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GOP leaders fear damage to party's image as Donald Trump doubles down — Since Donald Trump announced his presidential bid, he's drawn plenty of controversy and outrage for his comments on the campaign trail. Here are some of the key moments. (The Washington Post)
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina — PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds that Donald Trump's momentum just keeps on building. He's the top choice of Republican primary voters in the state, getting 16% to 12% for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, 11% for Mike Huckabee …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush's summer surge — Bush is enjoying an unmistakable spike in the polls. The question is whether it will last. — Just two months after a flubbed question about the Iraq War seemed to imperil his presidential candidacy and a campaign shakeup hinted at disarray behind the scenes …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump, clickbait — Reporters insist he has no shot, but news outlets, led by CNN, can't get enough of him. — Back in the spring, when Donald Trump first started making noise about a presidential bid, CNN President Jeff Zucker sent a message to his producers: Don't cover him.
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Trump Steamrolls NBC Reporter, Takes Shots at Krauthammer and Jonah Goldberg — For those who didn't watch Donald Trump's lengthy interview with NBC's Katy Tur this afternoon, here's a one-sentence summation: The Republican candidate constantly chided and condescended to his interviewer …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
RNC's Priebus asks Donald Trump to rein in immigrant remarks — (CNN)In a private telephone conversation Wednesday afternoon, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus discussed his concerns with Donald Trump about the billionaire's tone when talking about illegal immigrants …
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Jose Andres backs out of restaurant in Donald Trump's hotel
Jose Andres backs out of restaurant in Donald Trump's hotel
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Donald Trump declines to rule out third-party bid
Donald Trump declines to rule out third-party bid
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours — Today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who as of-late has gone relatively gaffe-free, uttered a phrase that may not go over too well with the constituency he seeks to reach. During an interview that was live-streamed on the app Periscope …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP long-shots plan early-state ad blitz — The 2016 ad wars have begun. — Allies of at least four long-shot Republican presidential hopefuls are planning to blitz Iowa and New Hampshire with paid advertisements in the coming week with the hope of cutting through the clutter of a 17-candidate field.
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Julie Bykowicz / Associated Press:
Overflowing GOP Presidential Field Has Fox News in Demand
Overflowing GOP Presidential Field Has Fox News in Demand
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Cynthia Roldan / Post and Courier:
‘New day in South Carolina’: House votes to take down Confederate flag — Rep. Wendell Gilliard and other representatives of the Lowcountry gather to remember the victims of the Emanuel AME Church shootings before the House voted early Thursday morning to bring down the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds.
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Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
South Carolina House approves bill removing Confederate flag
South Carolina House approves bill removing Confederate flag
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The Huffington Post:
How A Teenage Girl Who Gave An ‘Intimidating Look’ Was Sentenced To Up To 5 Years In Prison — WASHINGTON — In suburban neighborhoods around the country, teenagers sass their parents and yell at their peers. Usually, they grow out of it. In Detroit, a 17-year-old girl who misbehaved …
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The Hill:
Day of ‘technical’ glitches puts lawmakers on edge — Lawmakers are having a hard time swallowing the idea that a major stock exchange, a global airline and a prominent media outlet coincidentally suffered major outages on the same day. — The New York Stock Exchange halted trading …
Brent Budowksy / The Hill:
Brent Budowsky: A Bernie Sanders summer — The surge in support for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2016 is the latest evidence of a progressive populist wave growing across America that has the potential to create a new political majority in the tradition of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy.
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Keith Olbermann, ESPN to Part Ways Once Again — The departure follows a point of contention over delivering “commentary” on his ESPN2 program. — Keith Olbermann is exiting ESPN once again. — The television personality, who rejoined the sports network in August 2013, won't be renewing his deal to anchor his ESPN2 program.
Kevin Miller / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage, lawmakers clash over fate of 19 bills still on governor's desk — While the governor says he can still veto the bills - including one allowing asylum seekers to receive General Assistance - Democrats insist the bills became law when LePage failed to act.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Chaos In Maine: Gov. LePage Botches Veto Of 19 Bills He Opposed
Chaos In Maine: Gov. LePage Botches Veto Of 19 Bills He Opposed
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New York Times:
Why We Shut Down Reddit's ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum — We are moderators for the website reddit.com, a place where, on a typical day, millions of users read and share content in self-contained communities called “subreddits.” We volunteer our time to help manage the subsection called IamA …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Dems lunge into confirmation fight — Democrats and the White House are hammering Senate Republicans for failing to act on a nominee who is charged with snipping the purse strings of Islamic extremists. — Adam Szubin was nominated to be the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism …
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Eamonn Forde / Music Ally:
Exclusive: Facebook in early talks to launch audio music-streaming service — Facebook's digital music ambitions have been making headlines this month, with reports of early talks with labels linked to its trial of ad-supported native videos. — But Music Ally can reveal that while Facebook …
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ABC News:
To Help US Veterans Charity, George W. Bush Charged $100,000 — Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier …
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Politico:
Barack Obama puts odds of Iran deal at ‘less than 50-50’ — The president told senators at a gathering Tuesday that he won't accept a bad nuclear deal with Iran. — President Barack Obama pegged the chances of a nuclear agreement with Iran at “less than 50-50,” even as he worked …
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Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Cos And Effect: Dropped Months Ago By CAA, Bill Cosby Is Un-Repped In Hollywood — Bill Cosby was quietly dumped by CAA, which represented him since 2012, and he is now without talent representation in Hollywood. Cosby, accused of drugging and raping more than two dozen women …
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The new Willie Horton? — Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez pleaded not guilty July 6 to first degree murder in the case of a woman who was fatally shot on a San Francisco pier. The case has spurred debate about San Francisco's immigration policies. (Reuters) — Is Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez the new Willie Horton?
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Puerto Rico's crisis illustrates the risks of mininum wage hikes — Greece's impending bankruptcy is dominating the headlines right now, but between that financial catastrophe and the one facing Puerto Rico, the latter probably deserves more attention in the United States — or at least more attention than it's getting.
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Medicare proposes to pay doctors to have end-of-life care discussions — Federal health officials are proposing that Medicare begin paying doctors to have end-of-life discussions with their patients, six years after the “death panels” controversy that erupted in the early days of debate over President Obama's health care law.
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Sharon Coolidge / Cincinnati.com:
Hate crime charges sought in July 4 beating — Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell has reconsidered and is asking Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters to pursue hate crime charges in the Government Square attack that left a white man beaten and bloody on the Fourth of July.
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