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• 6 questions about Trump's taxes and the political fallout

  02-10-2016 23:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is facing another political mess -- this time just five weeks from Election Day.
  
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• Johnson hasn't read about Trump's taxes, but thinks income taxes should go

  02-10-2016 22:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Gary Johnson hasn't read The New York Times report indicating Donald Trump reported nearly $1 billion in losses in 1995, according to state tax records. But he does think income and corporate taxes should go, he said Sunday.
  
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• GOP Kentucky state legislative candidate posts racist Obama images

  02-10-2016 21:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A Republican candidate for Kentucky's state legislature posted racist images of President Barack Obama and his family -- and defended those images by saying "Facebook's entertaining."
  
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• Nigel Farage offers debate tips to Trump

  02-10-2016 20:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One hundred days after his "Brexit" victory, Nigel Farage says he's ready to help Donald Trump win his campaign. And he has some advice for him on how to approach the next debate.
  
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• Trump and the art of losing money

  02-10-2016 20:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump took a huge financial hit in 1995. But more losses were ahead.
  
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• 'No doubt' Russia behind hacks on U.S. election system: senior Democrat

  02-10-2016 20:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Democratic lawmaker said Sunday he had "no doubt" that Russia was behind recent hacking attempts targeting state election systems, and urged the Obama administration to publicly blame Moscow for trying to undermine confidence in the Nov. 8 presidential contest. The remarks from Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, come amid heightened concerns among U.S. and state officials
  
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• Trump's DC hotel tagged with 'Black Lives Matter' graffiti

  02-10-2016 20:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's new Washington hotel was tagged Saturday with spray-painted messages of "Black Lives Matter" and "No Justice No Peace" on its front entrance.
  
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• Clinton: 'My worries are not the same as black grandmothers'

  02-10-2016 20:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton told a black congregation here Sunday morning that her own grandchildren will never feel the fear that many African-American children do because they are white and privileged.
  
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• Trump's tax writeoff shows his 'genius' at business, advisers say

  02-10-2016 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alana Wise WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's decision to take a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax return showed his business acumen and "genius" at figuring out how to minimize his tax bill, two of the Republican presidential candidate's advisers said on Sunday. "This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. Speaking on the ABC program "This Week," Giuliani said that as a business owner, Trump has a "fiduciary duty" to the investors in his real estate company to maximize p
  
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• Turmoil in Trumpland in advance of next debate

  02-10-2016 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC weighs going personal against Trump. The GOP is worried about a Senate seat in North Carolina. Democrats have fresh hopes in Ohio, and there's turmoil in Trumpland.
  
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• Trump advisers say tax writeoffs show his 'genius' as businessman

  02-10-2016 18:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alana Wise WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's decision to take a $916 million loss on his 1995 income tax return showed his business acumen and "genius" at figuring out how to minimize his tax bill, two of the Republican presidential candidate's advisers said on Sunday. "This is a perfectly legal application of the tax code. Speaking on the ABC program "This Week," Giuliani said that as a business owner, Trump has a "fiduciary duty" to the investors in his real estate company to maximize p
  
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• Giuliani on facing accusations about infidelity: 'Well, everybody does'

  02-10-2016 18:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani answered the charge that he faces accusations of infidelity on Sunday by saying it's not just him.
  
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• Stressed out by U.S. election? Tune out and assume downward-facing dog pose

  02-10-2016 17:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While some patients are unhappy with the idea of a Hillary Clinton presidency, most are worried about Donald Trump, a blunt-spoken, insult-spewing New York businessman who has never held public office, according to interviews with seven therapists across six states and the District of Columbia. The therapists said their patients have complained of difficulty sleeping, irritability and heart palpitations. They said they were advising clients to limit exposure to the news and take up breathin
  
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• Sanders brushes off leaked Clinton criticism

  02-10-2016 16:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Bernie Sanders says audio from a closed-door Hillary Clinton fundraiser shows the two largely agree -- even though Clinton dismissed some of Sanders' policy positions as "false promises."
  
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• Giuliani: False claims about Clinton's marriage are 'fair game'

  02-10-2016 16:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani says Donald Trump's unfounded claim that Hillary Clinton is cheating on Bill Clinton was "fair game" after the Democratic nominee's attacks on Trump.
  
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• Giuliani claims Trump 'a genius' for not paying taxes

  02-10-2016 16:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani called Donald Trump a "genius" Sunday, in the wake of a New York Times report indicating he may have legally avoiding paying taxes for nearly two decades.
  
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• The Time I Found Donald Trump’s Tax Records in My Mailbox

  02-10-2016 16:20 via nytimes.com
  A manila envelope led to old-style investigative journalism involving a meeting in a bagel shop and an IBM typewriter.
  
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• Sanders: Trump's taxes prove system rigged

  02-10-2016 15:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Bernie Sanders hammered Donald Trump over a New York Times report that he could have avoided paying federal income taxes for 18 years after declaring a $916 million loss on his 1995 tax return.
  
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• George W. Bush's daughter attends Clinton fundraiser in Paris

  02-10-2016 14:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Barbara Bush, a daughter of former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, attended a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in Paris last night, according a source familiar with the event.
  
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• Deja vu in Congo as President Kabila clings to power

  02-10-2016 12:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko shed a tear as he delivered a speech in April 1990 promising his people an end to one-party rule and a future without the man they knew as the Guide. A quarter of a century after Mobutu's speech, there is a sense of deja vu as the fate of democracy hangs in the balance and fears of civil war grow in Africa's largest copper producer, now known as Democratic Republic of Congo. President Joseph Kabila has failed to confirm he will
  
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• 'Saturday Night Live' Is Trying To Make Us Laugh At An Election That Isn't Funny - NPR

  02-10-2016 09:16 via npr.org
  
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  'Saturday Night Live' Is Trying To Make Us Laugh At An Election That Isn't Funny
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  One could see the return of Saturday Night Live this weekend as the perfect remedy after our summer of discontent. After birtherism, and deplorables, and tax returns and emails, and rumors of affairs and and videos and body doubles, we could all use a ...and more »
  
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• How Trump could have — legally -— paid no taxes

  02-10-2016 08:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Losses can be the gifts that keep on giving when you make your money the way Donald Trump does.
  
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• What Trump tax report could mean for his campaign

  02-10-2016 06:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign Saturday night seized on a New York Times report about Donald Trump's 1995 tax records, in which the Times showed he declared a $916 million loss that could have allowed him to legally skip paying federal income taxes for years.
  
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• Climate Change Can't Get Traction In This Election, But Clean Energy Can - Forbes

  02-10-2016 06:01 via forbes.com
  
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  Climate Change Can't Get Traction In This Election, But Clean Energy Can
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  Candidates aren't talking about climate change because voters consider other issues more pressing, leading Republican and Democratic pollsters agreed in Chicago last week. But those same voters overwhelmingly support clean energy. “When you've just ...
  
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• Clinton campaign seizes on new report about Trump's taxes

  02-10-2016 04:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign Saturday night seized on a New York Times report about Donald Trump's 1995 tax records, in which the Times showed he declared a $916 million loss that could have allowed him to legally skip paying federal income taxes for years.
  
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• Trump brings up Clinton's health, questions if she's 'loyal' to Bill

  02-10-2016 04:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump on Saturday evening offered up the surest sign yet that he is returning to the bombastic, bare-knuckle style that defined his primary run as he wrapped up a week that raised fresh concerns about his presidential campaign's viability.
  
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• In search of rebound, Trump ramps up attacks on Clinton

  02-10-2016 04:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Steve Holland MANHEIM, Pa. (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump closed out a rough week for his campaign on Saturday by escalating personal attacks on Democrat Hillary Clinton, questioning her stamina and saying she should be in prison for her handling of classified emails. After a week in which he drew wide criticism for a public feud with a former beauty queen, Trump sought to rebound with a highly negative attack on his opponent in the Nov. 8 election, with a second pre
  
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• Allen West: Election Is Referendum On Obama's Failures [VIDEO] - Daily Caller

  02-10-2016 03:54 via dailycaller.com
  
  Allen West: Election Is Referendum On Obama's Failures [VIDEO]
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  “I think it is a huge referendum on the failures of Barack Obama, but also the men and women of the United States Congress who have not upheld their oath to the Constitution.” He does not think America can take another four years of Obama's policies ...
  
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• Clinton gives frank take on Sanders supporters in audio from hacked email

  02-10-2016 03:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton expressed sympathy earlier this year for Bernie Sanders supporters who "are living in their parents' basement" who were attracted to his "false promise" because they are "children of the Great Recession."
  
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• Hillary's high stakes mission to Charlotte - Politico

  02-10-2016 03:09 via politico.com
  
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  Hillary's high stakes mission to Charlotte
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  Charlotte, the site of Barack Obama's triumphant 2012 nomination, is where Clinton's struggle to electrify his coalition of voters will meet the reality of electoral math. North Carolina is a pivotal purple state where every vote counts -- Obama won it ...
  Donald Trump weighs post-election options if he losesCBS News
  Here We Go Again -- Donald Trump Hints He May Not Accept Election Outcome If Hillary Clinton WinsPerezHilton.com
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• Will electoral college pick a different president?

  02-10-2016 02:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As poll margins get slimmer between unpopular candidates and polarization continues to increase among the American electorate, could rogue electoral college voters swing the election?
  
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• Obama: “I see myself in Peres's story” - Jerusalem Post Israel News

  02-10-2016 01:36 via jpost.com
  
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  Obama: “I see myself in Peres's story”
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  Obama hosted him at the White House and planted a tree in his Jerusalem garden in 2013 while Peres was serving his term as the 9th president of Israel. In 2012, he awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Upon his death, Obama ordered the US ...
  Obama shouts to Bill Clinton at Air Force One: 'Let's go!'CNN
  Air Force One was back flying on Bubba time … despite Obama's entrea
  
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• Obama and 'Final Five' do the splits

  02-10-2016 01:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama has several months left in office, but in one sense, he's already split.
  
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• Obama and 'Final Five' do the splits - CNN

  02-10-2016 00:20 via cnn.com
  
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  Obama and 'Final Five' do the splits
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  #FinalFive #TeamUSA," said one post from their social media takeover. The White House Instagram account is where the photo of the girls doing the splits alongside Obama first appeared. Obama took part in a similar photo op after the 2012 Olympic games ...
  Team USA's dominant women are lauded by President Obama at White HouseUSA TODAY
  President Barack Obama Tries the Splits with the Final Five as He Welcomes Team USA to the White HousePeople Maga
  
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• Reality Check: Who's right about constitutionality of stop-and-frisk?

  02-10-2016 00:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  During the first presidential debate, both Hillary Clinton and moderator Lester Holt stated that the controversial police practice known as "stop-and-frisk" had been ruled unconstitutional in New York.
  
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• Obama urges Congress to act on paid sick leave - CBS News

  02-10-2016 00:11 via cbsnews.com
  
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  Obama urges Congress to act on paid sick leave
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  “That's why I've repeatedly called on the Republican Congress to pass a law guaranteeing most workers in America the chance to earn seven days of paid sick leave each year,” Mr. Obama said. “Of course, Congress hasn't acted.” But the president touted ...
  Obama calls for paid family leaveThe Hill (blog)
  Paid sick leave a 'must-have,' Obama says in weekly addressUPI.com
  Obama issues rule granting paid sick le
  
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