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• In 2011, Trump said he supported 'amnesty' for some undocumented immigrants

  05-11-2016 23:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump expressed support for "amnesty" for some undocumented immigrants during a 2011 interview on Fox News.
  
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• Judge finds RNC not collaborating with Trump on improper poll watching

  05-11-2016 23:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A federal judge in New Jersey on Saturday declined, for now, to rule that the Republican National Committee engaged in certain "ballot security" activities directed at deterring qualified voters from the polls.
  
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• Reality Check: Trump's wild misrepresentation of Obama's response to a protester

  05-11-2016 23:04 via rss.cnn.com
  
  To hear Donald Trump describe it, President Barack Obama was "really screaming" at a pro-Trump protester whose appearance at a Hillary Clinton rally momentarily interrupted the President's remarks.
  
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• 'You're fired' - Trump effigy feels the heat on UK bonfire night

  05-11-2016 22:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He turned "You're fired" into his reality show catch-phrase, but it was Donald Trump who went up in flames on Saturday - or at least an effigy of him did, as part of Britain's annual Bonfire Night celebrations. An 11-metre-high (36 feet) model of the Republican U.S. presidential candidate was burned at a fireworks display in the town of Edenbridge, 30 miles (50 km) south of London. The sculpture showed Trump, complete with his trademark mop of hair, holding his Democratic rival for the White Hou
  
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• National poll finds Clinton, Trump virtually deadlocked

  05-11-2016 22:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Another national survey shows a near-even race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the final weekend before Election Day.
  
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• George W. Bush press secretary: I'm not voting for president

  05-11-2016 20:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer has joined a growing number of Republicans who are not only declining to vote for Hillary Clinton, but are also refusing to vote for their party's candidate.
  
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• Trump, Clinton court voters in swing states three days before election

  05-11-2016 20:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Amanda Becker WILMINGTON, N.C./MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton traded barbs as they entered the last three days of campaigning in the U.S. presidential election with competing events on Saturday in Florida, a swing state that could prove decisive in Tuesday's vote. Clinton and Trump are making their closing arguments to American voters, crisscrossing the United States in hopes of convincing last-minute undecided voters and rallying t
  
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• Rain cuts short important Clinton stop in Florida

  05-11-2016 19:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton was forced Saturday to quickly cut short a Florida rally after heavy rain, prematurely ending Clinton's only event for the day in the critical swing state.
  
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• Melania Trump vouches for her husband's character

  05-11-2016 19:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Melania Trump, the wife of the Republican nominee, took the stage Saturday to vouch for her husband's character, laud the movement his presidential campaign captured and encourage his supporters to get to the polls on Tuesday.
  
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• Trump, Clinton begin final weekend sprint

  05-11-2016 18:55 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton entered the final weekend sprint toward the election Saturday, as the race was shadowed by threats of investigations, impeachment and a bitterly divided government that could prove to be an enormous governing challenge for whomever occupies the White House.
  
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• Trump hits Clinton over Jay Z's profanity at concert

  05-11-2016 18:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump slammed Hillary Clinton Saturday for the profanity-laced performance rapper Jay Z delivered the previous night at a concert designed to galvanize her supporters.
  
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• What to Watch for While Watching Results on Tuesday

  05-11-2016 18:10
  
  Tuesday’s the big day. There are warnings that White Supremacists will try to intimidate minority voters. Then, there are fears that Russia will find ways to disrupt things (such as shutting down the electrical grid, or the Internet). Al Qaeda and ISIS have also suggested that they may bomb American cities. There are all kinds […]
  
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• And the weirdly specific award goes to ... 2016's best in GIFs

  05-11-2016 18:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Pack up the tents, folks! The circus is leaving town.
  
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• Supreme Court allows Arizona 'ballot collection' law

  05-11-2016 17:31 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A divided federal appeals court dealt a victory to Arizona Democrats Friday by agreeing to put on hold the state's so called "ballot collection" law.
  
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• Arizona may enforce ballot collection law: Supreme Court order

  05-11-2016 17:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday ordered an Arizona state law that restricts the collection of ballots by third parties back in place for Tuesday's election, a victory for Republicans in an intensifying state-by-state legal battle over access to voting. The Supreme Court granted a stay of a U.S. appeals court ruling that on Friday had temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing the law that prohibits advocacy groups from collecting completed early ballots from voters and delivering
  
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• Does 2008 video give accurate picture of voter intimidation?

  05-11-2016 17:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The video shows two members of the New Black Panther Party, one of them holding a club, standing outside the entrance of a Philadelphia polling station.
  
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• Three days before election, Trump and Clinton fight to win Florida

  05-11-2016 17:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Emily Stephenson and Amanda Becker MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton entered the last three days of campaigning with competing events on Saturday in Florida, a swing state that could prove decisive in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election. Clinton and Trump are making their closing arguments to American voters, crisscrossing the United States in hopes of convincing last-minute undecided voters and rallying their bases to turn out enthusiastically on Electio
  
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• The man who helped purge thousands from voter rolls in North Carolina

  05-11-2016 16:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As Donald Trump warns of a "rigged" system fueled by voter fraud and other irregularities, some private citizens have taken it upon themselves to protect the nation from what they see as the potential for a stolen election.
  
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• US military investigates Kunduz operation that killed 30 Afghan civilians

  05-11-2016 16:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The US military is investigating an operation near the Afghan city of Kunduz that left at least 30 civilians and two American service members dead this week.
  
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• Trump appeals restraining order on poll watching activities in Ohio

  05-11-2016 15:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A federal judge Friday warned Donald Trump's campaign and Republican operative Roger Stone against any "voter intimidation" activity in Ohio, the result of one of several cases brought by Democrats before Election Day.
  
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• Democrats build huge early vote lead in battleground Nevada

  05-11-2016 14:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Democrats have built what could be an insurmountable edge in Nevada at the end of early voting in the Western battleground state.
  
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• The next US president faces a world of trouble

  05-11-2016 14:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  POTUS 45 won't have much time to celebrate.
  
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• How things have changed since the era of the 'Boys on the Bus'

  05-11-2016 14:05 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When I first started out covering politics, it was literally the era of the boys on the bus.
  
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• In Virginia, ex-felons find empowerment in the voting booth

  05-11-2016 13:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  By the age of 16, Muhamad As-saddique Abdul-Rahman was already a felon. Thirty-seven years later, he is ready to be called something else -- a voter.
  
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• Fate of Obama legacy initiatives in hands of courts, successor

  05-11-2016 13:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President Barack Obama leaves office on Jan. 20 after eight years, several of his major initiatives will still hang in the legal balance, meaning the U.S. courts and his successor will play a major role in shaping his legacy. Ongoing legal challenges by Republican-governed states and business groups are targeting Obama's signature healthcare law, his plan to combat climate change, a key immigration initiative, his transgender rights policy, his "net
  
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• Trump delivers weekly Republican address

  05-11-2016 13:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump delivered the weekly Republican address Saturday, continuing a tradition for the GOP nominee on the weekend before Election Day.
  
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• Early voting data in 3 key states show spike in Latino turnout

  05-11-2016 12:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The percentage of eligible Latino voters who turn out to cast ballots typically isn't as high as other demographics, but early voting data in three key battleground states suggest that could be changing in the 2016 race.
  
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• Trump's Denver office vandalized twice, police say

  05-11-2016 09:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's Denver campaign office has been vandalized twice in the last 24 hours, the Denver Police Department said Friday.
  
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• Dependent on migrant dollars, rural Mexico prays for Trump defeat

  05-11-2016 07:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lizbeth Diaz MOLCAXAC, Mexico (Reuters) - In the small southern market town of Molcaxac, 650 miles (1050 km) from the U.S. border, Alicia Villa is praying to God that Republican candidate Donald Trump does not become the next president of the United States. Over the past two decades, as Mexico's rural economy stalled, Molcaxac and hundreds of towns like it became dependent on dollars sent by relatives who made the perilous journey north, a lifeline she fears will be cut by a Trump White House
  
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• Obama speaks up for protester but is derided by Trump

  05-11-2016 04:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Roberta Rampton and Emily Stephenson FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.,/HERSHEY, Pa. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama chastised supporters at a rally for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in North Carolina on Friday, as tensions spiked when a supporter of Republican opponent Donald Trump began protesting. The incident happened in clear view of reporters covering the rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where a predominantly African American crowd was jammed into a gym at a state university
  
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• Jay Z, Beyonce headline concert for Clinton

  05-11-2016 04:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton enlisted some star power Friday with a concert featuring Jay Z, Beyonce, Chance the Rapper and Big Sean, part of an effort to drum up excitement behind her campaign the weekend before Election Day.
  
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• U.S. judge bars Colorado from enforcing law banning voter 'selfies'

  05-11-2016 03:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A federal judge in Colorado blocked enforcement of a 19th-century state law that bans voters from showing a completed ballot to others, the latest in a flurry of mixed legal rulings on whether to restrict election "selfies" on social media. U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello in Denver issued a preliminary injunction against an 1891 Colorado statute that makes it a misdemeanor offense to reveal the contents of one's ballot. "By issuing an injunction in this case, Coloradans get what they are
  
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• NRA posts photo with two Election Day dates

  05-11-2016 03:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The National Rifle Association believes the separation between gun supporters and gun control advocates is so distinct they should even vote on different days.
  
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• Clinton, Trump clash over economy in final campaign stretch

  05-11-2016 03:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With four days left in an often bitter contest that has tightened in the last week, each candidate attacked the other as unfit to be president in a late push for votes in battleground states that could decide the outcome in Tuesday's election. Clinton leads Trump by 5 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday, maintaining her advantage in the national survey even as the race tightens in several crucial swing states.
  
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• San Diego Catholic Diocese denounces parish that called voting Democrat 'mortal sin'

  05-11-2016 03:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego denounced one of its parishes on Friday after its worshippers were told that voting for Democrats is a "mortal sin" that could lead to an eternity in hell. The Diocese said the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in the neighborhood of Old Town made the statement in an insert to a weekly leaflet given to churchgoers on Oct. 16, calling abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia and other political issues "non-negotiables." "It is a mortal sin to
  
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• New national poll has Clinton barely edging Trump

  05-11-2016 02:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton is in a close race with Donald Trump in a new national poll released the weekend before Election Day.
  
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• Judge refuses to order halt to Philadelphia transit strike

  05-11-2016 02:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Carla Showell-Lee, said the agency "looks forward to the opportunity to resume testimony in court on Monday morning, but declined to otherwise comment. The union earlier denounced the agency's petition to a state Common Pleas Court as a "pointless" legal maneuver that would only distract from talks aimed at settling the dispute. The union declared a strike on Monday night after contract talks with SEPTA stalemated
  
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• Chelsea Clinton: Melania Trump wanting to fight cyberbullying 'ironic'

  05-11-2016 01:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Chelsea Clinton called Melania Trump's speech about wanting to stop cyberbullying "a little ironic" given how often her husband Donald Trump uses social media to call out his opponents.
  
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• Obama says he does not think FBI's Comey is trying to influence election

  05-11-2016 01:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Barack Obama said on Friday that he does not believe FBI Director James Comey was trying to influence the presidential election when he decided the agency would examine newly discovered emails in its probe of Hillary Clinton's private server. "Now I've said before and I'll say again, Jim Comey is a good man," Obama said in an interview on MSNBC.
  
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• Clinton, Trump clash over economy in closing campaign stretch

  05-11-2016 01:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  With four days left in an often bitter contest that has tightened considerably in the last week, each candidate attacked the other as unfit to be president in a late push for votes in battleground states that could decide the outcome in Tuesday's election. Clinton leads Trump by 5 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday, maintaining her advantage in the national survey even as the race tightens in several crucial swing states.
  
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• Arizona ballot-collection law put on hold until after election

  05-11-2016 00:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A U.S. appeals court on Friday put a restrictive Republican-backed Arizona ballot-collection law on hold until after Tuesday's election, handing Democrats a victory in an intensifying state-by-state legal battle over access to the polls. Arizona's legislature earlier this year passed the law prohibiting advocacy groups from collecting completed early ballots from voters and delivering them to election offices as part of get-out-the-vote efforts. Plaintiffs in the case, including the Democratic N
  
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• Ohio judge warns Trump campaign as voter advocates score court wins

  05-11-2016 00:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Ohio ordered Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign on Friday not to intimidate voters as voting-rights advocates scored a string of last-minute victories in several politically competitive states. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Gwin creates the possibility of fines or jail time for Trump allies who harass voters, a significant victory for Democrats who had worried the real-estate mogul was encouraging supp
  
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• Clinton leads Trump by 5 points, swing states tighten: Reuters/Ipsos

  05-11-2016 00:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by 5 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday, keeping her advantage in a national survey while races tighten in several swing states. The Oct. 30-Nov. 3 opinion poll showed that 44 percent of likely voters in Tuesday's election support Clinton while 39 percent support Trump. Clinton's lead has varied from 4 to 7 percentage points every day ov
  
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