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11:05 AM ET, July 29, 2015

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New York Times:
Under Oath, Donald Trump Shows His Raw Side  —  Donald J. Trump seemed irritated.  He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.”  —  When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton, Sanders And The Keys To Keystone  —  NOTABLES  —HILLARY CLINTON STILL WON'T TAKE A POSITION ON KEYSTONE: At an event in New Hampshire yesterday, Hillary Clinton was asked by a voter if “yes or no” she would vote to approve the Keystone pipeline.
CNN:
Lawyer: Trump called me ‘disgusting’ for request to pump breast milk  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)How would a future President Donald Trump handle the high stakes negotiating of an international treaty if he can't handle a mother's request to pump breast milk for her new born child?
Tom Brady / Facebook:
I am very disappointed by the NFL's decision to uphold the 4 game suspension against me.  I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either.  —  Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell to fast-track bill to defund Planned Parenthood  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is fast-tracking a bill to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood, after senators huddled in his office Tuesday to work out the details of a bill.
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Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
In one-on-one interview, Clinton talks issues, calls Planned Parenthood videos ‘disturbing’  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  Calling them “disturbing,” Hillary Clinton said undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissue raise questions about the process nationwide.
Mike Allen / Politico:
Fox lowers threshold for early debate  —  The change serves to guarantee the presence of candidates such as Lindsey Graham and Carly Fiorina.  —  Getty  —  Fox News is opening its 5 p.m. debate to all the announced Republican candidates who fail to make the cut for the Aug. 6 prime-time event …
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Officials Say  —  Death raises questions about who will lead movement  —  KABUL— Mullah Mohammad Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban, is dead, according to Afghan officials and a person close to the group.  —  His death raises questions …
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Politico:
House conservative seeks John Boehner's ouster  —  The move by Rep. Mark Meadows represents a new level of opposition to GOP leadership from House's right wing.  —  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) has filed a motion to try to force Speaker John Boehner from his leadership post.
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Matt Fuller / Roll Call:   Rule Vote Retribution Continues; Chaffetz Takes Away Subcommittee Gavel
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
GOP congressman launches bid to oust John Boehner as House speaker
Discussion: NBC News
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Sarah Palin serving in a Trump administration?  'I'd love that,' he says  —  The Palin family through the years 22 photos  —  In little more than a decade, Sarah Palin rose from city councilwoman to Alaska's youngest governor and the first female vice presidential nominee in GOP history.
Discussion: OnPolitics
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Joe Biden's Political Moment  —  For the first time, the vice president looks like a more electable Democrat than Hillary Clinton.  —  For Democratic leaders, the political logic of having Hillary Clinton as the party's standard bearer in 2016 was, at least for a while, undeniable.
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Fox4News.com:
FOX 4 reporter confronts woman accused of stealing his identity  —  An accused credit card thief picked the wrong guy when she used FOX 4 consumer reporter Steve Noviello's Visa account to check into a North Texas hotel.  —  Farah Parks is accused of stealing Noviello's credit card information …
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX31 Denver
Don Melvin / CNN:
Zimbabwean officials: American man wanted in killing of Cecil the lion  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)An American man is being sought in connection with a case that has drawn international attention — the killing of Cecil the lion — Zimbabwean officials said Tuesday.
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Jessica Glenza / Guardian:
US dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion ‘upset’ as hunter becomes hunted
Peter Hasson / Campus Reform:
Bias-Free Language Guide claims the word ‘American’ is ‘problematic’  — The University of New Hampshire has a “Bias-Free Language Guide” on its website, which “is meant to invite inclusive excellence in [the] campus community.”  — Terms such as “American,” “homosexual,” “illegal alien …
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
At Least 5 Black Women Found Dead In Jail Since Mid-July  —  On Monday morning, police in Mount Vernon, New York discovered a 44-year-old woman dead in her cell.  She is the fifth black woman, at least, to die behind bars this month.  —  According to Mayor Earnest Davis …
Discussion: 7online.com and Raw Story
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why the Iran deal's public support is plummeting  —  It's been two weeks since the Iran deal was announced, and the American public's discomfort with its terms is deepening.  American Jews don't like it, despite efforts by Obama's court Jews to make it seem as though they're far more supportive of it than Americans in general.
Discussion: Power Line
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Limbaugh mystified: Republican behavior ‘too weird’  —  Joe Kovacs is an award-winning journalist and, since 1999, executive news editor of WND.  He is the author of two best-selling books: “Shocked by the Bible: The Most Astonishing Facts You've Never Been Told” and its 2012 sequel …
Discussion: BarbWire.com and PoliticusUSA
Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Hillary Emails No One Can Explain  —  There is a two-month gap in Hillary Clinton's emails that coincides with violence in Libya and the employment status of a top Clinton aide, Huma Abedin.  —  Among the approximately 2,000 emails that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Steven Nelson / US News:
New DEA Leader: Pot Probably Not as Bad as Heroin
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Linda M. LeFauve / Reason:
Campus Rape Expert Can't Answer Basic Questions About His Sources
Julia Fioretti / Reuters:
German regulator orders Facebook to allow pseudonyms
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Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
Conservative Media's Influence on the Republican Party
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Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. City Council bans large-capacity ammunition magazines
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Michael Moore Surprises with New “Stealth” Film To Be Launched at Toronto Film Fest
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
$15 minimum wage divides Dems
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Joan Vennochi / BostonGlobe.com:
No Boston Olympics activists are heroes
Discussion: Boston Magazine and New York Times
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
Teen ‘Lured’ 8-Year-Old Santa Cruz Girl Into Apartment Before Killing Her, Dumping Body in Recycling Bin: Police
Discussion: USA Today and KFOR-TV
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Dems clash with Kerry over Iran deal
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Monica Anderson / Pew Research Center:
15% of Americans don't use the internet. Who are they?
Discussion: New York Times and The Atlantic
Stevengoddard / Real Science:
Mind-Blowing Temperature Fraud At NOAA
Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg Business:
Smoke That Pot Now, Chris Christie Tells Users in States That Allow It
 

 
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
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