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Colin Powell Called The Cheneys Idiots — “They are idiots and spent force peddling a book that ain't going nowhere,” he said in an email about the former vice president's book with his daughter. — Handout / Getty Images — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell slammed …
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Powell in leaked email slams Bill Clinton on continuing affairs with ‘bimbos’ — A website claiming to have hacked former Secretary of State Colin Powell's private emails has published correspondence that appears to show Powell accusing President Bill Clinton — of adultery.

Here are the juiciest Colin Powell comments about Trump and Clinton from his hacked emails — In new emails leaked by a hacker, former secretary of state Colin L. Powell offers unvarnished and highly negative opinions about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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NEW YORK - Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day with this one. — An email hacked from Colin Powell's Gmail account has him writing that he had just returned from the famed Bohemian Grove — a place the Washington Post once described as “where the rich and powerful go to misbehave” …


Hacked Email: Colin Powell, Dem Donor Worried Over Clinton's Health in 2015
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Colin Powell: Bill Clinton ‘still d—ing bimbos (according to the NYP)’
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Donald Trump Checkup Said to Reveal He Is Overweight — After a whiplash-inducing morning of mixed messages, Donald J. Trump on Wednesday opened a small window into some of the results from his most recent physical examination, revealing that he is overweight and takes a statin, a type of drug that lowers cholesterol.
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Trump reveals his weight-loss goal
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Donald Trump's ‘Dr. Oz Show’ appearance likely won't feature health reveal
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Clinton Had ‘Normal’ Physical, in ‘Excellent Mental Condition’: Doctor — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday released more information about her medical history following the announcement on Sunday that she had been diagnosed with pneumonia and questions that have continued to swirl about her health.
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Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine release additional medical information while Donald Trump defies …
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Clinton releases medical records
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Trump's Path to Victory Is Starting to Look Very Real — The week before last I looked at Donald Trump's likely “path to victory” and adjudged it as “a tightrope walk down an insanely narrow path to 270 electoral votes.” I'd now take out the adjective insanely and maybe even suggest it's …
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Donald Trump sensing momentum as Colorado polls appear to narrow
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HOW THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION'S FOREIGN BUSINESS TIES COULD UPEND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY — U.S. DONALD TRUMP 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION — A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners …
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CNN/ORC polls: Trump's national gains extend to Florida, Ohio — Washington (CNN)With eight weeks to go before Election Day, Donald Trump holds a narrow lead over Hillary Clinton in Ohio and the two are locked in a near-even contest in Florida, according to new CNN/ORC polls in the two critical battleground states.
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Ivanka Trump on Her Father's New Child Care and Maternity Leave Policy — Cosmopolitan.com spoke to the 34-year-old Trump Organization executive about the plan she heavily influenced. — On Tuesday night, Donald Trump released a child care and maternity leave plan that offers new mothers six weeks …
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Not in my house, pastor tells Trump — FLINT, Mich. — Donald Trump's last minute attempt to win over African-American voters veered off course Wednesday afternoon when the pastor of a historically black church cut him off mid-stump speech, reminding him that he had not been invited there to deliver a political speech.
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Magnets for Drinkers and Porn Watchers, Wi-Fi Kiosks Will Lose Internet Browsers — The Wi-Fi kiosks were designed to replace phone booths and allow users to consult maps, maybe check the weather or charge their phones. But they've also attracted people who linger for hours …
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After Porn & Masturbation Incidents, LinkNYC Removes Web Browsing From WiFi Kiosks
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Bill Clinton is no longer the closer — Bill Clinton's chief of staff, Tina Flournoy, was home working Sunday evening when Huma Abedin called with an urgent request: Could the former president drop his upcoming meetings in Washington, and take over for his pneumonia-felled wife on the campaign trail.
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In Las Vegas for his wife, Bill Clinton cautions against voting based on ‘road rage’
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Americans' Trust in Mass Media Sinks to New Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' trust and confidence in the mass media “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly” has dropped to its lowest level in Gallup polling history, with 32% saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media.
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Even Trump's charity is a scam — THE TRUMP campaign believes this editorial is not journalism. It is “badgering.” That is how campaign manager Kellyanne Conway described on Tuesday some simple questions The Post and others have asked Mr. Trump and his circle over the past several months about his supposed philanthropic activities.
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Woman sues parents for sharing embarrassing childhood photos — A 18-year-old woman from Carinthia is suing her parents for posting photos of her on Facebook without her consent. — She claims that since 2009 they have made her life a misery by constantly posting photos of her …

RNC denies it was hacked — House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul said that he “misspoke” Wednesday when he told CNN that Russian hackers had penetrated the computer systems of the Republican National Committee. — In a statement released shortly after his TV appearance ended …
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GOP congressman says RNC was hacked, RNC refutes him
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Police release video showing state Rep. Keith Perry striking a man — TALLAHASSEE — Gainesville police released a video and new details Wednesday that sheds more light on the alleged battery ast Saturday involving state Rep. Keith Perry and a man who was taking down one of his campaign signs.
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