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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI: Breakdown in background check system allowed Dylann Roof to buy gun — Dylann Roof, who is accused of killing nine people at a church in South Carolina, should not have been able to purchase the gun used in the attack and was allowed to buy the weapon only because of breakdowns …
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New York Times:
Background Check Flaw Let Dylann Roof Buy Gun, F.B.I. Says — WASHINGTON — The man accused of killing nine people in an historically black South Carolina church last month should not have been able to buy a gun, the F.B.I. said Friday in what was the latest acknowledgment of flaws in the national background check system.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Confederate flag comes down for good at S.C. Statehouse
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Admits Error in Charleston Suspect's Gun Background Check
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Katherine Archuleta, Director of Office of Personnel Management, Resigns — WASHINGTON — Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, will resign effective Friday, according to a White House official, one day after it was revealed that sweeping cyberintrusions …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Promise and Peril of “Hidden Majority” Theories — If you are a political party or party faction, and you find yourself in what appears to be a durable minority position with the electorate as it currently exist, you have four basic options to boost your standing: (1) …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's push on gun control marks a shift in presidential politics
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Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Want to Punish Sanctuary Cities — Following the murder of a young woman in San Francisco by an illegal immigrant from Mexico, voters want to get tough on so-called “sanctuary cities” that refuse to enforce immigration laws. — Sixty-two percent (62%) of Likely U.S. Voters …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Appeal—and Its Limits — Sometimes an ill wind feels like a breath of fresh air. — Donald Trump is an unstable element inserted into an unsettled environment. Sooner or later there will be a boom. — He has shot up like a rocket since his June announcement but likely has a low ceiling and short staying power.
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Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Jan Brewer: Donald Trump ‘Telling It Like It Really, Truly Is’
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over — Ellen Pao is stepping down as Reddit CEO, a move that comes amid mounting pressure after a series of management mishaps that has angered its very vocal online community. Steve Huffman, Reddit co-founder and its original CEO, is taking over immediately.
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit's Chief — Ellen Pao, the interim chief executive of Reddit, resigned from the online message board on Friday after a week of ceaseless criticism from scores of angry users over the handling of an employee departure. — Ms. Pao will be replaced by Steve Huffman …
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
HarperCollins Refutes New York Times Claim That Ted Cruz Tried To Game Bestseller List — “No evidence of bulk orders or sales through any retailer or organization,” says the publisher, in a rare rebuttal to the all-powerful Times. — Richard Ellis / Getty Images
Debra Kessler / The Interrobang:
Washington Post Writer Who Accused Amy Schumer Of Racism Never Saw Her Standup or TV Show … The Washington Post, one of our nation's most venerable guardians of free speech took a step in a surprising direction earlier this week, publishing an article by Dr. Stacey Patton and David Leonard …
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
Review: Harper Lee's ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side — We remember Atticus Finch in Harper Lee's 1960 classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as that novel's moral conscience: kind, wise, honorable, an avatar of integrity who used his gifts as a lawyer to defend …
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Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Woman reveals comment allegedly from ‘Subway Guy’ Jared Fogle that led to raid — SARASOTA, Fla. (July 10, 2015) — A Florida woman who provided key information to federal authorities, leading to a raid at former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's Indiana home Tuesday, revealed one of the comments Fogle allegedly said to her.
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Bill Cotterell / Reuters:
Florida Supreme Court orders redrawing of some U.S. congressional districts — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the redrawing of some of the state's U.S. congressional districts before the 2016 elections. — In a 5-2 ruling, the state's high court found the legislature's redistricting plan …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Court ruling opens door to Charlie Crist comeback
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Stephanie Kafka / Gallup:
U.S. Uninsured Rate at 11.4% in Second Quarter — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate among U.S. adults aged 18 and older was 11.4% in the second quarter of 2015, down from 11.9% in the first quarter. The uninsured rate has dropped nearly six percentage points since …
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, PoliticusUSA and Business Insider
BBC:
Film star Omar Sharif dies aged 83 — Omar Sharif earned an Oscar nomination for Lawrence of Arabia — Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his roles in classic films Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, has died aged 83. — Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination …
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Ginsburg: Liberal Justices Make A Point To Speak With One Voice — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday provided an unusual peek behind-the-scenes at how the court did its work this term. — It's true, she said, that the liberal justices tried to be disciplined about having …
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Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin's Friend at the IRS — Emails show a common cause in restricting political speech. — Wisconsin's campaign to investigate conservative tax-exempt groups has always seemed like an echo of the IRS's scrutiny of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.
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JSOnline, RedState and National Review
Nick Gass / Politico:
President Obama to make historic visit to federal prison — President Barack Obama will become the first sitting chief executive to visit a federal prison when he goes to El Reno, Oklahoma, next week to meet with law enforcement officials and inmates as part of the administration's push for criminal-justice reform.
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James Risen / New York Times:
Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds — WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency's health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the program …
Suzannah Gonzales / Reuters:
Court upholds former Virginia governor's corruption conviction — A federal appeals court upheld a guilty verdict on Friday in the corruption case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell, according to court documents. — The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals let stand a jury verdict …
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Politico:
The Daily Cruz — How Breitbart.com, partly funded by a top Ted Cruz donor, became the Texas senator's media lifeline. — Ted Cruz has a media strategy. It's called Breitbart.com. — The Texas senator is firmly ensconced in the middle of the Republican presidential primary pack.
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