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Headline Roundup August 12, 2016

Hillary’s Economic Speech

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Hillary Clinton's plan includes higher taxes for wealthy Americans, and more tax rules for businesses that make it less advantageous to relocate overseas.

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Clinton calls for higher taxes, more regulations, new phase of Obamacare
Clinton calls for higher taxes, more regulations, new phase of Obamacare

Washington Times

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Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday to kill the Pacific trade deal that she helped push just a few years ago as President Obama’s top diplomat, hoping to win over wavering liberals and steal some of the anti-trade thunder from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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Clinton economic speech: anti-Trump, with a dash of Sanders
Clinton economic speech: anti-Trump, with a dash of Sanders

Christian Science Monitor

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Her economic speech Thursday aimed to energize the Democratic left that didn't support her in the primaries, while appealing to middle-class voters, even Republican ones, who reject Trump.

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Fact-Checking Hillary Clinton’s Economic Speech
Fact-Checking Hillary Clinton’s Economic Speech

New York Times (News)

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With both major-party presidential candidates vying for working-class voters, Hillary Clinton on Thursday followed Donald J. Trump to Michigan to outline her job-creation plans, answering his economic address on Monday in Detroit. Mrs. Clinton spoke at Futuramic Tool & Engineering Company in Macomb County, long known as a home to political ticket-splitters. Some of her statements deserved a closer look. Here are a few.

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