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11:05 AM ET, June 28, 2016

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NBC News:
House Republicans' Report Sheds New Light on Benghazi Attack  —  Benghazi fallout: Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin faces questions 3:17  —  After a more than two-year investigation into the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, House Republicans are set to release a lengthy report Tuesday recounting …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Benghazi Lie in Black and White  —  The administration's public and private timelines of what happened are very different.  —  The final majority report of the Benghazi Select Committee is set to be released later Tuesday morning.  Representatives Jim Jordan and Mike Pompeo have signed onto …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
House Benghazi Report Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — Ending one of the longest, costliest and most bitterly partisan congressional investigations in history, the House Select Committee on Benghazi issued its final report on Tuesday …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Report: Mills' influence tainted review board  —  Cheryl Mills, the longtime attorney, friend and former chief of staff for Hillary Clinton, influenced the findings of an internal State Department review of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a draft of the final House Benghazi Committee report.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Final Benghazi report details administration failures  —  In their long-awaited final report, Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee concluded that the Obama administration — including then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — failed across multiple agencies and levels to protect American diplomats …
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Revealed: State Dept Was Debating ‘Appropriate Attire’ While Compound Was Burning  —  For some reason, the Obama administration was having a debate over apparel while Americans were fighting for their lives in Benghazi, Libya.  Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS), a member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Gowdy releases Benghazi committee final report
Discussion: Politico and Shot in the Dark
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
More Clinton emails released, including some she deleted
Discussion: Hot Air
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP Benghazi report charges Obama-Clinton did nothing to save lives
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump promised millions to charity.  We found less than $10,000 over 7 years.  —  In May, under pressure from the news media, Donald Trump made good on a pledge he made four months earlier: He gave $1 million to a nonprofit group helping veterans' families.
NBC News:
Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in NBC Poll  —  Hillary Clinton now leads Donald Trump by 8 points, her highest advantage since the general election match-up question was first asked on May 2, according to the latest NBC News|  SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.
Discussion: Political Wire and AOL
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Polls are telling Donald Trump the truth, but he's not listening  —  Polls used to tell Donald Trump something.  They told him he was winning the Republican primary race, that his message and style were connecting with voters, that he was more popular than any of his rivals.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Facts Win Out on Abortion  —  SOMEONE landing from Mars on Monday and coming upon Justice Stephen G. Breyer's majority Supreme Court opinion in the Texas abortion case would have had no hint of the decades-long battle over women's right to abortion and the dogged efforts by states to put obstacles in their way.
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Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Here's Why Today's Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Is So Important
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
What Donald Trump's New Communications Director Really Thinks Of Donald Trump, In 11 Deleted Tweets  —  Donald Trump is having trouble putting together a full-fledged presidential campaign.  Trump has a staff of little more than 70 people, compared to more than 700 for Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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Bloomberg:
Trump Hires Senior Advisor for Communications  —  Jason Miller served as the senior communications advisor for Texas Senator Ted Cruz's presidential campaign  —  Donald Trump has landed a GOP operative to be his new senior advisor for communications, a move meant to further professionalize his unconventional campaign.
Aditya Chakrabortty / Guardian:
After a campaign scarred by bigotry, it's become OK to be racist in Britain  —  The leave campaign has opened up a Pandora's box of resentment and suspicion - and it's only going to get worse when Brexit fails to deliver on its promises  —  n chaos of the kind Britain now faces, history is clear …
Discussion: Mediaite
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
House Democrats mistakenly release transcript confirming big payout to Clinton friend Sidney Blumenthal  —  Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime confidant of Hillary Clinton's, told congressional investigators he earned “about $200,000 a year” from a pro-Clinton nonprofit.  (Susan Walsh / Associated Press)
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Anti-Trump Open Borders Advocate Zuckerberg Buys Hawaii Property - Puts Up Wall  —  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg lashed out at Donald Trump in April at the annual developer's conference over his proposed border wall paid by Mexico.  —  Zuckerberg did not like Trump's border wall idea.
Discussion: The Last Refuge and rubber hose
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West Hawaii Today:   Some Kauai residents unhappy about wall being built by Facebook billionaire
Bloomberg:
North American Leaders Meet, With Brexit and Trump Clouding Ties  —  Obama, Trudeau and Pena Nieto hold summit Wednesday in Ottawa  —  U.K. vote, U.S. presidential race weigh on pro-trade agenda  —  The shadow of Brexit and rising protectionist sentiment loom large as U.S. President Barack Obama meets …
Discussion: Politico and Algemeiner.com
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
No, Jesse Williams, I Will Not ‘Sit Down’  —  Actor Jesse Williams of Grey's Anatomy is being celebrated by like-minded left-wingers across the Internet for delivering what is being called a courageous speech on race at the Black Entertainment (BET) Awards on Sunday evening.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Virginia man accused of threatening to shoot senators  —  A Virginia man is being held in jail after allegedly threatening to shoot at least two senators, according to a new report.  —  Kyler Schmitz is accused of tweeting the menacing remarks after the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. …
Paul Singer / USA Today:
House Democrats face ethics complaints for fundraising off sit-in  —  Corrections and clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify that Rep. Huffman's email included a link to sign up for information from his campaign, not a direct fundraising appeal.
Discussion: Political Insider blog and AOL
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Obama Cautions Against ‘Hysteria’ Over Brexit Vote  —  President Obama is warning against financial and international “hysteria” in the wake of last week's vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.  —  “I think that the best way to think about this is, a pause button …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Why Are Anti-Trump Conservatives Hailing the Brexit?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 
 
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Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Orlando Nightmare: Mateen's Bathroom Rampage Raises Questions for Police Response
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Breitbart:
From Mediaite:  —  CNN's Fareed Zakaria spoke with Brian Stelter …
Sara Rathod / Mother Jones:
The ACLU Explains Why a Controversial New Immigration Program Is “a Recipe for Disaster”
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Clinton Leads Trump on Orlando Massacre Response, Trust to Handle Terrorism (POLL)
Discussion: Hot Air
NBC News:
After 3 Deaths, Ikea Recalls Millions of Dangerous Dressers
Discussion: WCMH-TV and The Week
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump: Warren is a ‘racist’
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Congress' Zika fail could bite GOP in election
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
Clinton's VP thinking: Don't harm Dem chances to take Senate
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Fox News:
Hillary's Behavior Is ‘Dangerous’: Blacklisted Former Secret Service Officer Speaks Out on Clinton WH Exposé
Mark Harris / Guardian:
Secretive Alphabet division aims to fix public transit in US by shifting control to Google
Discussion: The Verge and Mediaite
Media Matters for America:
Fox's Bolling: Rappers Should Be Happy White People Are Buying “The Black” Music And “Financing Their Lifestyles”
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
CBS News:
What went wrong (and right) for Bernie Sanders
Daily Mail:
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