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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock outlines jobs initiative for governors association
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Montana Bullock outlines jobs initiative for governors association HELENA, Montana – As Montana’s governor prepares to serve a yearlong chairmanship of the National Governors Association, he announced his top initiative: Good Jobs for All Americans. One of the biggest challenges for employers isn’t government regulation or the tax structure, it’s having a talented and trained…
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Pelosi to Ryan: Don’t use hacked documents in campaigns
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday to keep Republican candidates from using hacked Democratic documents in this year’s election campaigns, the latest political twist in a summer of revelations of digital break-ins believed linked to Russia. “Russia’s cyber attack is an unprecedented assault on the sanctity of our democratic process,”…
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FBI warns of possible state election-system hacks
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The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers breached related data systems in two states. In a confidential “flash” alert from its cyber division, first reported by Yahoo News and posted online by others, the FBI said it’s investigating the pair of incidents and advised states…
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Clinton team hits report of Trump aide’s ties to Russia
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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is questioning Donald Trump’s top political aide’s ties to a pro-Kremlin political party in the Ukraine and claiming it is further evidence of the Republican nominee’s cozy relationship with Russia. The New York Times reported that handwritten ledgers found in the Ukraine show $12.7 million in undisclosed payments to Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, from the…
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Hacker posts personal info of House Democrats and staff
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After receiving a deluge of obscene voicemails and text messages, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi informed her fellow Democrats on Saturday of “an electronic Watergate break-in” and warned them not to allow family members to answer their phones or read incoming texts. The breach targeted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other Democratic Party entities,…
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Without evidence, Trump suggests Clinton-scientist link
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Republican Donald Trump and his allies are suggesting that rival Hillary Clinton’s emails may be responsible for the death of an Iranian nuclear scientist who was executed for spying for the United States, even though there is no credible evidence of any such link. Some emails released by the State Department that had passed through Clinton’s homebrew server appeared…
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More Republicans reject Trump despite bid to reset campaign
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Donald Trump is seeking to quell concerns he lacks the discipline or policy know-how to make a competent president, even as the list of fellow Republicans deeming him unfit for the Oval Office grows. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate long wary of Trump, became the latest Republican to announce her intent not to vote…
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Sources: CEO at Democratic National Committee resigns
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The chief executive of the Democratic National Committee has resigned in the wake of an email hack that embarrassed the party on the eve of its presidential nominating convention. That’s according to three Democratic strategists familiar with Amy Dacey’s decision to leave her job. The people spoke on condition of anonymity, because they were not…
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Sebern: Has the GOP given up on fair elections?
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Democrats and some election officials were likely pleased to see the RNC remove longstanding, strong advocacy for secure elections from the 2016 Republican Platform. State Rep. Justin Everett, R-Littleton, who was involved in the decision, has said that blame belongs with Colorado’s rank-and-file Republicans for failing to lobby him to retain key principles. A delegate…
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GOP senators joining criticism of Trump over attacks on parents of Muslim soldier
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Fellow Republicans are joining the rising chorus of criticism of Donald Trump for his disparagement of the bereaved parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim who was awarded a Bronze Star after he was killed in 2004 in Iraq. The roll of GOP senators publicly taking Trump to task reached at least five…
