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'All you have to do is look': Trump now pushes ban on Muslim immigration from 'terror countries'

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared to back away from calling for a total ban on Muslim entry into the US on Saturday to targeting certain nations -- without identifying them, The Hill reported.

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Protesters troll Trump by waving LGBT and Mexican flags on his Scottish golf course

Protesters bearing Mexican flags invaded a Scottish golf course owned by Donald Trump on Saturday as the presidential hopeful visited the estate, which is hugely controversial locally.

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Katrina Pierson defends Brexit vote: 'People don't want to be told what to eat'

Donald Trump's campaign spokesperson downplayed some of the motivations and the reactions to Thursday night's "Brexit" vote in an interview with CNN on Saturday.

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Pundit George Will bolts Republican Party over Trump and leaves final warning: 'Make sure he loses'

Faced with the prospect of Donald Trump as the GOP's presidential nominee in November, conservative stalwart George Will has left the Republican Party -- but not before leaving them with some sound advice.

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Evangelist Dobson: Trump is in 'a relationship with Christ' -- but he's still only a 'baby Christian'

Searching desperately for a justification to get behind the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, evangelical leader James Dobson claims that the businessman and casino owner has found Jesus -- but that he is still a work in progress, Christian-wise.

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CNN staff reportedly in 'near revolt' over hiring of Trump's former campaign manager

CNN's staffers are fuming that the cable network hired Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager Donald Trump kicked to the curb this week, according to the New York Post. The Post's Page Six described the mood inside the network as approaching a "near revolt." From the Post's story: "CNN is facing a near internal revolt over the…

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How Elizabeth Warren's Rutgers roots forged her future vp prospects

Potential vice president. Scourge of Wall Street. And....Jersey Girl? Yes, Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator now mentioned as a possible Democratic vice-presidential candidate, spent eight pivotal years of her life in New Jersey. From 1970 through 1978, the Oklahoma native lived in a winterized summer home in the White Meadow Lake section of Rockaway Township, steering…

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Should Hillary Clinton pick Bernie Sanders as her running mate?

Poll: Should Hillary Clinton pick Bernie Sanders as her vice president?

TRENTON -- A Clinton-Sanders ticket? Bernie Sanders has battled Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination for more than a year, vowing to against poverty and Wall Street banks, building up a rabid following, and winning more states than pundits ever expected him to take. It's a fight that has splintered the party, with many followers…

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Democratic plank committee adopts support for $15 minimum wage in concession to Sanders

The platform committee for the Democrats took a big step toward one of the demands of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, adding language calling for support of a $15 minimum wage, reports The Hill.

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Larry Wilmore: Hillary against Trump is going to be like 'Alien vs. Predator -- she's a killing machine'

On HBO's Real Time Overtime segment, Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore warned that the battle between presumptive nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is going to be a big one.

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Maher assures the world: Trump's campaign is last gasp of 'America's inner a*shole'

Bill Maher argued on Friday's Real Time that President Barack Obama really should go on an "apology tour" on behalf of the US to wrap up his second term, arguing that the country owes plenty of people an apology.

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George W. Bush's Treasury secretary comes out for Clinton: 'A Trump presidency is unthinkable'

Henry Paulson, a Republican who was U.S. Treasury secretary during the 2008 financial meltdown, on Friday called a Donald Trump presidency "unthinkable" and said he will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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