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Is the ship about to go down? First GOP senator publicly says RNC should cut off Trump

With the presidential election just two-and-a-half months away, congressional Republicans are looking nervously at the man they've nominated for president.

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REVEALED: Melania Trump outright lied under oath about having a college degree

Melania Trump's website was yanked offline in July when discrepancies surfaced about her claim that she graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. She, in fact, did not graduate, rather she only attended classes before moving on to a modeling career and coming to the United States under possibly illegal visas.

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Virginia governor restores voting rights to 13,000 felons

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has restored voting rights to almost 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis after the state Supreme Court blocked his wider clemency effort, he said on Monday.

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Ana Navarro tears apart Trump-supporting Latino on CNN: He beats Hispanics like piñatas

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump might have a softening on his immigration policies, though pundits can't decide if it is an actual policy reversal or a tone shift.

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Al Gore begs climate change activists not to vote third party: 'Look carefully at the consequences'

If there's one thing Al Gore knows a lot about, it's losing elections with third-party spoilers in the race. Perhaps, that's why the former vice president turned Earth warrior is encouraging other pro-environmental voters to support the Democratic ticket.

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Hawaii GOP disavows their bigoted candidate for launching a holy war against Hindu Rep Tulsi Gabbard

The chair of the Republican party of Hawaii is urging fellow party members to disavow his own congressional candidate in the 2nd District after the GOP candidate attacked Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) for her religion and faith.

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OOPS! GOP's Latino outreach director accidentally retweets fake Trump account

Many fake Donald Trump accounts exist, including fake accounts for the Trump children as well, and they've been causing problems for reporters and activists searching for the latest absurdity from the Trump campaign. But now, the Republican party's own operatives are being duped by the fake accounts too.

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'Go f*ck yourself you piece of sh*t!': Florida GOP candidate angrily melts down at reporter

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino is once again trying to run for Congress -- and he's once again flailing wildly.

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Wisconsin GOP senator wants to replace history professors with Ken Burns videos

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) thinks history professors are an extravagant luxury that could be cheaply replaced with video documentaries and Google searches.

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Colin Powell on Clinton's private email server: 'Her people have been trying to pin it on me'

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell over the weekend dismissed reports that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told federal investigators that it was at his suggestion that she used a personal email account, according to a media report.

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This 12-year-old kid is literally in charge of a key Trump Colorado campaign office

Even though we've known for a long time that Donald Trump's presidential campaign is a landfill inferno, it still finds new ways to surprise us on a regular basis.

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Libertarian Gary Johnson bids farewell to the GOP: 'This is the demise of the Republican Party'

Libertarian Gary Johnson sees GOP nominee Donald Trump's candidacy as a nail in the coffin for a party that has seen nothing but losses at the national level for the last two elections.

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WATCH: Eric Trump blames Syrian refugees for 15 years of wage stagnation

Eric Trump denied reports that his father planned to revise his immigration policy, which involves mass deportations and a border wall paid for by Mexico.

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