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12:05 PM ET, July 28, 2015

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Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex — Ivana Trump once accused the real estate tycoon of ‘rape,’ although she later clarified: not in the ‘criminal sense.’ — Donald Trump introduced his presidential campaign to the world with a slur against Mexican immigrants …

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:

Trump adviser Michael Cohen apologizes for rape comment — Story highlights — Washington (CNN)A top adviser to Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for comments he made in an explosive interview while defending the Republican presidential candidate from a decades-old rape accusation.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Right Scoop, The Daily Caller, Associated Press and Daily Kos

Roger Simon / Politico:

Donald Trump and the high priests of the press — Having decided that Donald Trump is unworthy of his popularity, the grandees of journalism are hard-pressed to explain why he is so popular. — “It came slightly ahead of schedule,” The Wall Street Journal gleefully wrote last week …

Discussion: Instapundit

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: Mike Huckabee Steals The Spotlight From Trump — NOTABLES —WHAT HUCKABEE IS SAYING: Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee evoked imagery of Nazi death camps when discussing the deal over Iran's nuclear program over the weekend, saying President Barack Obama …

Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire

Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
A Cheap ‘Rape’ Smear on Trump

Discussion: The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Mail and Business Insider

Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump's lawyer threatens reporter over ex-wife's claim: ‘You cannot rape your spouse’

Discussion: Mediaite

Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Jon Stewart's secret White House visits — Obama, aides took unusual steps to cultivate ‘Daily Show’ comic — Jon Stewart slipped unnoticed into the White House in the midst of the October 2011 budget fight, summoned to an Oval Office coffee with President Barack Obama that he jokingly told …

Discussion: Mediaite, Truth Revolt, Liberaland, Washington Post, Fox News Insider and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

Susan Page / USA Today:

Israeli envoy: Huckabee words on Iran deal inappropriate — WASHINGTON — The Israeli ambassador to the U.S., now lobbying intensively against the Iran nuclear accord, on Monday rejected as inappropriate the harsh language that Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee used likening it to the Holocaust.

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, Zionist Organization …, CNN, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite and OnPolitics

Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Mike Huckabee on Holocaust remark: The Jewish response has been ‘overwhelmingly positive’

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, NBC News, FishbowlDC, Mediaite, Washington Times, The Week, Political Wire and CNN

Anna Brand / msnbc.com:
Jewish groups react to Mike Huckabee's ‘oven’ remarks

Discussion: CNBC, Reuters, Israel Matzav, Newsmax, Slantpoint, Tikun Olam, Daily Kos, Guardian, ThinkProgress, AMERICAblog News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Joe. My. God.

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Barack Obama: ‘I think if I ran, I would win’ — ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Four more years? — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he's confident he could win a third term, if only the Constitution would let him run. — Story Continued Below — “I actually think I'm a pretty good president.

Discussion: ABC News, Shakesville and Mediaite

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: I could win a third term

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

NYT Publishes A Lengthy Editors' Note About Its Mistaken Clinton Email Story — The New York Times published a lengthy editor's note late Monday that went a step further toward owning up to its mistaken story about a criminal probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account.

Discussion: Poynter., Balloon Juice and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

New York Times:

Editors' Note: Clinton Email Coverage — The Times's coverage last week of Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a personal email account as secretary of state involved several corrections and changes that may have left readers with a confused picture. — The Times reported online Thursday night …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, The Daily Signal, Townhall.com and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »

John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:

Trump: The Case for Despairing — About America — No sense pretending: Donald Trump is the only news of the 2016 race, and this fact says something very troubling about the Republican party, the conservative electorate, the mass media culture, and the United States in general.

Discussion: Power Line, Twitchy and Progress Pond

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Lee drops ObamaCare push in highway bill

Discussion: Politico, BREITBART.COM and Washington Post

Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Why does the Republican Party exist? What is its purpose …

Discussion: The Week and Washington Examiner

Erik Eckholm / New York Times:

Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Over Protests by Mormon Church — The Boy Scouts of America on Monday ended its nationwide ban on openly gay adult leaders. But despite a compromise allowing conservative church-sponsored units to pick their own volunteer leaders, the Mormon Church …

Discussion: Hot Air, CNN, The Week, AMERICAblog News, Joe. My. God., Friendly Atheist and Washington Post

Lydia O'Connor / The Huffington Post:
Boy Scouts End Ban On Gay Adults

Discussion: National Review, Slantpoint, BuzzFeed and Towleroad

Scouting Newsroom:
Boy Scouts of America Amends Adult Leadership Policy

Discussion: Mashable, NPR, Mediaite, Slantpoint and NBC News

Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:

Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist — EXCLUSIVE: A Minnesota father of two is discovered to be the hunter who shot dead Cecil - one of Zimbabwe's most loved lions — Cecil the lion - the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe's national parks - was killed by an American hunter …

Discussion: BBC, Guardian, Joe. My. God., Mashable and Slantpoint

CNN:

CNN/ORC poll: Majority wants Congress to reject Iran deal — Story highlights — Washington (CNN)A majority of Americans want Congress to reject the recently-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran, even as President Barack Obama's approval rating continues to stand in net-positive territory …

Discussion: Hot Air, Truth Revolt, Washington Free Beacon and Political Wire

Caleb Melby / Bloomberg Business:

Here's Our Tally of Donald Trump's Wealth — The latest math on Donald Trump: $2.9 billion. — An analysis by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, based in part on a 92-page personal financial disclosure form made public last week, revealed a portfolio dominated by skyscrapers and golf courses.

Discussion: Business Insider, New York Times and The Week

Daily Mail:

Hillary boards private jet in Iowa after launching climate push — PLANETARY EMERGENCY: Clinton said reversing climate change ‘is one of the most urgent threats of our time, and we have no choice but to rise and meet it’ - and then was driven to her private jet in Des Moines, Iowa

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Watts Up With That?, Scared Monkeys, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Truth Revolt

Wall Street Journal:

The Stonewall at the Top of the IRS — If the president doesn't tell Commissioner Koskinen to go, then we in Congress should impeach him. — Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen needs to go. — When it was revealed in 2013 that the IRS had targeted conservative groups …

Discussion: SaintPetersBlog, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News and National Review

David French / National Review:

Are Encounters with the Police Really More Dangerous for Black Men?

Discussion: alicublog

ABC News:

Thousands of Students Perform Haka Dance for Beloved Teacher — Thousands of high school students in New Zealand performed a traditional haka dance as a send-off for a beloved teacher who died. — Video shows at least 1,700 students from Palmerston North Boys' High School …

Discussion: WTVR-TV and FOX2now.com

Elana Schor / Politico:

The holes in Hillary Clinton's climate plan — She has avoided taking stands on Keystone XL, fracking, oil exports and Arctic offshore drilling. — Getty — Hillary Clinton's newly unveiled climate vision sounds ambitious on its face: 500 million new solar panels from coast to coast …