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Pre-Debate Jockeying and Jitters Hours before the first presidential debate, here's "Donald Trump’s economic strategy in detail." The Washington Post: "A new, 30-page analysis of Trump's economic proposals, penned by two of his senior policy advisers and issued Sunday...

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Calls For Charlotte Video Release Demands rise for release of Charlotte police shooting video. NYT: "There is currently no law in North Carolina that regulates the public release of body camera video. Instead, each local law enforcement agency makes its own rules. The...

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Trump Embraces Stop-and-Frisk Trump pursues odd strategy to win African-American votes. Politico: "...sold himself as the candidate who could fix the problems of urban America. Within hours, Trump was proposing a vast expansion of 'stop-and-frisk' policing policies...

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Warren v. Wells Fargo Sen. Warren grills Wells Fargo CEO. USA Today: "The Massachusetts senator has built a reputation for being tough on shady Wall Street dealings and the executives she believes are responsible. But she took it to the next level with Stumpf." "The...

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Hillary Criticizes Wells Fargo Hillary Clinton writes open letter to Wells Fargo customers: "Today, Wells Fargo’s CEO will appear before Congress. He owes all of you a clear explanation as to how this happened under his watch ... we need to defend the Consumer...

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Are Incomes Rising Fast Enough? Hedrick Smith finds recent middle-class income gains insufficient: "...It’s an important milestone worth cheering that last year, families smack in the middle of the middle class saw their household incomes rise by 5.2% ... But what’s...

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