Saturday, July 23, 2016

Kaine's VP pick greeted by blowback from progressive groups and other top stories.

  • Kaine's VP pick greeted by blowback from progressive groups

    Kaine's VP pick greeted by blowback from progressive groups
    The Fix's Aaron Blake breaks down why Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton chose Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) to be her running mate. (Whitney Leaming/The Washington Post) RICHMOND — Even before Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.) was unveiled Friday as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, liberal groups were teed up to criticize the pick. Kaine’s boosters say that Kaine, a former Virginia governor and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is far more progressive than many of ..
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  • Shooter who killed 9 in Munich was 18-year-old with dual Iranian ...

    Shooter who killed 9 in Munich was 18-year-old with dual Iranian ...
    MUNICH — A gunman went on a rampage Friday in a busy shopping area of Munich, killing nine people and wounding 21 others in an act of “suspected terrorism” before he committed suicide, police said early Saturday. The attack prompted authorities to lock down much of the southern German city and launch a massive manhunt. After the search ended, police said that the suspected gunman was an 18-year-old with dual German and Iranian citizenship who had been living in the city. The motive for the att..
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  • Fact-checking Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the 2016 RNC

    Fact-checking Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the 2016 RNC
    Donald Trump painted a dark picture of America during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, but some of his doomsday stats are rather dubious. The Post's Fact Checker examined 25 of his key claims. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) The dark portrait of America that Donald J. Trump sketched in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention is a compendium of doomsday stats that fall apart upon close scrutiny. Numbers are taken out of context, data is man..
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  • WikiLeaks releases thousands of documents about Clinton and ...

    WikiLeaks releases thousands of documents about Clinton and ...
    Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks in Atlantic City, N.J. (Mel Evans/Associated Press) As Hillary Clinton prepared to announce her 2016 running mate, a trove of nearly 20,000 emails were released by WikiLeaks on Friday, providing an embarrassing inside look at Democratic Party operations on the eve of the Democrats' national convention. The emails from the Democratic National Committee include discussions of Clinton's chief rival for the presidential nominati..
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  • Wikileaks posts nearly 20000 hacked DNC emails online

    Wikileaks posts nearly 20000 hacked DNC emails online
    A screenshot of the Wikileaks DNC email database. (Screengrab by Andrea Peterson) Wikileaks posted a massive trove of internal Democratic National Committee emails online Friday, in what the organization dubbed the first of a new "Hillary Leaks" series. The cache includes nearly 20,000 emails and more than 8,000 file attachments from the inboxes of seven key staffers of the DNC, including communications director Luis Miranda and national finance director Jordan Kaplan, according to the Wiki..
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  • Clinton mocks Trump, Republican convention: 'Ted Cruz was right!'

    Clinton mocks Trump, Republican convention: 'Ted Cruz was right!'
    At a campaign rally in Tampa, Fla., Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said "Ted Cruz was right" when he told the audience "vote your conscience" at the GOP convention. (Reuters) TAMPA -- Hillary Clinton picked apart and sharply criticized Donald Trump's convention speech, which she said put his "dark and divisive vision" for the country on full display. Clinton noted that convention speaker after convention speaker fixated on her, which she called "perversely flattering." A..
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  • Donald Trump just gave another absolutely epic press conference

    Donald Trump just gave another absolutely epic press conference
    At a news conference in Cleveland on July 22, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said the GOP convention showed unity and criticized the media for speculating about possible riots. (Reuters) Donald Trump has, through the course of his presidential campaign, turned press conference into a sort of performance art. On Friday, he turned in another classic -- a free-wheeling seat of your pants thrill ride that stood in stark contrast to the more buttoned-up and formal acceptance speec..
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  • Former KKK leader David Duke, citing Trump, announces Senate bid

    Former KKK leader David Duke, citing Trump, announces Senate bid
    David Duke has a long history in politics and the white supremacy movement. Here are key moments in Duke's life in the public eye. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post) Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is running for the U.S. Senate, linking his decision to Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency and the business mogul’s proposals on trade and immigration. Duke, a vocal Trump supporter, announced his candidacy for the seat in Louisiana on Friday and said he was “overjoyed” to see the b..
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  • Paxton pitches 7 innings, Mariners beat Blue Jays 2-1

    Paxton pitches 7 innings, Mariners beat Blue Jays 2-1
    Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton throws against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Friday, July 22, 2016. (Fred Thornhill/The Canadian Press via AP) (Associated Press) By Ian Harrison | AP July 22 at 10:55 PM TORONTO — By lifting his arm a little, James Paxton got a big lift from his curveball. Paxton pitched seven strong innings to win for the first time in three starts, Seth Smith doubled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning ..
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