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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 …
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Benghazi Panel Finds Blunders, No New Blame for Clinton — Benghazi fallout: Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin faces questions 3:17 — A long-awaited report on the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi details an array of bureaucratic miscues and inter-agency blunders but does not blame Hillary Clinton …
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Washington Post, Media Matters for America and Scared Monkeys
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 …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Final Benghazi report details administration failures — After more than two years, Republicans delivered a final Benghazi Committee report that ripped the Obama administration's handling of the 2012 terrorist attack — but Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign dismissed the findings as “discredited” conspiracy theories.
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.
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Hot Air, Washington Times and The Hill
D.W. Wilber / The Hill:
Clinton can't escape Benghazi responsibility
Clinton can't escape Benghazi responsibility
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Politico, Pamela Geller, Jihad Watch, Media Matters for America and Washington Times
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Benghazi report: Clinton should have realized risks
Benghazi report: Clinton should have realized risks
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Revealed: State Dept Was Debating ‘Appropriate Attire’ While Compound Was Burning
Revealed: State Dept Was Debating ‘Appropriate Attire’ While Compound Was Burning
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Martha Raddatz / ABC News:
Benghazi Committee Releases Final Report
Benghazi Committee Releases Final Report
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Politico, Media Matters for America, The Week and Associated Press
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP Benghazi report charges Obama-Clinton did nothing to save lives
GOP Benghazi report charges Obama-Clinton did nothing to save lives
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The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Gowdy releases Benghazi committee final report
Gowdy releases Benghazi committee final report
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Politico, Instapundit and Shot in the Dark
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.
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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.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump
Poll: Majority of Republicans Prefer Someone Else to Trump
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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.
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
How Britain Could Exit ‘Brexit’ — WASHINGTON — In the days since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the so-called “Brexit” referendum has created such severe turmoil that public attention is increasingly focused on an extreme option: Can they get out of it?
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EU chief to Brexiter Nigel Farage: ‘Why are you here?’
EU chief to Brexiter Nigel Farage: ‘Why are you here?’
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Washington Free Beacon, The Federalist and Guardian
Jessica Taylor / NPR:
Obama Cautions Against ‘Hysteria’ Over Brexit Vote
Obama Cautions Against ‘Hysteria’ Over Brexit Vote
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New York Times, ABC News, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Politico and Washington Post
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.
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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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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 …
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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)
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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.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
For Detroit's Children, More School Choice but Not Better Schools — DETROIT — On the face of it, Ana Rivera could have had almost any choice when it came to educating her two sons. For all the abandoned buildings and burned-down houses in her neighborhood in the southwest part of this city …
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Washington Post, Eduwonk, Los Angeles Times and Diane Ravitch's blog
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 …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
White Nationalists Involved In Bloody Calif. Rally Will Be At GOP Convention — Members of a prominent white nationalist group have pledged to provide some unsolicited protection to supporters of Donald Trump at next month's Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
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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.