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3:45 PM ET, July 28, 2015

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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
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 …
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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.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Memo To Donald Trump: Here's What The Law Actually Says About Raping Your Spouse
Discussion: msnbc.com, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Mike Huckabee Steals The Spotlight From Trump
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 …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Jon Stewart Stunned Into Silence By Huckabee's Holocaust Comments (VIDEO)  —  Jon Stewart was stunned into silence Monday night on “The Daily Show” by Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's (R) comments comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the Holocaust.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Take your pick on Iran: Huckabee or Obama
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mediaite
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Inside Rand Paul's downward spiral  —  He was once a serious contender for the White House.  Now, his campaign is fighting over what went wrong.  —  Rand Paul, once seen as a top-tier contender, finds his presidential hopes fading fast as he grapples with deep fundraising and organizational problems …
Discussion: Power Line
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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, Mediaite and Shakesville
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Says ‘I Could Win’ 3rd Term as President
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: I could win a third term
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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 …
Politico:
Planned Parenthood hires crisis communications firm  —  Planned Parenthood has hired high-profile Washington public relations firm SKDKnickerbocker as it scrambles to deal with the ongoing scandal and release of a third undercover video Tuesday showing a clinic's staff handling fetal tissue after an abortion.
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Mike Huckabee on Holocaust remark: The Jewish response has been ‘overwhelmingly positive’  —  Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says if he was president, he would use the same language when referring to potential deals with Iran — and that the response from Jewish people …
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NBC News:
First Read: The First GOP Debate is the New Ames Straw Poll
Discussion: Daily Kos
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Who Will Make the Debate Cut?  —  Only the top 10 GOP candidates …
Discussion: Progress Pond
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Poll: Trump has twice the support of Bush in New Hampshire  —  Donald Trump isn't just doing well in national polls — he's also making gains among voters in early primary states.  —  A new poll finds Trump with twice the support of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his nearest competitor …
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Donald Trump and the high priests of the press
Discussion: Instapundit
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager Thinks The Huffington Post Is A Print Newspaper With Subscriptions
Discussion: Mediaite
David Daley / Salon:
Camille Paglia: How Bill Clinton is like Bill Cosby  —  In exclusive Salon interview, the cultural critic finds parallels between Cosby and Clinton, takes down modern p.c.  —  Camille Paglia, the political and cultural critic, has been a brave and brilliant provocateur on Salon for almost 20 years now.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The Vox conversation  —  When Sen. Bernie Sanders launched his presidential campaign, few treated it as a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton.  Sanders, after all, isn't even a Democrat: He's an “democratic socialist.”  But his campaign struck a chord.  He's raised more than $15 million …
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.
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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.
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 …
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 …
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: FOX31 Denver
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Spy Pollard Will Be Released in November, Lawyers Say  —  His attorneys say decision wasn't related to U.S. negotiations with Iran  —  WASHINGTON—A federal parole panel has granted parole to Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, with a planned release in November, his attorneys said Tuesday.
 
 
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Justin Bachman / Bloomberg Business:
Delta Is About to Offer One of the Coolest Upgrades Yet—to Very Few Flyers
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Verge
William Saletan / Slate:
Please Stop Talking, John Kerry
abc13.com:
Police: Pastor shoots intruder at Baytown church
Discussion: The Daily Caller and WTVR-TV
USA Today:
Islamic State recruitment document seeks to provoke ‘end of the world’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Lee drops ObamaCare push in highway bill
 Earlier Items: 
David French / National Review:
Are Encounters with the Police Really More Dangerous for Black Men?
Discussion: alicublog
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders, Over Protests by Mormon Church
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
China losing control as stocks crash despite emergency measures
Susan Page / USA Today:
Israeli envoy: Huckabee words on Iran deal inappropriate
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Drinking Highest Among Educated, Upper-Income Americans
Discussion: Mashable, Forbes and Guardian
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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