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The Daily 202: Michelle Obama is the Democrats' best weapon against Donald Trump

FLOTUS barnburner enters the pantheon of greatest DNC speeches ever

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The creator of the viral pro-Trump act ‘USA Freedom Kids’ now plans to sue the campaign

Jeff Popick says that the campaign failed to live up to promises it made to him.

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What's on Michelle Obama's mind? Meet the speechwriter who puts it into words.

For seven years, nearly every public address by the first lady has been written by one woman.

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On Day One, Democrats ruthlessly exposed a core Trump weakness

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The neat political trick that Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders played on Monday night

They didn't shy away from praising Hillary Clinton -- but they did it in a very specific way.

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Winners and losers from the first night of the Democratic convention

The best. Also, the worst.

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This is not the type of misunderstanding you'd expect from a major party presidential candidate.

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At Donald Trump’s North Carolina rally, the warmup acts nearly upstaged the nominee

There was a series of establishment types, followed by three of Trump's most outspoken defenders.

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CNN presses Cory Booker to explain Donald Trump’s cryptic tweet

The New Jersey senator says Trump just 'wants us to be speculating.'

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The worst of the worst.

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Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy

He is unfit for the presidency and cannot be endorsed.

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