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Nick Gass / Politico:
State Dept. watchdog: Clinton violated email rules — A State Department watchdog concluded that Hillary Clinton failed to comply with the agency's policies on records while using a personal email server that was not — and, officials say, would never have been — approved by agency officials …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
The 9 biggest revelations in the State IG report on Clinton's emails — The State Department's inspector general report on Wednesday offered little absolution for Hillary Clinton or several of her top aides who refused to cooperate with the investigation into the former secretary of state's exclusive use of a private email server.
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Washington Post, Hot Air, Viking Pundit, The American Spectator, Washington Free Beacon and Daily Kos
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Is Criticized for Private Emails in State Dept. Review — WASHINGTON — The State Department's inspector general sharply criticized Hillary Clinton's exclusive use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, saying she had not sought permission to use it and would not have received it if she had.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's email problems just got much worse — One of the two big dominoes in the Hillary Clinton email controversy toppled today: The State Department's Inspector General released its report on the email practices of Clinton and a number of other past secretaries of state.
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Associated Press:
Clinton faulted on emails by State Department audit
Clinton faulted on emails by State Department audit
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Speaker.gov, TPNN and Infowars
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
What does the new Inspector General report actually tell us about Hillary Clinton's emails?
What does the new Inspector General report actually tell us about Hillary Clinton's emails?
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The Mahablog, Washington Monthly and Politico
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton campaign: Email setup ‘not unique’
Clinton campaign: Email setup ‘not unique’
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Clinton Broke Federal Rules With Email Server, Audit Finds
Clinton Broke Federal Rules With Email Server, Audit Finds
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton's email practices
State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton's email practices
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Politico, Forbes, Daily Kos, Shakesville, The Verge and JustOneMinute
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton expressed worries about exposure of personal emails at State Dept.
Clinton expressed worries about exposure of personal emails at State Dept.
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Washington Post, Shadowproof and Daily Wire
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Romney ‘walks like a penguin’ — cut into a handful of prominent Republican figures during a Wednesday rally, even lightly chiding those who ultimately came around to endorsing him for president. — The presumptive GOP nominee lashed out at 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, saying he “walks like a penguin.”
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren just absolutely shredded Donald Trump. There's a lot more like this to come. — THE MORNING PLUM: — Early in the 2012 campaign, when top Democratic strategists were debating how to target Mitt Romney, they worked to hone their message about him down to a single, tight, pithy phrase.
Bloomberg:
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan to Speak by Phone Tonight — The House speaker and the presumptive Republican presidential nominee will try again to erase the rift between the two men. — michaelcbender — Donald Trump and Paul Ryan will talk by telephone on Wednesday night …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump accuses New Mexico's Republican governor of not doing her job
Trump accuses New Mexico's Republican governor of not doing her job
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump returns to campaign trail with new taunts, big promises
Trump returns to campaign trail with new taunts, big promises
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Washington Post, Political Wire and RedState
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump's attacks on the GOP's most prominent Latina, Susana Martinez, should alarm Republicans
The Daily 202: Trump's attacks on the GOP's most prominent Latina, Susana Martinez, should alarm Republicans
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Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Trump: Jeb will get ‘burst of energy’ and endorse me
Trump: Jeb will get ‘burst of energy’ and endorse me
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Political Wire
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Donald Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theories, Right-Wing Media Gets Its Wish
As Donald Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theories, Right-Wing Media Gets Its Wish
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Althouse, National Review and Media Matters for America
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump plans to target Clinton over Whitewater — Donald Trump, who in recent days has accused Bill Clinton of rape and suggested he and Hillary Clinton may have had a role in the death of one of their close friends, plans to focus next on the Whitewater real estate scandal, POLITICO has learned.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Accidentally Emails Politico Its Plan To Hit Clinton On Whitewater
Trump Camp Accidentally Emails Politico Its Plan To Hit Clinton On Whitewater
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Vince Foster's death and subsequent conspiracy theories, explained
Vince Foster's death and subsequent conspiracy theories, explained
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Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, Media Matters for America, Salon, Hullabaloo and Infowars
Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Audio Shows Katie Couric Documentary Deceptively Edited Interview with Pro-Gun Activists — The makers of a new Katie Couric documentary on gun violence deceptively edited an interview between Couric and a group of gun rights activists in an apparent attempt to embarrass the activists, an audio recording of the full interview shows.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Audiotape: Katie Couric documentary falsely depicts gun supporters as ‘idiots’
Audiotape: Katie Couric documentary falsely depicts gun supporters as ‘idiots’
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Bearing Arms, Hot Air, RedState, The Daily Caller and National Review
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Big-name Democrats won't defend Wasserman Schultz — The knives are out for Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Capitol Hill. But it's unclear whether it amounts to griping or a more serious warning sign that the embattled Democratic Party chairwoman's post is in jeopardy.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Why so many Sanders supporters don't want to be Democrats
Why so many Sanders supporters don't want to be Democrats
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Eleven states sue Obama administration over bathroom directive — Eleven states and state officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging he Obama administration over federal guidance directing schools to provide transgender students with facilities that match their gender identities.
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Jeannie Suk / New Yorker:
The Transgender Bathroom Debate and the Looming Title IX Crisis
The Transgender Bathroom Debate and the Looming Title IX Crisis
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton Gets Into 30-Minute Debate With A 24-Year-Old Bernie Fan — SANTA FE, N.M. — Five different times, aides tried to drag him away from the booth where Josh Brody, a 24-year-old supporter of Bernie Sanders, was holding forth about all that had gone wrong in the 1990s: welfare, NAFTA, Wall Street.
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Talking Points Memo
Eliana Dockterman / TIME:
A Marvel Editor Explains How Captain America Was a Hydra Agent All Along — In a shocking twist, Steve Rogers always has been and will continue to be a member of the evil group — Sure, he wears red white and blue on the outside, but on the inside? It turns out Steve Rogers …
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The Intercept:
“AMERICAN SNIPER” CHRIS KYLE DISTORTED HIS MILITARY RECORD, DOCUMENTS SHOW … No American has been more associated with the Navy SEAL mystique than Chris Kyle, known as the deadliest sniper in military history. His bestselling autobiography, American Sniper — a story of honor, glory …
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John Hinderaker / Power LinePower Line:
Electing Trump, One Riot at a Time — Last night in Albuquerque, rioters attacked a Donald Trump rally. Several tried to disrupt the event and had to be removed from the crowd. Most remained outside, throwing rocks at the hall and burning objects at policemen.
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Nell Frizzell / Guardian:
The men who live as dogs: 'We're just the same as any person on the high street' — Ahead of a new documentary, Spot, Bootbrush and Kaz open up about their community — t's easy to laugh at a grown man in a rubber dog suit chewing on a squeaky toy. Maybe too easy, in fact …
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Stephen Adams / KCEN-TV:
Gay Student Told to Change Pro-LGBT Shirt — COPPERAS COVE, Texas - An eighth grade student in Copperas Cove, Texas, was told to change her pro-LGBT shirt because school officials said it violated the dress code. — Ali Chaney, 13, wore the t-shirt, which had rainbow text that said “Some people are gay.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump fires top aide — Donald Trump's presidential campaign on Wednesday night announced it had parted ways with its national political director Rick Wiley — a move that appears to stem in part from an ongoing turf war atop the campaign. — Wiley was the first high-profile hire by Paul Manafort …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
The Republican Party Got the Voters It Deserved — My View colleague Megan McArdle thinks people are exaggerating the Republican Party's responsibility for Donald Trump. Blaming the party, she concludes, “is like blaming the weatherman because it's raining, or an economist for a recession.”
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