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Police Raid New Jersey Home in Search of Manhattan Bomber — Hours after five pipe bombs were discovered near a train station in Elizabeth, N.J., federal agents and the police raided a home nearby early Monday morning as part of the sweeping search for the person or people responsible for Saturday night's bombing in Manhattan.
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FBI arrests five people near Verrazano Bridge in possible connection to Chelsea bombing after bomb cache find in New Jersey — Federal agents busted five people in Brooklyn in a possible connection to the Chelsea bombing late Sunday, law enforcement sources said.

Thieves Helped Crack the Chelsea Bombing Case, Sources Say — MANHATTAN — Leave the bomb, take the bag. — In two separate cases, thieves snatching bags from city streets and train stations inadvertently helped law enforcement get the upper hand in an ongoing bomb spree that's hurt dozens …
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AHMAD KHAN RAHAMI … The FBI is asking for assistance in locating Ahmad Khan Rahami. Rahami is wanted for questioning in connection with an explosion that occurred on September 17, 2016, at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 135 West 23rd Street, New York, New York.
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New York bombing: Police presence intensifies after explosion — New York (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:41 a.m. ET] — Up to five devices have been found in a backpack in a waste basket in Elizabeth, New Jersey, according to Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage.
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EXCLUSIVE: Wanted New York and New Jersey bomb suspect sued his local police claiming they PERSECUTED him for being a Muslim — Ahmad Rahami filed federal lawsuit claiming cops in Elizabeth, New Jersey subjected his and his family to discrimination and ‘selective enforcement’
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Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch

New Jersey resident Ahmad Khan Rahami identified as first person wanted in connection with NYC bombing
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NY, NJ Bombing Suspect Rahami in Custody After Shootout
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Ahmad Rahami Identified as N.Y., N.J. Bombings Suspect: Officials
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Suspect in New York, N.J. bombings taken into custody
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FBI raids New Jersey building near where suspicious devices found
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What to Look For as Bridge Scandal Trial Opens — After three long years, it's time for some traffic problems in ... Newark. — That is where reporters are lining up at federal court on Monday morning, waiting for opening arguments in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial …
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Federal prosecutor says Christie knew about lane closings
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Clinton accuses Trump of helping Islamic State recruit — Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday accused Republican rival Donald Trump of helping Islamic State militants recruit more fighters as weekend bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey took center stage on the campaign trail.
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Infowars
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Family ID's attacker behind ‘potential act of terrorism’ in St. Cloud — The attacker who wounded 9 inside the mall was shot and killed by an off-duty officer. The father revealed the suspect's identity. — Video (03:30) : Including a description of surveillance video from the mall and the FBI's role in seeking out motive.
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Kasich camp bashes Priebus, warns of national GOP ‘wipeout’ — Ohio Gov. John Kasich's war with the national Republican Party exploded into the open Sunday night, when his top adviser thrashed GOP leader Reince Priebus and hinted that the presidential election may be out of reach for Donald Trump.
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Trump shatters GOP records with small donors — Donald Trump has unleashed an unprecedented deluge of small-dollar donations for the GOP, and one that Republican Party elders have dreamed about finding for much of the last decade as they've watched a succession of Democrats — Barack Obama …
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The Death of ‘He Said, She Said’ Journalism — Last Saturday, The New York Times published an extraordinary story. What made the story extraordinary wasn't the event the Times covered. What made it extraordinary was the way the Times covered it. — On its front page, top right …
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Clinton 41 Trump 40 in Four-Way Sunshine State Race … New York Times Upshot/ Siena College Florida Poll: — Rubio Tops Murphy by Six Points — Florida Closely Divided on Key Issues: Obamacare, Immigration, Wall with Mexico, Govt. Stimulus & 2nd Amendment — Loudonville, NY.
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Jill Stein: Trump may have ‘memory problem’ — Jill Stein is a Harvard-trained internist, a doctor who diagnosed thousands of patients for a quarter-century in Boston and Chicago before making the late-career switch to Green Party presidential candidate and could-be Hillary Clinton spoiler.
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Team Trump Spooked by Charity Probe — Those in Donald Trump's orbit appear to be nervous about the swirling scandal around the Trump Foundation—and they should be: the stakes are incredibly high. — The allegations of a quid pro quo between Trump and Florida Attorney General …
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alan.com and Media Matters for America


Republican friendships shatter over Trump — A few months ago, Matt Schlapp, the former White House political director under president George W. Bush, walked into a cocktail party and tried to join a conversation with Republican consultants he has known for years.


The Progressive Case For Hillary Clinton Is Pretty Overwhelming — For a lot of liberals, the most important goal of this election is to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. And since Trump naturally sucks up most of the political oxygen, that means lots of blogging about Trump and not so much about Clinton.
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In interview, Biden outlines a lifelong role in cancer research, but not in a Clinton White House — HOUSTON — Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to dedicate his career after politics to cancer research — and to do so for “as long as I'm alive” — but ruled out serving …
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The Week


Trump Says Police Know Who Terrorists Are, Don't Do Anything Out Of Fear Of Profiling — After a weekend of suspected terror attacks in New York and New Jersey, Republican nominee Donald Trump suggested again on Monday that law enforcement in the United States should consider religious …