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Top U.S. & World Headlines — August 2, 2016
Penn Jillette on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, And Why He's All in on Gary Johnson
"How do you think I'm going to die?" asks Penn Jillette, "the larger and louder half" of Penn & Teller, at the start of 'Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales', a book that is every bit as mesmerizing and captivating as the duo's live show.

In fact, Presto! reveals the greatest disappearing act of Penn's 40-plus-year career. Not "The Vanishing African Spotted Pygmy Elephant Act," in which make the duo make a cow dressed like an elephant go poof. This is the trick by which the 61-year-old, who once topped the scales at over 300 pounds, lost one-third of his body weight in a five-month span.
Which Presidential Candidate Do Democrats Most Agree With On the Issues?

Reason's Nick Gillespie took to the halls of the Wells Fargo Center at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA to quiz delegates on the policies of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Gary Johnson. Watch to see which positions Democratic partisans most align with on the issues.

Approximately 5 minutes.

Produced by Zach Weissmueller. Camera by Weissmueller and Joshua Swain. Edited by Alexis Garcia and Swain. 
Steve Forbes on Donald Trump's Reality Distortion Field

Steve Forbes isn't naive about Donald Trump. The pages of Forbes' eponymous magazine have doubted almost every aspect of Trump's economic plan, deflated the billionaire's exaggerated claims about his net worth, and denounced his hard-line stance on immigration.

So why is he endorsing Trump's candidacy?

Beyond partisan loyalty, it's not easy to say. Pundits have labored to explain Trump's appeal as a phenomenon of wealth inequality. The billionaire's tough-talking protectionism and anti-élitist message resonates with a working class that, for decades, has felt excluded from national conversations about politics.

None of which should have much appeal to Steve Forbes. The wealthy scion, with estimated net worth of of $430 million, is the editor-in-chief of a magazine that has promoted free trade for nearly a century, since his grandfather, B.C. Forbes founded Forbes magazine in 1917.
Society Is Failing Our Families: Sister Simone Campbell on Inequality, Donald Trump & Women's Health

Last week in Philadelphia, a caravan of Nuns on the Bus pulled up to the Democratic National Convention after visiting 13 states, where they hosted conversations with ordinary Americans on both sides of the political spectrum in an effort to bridge the divide. To learn more about their journey, we sat down with the caravan’s leader, Sister Simone Campbell. She’s a lawyer and poet and the executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice.
Congressman Elijah Cummings on Freddie Gray Case: I'm For Accountability, Not Against Police

As Democracy Now! broadcast from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Amy Goodman was on the floor when she spoke to Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, just before word came down that all charges had been dropped against the remaining officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Gray died in April 2015 of spinal injuries after he was arrested and transported in a police van.


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