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    Beleaguered GOP Leaders Make Their Pitch, but Will Trump’s Party Buy It?
    CLEVELAND—The Republican National Convention might be Donald Trump’s celebration, but the GOP remains House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s party. Campaigning as an outsider, the New York businessman has promised to “make America great again” by fixing a political system run by career politicians. But former campaign officials and some current delegates…
    Philip Wegmann
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    Donald Trump Defends Planned Parenthood, Calls Abortions ‘Small Part of What They Do’
    Donald Trump suggested he would not support ending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion services in two interviews Tuesday. “We have to help women,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Tuesday night. “So we have to look at the positives, also, for Planned Parenthood.” Trump said he opposes federal grants…
    Natalie Johnson
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    Donald Trump Promises Iowans He Will Make America ‘Great Again’
    DES MOINES, Iowa—Donald Trump coined (and literally owns) the phrase, “Make America great again!” On Tuesday evening at the elegant Hoyt Sherman Place in Iowa’s capital city, Trump laid out his plans to do just that—this time as a freshly announced presidential candidate. The plan that Trump laid out focuses on building up the military,…
    Leah Jessen
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    10 Facts About Donald Trump, the GOP’s Newest Presidential Candidate
    Donald Trump announced he’ll be running for president in 2016. Trump joins 11 other Republicans who have already announced their candidacy. Here are some facts about the latest presidential candidate: Donald Trump is the only presidential candidate with his own board game. 1) Trump almost filed for bankruptcy in 1990, due to massive personal and…
    Diana Stancy
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    7 Reasons Donald Trump Says He’d Make a ‘Truly Great’ President
    “I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again.” With those words halfway through 45 minutes of remarks, real estate magnate Donald Trump today entered the race for the Republican nomination, making good on repeated suggestions over the years that he would seek the White…
    Ken McIntyre
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    Why Donald Trump Won’t Touch Your Entitlements
    DES MOINES, Iowa—Donald Trump says if he runs for president he’ll make sure entitlement programs aren’t touched. “I’m not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I’m not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid,” Trump told The Daily Signal. “Every other Republican is going to cut, and even if they wouldn’t, they…
    David Brody
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    Donald Trump on 2016 Presidential Bid: ‘I Want to Do It So Badly’
    With his usual flair, Donald Trump said today that if he were the leader of the free world, his No. 1 priority would be taking down ISIS. And in doing so, “You may have to have some boots on the ground,” he said while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the biggest conservative conference…
    Kelsey Bolar
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