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2:40 PM ET, July 30, 2015

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Quinnipiac University:
Release Detail  —  July 30, 2015 - Trump Tops Republican Pack By Wide Margin, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Dems Trump Trump In General Election  —  With 20 percent of Republican voters, Donald Trump is the clear leader in the crowded Republican presidential primary field …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Clinton's habit of dodging key issues draws Democrats' fire  —  Could an excess of caution hurt Hillary Clinton?  —  This query is coming to the fore again after she dodged a question on Tuesday over whether she supports or opposes building the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Winning Facebook by a Landslide  —  Donald Trump isn't just at the top of the Republican presidential polls, he's also dominating the social-media conversation, new data make clear.  —  According to Facebook , Mr. Trump is easily the most-talked candidate of the 2016 election …
Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Former Marco Rubio Donors Turning to Others in Presidential Race
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government  —  Calling next week's Senate roll call to defund Planned Parenthood a “legislative show vote,” GOP firebrand Ted Cruz said Republicans should do everything they can to eliminate federal money for the group — even if it means a government shutdown fight this fall.
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The Daily Beast:
Why Dems Don't Want to Talk About Planned Parenthood
Associated Press:
Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials
David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Planned Parenthood VP Says Fetuses May Come Out Intact, Agrees Payments Specific to the Specimen
Ken Goldstein / Bloomberg Business:
Many Republican Polls Are Measuring a Unicorn Electorate  —  Recent elections around the world have not been kind to pollsters.  In contests in Israel and Britain, and in a referendum in Scotland, pre-election polls all showed tight races that ended up being, well, not so tight.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Fox News GOP Debate Could Draw the Biggest Audience in Cable News History — and Roger Ailes Is Making All the Rules  —  “Crazy stuff!  You have a TV executive deciding who is in — and out — of a presidential debate!  ”  —  Shares
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
New Hampshire Voters Explain the Appeal of Donald Trump  —  A Bloomberg Politics focus group of Donald Trump supporters in the Granite State helps illuminate the billionaire's rise in the polls.  —  t writerknowles  —  Donald Trump is a brand, and his New Hampshire supporters are itching to buy it.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   New Hampshire Focus Group Fawns Over Trump: 'He's Like One Of Us' (VIDEO)
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Jon Stewart opens up on ‘secret’ White House visits  —  “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart is opening up about his “secret” White House meetings with President Obama, revealing that they were far more sinister than initially reported.  —  “It was a roundtable meeting with the president …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Slantpoint
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Ray Rahman / EW.com:
THE DAILY SHOW PRODUCERS ON JON STEWART'S LAST SHOW: 'DONALD TRUMP IS NOT COMING ON THE SHOW
Discussion: FishbowlDC and Sun-Times National
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Judge explodes over Hillary email delays
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Why the Naysayers Are Wrong About the Iran Deal  —  Mike Huckabee says President Obama is using his nuclear deal to “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven.”  Mitt Romney describes it as a “generational calamity.”  And while polls diverge, one recently taken by CNN suggests …
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George Will / Washington Post:   With the Iran Deal, Obama's Contempt for Congress Is on Full Display
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Israel: U.S. Officials Are Withholding Major Parts And Details Of Iran Deal From Us
Wall Street Journal:
UBS Deal Shows Clinton's Complicated Ties  —  Donations to family foundation increased after secretary of state's involvement in tax case  —  A few weeks after Hillary Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009, she was summoned to Geneva by her Swiss counterpart to discuss an urgent matter.
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Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump amuses us to death  —  All right then, let's do this.  If we have to talk about Donald Trump, because apparently the subject will not just go away on its own, then let's talk about him, even if it means going back on a vow I made 16 years ago.  —  This was back in 1999 …
Kaily Cunningham / fox8.com:
1-year-old girl found dead in Medina apartment; father charged with abuse of a corpse  —  MEDINA, Ohio- A one-year-old girl was found dead inside an apartment in Medina on Wednesday.  The father, Eric Warfel, was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse.  Police said additional charges are expected.
Discussion: KFOR-TV, WREG-TV, FOX31 Denver and KTLA
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: 'I'd Get Along Very Well With Vladimir Putin' (VIDEO)  —  Donald Trump thinks he'd have a friend in Russia — its leader, Vladimir Putin.  —  “I think I'd get along very well with Vladimir Putin.  I just think so.  People say, ‘What do you mean?’  I think I would get along well with him …
Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth  —  24 photos  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's immigration plan: Deport the undocumented, ‘legal status’ for some  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)Donald Trump, the Republican presidential hopeful who shot up to the head of the pack over his controversial comments about illegal immigrants, is finally starting to lay out an immigration policy.
Jerusalem Post:
Man stabs six people at Jerusalem gay pride parade; suspect carried out similar attack in 2005 … The assailant, a Jewish man, was arrested; two seriously injured in attack; assailant is allegedly same man who carried out attack at gay pride parade ten years ago.
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
 
 
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New York Times:
Congress Should Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank
Discussion: National Review and RedState
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
The Worst Expansion Since World War II Was Even Weaker
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Gateway Pundit
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
The story behind Marco Rubio's frustrating first job as a politician
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Alabama's governor makes surprising — and scary — education appointment
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WATCH: Judge Unloads on Illegal Alien Arrested for Murder, Attempted Rape
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Jindal: Gun rights extend to movie theaters
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Clinton must be joking
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