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Trump Economic Plan Right-Wing Rehash Trump reveals new economic plan, with "few details." NYT: "...Trump largely reiterated a broad economic vision he outlined in Detroit last month, vowing to slash taxes on business and scale back federal regulations ... He partly...

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Campaign Battle Over Child Care NYT compares child care plans: "He proposed requiring employers to give six weeks of maternity leave ... New mothers would be paid the same amounts they would collect in unemployment benefits if they had been laid off, which is usually...

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Trump Business Dealings Under Microscope Newsweek investigates Trump's business operations and potential for conflicts of interest: "A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its...

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Pence Won't Call Duke Deplorable GOP VP nominee Mike Pence flinches at dubbing David Duke "deplorable." USA Today: "Pence said Trump has denounced Duke repeatedly. 'We don't want his support and we don't want the support of people who think like him,' he said. 'So,...

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Sanders, Warren Join Battle For Congress Sanders and Warren hit the trail for Senate candidates. The Hill: "Sanders and Warren are launching their efforts by stumping for Democrat Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania ... Warren and Sanders are also notably speaking at...

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Ruling Expected On Dakota Pipeline Dakota Access Pipeline ruling expected today. AP: "U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says he’ll rule by the end of Friday on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s request to block the $3.8 billion project, which will carry oil from North...

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