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* Polls favor Clinton in the presidential election, but Wikileaks and unknown geopolitical events still threaten. * If Mr. Trump could make progress in reunifying Republicans, Mrs. Clinton would quickly find herself in a tighter race. * Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau discovers millions earmarked for Trump's campaign chief. * Diary
* Clinton team prepares for the first general election debate, anticipating Trump's Lewinsky attack. * Contrary to what the Clintons want to hear, there is no concrete evidence that discredits Broaddricks rape claims against the former President. * Once and for all: Donald Trump isnt winning because of factory
* Hackers appear to have accessed the NSA's hacking tools, which the agency uses to hack into foreign governments. * "When Zillow starts warning about sea level rise, it may be time to start worrying about sea level rise." * Baltimore PD consistently applies sexual violence to coercive ends,
* By pairing up with Bannon, Trump abandons centrists to focus on winning over those who already supported him. * The RNC can't pull funding from Trump without risking low turnout and losses down the ballot. * Paul Manafort further tied to facilitating secret lobbying by Ukrainian pro-Russian parties. * Squatter
* State Dept. says $400m payment to Iran wasn't ransom, but was delayed to create "leverage" in hostage return. * Before and after views of Southern Louisiana, devastated this week by historic flooding. * Worried by Trumputin, Congress wants to obstruct removing Russian sanctionsenergy companies have already started.
* Former CIA chief endorses Clinton, calls Trump a threat to national security. * Sturm Ruger CEO links Clintons perceived opposition to gun rights to a spike in sales. * How a top GOP lawyer guided a Chinese-owned company into influencing US presidential politics. * Missouri public defender, fed up with a
* Filipino president links over a hundred government officials to the drug trade, encourages their extrajudicial murder. * Nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri hanged in Iran for spying for the US. * Russian athletes banned from competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympics following the country's doping scandal. * Weightlifting lost its integrity as
* Senator Collins of Maine says she won't vote for Trump over "his constant stream of cruel comments." * Fifty former national security officials say Trump would be "the most reckless President in American history." * Nine beliefs of the neo-liberal. * How Paul Krugman made Trump
