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• Julia Louis-Dreyfus backs Clinton for climate stance

  02-11-2016 23:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A fictional president of the United States is urging climate-conscious voters to make Hillary Clinton president.
  
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• Hacked email appears to show DOJ official tipping Clinton campaign about review

  02-11-2016 23:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  An email released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday appears to show a senior Justice Department official sending information about the State Department's review of Hillary Clinton's emails to her presidential campaign -- a move that comes as the Justice Department is under increased scrutiny for its handling of the email investigation.
  
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• Clinton and Trump's tightening race causes market jitters

  02-11-2016 22:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker and Emily Stephenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla./MIAMI (Reuters) - As Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump pushed their closing arguments ahead of next week's U.S. presidential election, financial markets were rattled on Wednesday by opinion polls showing a tightening White House race. While most national polls still favor Clinton to win, she has lost the comfortable lead she held late last month and investors are starting to factor in the possibility that the New York
  
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• Obama in North Carolina: 'The fate of the republic rests on your shoulders'

  02-11-2016 22:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama returned to North Carolina Wednesday more insistent than ever the state's college students and African-Americans cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, telling them "the fate of the republic rests on your shoulders."
  
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• Wedge issue: Texas golf range offers Clinton and Trump targets

  02-11-2016 22:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Looking for a way to help relieve stress in a heated political season, a Texas golf course owner has given patrons the chance to whack their balls at large posters of the leading presidential candidates affixed to hay bales. In the Republican-stronghold of Longview, where Alpine Target Golf Center is located about 120 miles east of Dallas, Democrat Hillary Clinton has been the overwhelming target for patrons’ golf balls. "Hillary Clinton is taking it a lot on the chin," owner Mike Williams
  
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• Plaintiffs in Trump University case press to make campaign trail comments admissible

  02-11-2016 22:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Lawyers for former students suing Trump University argue Donald Trump's statements on the campaign trail should be admissible in court and that the defense should not hide behind his status as the Republican nominee.
  
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• Turmoil in the FBI

  02-11-2016 22:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Among the casualties of the 2016 presidential campaign is the mystique of the FBI.
  
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• Appeals court revives challenge to Arizona voting law

  02-11-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday agreed to revisit a challenge to an Arizona voting law which restricted the ability of advocates to collect absentee ballots by hand. A three judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had earlier upheld the Arizona law, but the full court on Wednesday voted to rehear the case before an 11-judge panel.
  
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• Polls: Clinton, Trump neck-and-neck in Florida; new results in NC, PA and Ohio

  02-11-2016 22:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A new slate of state-based polls released Wednesday shows Hillary Clinton up 3 points in North Carolina, while Donald Trump has a 5-point edge in the state of Ohio. Clinton has a tight lead on Trump in Pennsylvania and the two presidential candidates are tied in Florida.
  
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• Trump raised $100 million in 'small-dollar' donations in October

  02-11-2016 22:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raised $100 million in October from "small-dollar" donors, his campaign announced on Wednesday. His campaign announced that the total was garnered from 1.6 million small-dollar donations, a term traditionally used to describe contributions of less than $250. Trump has faced a significant fundraising deficit compared with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. In the first 19 days of October, Trump raised about $30 million, comp
  
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• Congressional Black Caucus chair warns of GOP voter intimidation

  02-11-2016 22:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus accused Republicans Wednesday of wanting to intimidate African-American voters in North Carolina in order to "nullify their votes."
  
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• Philadelphia transit strike talks show some progress

  02-11-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  About 4,700 workers represented by the Transport Workers Union Local 234 went on strike early on Tuesday after they were unable to reach a contract agreement with Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans in Philadelphia, the fifth-biggest U.S. city, while Pennsylvania is a key presidential swing state. SEPTA and union representatives "are still at the bargaining table.
  
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• Kelly Ayotte: 'I wouldn't want my daughter in the room' with Trump or Bill Clinton

  02-11-2016 21:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is seeking reelection in New Hampshire, said in a radio interview Wednesday that she would not want her daughter in a room with Donald Trump or Bill Clinton, but added that "this isn't about my daughter."
  
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• Military weighs mellower marijuana restrictions for recruits

  02-11-2016 21:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The military may not weed out recruits who used marijuana.
  
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• Ayatollah Khamenei: Clinton, Trump prove Iran right

  02-11-2016 21:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday lambasted Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for revealing what he called the moral shortcoming of the United States.
  
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• Ayatollah Khamenei: Clinton and Trump prove Iran right

  02-11-2016 21:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday lambasted Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for revealing what he called the moral shortcoming of the United States.
  
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• Ku Klux Klan newspaper declares support for Trump

  02-11-2016 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Ku Klux Klan newspaper has declared support for Donald Trump's Republican run for U.S. president, saying America became great because it was a white, Christian republic. The Crusader, one of the white supremacist group's most prominent publications, published a lengthy endorsement and defense of Trump's message on the front page of its current issue under the headline: "Make America Great Again." "Make America Great Again" is Trump's campaign slogan.
  
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• Federal judge wants GOP to hand over info on poll watchers

  02-11-2016 20:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For Donald Trump, questioning whether the campaign will be "rigged" has become a campaign stump mantra. For Republican National Committee lawyers, it's become a different kind of worry.
  
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• Reality Check: Trump, Pence get a lot wrong about Obamacare

  02-11-2016 20:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In Pennsylvania Tuesday, the Republican ticket had a lot to say about the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• Reality Check: Trump and Pence get a lot wrong about Obamacare

  02-11-2016 20:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In Pennsylvania Tuesday, the Republican ticket had a lot to say about the Affordable Care Act.
  
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• Wisconsin poll: Clinton leads, Senate race tight

  02-11-2016 20:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton appears poised to keep Wisconsin blue while the state's Senate race is coming down to the wire, according a new poll released Wednesday.
  
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• Joe Cool: Biden slips on shades during campaign speech

  02-11-2016 20:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Vice President Joe Biden took a moment in the middle of a campaign speech Wednesday to stump for something a little less political: his Ray Ban sunglasses.
  
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• Clinton: Debate prep included mastering 'listening woman' face

  02-11-2016 20:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton says her preparation for this campaign's three presidential debates included anticipating an unpredictable Donald Trump, and perfecting what she described as her "listening woman" face.
  
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• Obama warns against FBI 'innuendo'

  02-11-2016 20:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama made his first public comments about the FBI decision to disclose its new review into emails that could be relevant Hillary Clinton's use of a private server while she was secretary of state.
  
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• Guantanamo detainees gear up for Election Day?

  02-11-2016 19:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It could be one of the most unusual "watch parties" for the voting results.
  
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• France's Sarkozy steps up attacks on Juppe, lags in polls

  02-11-2016 19:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and his camp on Wednesday stepped up attacks on his rival Alain Juppe and a centrist ally they said could not be trusted, in a sign of growing tensions within their conservative Les Republicains (LR) party. Sarkozy is lagging in opinion polls behind Juppe ahead of a Nov. 20 first round of voting in a primary contest that will decide who wins the LR nomination for next year's French presidential election. Sarkozy is unhappy about a rule that allows anybody wi
  
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• Don't even THINK about taking a selfie when you vote in these states

  02-11-2016 19:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Gonna exercise my American right! But first...lemme take a selfie. No so fast!
  
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• Pelosi on Comey: 'Maybe he's not in the right job'

  02-11-2016 19:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that FBI Director James Comey is perhaps "not in the right job" given how he has handled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email use.
  
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• Huma Abedin still slated to appear at a DC fundraiser

  02-11-2016 18:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's longtime confidant, is still slated to appear at a fundraiser for the Clinton campaign Thursday, her first appearance since the FBI's announced last week that it was investigating thousands of emails found on a laptop shared by her and her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner.
  
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• Obama on FBI: 'We don't operate on innuendo,' leaks

  02-11-2016 18:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama defended Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday and criticized the FBI announcement of new emails linked to her private server, saying there was no room for innuendo in the investigative process. In his first comment since the FBI reported a new cache of emails possibly related to Clinton, Obama said in a radio interview he did not want to meddle in the process. The FBI said on Friday it had found new emai
  
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• Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill: 'I believe the majority' of GOP senators won't vote for Trump

  02-11-2016 18:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said in an interview Wednesday that she believes based on conversations she has had with her Senate colleagues that the majority of Republican senators will not vote for their party's presidential nominee Donald Trump, and that many of them will instead vote for Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Obama acknowledges concerns about Dakota Access Pipeline

  02-11-2016 18:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama said in an interview Tuesday that members of his administration were devising options to reroute the controversial oil pipeline near a Native American reservation in South Dakota.
  
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• Mississippi church burned, vandalized with 'Vote Trump'

  02-11-2016 18:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump," officials said on Wednesday, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was looking into the incident, which comes one week before the U.S. presidential election. No one was injured in the Tuesday evening blaze at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, and the cause of the fire has not been determined, Greenville Fire Chief Ruben Brown Sr. said in a telephone interview. Black churches in the U.S. South
  
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• Vandals paint 'Vote Trump' on black church in Mississippi

  02-11-2016 18:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's a common refrain on political yard signs this time of year. But someone took their fervor for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to another level at a black church in Mississippi, authorities say.
  
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• CNN/ORC polls: New strength for Trump, Clinton rise in Florida

  02-11-2016 17:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Both the Clinton and Trump campaigns have hit the ground hard in Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania, and new CNN/ORC polls across the four states paint a picture of a tight race to the finish in critical battlegrounds.
  
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• Inside Obama's private living quarters

  02-11-2016 17:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the December issue of Architectural Digest, the Obamas have provided an exclusive tour of their private White House living quarters.
  
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• Bush family mum on voting for Clinton or Trump

  02-11-2016 17:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  George P. Bush says his grandfather and his uncle -- the 41st and 43rd presidents -- could "potentially" vote for Hillary Clinton over their own party's nominee, Donald Trump.
  
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• Kaine: Comey's actions are 'making our folks mad'

  02-11-2016 17:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tim Kaine earlier this week criticized FBI director James Comey for what he called a "double standard" in his handling of investigations into Hillary Clinton compared to inquiries into Donald Trump.
  
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• Clinton and Trump push closing arguments as markets fret over tight race

  02-11-2016 17:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker and Emily Stephenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla./MIAMI (Reuters) - As Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump pushed their closing arguments ahead of next week's U.S. presidential election, financial markets were rattled on Wednesday by opinion polls showing a tightening White House race. While most national polls still favor Clinton to win, she has lost the comfortable lead she held late last month and investors are starting to factor in the possibility that the New York
  
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• Trump's campaign should be fair game in Trump University trial: lawyers

  02-11-2016 17:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Statements Donald Trump has made during his presidential run should generally be admissible in an upcoming civil trial over alleged fraud at his Trump University venture, lawyers for the plaintiffs said in a court filing late on Tuesday. Some of the statements by the Republican nominee may be helpful to jurors as they try to determine Trump's credibility, the lawyers wrote, calling his credibility a central issue. Students at Trump University have sued in a federal court in San Diego, claiming t
  
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• Centenarian women spotlight their support for Clinton

  02-11-2016 16:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Less than a week before the first woman to be a major party nominee faces her rival on Election Day, women with nearly a century or more under their belts are sharing what it will be like to vote for Hillary Clinton.
  
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• FBI probes fire and 'Vote Trump' graffiti at Mississippi church

  02-11-2016 16:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it was working with local authorities to probe the blaze at the Hopewell M.B. Church on Tuesday night. "The FBI Jackson Division is aware of the situation in Greenville, and we are working with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners to determine if any civil rights crimes were committed," the federal agency said in a statement. Police offered few immediate details about the fire and the message about the Republican presidential nominee that
  
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• Obama on FBI procedures: 'We don't operate on innuendo'

  02-11-2016 16:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama said it was important for government investigations to not allow suggestions or innuendo to influence public opinion, in his first comments after the FBI announced new emails possibly related to its investigation of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The Democratic president said in a radio interview he did not want to meddle in the process after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday it had found a new trove of emails that might pertain to
  
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• Obama on FBI: We don't operate on innuendo

  02-11-2016 16:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama made his first public comments about the FBI decision to disclose its new review into emails that could be relevant Hillary Clinton's use of a private server while she was secretary of state.
  
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• Ryan avoids talking Trump as he stumps for a GOP White House

  02-11-2016 16:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  GOP House candidate Trey Hollingsworth urged Indiana voters on Tuesday to get behind the "triple T team" -- Rep. Todd Young, Donald Trump and, of course, himself.
  
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• Russian local election officials fired over vote irregularities

  02-11-2016 15:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Russian election chiefs have fired seven polling station officials from a region where Reuters reporters found evidence of irregularities during a parliamentary election in September. The seven local officials, from the Bashkortostan region in the foothills of the Ural mountains, were removed "for violations of various election legislation norms", the regional election commission said in a statement. Election chiefs in Moscow said they had no plans to overturn the election results in the affecte
  
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• Bill Clinton, Tim Kaine cancel Iowa event after police shooting

  02-11-2016 15:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign canceled an event in Iowa on Wednesday with former President Bill Clinton and vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine after the deadly shooting of two police officers.
  
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• Obama to black voters: Trump would undo my legacy

  02-11-2016 15:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In a strong appeal to black voters on Wednesday, President Barack Obama warned that if Donald Trump wins the election next week, the Republican presidential nominee would undo his administration's legacy.
  
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• Trump, Clinton battle for New Hampshire

  02-11-2016 14:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There's a furious final week of campaigning unfolding in New Hampshire, where four electoral votes could be crucial to Donald Trump.
  
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• How hip-hop turned on Trump in 2016

  02-11-2016 13:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When it comes to the hip-hop vote in 2016, Newton's law of energy seems to apply: A campaign at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
  
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