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• U.S. court deals Trump a setback in poll-monitor fight

  03-11-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a blow to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a U.S. judge on Thursday upheld a Pennsylvania state law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor Election Day activity in Democratic-leaning areas. Trump has repeatedly said Tuesday's presidential election may be rigged, without providing scant evidence, and has urged supporters to keep an eye out for signs of voting fraud in Philadelphia and other heavily Democratic areas. Dem
  
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• Tapper, Trump staffer clash on sexual assault claims

  03-11-2016 23:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In a tense exchange on CNN's "The Lead" on Thursday afternoon, Donald Trump's deputy campaign manager David Bossie told Jake Tapper "there's not one shred of evidence" to support the allegations of sexual assault against the Republican nominee.
  
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• Kaine makes pitch to Latino voters -- in Spanish

  03-11-2016 23:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine made his case to Latino voters Thursday, asking them to vote for his presidential ticket with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton -- in Spanish.
  
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• Philadelphia transit agency may try to halt strike on Election Day

  03-11-2016 22:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Philadelphia public transit officials may ask a federal judge as soon as Friday to force striking workers to return to their jobs on Election Day if a deal is not in place by then, an agency spokesman said on Thursday. The work stoppage has raised fears that some voters in and around Philadelphia, which is heavily Democratic, might face difficulties getting to the polls for Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. The agency was considering a request for an injunction to ensure voters can cast ball
  
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• FBI fear of leaks drove decision on emails linked to Clinton: sources

  03-11-2016 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director James Comey was driven in part by a fear of leaks from within his agency when he decided to tell Congress the FBI was investigating newly discovered emails related to Hillary Clinton, law enforcement sources said on Thursday. Several sources said it was unclear whether the FBI would make any further public disclosures about its latest review before Tuesday's presidential and congressional elections. Another source, recently in contact with to
  
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• Clinton supporters worry about close White House race

  03-11-2016 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Amanda Becker CONCORD, N.C./WINTERVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's supporters nervously eyed opinion polls showing the Democrat with a tenuous lead over Republican rival Donald Trump on Thursday as the White House candidates raced through vital battleground states in a late search for votes. Clinton was leading Trump by 6 percentage points, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Wednesday. ...
  
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• Judge refuses to block New York 'ballot selfie' law

  03-11-2016 22:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge on Thursday refused to block enforcement of a New York state law barring voters from taking photographs of their marked ballots so that they could post them on social media websites. Under the law, which dates from the 19th century, it is a misdemeanor for voters to share the contents of completed ballots. Three voters sued on Oct. 26 to block enforcement of the law, saying that sharing ballot selfies was a form of speech protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
  
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• U.S. court deals Trump a setback in fight over poll monitors

  03-11-2016 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a blow to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a U.S. judge on Thursday upheld a Pennsylvania state law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor Election Day activity in Democratic-leaning areas. Trump has repeatedly said Tuesday's presidential election may be rigged, and has urged supporters to keep an eye out for signs of voting fraud in Philadelphia and other heavily Democratic areas. Democrats worry that could encourage
  
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• Squirrel sparks Halloween voting outage in Ohio

  03-11-2016 22:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Reports of voter intimidation, rigged elections and worse have put Democrats and Republicans on alert for just about any culprit, save the one bushy-tailed bandit that stalled an Ohio county's voting on Halloween.
  
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• Cruz stumps for Trump, but doesn't say his name at Iowa rally

  03-11-2016 22:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After a bitter primary fight between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, the Texas senator is slowly coming around to the Republican ticket, though with just days before the election, still not enough to use Tump's name when pitching to Iowa voters Thursday.
  
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• Democrats hope jobs report will make voters say 'Thanks Obama' — and vote Clinton

  03-11-2016 22:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Driving down an interstate in North Carolina Wednesday, President Barack Obama glimpsed a sign from his armored limousine advertising gas at $1.99 a gallon.
  
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• Team Clinton to outspend Team Trump by $20 million in final week

  03-11-2016 21:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Even with an late influx of cash and advertising, Donald Trump and his committees are on pace to spend $20 million less in the final week than are Hillary Clinton and hers.
  
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• Eric Trump: David Duke 'deserves a bullet'

  03-11-2016 21:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Eric Trump said on Thursday that former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke deserves "a bullet."
  
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• Why North Carolina is so important in 2016

  03-11-2016 21:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are each campaigning Thursday in North Carolina, which is emerging as perhaps the state on which the 2016 presidential race turns.
  
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• Democratic congresswoman: FBI Director James Comey is 'clearly politically motivated'

  03-11-2016 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Yvette Clarke said in a radio interview on Wednesday that FBI director James Comey recent actions regarding the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server are "clearly politically motivated."
  
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• First on CNN: Obamas cut new ads targeting black voters in House battlegrounds

  03-11-2016 20:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have cut a series of radio ads targeting black voters, hoping to turn out the crucial bloc as their numbers have lagged in early voting.
  
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• Factbox: Wall Street's take on possible outcome of U.S. elections

  03-11-2016 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump are in a tight race ahead of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election. Analysts still expect a Clinton win, but with a lower probability after the FBI revealed it is examining newly found emails related to Clinton's use of a private server while she was secretary of state.(http://reut.rs/2eVjseK) Prior to this revelation, analysts were largely focused on the likelihood – albeit a small one
  
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• Pence declines three times to back Paul Ryan for speaker

  03-11-2016 20:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Things got awkward when Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence declined three times in an interview to say whether he supports his friend and former House GOP colleague Paul Ryan to remain speaker of the House.
  
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• Melania Trump defends husband in rare speech

  03-11-2016 20:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Melania Trump cast her husband as someone who's in touch with America's working class as she made a rare appearance on the campaign trail.
  
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• Companies use Canada's political calm to lure U.S. workers

  03-11-2016 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andrea Hopkins and Allison Martell OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian work permits for highly skilled workers from the United States jumped in the first half as companies lured applicants with the country's calm political climate in the face of a raucous U.S. election. Canadian immigration data showed new work permits issued to U.S. residents jumped 53.8 percent in the first eight months of 2016 from the same period last year, though renewals were down. Some companies see the heated U.S. pre
  
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• Trump wants ex-Goldman partner Mnuchin to run U.S. Treasury: Fox Business

  03-11-2016 19:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican Donald Trump wants his campaign finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, to be his Treasury secretary if he wins next week's U.S. presidential election, Fox Business Network reported on Thursday, citing sources. Mnuchin, a former partner at Goldman Sachs Group Inc who also founded and runs the hedge fund company Dune Capital Management LP, joined Trump's campaign in May as his chief fundraiser. Fox Business Network, citing unnamed sources from inside the Trump campaign, said the New York bus
  
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• Trump ad: Clinton emails 'found on pervert Anthony Weiner's laptop'

  03-11-2016 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's campaign released a new ad Thursday tying Hillary Clinton to disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose sexting led to an FBI review of emails that could be potentially related to her private server.
  
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• Obama defends Obamacare, slams GOP while campaigning for Clinton

  03-11-2016 19:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama, campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Miami, took time Thursday to defend Obamacare, amid news of skyrocketing premiums, saying his signature health law would be fixed had it not been for Republican obstruction in Congress.
  
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• Trump holds lead in new Utah poll as McMullin surge stalls

  03-11-2016 19:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Evan McMullin sits a full 13 points behind Donald Trump in the surprising 2016 battleground of Utah, according to a new poll.
  
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• First lady gets 'Barefoot' with Ina Garten

  03-11-2016 19:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When First Lady Michelle Obama leaves the White House in January, she's looking for an invite from the Hamptons' most famous hostess.
  
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• Trump knocks Obama for campaigning for Clinton, citing 'investigation'

  03-11-2016 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump questioned Thursday whether President Barack Obama's campaigning for Hillary Clinton represents a conflict of interest, raising FBI inquiries into the former secretary of state's private email server and the Clinton Foundation on the stump.
  
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• How baseball bridged the political divide

  03-11-2016 19:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  For 10 heart stopping innings, Americans finally had something to draw them together rather than drive them apart.
  
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• Cruz stumps for Trump, but doesn't say his name

  03-11-2016 19:06 via rss.cnn.com
  
  After a bitter primary fight between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, the Texas senator is slowly coming around to the Republican ticket, though with just days before the election, still not enough to use Tump's name when pitching to Iowa voters Thursday.
  
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• In blow to Trump, U.S. court denies Republican poll monitor request

  03-11-2016 19:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a blow to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, a U.S. judge on Thursday upheld a Pennsylvania state law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor Election Day activity in Democratic-leaning areas. Trump has repeatedly said that the Nov. 8 presidential election may be rigged, and has urged supporters to keep an eye out for signs of voting fraud in Philadelphia and other heavily Democratic areas. Democrats worry that could enco
  
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• Reality Check: Clinton misleads about her 9/11 whereabouts

  03-11-2016 18:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Like virtually everyone who was alive and aware that day, Hillary Clinton probably remembers where she was when hijackers slammed two planes in the World Trade Center in New York and another into the Pentagon. Except during a rally earlier this week, her memory seemed to escape her.
  
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• Susan Sarandon: Both Clinton, Trump are 'un-trustable'

  03-11-2016 18:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Actress Susan Sarandon had harsh words for the two major party's presidential nominees Thursday, calling both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump "un-trustable."
  
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• Trump pushes his finance chair Mnuchin for Treasury secretary: Fox Business

  03-11-2016 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump wants his presidential campaign finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, to serve as his Treasury secretary if he wins the U.S. presidency, Fox Business Network reported on Thursday, citing sources. Mnuchin, a former partner at Goldman Sachs Group Inc who also founded the hedge fund company Dune Capital Management LP, joined the Republican presidential nominee's campaign in May as his chief fundraiser. Fox Business Network, citing unnamed sources from inside the Trum
  
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• Clinton to close the campaign by assembling political equivalent of 'The Avengers'

  03-11-2016 17:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton will close her campaign with a top flight of surrogates, her political equivalent of assembling "The Avengers," on Monday night.
  
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• The races that could flip the Senate

  03-11-2016 17:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Democrats enter the final days of the campaign season with a clear shot to take the Senate majority, with seven GOP seats at serious risk of flipping and only one of theirs that could slip away.
  
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• California judge says too late to change voting selfie law

  03-11-2016 17:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge in California has ruled that it is too close to the Nov. 8 election to change a longstanding law in the state that bans the taking of photos of marked ballots, the latest court ruling pertaining to voting "selfies." U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said on Wednesday lifting the ban at the last minute would create confusion and be unfair to the people running polling stations and the secretary of state. The law was designed to
  
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• First on CNN: McConnell super PAC to drop $12 million to save majority, includes Florida, Wisconsin

  03-11-2016 17:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's super PAC plans to drop another $12 million into six states to help keep Republican control of the majority in the chamber, the organization told CNN Thursday.
  
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• Ana Navarro demonstrates her 'listening woman' face

  03-11-2016 16:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN political commentator Ana Navarro perfected her "listening woman" face live on air Thursday while proclaiming that if Donald Trump were female, people wouldn't tolerate his behavior.
  
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• Judge rejects GOP attempt to liberalize Pennsylvania poll-watcher law

  03-11-2016 16:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A federal judge has rejected a bid from the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to block part of a state law that allows poll watchers to serve only within the county where they are registered to vote.
  
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• Top Senate Republican: 'Premature' to talk about Hillary Clinton impeachment

  03-11-2016 16:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. John Cornyn earlier this week called the talk from some GOP lawmakers of the possible impeachment of Hillary Clinton "premature."
  
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• Defense files motion for a mistrial in Bridgegate

  03-11-2016 16:36 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Defense attorneys in the federal court trial of two former officials who worked closely with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surrounding the 2013 lane closures on the George Washington Bridge filed a motion for a mistrial on Thursday.
  
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• Clinton, Trump target North Carolina as Clinton holds slight lead

  03-11-2016 15:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Amanda Becker MIAMI/PHOENIX (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump head to North Carolina on Thursday in a final effort to shore up support in the swing state as two polls showed Clinton maintaining a narrow lead nationally just days ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. The surveys by the New York Times/CBS and the Washington Post/ABC echoed other national polls that have shown Clinton with a slimmer lead over Trump since the re-emergence l
  
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• Issa: Congressmen talking about impeaching Clinton should 'calm down, back off'

  03-11-2016 15:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Republican Rep. Darrell Issa said Wednesday that those floating the possible impeachment of Hillary Clinton if she is elected president should "calm down" and "back off."
  
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• Murphy denies fundraising scandal, predicts win over Rubio

  03-11-2016 14:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  US Senate candidate Patrick Murphy, a Florida Democrat, said Thursday that he did not know about an alleged FBI investigation into his campaign's fundraising until a news report published this week.
  
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• National polls: Tight race, Clinton hanging on

  03-11-2016 14:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The 2016 presidential race is coming down to the wire, but an average of national polls show Hillary Clinton continuing to edge out Donald Trump with five days to go before Election Day.
  
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• House conservatives push for more power in Ryan's conference

  03-11-2016 13:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A handful of House GOP members met Wednesday at North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows' Washington apartment to discuss potential rule changes that could give them more power to influence the GOP leadership and the direction of their conference.
  
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• Clinton holds slim lead over Trump in presidential race: polls

  03-11-2016 12:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton maintained her narrow lead over Republican rival Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race just days ahead of the Nov. 8 election, according to two polls released on Thursday. A New York Times/CBS poll of 1,333 registered voters found Clinton ahead by 3 percentage points, at the cusp of the Oct. 28-Nov. 1 survey's margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. A Washington Post/ABC poll showed Clinton 2 percentage points ahead among 1,767 l
  
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• DeRay Mckesson on why a Trump presidency would be 'treacherous' for minorities

  03-11-2016 12:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the most prominent leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement says that while activists have successfully elevated issues of social justice and police violence at the national level, it is now time to make a broader case for change.
  
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• Singer: Michelle Obama raised the bar, she's 'the Beyoncé of first ladies'

  03-11-2016 12:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton has struggled to resonate in pop culture during the digital age, whereas the most Vinable, GIFable candidate -- Donald Trump -- has managed to break through.
  
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• Singer: Clinton 'not sticking culturally'

  03-11-2016 12:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton has struggled to resonate in pop culture during the digital age, whereas the most Vinable, GIFable candidate -- Donald Trump -- has managed to break through.
  
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• Can Teleprompter Trump stay disciplined?

  03-11-2016 11:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  One of the most remarkable moments on the campaign trail this week was one that didn't happen.
  
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