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• U.S. appeals court sides against Pence in Syrian refugee case

  03-10-2016 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the Republican nominee for U.S. vice president, lost another round in federal court on Monday in his bid to keep refugees fleeing Syria's civil war from resettling in his state. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirmed a lower-court ruling that Pence's order seeking to bar state agencies from helping the resettlement of Syrian immigrants discriminates against the refugees based on their national origin. The setback for Pence comes a day before he is
  
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• Trump: 'I'm working for you now, I'm not working for Trump'

  03-10-2016 23:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump confronted a report that cast doubts on whether he has paid income taxes head-on Monday, pitching himself as a master of the tax code intent now on using those skills to help working Americans.
  
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• In new blow to campaign, Trump's foundation ordered to halt fundraising

  03-10-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By James Oliphant and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York's attorney general ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's charitable foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, warning that a failure to do so would be a "continuing fraud." For Trump, the cease-and-desist order was the latest in a series of blows that has sent his campaign reeling. The New York businessman and his aides spent much of the weekend pushing back against suggestions that he may no
  
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• Trump on US airstrikes against ISIS: 'Who knows what they are hitting?'

  03-10-2016 23:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump questioned Monday whether airstrikes conducted by the US military and its coalition allies are actually hitting ISIS members.
  
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• Post-debate, Clinton takes the lead

  03-10-2016 22:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton emerges from the first presidential debate with a five-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, having narrowed the enthusiasm gap between her supporters and Trump's, and holding broad advantages over the Republican nominee as the candidate with the right temperament and preparation for the job, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
  
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• Polls: Clinton leading in Colorado, Virginia

  03-10-2016 22:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton is leading in both Colorado and Virginia, shoring up support in two battleground states in post-debate polling.
  
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• Poll: 8-in-10 Trump backers say paying taxes is 'civic duty'

  03-10-2016 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The vast majority of likely voters view paying taxes as a "civic duty," including 79% of Donald Trump's supporters, according to a new poll.
  
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• Federal court blasts Pence on Syrian refugees

  03-10-2016 22:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Monday dealt a blow to Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, upholding a preliminary injunction blocking Indiana's effort to prevent resettlement of Syrian refugee families in his state.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court begins new term, still shorthanded

  03-10-2016 22:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday in low-key fashion, still down a justice for the foreseeable future because of the Republican-led Senate's refusal to act on President Barack Obama's nominee to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia. If left to the next president, the appointment would be made by the winner of the Nov. 8 presidential election pitting Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Supreme Court turns away challenge to death penalty sentence in fragging case

  03-10-2016 22:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up the appeal of an Army sergeant sentenced to death for an attack against his fellow soldiers at a US military outpost in Kuwait in 2003.
  
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• Polls: Hillary Clinton leading in Colorado, Virginia

  03-10-2016 21:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton is leading in both Colorado and Virginia, shoring up support in two battleground states in post-debate polling.
  
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• Clinton promises to hold Wells Fargo accountable

  03-10-2016 21:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday vowed to hold Wells Fargo accountable for "egregious corporate behavior" in a scandal over employees' opening millions of accounts without customers' knowledge. One of the nations' biggest banks bullying thousands of employees into committing fraud against unsuspecting customers," Clinton told a crowd in Ohio, a crucial battleground in the Nov. 8 presidential election against Republican Donald Trump. In Toledo, an area that has los
  
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• Clinton: Trump 'contributing nothing to our nation'

  03-10-2016 21:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton laced into Donald Trump on Monday for living a billionaire's lifestyle while "contributing nothing to our nation," in her first public remarks about a New York Times report that revealed Trump might have avoided paying federal income taxes for close to two decades.
  
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• Trump's charity ordered to stop fundraising in NY state

  03-10-2016 21:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By James Oliphant and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York's attorney general ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's charitable foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, saying the Trump Foundation was breaking a law that requires charities to register with a state government agency. "The failure immediately to discontinue solicitation and to file information and reports required under Article 7-A with the Charities Bureau shall be deemed to be a cont
  
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• Honduras police tear gas anti re-election protesters

  03-10-2016 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Clashes broke out in Honduras on Monday as police fired tear gas on demonstrators blocking highway toll stations in protest against efforts by the ruling party to enable presidential re-election and keep the incumbent Juan Hernandez in power. The protesters were also demonstrating against increases in highway toll rates and the cost of electricity. Urged on by the opposition Liberty and Refoundation Party (LIBRE), protesters took toll stations in the center and north of the Central American coun
  
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• Obama to cast early ballot in Chicago

  03-10-2016 20:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama will cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton in Chicago this month, he told Democratic supporters in a fundraising solicitation on Monday.
  
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• Fair Game: The Trump Campaign’s Questionable Tax Return Justification

  03-10-2016 19:58 via nytimes.com
  Experts scoffed at campaign officials’ argument that Donald J. Trump had a “fiduciary duty” to pay no more tax than required.
  
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• NY AG orders Trump foundation to cease fundraising

  03-10-2016 19:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ordered Donald Trump's charity to immediately halt fundraising in the state, following reports that it had not submitted to routine audits mandated by the state, the office announced Monday.
  
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• Trump: Military suicides happen to servicemembers who 'can't take it'

  03-10-2016 19:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump suggested Monday that American soldiers and veterans who commit suicide do so because they can't handle the post-traumatic stress of war.
  
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• US suspends talks with Russia over Syria

  03-10-2016 19:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The State Department announced it is "suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia" that came about as part of the short-lived cessation of hostilities in Syria. "This is not a decision that was taken lightly," the statement said.
  
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• Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Reconsider Obama’s Immigration Plan

  03-10-2016 19:36 via nytimes.com
  The Obama administration had argued that a matter of such importance should be resolved by a nine-member court.
  
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• Donald Trump Says a Strong Defense Against Cyberattacks Is Essential

  03-10-2016 19:36 via nytimes.com
  Cyberattacks from foreign governments “constitute one of our most critical national security concerns,” Mr. Trump told a group of military veterans in Virginia.
  
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• New York attorney general orders Trump Foundation to stop soliciting in state

  03-10-2016 19:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The New York attorney general has served the Trump Foundation with a cease and desist order that requires it to stop fundraising in New York, alleging it is not properly registered in the state. "The failure immediately to discontinue solicitation and to file information and reports ... with the Charities Bureau shall be deemed to be a continuing fraud upon the people of the state of New York," according to a letter dated Sept. 30 that the attorney general's office posted online.
  
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• Presidential race tightens in Florida, Ohio, Arizona

  03-10-2016 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential race tightened in a number of traditional battleground states, though Democrat Hillary Clinton remained the favorite to win the White House, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project poll released on Monday. The project, which uses a national online opinion poll of more than 15,000 people, showed that, as of Thursday, Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump were running nearly even in support in Florida and Ohio:
  
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• State Attorney General Orders Trump Foundation to Cease Raising Money in New York

  03-10-2016 19:01 via nytimes.com
  Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general, said a charities bureau had determined that the Donald J. Trump Foundation was not registered to solicit donations under state law.
  
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• Trump's weekend meltdown

  03-10-2016 18:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald trump had a bad week. On Saturday night, he decided to talk about it.
  
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• Donald Trump's weekend meltdown

  03-10-2016 18:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald trump had a bad week. On Saturday night, he decided to talk about it.
  
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• Tuesday’s VP Debate Should Be Worth Watching

  03-10-2016 18:41
  
  Nobody expects Tuesday’s vice presidential debate to be watched by the 84 million who watched Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at last Monday’s first 2016 presidential debate. But there are plenty of reasons to watch Tim Kaine and Mike Pence at the vice presidential debate this Tuesday. We found a few articles to tell you […]
  
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• Shootings at U.S. colleges deadlier and more frequent, report finds

  03-10-2016 18:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Shootings on college campuses over the last five years have more than doubled since a similar period a decade earlier, according to a report released on Monday by a criminal justice reform organization. The incidents have also grown more deadly, with three times as many people injured or killed during the most recent five-year period, the New York City-based Citizens Crime Commission said. "It is now appropriate to call our nation's gun violence problem an epidemic," said the commission's presid
  
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• Supreme Court begins new term, still shorthanded

  03-10-2016 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday in low-key fashion, still down a justice for the foreseeable future because of the Republican-led Senate's refusal to act on President Barack Obama's nominee to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia. If left to the next president, the appointment would be made by the winner of the Nov. 8 presidential election pitting Republican Donald Trump against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
  
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• SCOTUS rejects Obama administration request on immigration orders

  03-10-2016 18:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court rejected Monday a request from the Obama administration to rehear a case concerning its executive actions on immigration, dealing another blow to the President's attempt to put in place programs aimed at helping more than 4 million undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Clinton to air Florida radio ad hitting Trump for reportedly flouting the Cuba embargo

  03-10-2016 17:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign hopes Donald Trump's alleged flouting of the Cuban trade embargo will help tip the balance in battleground Florida.
  
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• Trump: Clinton's only cybersecurity experience is her email scandal

  03-10-2016 17:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump tried to put one of the toughest weeks in his campaign behind him Monday by using a cybersecurity speech to veterans to hammer away at Hillary Clinton's email controversy.
  
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• Supreme Court won't take up Washington Redskins trademark case

  03-10-2016 17:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court announced today that it would not take up an appeal by the Washington Redskins concerning the constitutionality of a federal law that directs the United States Patent and Trademark Office to refuse the registration of a trademark that disparages "persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols."
  
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• Supreme Court lets stand ruling that says NCAA violates anti-trust laws

  03-10-2016 17:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court let stand a lower court opinion that said that the NCAA 's so called "amateur rules" that required that college students not be paid -- violate anti-trust laws.
  
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• Ivory Coast draft constitution amends clause at heart of civil war

  03-10-2016 17:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast voters will decide this month whether to soften a nationality clause that helped trigger a decade-long political crisis, a draft of a new constitution showed on Monday. President Alassane Ouattara promised during his campaign for re-election last year to change the language of an article in the constitution which states the parents of presidential candidates must both be natural-born Ivorians. Ivorian nationality was at the heart of a crisis that beg
  
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• Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Wisconsin Campaign Finance Case

  03-10-2016 16:54 via nytimes.com
  The justices declined to review a state ruling that shut down an inquiry into spending against a 2012 effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
  
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• Hollande would not even get run at re-election: poll

  03-10-2016 16:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Francois Hollande's distant prospects of winning a second term as French president were further dented on Monday when a poll suggested he would not even win the endorsement of his own Socialist Party's supporters. Opinion polls have for many months shown Hollande losing the May presidential election to all likely adversaries, but the new poll pointed to him being defeated in the party's candidate selection process by former industry minister Arnaud Montebourg. Montebourg, 53, who made his mark b
  
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• 'SNL' returns with Baldwin's Trump debating Clinton

  03-10-2016 16:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  "Saturday Night Live" returns for its 42nd season with Alec Baldwin playing Donald Trump against Kate McKinnon's Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Weld clarifies: Running mate Johnson 'would be the best president'

  03-10-2016 16:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld said Monday he believes running mate Gary Johnson "would be the best president because of the policies" that he's proposed, as the former Republican governor sought to redirect focus away from his recent comment that he's "not sure anybody is more qualified than Hillary Clinton."
  
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• Cape Verde President Fonseca on track to win re-election

  03-10-2016 16:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cape Verde's President Jorge Carlos Fonseca won a second term in Sunday's election with nearly three-quarters of the vote, preliminary results showed. Fonseca, who pledges to prioritize education, has led the West African archipelago since 2011, ensuring its stability in a region known for coups. With more than 95 percent of votes counted, Fonseca, who ran for the Movement for Democracy Party, had 74 percent, with his nearest rival Albertino Graca on 22.6 percent.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Obama administration request on immigration orders

  03-10-2016 16:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court rejected Monday a request from the Obama administration to rehear a case concerning its executive actions on immigration, dealing another blow to the President's attempt to put in place programs aimed at helping more than 4 million undocumented immigrants.
  
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• Supreme Court Declines to Consider N.C.A.A. Rules on Paying Athletes

  03-10-2016 16:23 via nytimes.com
  The justices turned down a review of a California ruling that the association could restrict athletes’ compensation beyond scholarships and a few thousand dollars.
  
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• Mark Cuban blasts Trump, calls paying taxes 'patriotic'

  03-10-2016 16:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Celebrity billionaire Mark Cuban is blasting Donald Trump, saying that paying taxes as a rich person is "patriotic" and calling on Trump to explain which tax breaks he relies on.
  
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• Sidebar: Judges Who Are Elected Like Politicians Tend to Act Like Them

  03-10-2016 16:05 via nytimes.com
  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. of the Supreme Court has advised all judges to ignore public sentiment, but studies have found that elections can affect judicial behavior.
  
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• From Mondale to Palin, the Hits From Past Vice-Presidential Debates

  03-10-2016 15:09 via nytimes.com
  As Gov. Mike Pence and Senator Tim Kaine prepare to take the stage, we take a look back at how some of their vice-presidential debate predecessors have fared.
  
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• Show the World How You Really Feel

  03-10-2016 14:19
  
  If you’ve already donated the maximum against the candidate you hate, here’s something you can buy so you can show your displeasure. . .by dressing your baby in a onesie, with printing on the front that says, “I already hate our next president.” Adult sized t-shirts are also available, but no sense keeping your hate […]
  
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• The 2016 Race: Donald Trump Trashes Nafta. But Unwinding It Would Come at a Huge Cost.

  03-10-2016 14:00 via nytimes.com
  Rejecting the free-trade deal with America’s neighbors would mean upending major industries and a generation’s worth of economic integration.
  
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• LeBron James endorses Clinton

  03-10-2016 12:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Lebron James, the three-time NBA champion and four-time NBA most valuable player, endorsed Hillary Clinton on Sunday.
  
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• Trump running out of time

  03-10-2016 12:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's tax controversy and his self-destructive lack of discipline threaten to drain the Republican nominee of something he can't afford: time.
  
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