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CBS4 News Exclusive: Trump Denies Ties To Russia — DORAL - In his most extensive remarks on allegations that Russia is attempting to influence the presidential election in his favor, Republican nominee Donald Trump flatly denied any ties to the Russian government or Russian investors.
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Aide: Trump ‘will not be releasing’ taxes — said Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee “will not be releasing” his taxes. — “Mr. Trump has said that his taxes are under audit and he will not be releasing them,” Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort told “CBS This Morning.”
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This Is What Democracy Looks Like — The jeers and boos …
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Joel Ebert / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee Clinton delegate booted from convention after skirmish with Sanders supporter
Tennessee Clinton delegate booted from convention after skirmish with Sanders supporter
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Worked on Kids' Issues Before Law Firm
The Latest: Clinton Worked on Kids' Issues Before Law Firm
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David Dayen / New Republic:
The Democrats Aren't in Disarray. They're Practicing Democracy.
The Democrats Aren't in Disarray. They're Practicing Democracy.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Assange Timed WikiLeaks Release of Democratic Emails to Harm Hillary Clinton — WASHINGTON — Six weeks before the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks published an archive of hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of the Democratic convention, the organization's founder …
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Julian Assange: ‘A lot more material’ coming on US elections
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Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.
Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.
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Alec Goodwin / OpenSecrets.org:
Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions
Leaks show DNC asked White House to reward donors with slots on boards and commissions
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Bill's desperate bid to humanize Hillary shows fear she might lose — MORE FROM: — Here's a fact to chew on: Much of Day Two at the convention was spent trying to humanize Hillary Clinton. After 25 years in public life, she feels the need to tell us she cares.
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Bill Clinton Gets It Right — Just before Bill Clinton strode onstage to be his wife's character witness, his wife's convention planners played a video tribute to him. “When he said stuff, you believed it,” a man dressed in union gear said of Bill Clinton, “because you lived it.”
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Bill Clinton's Lapse Into Trumpism — I love Bill Clinton. But I didn't love his speech Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Given the job of humanizing his wife, he came across as genuinely smitten. But he failed to do what he's done in every convention speech he's delivered since 1992 …
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Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. to be freed after 35 years — John W. Hinckley, Jr., will be released from a government psychiatric hospital more than 35 years after he attempted to assassinate president Ronald Reagan and shot three others outside the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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John Hinckley, Who Tried To Kill A President, Wins His Freedom — Thirty-five years after he tried to kill a president, John Hinckley has won his freedom. — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted a request for Hinckley to leave the mental hospital where he's lived for decades …
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Clinton friend McAuliffe says Clinton will flip on TPP, then walks it back — PHILADELPHIA — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, longtime best friend to the Clintons, said Tuesday that he believes Hillary Clinton will support the TPP trade deal if elected president, with some tweaks.
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Spokesperson For Pro-Sanders Walkout Group Compares Protest To March On Washington
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O'Reilly: Slaves Who Built White House Were “Well-Fed And Had Decent Lodgings Provided By The Government” — BILL O'REILLY (HOST): Finally tonight, Factor Tip of The Day. As we mentioned, Talking Points Memo, Michelle Obama referenced slaves building the White House in referring to the evolution of America in a positive way.
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EXCLUSIVE: IRS Launches Investigation Of Clinton Foundation — Emails: DNC Staffers Annoyed At Having To Commemorate Holocaust — This White Hillary Voter HATES That This Black Bernie Supporter Is Blaming Democrats — Is Joe Biden In Denial? — POLITICS | ALEX PAPPAS — ‘Come on man’
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Donald Trump says he'd support $10 minimum wage — Sanders: Trump will bring a starvation wage — (CNN)Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would support raising the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour, a departure from his previous assertion that wages are “too high.”
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Elizabeth Banks Parodies Donald Trump's RNC Entrance During Her DNC Appearance
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So we counted all the women and people of color at the DNC and the RNC... The Democratic National Convention is mimicking last week's Republican National Convention in certain ways. Like the schedule: speech, speech, speech, performance, speech speech. And also the sartorial choices …
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Freddie Gray case: Charges against three remaining officers dropped — Photos from the trial for Officer Garrett Miller, one of six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. Photos also include images of Miller attending hearings and trials of other officers in the case.
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Obama's Economy Left Behind the Voter Coalition Clinton Covets — Clinton counts on youth, minorities behind Democrats' 2008 win — Trump still seen as alienating to disaffected Obama backers — The young people and minorities who propelled President Barack Obama into office …

Father Jacques Hamel: ‘A good priest ... who did his job to the very end’ — Fellow clergy and parishioners pay tribute to the 84-year-old murdered in his church in Normandy — Described as modest, dedicated and always available for his parishioners, Father Jacques Hamel, 84 …
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
‘Horror’: ISIS Terrorists Slit Elderly Priest's Throat in Attack on French Church
‘Horror’: ISIS Terrorists Slit Elderly Priest's Throat in Attack on French Church
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Clinton's Only Consistency: Ghastliness on Abortion — Democrats continue to drag the country left on abortion. — During the Obama years, liberalism became more aggressive in its support of abortion. Hillary Clinton's campaign reflects this new attitude.
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Last Charges Dropped Against Abortion Foes in Making of Planned Parenthood Video — HOUSTON — A judge dismissed Tuesday the last of the charges against two anti-abortion activists who covertly recorded a video of themselves meeting with Planned Parenthood officials, effectively ending a case …
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Cecile Richards / TIME:
Tim Kaine Is An Incredible Ally for All Women
Tim Kaine Is An Incredible Ally for All Women
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