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• First on CNN: Super PAC tied to Senate Democrats going back into Florida race

  27-10-2016 23:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Senate Majority PAC, the super PAC tied to Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, plans to go back into Florida to boost Rep. Patrick Murphy in his race against Sen. Marco Rubio, the group told CNN on Thursday.
  
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• Dems can't get enough of FLOTUS -- and Clinton knows it

  27-10-2016 23:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama has less than three months left in the White House, and some Democrats aren't ready to say good bye -- to Michelle Obama.
  
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• Clinton, Michelle Obama make first joint campaign appearance in bid for women's support

  27-10-2016 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jeff Mason WINSTON SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made her first joint campaign appearance on Thursday with one of her most powerful supporters, first lady Michelle Obama, at a North Carolina rally to urge young people and women to vote. Clinton, a former first lady who lost the 2008 Democratic nomination to then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama before becoming his secretary of state, praised Michelle Obama for standing up for the rights of girls and w
  
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• Trump seizes on Texas 'vote flipping' claim; Georgia officials sideline problematic machine

  27-10-2016 23:25 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A social media post about ballot confusion in Texas has Donald Trump stoking claims of electoral corruption, but local officials say there's not foundation for concern.
  
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• Obama commutes sentences of 98 people

  27-10-2016 22:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama commuted Thursday the sentences of 98 inmates, most of whom were convicted on drug charges, the White House announced.
  
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• In breathless U.S. election, Twitter generates buzz not cash

  27-10-2016 22:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jessica Toonkel and Amanda Becker NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year's presidential election might be the perfect microcosm of Twitter's woes.        While some of the most memorable moments of the campaign for the White House have played out on the platform, Twitter has been unable to turn the attention and activity into ad dollars or user growth.     Well suited to quick updates on a noisy and unpredictable campaign, Twitter has
  
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• Republicans: No honeymoon if Clinton wins

  27-10-2016 22:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  So much for the honeymoon period.
  
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• Michelle Obama fires up North Carolina crowd for Clinton

  27-10-2016 22:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Michelle Obama on Thursday delivered a resounding speech vouching for Hillary Clinton's preparedness to be president, saying the Democratic presidential nominee has more experience than anyone else to assume the nation's highest office.
  
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• Hacked emails show Clinton aides surprised at 2015 email revelations

  27-10-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two aides in charge of running Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign were taken aback as news broke in March 2015 of Clinton's use of private email for her work as U.S. secretary of state, according to stolen emails published on Thursday by WikiLeaks. The late-night exchange between Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager, and John Podesta, the campaign chairman, happened within hours of the New York Times breaking the news that Clinton exclusively used a
  
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• First on CNN: McConnell super PAC raises $43 million to help GOP senators

  27-10-2016 21:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The super PAC backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is sprinting full bore to finance a late advertising barrage and save the Senate for Republicans, pulling in $43 million this month.
  
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• #TBT: A celebration of political vines

  27-10-2016 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Vine, a social media tool and mobile app by Twitter that looped the best and worst of visual media, will be discontinued "in the coming months," three years after its launch, the company said Thursday.
  
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• A celebration of political vines

  27-10-2016 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Vine, a social media tool and mobile app by Twitter that looped the best and worst of visual media, will be discontinued "in the coming months," three years after its launch, the company said Thursday.
  
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• Nikki Haley 'not a fan' of Trump — but still going to vote for him

  27-10-2016 20:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is reaffirming her support for Donald Trump, vowing to vote for the GOP nominee despite his attacks on her earlier this year.
  
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• Spain's Rajoy looks to Saturday vote to form new government

  27-10-2016 20:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Angus Berwick and Carlos Ruano MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's opposition parties warned acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy he will face a challenging second term if, as expected, he wins a parliamentary confidence vote on Saturday after losing a first ballot on Thursday. The Socialist party has agreed to abstain in the second vote, which was called automatically after Rajoy fell six votes short of the majority he needed in Thursday's first parliamentary vote. The Socialists' planned abstention o
  
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• Pentagon preparing for inauguration

  27-10-2016 20:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The presidential election still hasn't happened, but the US military likes to plan ahead, way ahead. Knowing the troops will have a leading role in January for the 58th presidential inauguration ceremonies and the country will have a new commander in chief, the Pentagon is getting ready on several fronts.
  
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• California Guard vets' bonus fiasco: Months of uncertainty ahead

  27-10-2016 20:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When the Defense Department suspended its attempts this week to take back millions of dollars in bonuses that it says California National Guard members were improperly awarded a decade ago, two big questions went unanswered.
  
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• Top Clinton campaign aides surprised by depth of server controversy

  27-10-2016 20:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton's campaign manager had no idea how problematic her use of a private server while leading the State Department would be, according to hacked emails released by WikiLeaks.
  
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• General: Up to 900 ISIS fighters killed in battle for Mosul

  27-10-2016 19:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The US and its allies have killed between 800 and 900 ISIS fighters in the operation to retake Mosul, US Army Gen. Joseph Votel said Thursday.
  
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• Clinton won't mess with Texas

  27-10-2016 19:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the clearest indications of the weakness of Donald Trump's candidacy is how far he has lagged behind past Republican nominees in red states. There is Arizona, where Hillary Clinton is currently making a real play, as well as Utah -- where Mormons have reacted with revulsion to his campaign.
  
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• Texas officials deny Trump's 'vote flipping' claim

  27-10-2016 19:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A social media post about ballot confusion in Texas has Donald Trump stoking claims of electoral corruption, but local officials say there's not foundation for concern.
  
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• UPS CEO seeing greater commitment from Obama administration on TPP deal

  27-10-2016 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The top executive at United Parcel Service Inc said on Thursday he is seeing a greater commitment from President Barack Obama's administration on getting the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal completed despite negative election campaign rhetoric about free trade agreements. "I'm still optimistic there's a chance to get this for a vote in the lame-duck session," UPS Chief Executive David Abney told Reuters in a telephone interview, referring to the U.S. Congress vote on the agreement. "If anyt
  
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• Trump Found to be “Womanly”

  27-10-2016 19:00
  
  Bob Dylan recently won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Seems appropriate, because one of his best songs is “Just Like a Woman,” and that’s how Donald Trump speaks. What? What’s that, you say? How can the macho Trump, who belittles opponents and brags about his sexual prowess, be anything like a woman? Well, that’s what […]
  
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• Man arrested for defacing Trump's Walk of Fame star in Los Angeles

  27-10-2016 18:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man was arrested on Thursday for defacing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's star a day earlier on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles with a sledgehammer and a pickax, police said. A man who identified himself to local media as James Lambert Otis was captured on video in a hard hat and reflective vest as he hacked at the star before dawn on Wednesday on a bustling sidewalk in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood. Trump, the fo
  
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• Carson: Trump's 2005 comments show 'coarsening of our society' that needs to be addressed

  27-10-2016 17:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ben Carson on Thursday excused Donald Trump's 2005 "Access Hollywood" comments as the talk of a "billionaire playboy," but said they show the "coarsening of society" as a result of a decline in Judeo-Christian values.
  
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• Can Clinton win Texas? (Yes, Texas)

  27-10-2016 17:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the clearest indications of the weakness of Donald Trump's candidacy is how far he has lagged behind past Republican nominees in red states. There is Arizona, where Hillary Clinton is currently making a real play, as well as Utah -- where Mormons have reacted with revulsion to his campaign.
  
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• Cruz previews SCOTUS fight: 'Long historical precedent' of vacancies

  27-10-2016 17:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Ted Cruz signaled Wednesday his interest in slow-walking any new Supreme Court appointments to fill the seat vacated by Antonin Scalia's death, arguing that there is precedent for leaving the ninth seat vacant.
  
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• Ana Navarro: I'm writing in my mom

  27-10-2016 16:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ana Navarro is a lifelong Republican, but she isn't voting for her party's nominee on November 8.
  
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• 'Nasty woman' and Ken Bone: election's viral stars a hit for Halloween

  27-10-2016 16:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - With the U.S. election just days away, Americans can expect to see an occasional "nasty woman" and "basket of deplorables" knocking on doors this Halloween alongside the usual parade of goblins, ghosts and ghouls. Revelers are planning costumes inspired by the campaign for the Nov. 8 election, seeking catharsis and humor at the end of the often bitterly fought White House race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Ted Wright, a marketin
  
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• Trump pushes Melania back onto campaign stage: interview

  27-10-2016 16:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Melania Trump will give two or three speeches in the final days of the U.S. presidential race, Republican candidate Donald Trump said in a television interview, apparently surprising his wife. The couple appeared in a taped ABC interview broadcast on Thursday less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 presidential election against Democrat Hillary Clinton. Melania, who has mostly remained off the campaign trail to care for the couple's 10-year-old son, was asked if she was going to campaign for her h
  
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• Impressions of US direction improved, but divided by partisanship

  27-10-2016 15:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More Americans than at any time in Barack Obama's presidency now say that things in the United States are going well, a sharp uptick in positive views and the best reviews of the country's trajectory since January 2007, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll.
  
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• Melania Trump to give two or three 'important speeches'

  27-10-2016 15:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump said in an interview aired Thursday that his wife, Melania, will give "two or three speeches" during the remainder of his presidential run, praising his press-averse spouse as "an amazing public speaker."
  
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• Two states move back to "battleground"

  27-10-2016 15:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One week after we moved Nevada and Florida from "battleground" to "lean Democratic," both states appear to be snapping back to their traditional toss-up status. Our new CNN electoral outlook places both states back in the "battleground" category and increases the up-for-grabs turf to six states and two congressional districts worth a total of 87 electoral votes.
  
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• 2 states move back to 'battleground'

  27-10-2016 15:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One week after we moved Nevada and Florida from "battleground" to "lean Democratic," both states appear to be snapping back to their traditional toss-up status. Our new CNN electoral outlook places both states back in the "battleground" category and increases the up-for-grabs turf to six states and two congressional districts worth a total of 87 electoral votes.
  
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• Clinton turns to local radio in her campaign's final days

  27-10-2016 15:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton, in the waning days of the campaign, has turned to local radio to help energize her base, largely shirking the national media -- and more sensitive questions -- in the process.
  
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• The Supreme Court is a Big Issue

  27-10-2016 14:21
  
  In another place, we proposed a new process for confirming Supreme Court nominees. Our idea was to “interpret” the Constitution’s clause about “advise and consent” to allow the Senate Judicial Committee to would draw up a list of judges, acceptable to an equal number of Democrats and Republicans on the committee, then submit the list […]
  
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• How the Latino vote could affect the 2016 race

  27-10-2016 13:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Flor Cardona is a bold, vivacious Latina, with an infectious laugh. She bounces with energy, invigorated by the power of American democracy.
  
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• Green Party candidate disrupts US Senate debate in Maryland

  27-10-2016 13:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A Green Party candidate in Maryland went on stage and interrupted a US Senate debate on Wednesday to protest her exclusion from the event, despite missing the 10% polling threshold required.
  
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• Report: Pilot error caused deadly Marine copter crash

  27-10-2016 12:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The crash of two US Marine Corps helicopters that killed 12 troops off Hawaii in January was caused by pilot error, according to a report from military investigators.
  
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• Tech privacy ally Feingold leads in Wisconsin Senate race

  27-10-2016 12:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Next month's Senate election in Wisconsin could gain Silicon Valley a key ally in Washington in the high-tech industry's battle against the U.S. government's growing appetite for more access to private data. Democrat Russ Feingold, 63, the only lawmaker to vote against the USA Patriot Act in 2001, leads incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson in the state in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Johnson, 61, rode a wave of support from conservative Te
  
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• Senate Democrats super PAC reaps unexpected cash windfall

  27-10-2016 12:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's not just Senate Republicans boasting of huge donations.
  
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• New DC routine: Wake up, search WikiLeaks, wince

  27-10-2016 12:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's shaping up to be a new part of the morning routine for DC's elite: Grab coffee, skim the news and type your name into WikiLeaks to see what damage the day's hacked emails might hold for you.
  
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• Kerry: It was right for me to concede quickly in 2004

  27-10-2016 12:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State John Kerry, who lost a close election to President George W. Bush in 2004, believes he was right to make a timely concession for the greater good of the country.
  
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• John Kerry: It was right for me to concede quickly in 2004

  27-10-2016 12:01 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Secretary of State John Kerry, who lost a close election to President George W. Bush in 2004, believes he was right to make a timely concession for the greater good of the country.
  
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• Obama '16 now has higher approval than Reagan '88

  27-10-2016 12:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More Americans than at any time in Barack Obama's presidency now say that things in the United States are going well, a sharp uptick in positive views and the best reviews of the country's trajectory since January 2007, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll.
  
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• Michelle Obama to Join Hillary Clinton at North Carolina Rally

  27-10-2016 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Barack Obama won the state in 2008, but he lost it in 2012. Today, polls show it to be in play again, with the Democratic candidate seven points ahead.
  
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• Can Hillary Clinton win Texas? (Yes, Texas)

  27-10-2016 12:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the clearest indications of the weakness of Donald Trump's candidacy is how far he has lagged behind past Republican nominees in red states. There is Arizona, where Hillary Clinton is currently making a real play, as well as Utah -- where Mormons have reacted with revulsion to his campaign.
  
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• 54% say country is on right track

  27-10-2016 12:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More Americans than at any time in Barack Obama's presidency now say that things in the United States are going well, a sharp uptick in positive views and the best reviews of the country's trajectory since January 2007, according to the latest CNN/ORC poll.
  
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• Beneath Cheers at Donald Trump’s Rallies, Dark Fears Take Hold

  27-10-2016 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Some Trump fans worry that they will be forgotten, along with their concerns and frustrations, if Hillary Clinton wins. Others predict violent conflict.
  
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• In hats and t-shirts, Trump fans rally in Jerusalem's Old City

  27-10-2016 10:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Luke Baker JERUSALEM (Reuters) - On a rooftop overlooking the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, around 200 American-Israeli fans of Donald Trump gathered to proclaim their support for the Republican candidate, convinced he will be Israel's best friend if elected. "Trump will let Israel be itself and make its own decisions, that's what I like," David Weissman, a 35-year-old from Queens, New York, who moved to Israel three years ago, said at the event late on Wednesday. Trump has said that the wom
  
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• Other Voices: Speaking While Female, and at a Disadvantage

  27-10-2016 09:25 via nytimes.com
  Women are often cut off or ignored in the public sphere, research finds. But there are some possible solutions.
  
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