wednesday, just hours before he is set to deliver a speech focused on immigration policy, a source familiar with the plans told CNN on Tuesday.
New York Times:
Donald Trump to Visit Mexico After More Than a Year of Mocking It  —  Donald J. Trump will make a trip to Mexico on Wednesday to speak with President Enrique Peña Nieto, hours before he gives what he has called a “major speech” on immigration.  —  On Friday, Mr. Peña Nieto invited …
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: RedState, 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.
Discussion: Infowars
Caren Bohan / Reuters:
Courting Republicans, Clinton to tout ‘American exceptionalism’
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: National Review
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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Daily Mail:
Now 30 BENGHAZI-related emails have been recovered from Hillary's server …
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
State finds 30 deleted Clinton emails on Benghazi
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
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Michele Bachmann: God picked Trump to be the GOP nominee  —  's evangelical adviser Michele Bachmann  —  said that Donald Trump was “raised up” by God to win in the general election.  —  “This is one thing I know from the Book of Daniel: the bottom line of the Book of Daniel is this …
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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
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 …
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Donald Trump to show up, but not speak out at Detroit church  —  Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press  —  When Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump comes to Detroit this weekend to try to strengthen his standing in the African-American community, he will be attending a service …
Eryn Rogers / WSPA-TV:
Greenville County student claims teacher trashed her shoes  —  SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) - Two Upstate parents are looking for answers after they said a teacher threw away their first-grader's shoes at Bryson Elementary in Simpsonville last week.  —  Six-year-old Taraji Edward's mother …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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