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6:40 PM ET, September 29, 2016

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Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
HOW DONALD TRUMP'S COMPANY VIOLATED THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA  —  THE SCOOP DONALD TRUMP CUBA  —  A company controlled by Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, secretly conducted business in communist Cuba during Fidel Castro's presidency despite strict American trade bans …
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Ines de la Cuetara / ABC News:
Marco Rubio ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Possible Donald Trump Cuba Business  —  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Donald Trump will have to “answer some questions” about a Newsweek story reporting that a Trump-owned company allegedly violated the United States' trade embargo with Cuba in the late 1990s.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Report on Trump company's Cuba dealings could affect crucial Florida vote
Discussion: Daily Wire and Naked Politics
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Rubio ‘deeply concerned’ by Trump's Cuba business
Discussion: RedState
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Newt Gingrich: Trump Is “A Gentleman” For Not Mentioning Bill Clinton's Infidelity  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a close adviser to Republican nominee Donald Trump, says Trump showed he was “a gentleman” during the first presidential debate by not attacking Hillary Clinton for her husband's past marital indiscretions.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump and allies digging into attacks on beauty queen
Discussion: alan.com, Political Wire and Hot Air
Brent Griffiths / Politico:
Newt Gingrich: Trump ‘a gentleman’ for not bringing up Bill Clinton's affairs
Discussion: Political Wire
CNN:
Trump angry at allies conceding he lost debate  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is angry that his aides and advisers have conceded to reporters — largely without attribution — that the Republican nominee struggled in his first presidential debate.  —  In a conference call …
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CNN:
Trump campaign talking points: Bring up Monica
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Enabler or family defender? How Hillary Clinton responded to husband's accusers
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
‘Missing’ White Voters Could Elect Trump.  But First They Need To Register.  —  Here's a scary stat for Democrats: In 2012, President Obama won re-election by almost 5 million votes, but about 47 million eligible white voters without a college degree — including 24 million men — didn't bother to vote.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton Leads in Key Battlegrounds; Seen As Big Debate Winner
Discussion: Daily Wire and Politicus USA
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Slams First Presidential Debate: ‘What A Rigged Deal’ (VIDEO)  —  Donald Trump complained about every part of the first presidential debate, from his opponent to the moderator to the subsequent poll results, during a Thursday campaign appearance.  —  “I had to put up with the anchor …
Discussion: The Atlantic and alan.com
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump slams media for dismissing online post-debate polls
Discussion: Mother Jones and the daily howler
Detroit News:
Endorsement: Libertarian Gary Johnson for president  —  Today this newspaper does something it has never done in its 143-year history: endorse someone other than the Republican candidate in a presidential contest.  —  Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every …
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Ron Nielson / Facebook:
The Clinton and Trump supporters are at it again.  This is gotcha-ism at its finest.
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
Obama had a tense exchange with CNN's Jake Tapper over why he won't say ‘radical Islamic terrorism’  —  President Barack Obama sparred with CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday night in a tense exchange over Obama's refusal to use the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism.”
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Fox News:
More than 100 reported hurt, passengers trapped after train crash at Hoboken, NJ station  —  DEVELOPING: More than 100 people were reported hurt, many critically, and others remained trapped after a train slammed into a busy station in Hoboken, N.J., during the Thursday morning commute as emergency workers rushed to the scene.
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Matt Bai / Yahoo:
Why Clinton hasn't put Trump away  —  My first impression, after watching the opening chapter of the Trump-Clinton debate trilogy Monday, was that really not much would change as a result.  Trump had been his rude, sputtering, substance-free self; Clinton had proved herself again …
Discussion: The Resurgent
Brendan McGarry / Military.com:
US Army Accidentally Tweets ‘Trump Lies’  —  The U.S. Army called the Republican presidential candidate a liar in an errant tweet.  —  The service issued an apology after accidentally tweeting, “Trump Lies Once Every 3 Minutes, 15 Seconds.”  The message linked to an article …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Is your dog's Halloween costume sexist?  —  Young girls may be discarding their princess wands for superhero capes this Halloween, but not so in the canine world.  —  The glass ceiling appears to be firmly in place at PetSmart, where career costumes labeled “male” include firefighter and police officer …
John Newsome / CNN:
Video released shows officers shooting 6-year-old  —  (CNN)A Louisiana judge released body cam video Wednesday showing officers firing multiple rounds into a car, unknowingly striking and killing a 6-year-old boy.  —  The incident, which happened in September 2015, resulted in the indictments …
Discussion: The Root and AOL
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
He fought in World War II.  He died in 2014.  And he just registered to vote in Va.  —  RICHMOND — The FBI and local police are investigating how at least 19 dead Virginians were recently re-registered to vote in this critical swing state.  —  One case came to light after relatives …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: NY Attorney General's Probe Of Trump Foundation Appears To Widen  —  The New York attorney general's investigation of the Donald J. Trump Foundation appears to have broadened to include new allegations of self-dealing by Trump that surfaced after the probe began, TPM has learned.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Ohio, Long a Bellwether, Is Fading on the Electoral Map  —  ATHENS, Ohio — After decades as one of America's most reliable political bellwethers, an inevitable presidential battleground that closely mirrored the mood and makeup of the country, Ohio is suddenly fading in importance this year.
Julia Carrie Wong / Guardian:
‘This is awful’: robot can keep children occupied for hours without supervision  —  A child-size robot designed to take on distinctly adult responsibilities takes the debate over the automation of human jobs to the next level  —  umanoid robots were out of fashion at this year's RoboBusiness …
Discussion: Mashable, Fast Company and Mother Jones
Françoise Mouly / New Yorker:
Cover Story: Donald Trump Is Barry Blitt's “Miss Congeniality”  —  “She was the worst we ever had, the worst, the absolute worst, she was impossible,” Donald Trump told Fox News the morning after his debate with Hillary Clinton, defending his treatment of Alicia Machado …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Stein trolls Johnson on world leaders gaffe, also fails to name world leaders  —  Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein tried to capitalize on Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson flubbing a question on world leaders by listing three figures she liked.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton Leads by 4 Nationally; Trump Hurt Himself in Debate  —  PPP's new national poll finds Hillary Clinton leading by 4 points both in the full field of candidates, and in a head to head match up with Donald Trump.  In the full field she gets 44% to 40% for Trump, 6% for Gary Johnson, 2% for Evan McMullin, and 1% for Jill Stein.
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Pondering the Supreme Court's Future  —  Anyone interested in the future of the Supreme Court might ponder a three-sentence order the court issued on the last day of August.  It announced the court's denial of North Carolina's emergency request to reinstate the voter ID and two other provisions …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell: Saudi 9/11 law could have ‘unintended ramifications’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that a new law allowing U.S. victims of terrorism to sue foreign governments may have “unintended ramifications,” despite Congress's overwhelming vote this week …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and ABC News
 
 
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Watchdog knocks administration for misusing Obamacare funds
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November
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