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8:55 PM ET, August 1, 2015

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Joe Biden in 2016: What Would Beau Do?  —  WASHINGTON — A PATTERN of cutting corners, a patina of entitlement and inevitability, has led to this.  —  Destroying digital messages and thwarting official investigations while acting all innocent about wiping out sensitive material.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Joe Biden Said to Be Taking New Look at Presidential Run  —  Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his associates have begun to actively explore a possible presidential campaign, an entry that would upend the Democratic field and deliver a direct threat to Hillary Rodham Clinton …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Who Was Maureen Dowd's Source?  —  Here's part of Maureen Dowd's interesting and moving column in tomorrow's New York Times on Joe Biden: … Read the whole thing, as they say.  And read the accompanying Times news article, reporting that Joe Biden is seriously considering a presidential bid.
WFAA-TV:
Sources: Grand jury indicts Attorney General Ken Paxton  —  McKINNEY — A grand jury has indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on multiple felony charges, according to several sources who are familiar with the complaints.  —  The charges will be unsealed in McKinney on Monday about noon …
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Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Grand Jury Indicts Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, on Felony Charges  —  HOUSTON — Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas and a former longtime lawmaker, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of securities fraud and of failing to register with the state securities board …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Ryan Carey-Mahoney / USA Today:
Jericho, Cecil the lion's brother, killed  —  The brother of Cecil the lion, whose death sparked widespread outrage this week, was killed by a hunter Saturday afternoon in Zimbabwe, a local conservation group said.  —  “I'm very disappointed.  I'm heartbroken,” Zimbabwe Conservation Task …
Discussion: KSNG-TV, Slantpoint and France 24
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Washington Post:   Cecil the lion's killer may have trouble avoiding extradition, experts say
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Clinton aide and confidante was overpaid at State Dept.  —  State Department investigators have concluded that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 while working at the State Department, the Washington Post reports.
Discussion: Progress Pond
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
Judge Orders Hillary Clinton to Answer for ‘Home-Brew’ Server
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: Federal Judge Orders State Department to Ask Hillary Clinton to Account …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Power Line
William Saletan / Slate:
The Iran hearings have shown how the Republican Party can no longer be trusted with the presidency.  —  If Republicans win the White House next year, they'll almost certainly control the entire federal government.  Many of them, running for president or aspiring to leadership roles in Congress …
Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Texas Already Defunded Planned Parenthood — Here's What Congress Can Learn From It  —  As Congress seeks to end all taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, lawmakers and health care professionals in the state of Texas, who took similar action in recent years, have some advice on how to make that transition …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Questions raised about Planned Parenthood cuts
Discussion: Hot Air
Richard A. Serrano / Chicago Tribune:
Assailant in Garland, Texas, attack bought gun in 2010 under Fast and Furious operation  —  Five years before he was shot to death in the failed terrorist attack in Garland, Texas, Nadir Soofi walked into a suburban Phoenix gun shop to buy a 9-millimeter pistol.
P. J. O'Rourke / The Daily Beast:
The Unbearable Nuttiness of Mike Huckabee  —  Oh go home, you old fundamentalist fool, before you embarrass the Republicans any more.  —  “Playing the Hitler card” is an infallible sign that a politician has run out of intelligent, substantive and plausible ways to criticize an opponent.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
The FBI has subpoenaed lewd text messages between Subway's Jared Fogle and a former Subway franchisee  —  The FBI has subpoenaed an affidavit containing alleged texts between former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and a former female Subway franchisee in which Fogle says he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl …
Brendan James / International Business Times:
Salon.com Recognizes Union, Ending Monthlong Standoff With Editorial Staff  —  The liberal website Salon.com on Friday recognized its editorial staffers' request to form a union late Friday, ending a monthlong standoff between writers and managers at the 20-year-old publication, International Business Times has learned.
Jessica McMaster / KSHB-TV:
Video of Lenexa PD arrest goes viral, sparks concerns  —  LENEXA, Kan. - A video that shows two Lenexa police officers making an arrest has gone viral and sparked concerns on social media.  —  John Sherman said he was at the Winstead's restaurant, located near 95th Street and Quivira …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Watch Military Dad Surprise Son at Baseball Game After 6 Months in Kuwait
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Jenise Fernandez / WPLG-TV:
South Florida woman first to receive bionic eye in Florida
Discussion: Slantpoint, ABC News and abc13.com
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Christie: Elizabeth Warren is ‘taking over’ Democratic Party
Reuters:
Exclusive: Donald Trump's companies have sought visas to import at least 1,100 workers
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Decides to Retaliate Against China's Hacking
Robby Soave / The Daily Beast:
The College That Hates ‘Americans’
Discussion: Hot Air
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Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Top Trump adviser has a history of provocative and racial Facebook posts
Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:
Japanese Police Arrest Mark Karpelès of Collapsed Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox
Discussion: The Verge, New York Times and Guardian
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
We're Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Dem: Obama Ready To Ignore Congress If Veto On Iran Deal Is Overridden
Discussion: Freedom Outpost and Hot Air
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Turns out Obamacare is a government takeover
Discussion: Newsalert and Bloomberg View
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Of Lions and Men: Mourning Samuel DuBose and Cecil the Lion
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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