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5:35 PM ET, June 29, 2016

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ABC News:
Nate Silver Predicts Clinton Wins General Election Against Trump … “We're at halftime of the election right now,” Silver said.  “She's taking a seven-point, maybe a ten-point lead into half time.  There's a lot of football left to be played.  She's ahead in almost every poll, every swing state, every national poll.”
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
First on CNN: Poll shows Clinton with battleground leads  —  Elizabeth Warren joins Clinton to attack Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump across the board in a new poll of battleground states.  —  According to Ballotpedia's battleground poll, Clinton leads Trump:
Discussion: Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and The Week
Ballotpedia News:
Ballotpedia's battleground poll, 2016  — Ballot access for presidential candidates  — The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton  — Insiders Poll: First Democratic debate (October 13, 2015)  — Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the Fox News Republican Debate
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:   Hillary Clinton Tweets for Trump=> “DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS”
Christopher Sign / KNXV:
Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meet privately in Phoenix  —  PHOENIX - Amid an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email and hours before the public release of the Benghazi report, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with former President Bill Clinton.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Chris Stevens's Family: Don't Blame Hillary Clinton for Benghazi  —  On Tuesday, the House Select Committee on Benghazi, which is controlled by a Republican majority, charged the Obama Administration with diplomatic miscalculations, security failures, and a lengthy delay in rescue efforts …
Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Exclusive: NRA to run $2 million Benghazi-themed ad campaign for Trump  —  The National Rifle Association's political arm is launching its first ad campaign of the 2016 presidential race, with a survivor of the terror attack in Benghazi urging viewers to vote for Donald Trump.
BostonGlobe.com:   Republicans hit dead end on Benghazi
Kim Janssen / Chicago Tribune:
Ditka surprised to read that he'll be at GOP convention with Trump  —  Photos of the Hall of Fame Bears coach.  —  A report late Tuesday that Donald Trump is lining up Mike Ditka to make a star appearance at the Republican National Convention came as no surprise to anybody — except Da Coach himself.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ivanka Trump: “Athletes And Coaches” Will Be Speaking At The RNC  —  Ivanka Trump on Wendesday confirmed that athletes and coaches are being lined up to speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  —  “We're putting together the line up of speakers now and the interest is incredible …
Campaign Legal Center:
Donald Trump Is Illegally Soliciting Money from Foreign Nationals to Fund His Presidential Campaign  —  FEC Urged to Stop Foreign Money from Infiltrating Our Presidential Election  —  WASHINGTON - Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign committee is violating black-letter federal law …
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
British Politicians Demand to Exit ... Donald Trump's Fundraising List
Discussion: Politicus USA, Scotsman and Raw Story
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Camp Sending Fundraising Emails To Elected Officials In Multiple Countries
Emma Platoff / Philly.com:
Why police were called to a South Jersey third-grade class party  —  On June 16, police were called to an unlikely scene: an end-of-the-year class party at the William P. Tatem Elementary School in Collingswood.  —  A third grader had made a comment about the brownies being served to the class.
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Wants America to Behead People Now and America Sort of Agrees  —  In the wake of another terrorist attack, this one killing at least 36 people and wounding over 100 at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Donald Trump wasted no time in returning to a familiar well of atrocity and aggression.
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Keith Hennessey:
Response to Trump on steel
Discussion: Hit & Run and New York Times
Jim Ruth / Washington Post:
I hate Donald Trump. But he might get my vote.
NY1 News:
McConnell Says Trump Is Not Yet A “Credible Candidate”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has reservations about the candidate at the top the 2016 Republican ticket: Donald Trump.  —  McConnell made headlines earlier this week for declining to say whether Trump is qualified for the presidency.
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Trump Still Not A ‘Credible’ Candidate, ‘Needs To Change’
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Maeve McDermott / USA Today:
Exclusive: Miss Teen USA to eliminate swimsuit competition  —  4.2k Shares  —  One of America's highest-profile beauty pageants just traded bikinis for athleisure.  —  In recent years, competitions have increasingly modernized, featuring women that break the mold of the traditional pageant queen …
Susan Wright / RedState:
CHILLING: Senator Marco Rubio Accurately Predicts Istanbul Terrorist Attack  —  Florida Senator Marco Rubio is no lightweight, and has proven himself well-versed in the threats facing our nation at this very critical juncture in world history.  —  In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attack …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Plagiarized Lessons and Deceptive Tactics: A Look Inside the Trump Institute  —  In 2005, as he was making a transition from developing real estate to capitalizing on his fame through ventures like a reality show and product-licensing deals, Donald J. Trump hit upon a two-pronged strategy for entering the field of for-profit education.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
GOP donor Paul Singer says Trump would cause a depression  —  Trump could cause global depression: Singer  —  Hedge fund manager Paul Singer had some strong words for Trump today, saying his trade policies could trigger a widespread global depression.  —  A hedge fund executive …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   GOP Mega-Donor Warns Trump Would Cause ‘Widespread Global Depression’
Matt Canham / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Dems' transgender Senate nominee  —  Primary sets up contest with GOP's Lee in November.  —  Utah voters picked a historic, and largely unknown, Democratic candidate to challenge Sen. Mike Lee this November.  —  Misty K. Snow is the first transgender nominee …
Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Private E-Mail Use Said to Frustrate Top Aide Huma Abedin  —  Both witnesses to Abedin's testimony described her as cooperative.  —  A top aide to Hillary Clinton said the former secretary of state's use of a private e-mail server to conduct government business on at least …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Townhall.com
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
New analysis shows 160 emails missing from Clinton's disclosure to State
Discussion: Mediaite, www.wnyc.org and Politico
John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
The World's Most Efficient Languages  —  Just as fish presumably don't know they're wet, many English speakers don't know that the way their language works is just one of endless ways it could have come out.  It's easy to think that what one's native language puts words to, and how, reflects the fundamentals of reality.
The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Hillary group takes $200K in banned donations  —  has accepted $200,000 in donations from a company holding multiple contracts with the federal government — despite a ban on such contributions.  —  According to a review of contributions by The Hill, Boston-based Suffolk Construction …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week?  [VIDEO]  —  Why Did Bill Clinton And Loretta Lynch Meet On Her Airplane In Phoenix This Week?  —  If It Wasn't For This CIA Officer, A Lot More People Would Have Died In Benghazi  —  DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Adam Mosseri / Facebook:
Building a Better News Feed for You  —  The goal of News Feed is to show people the stories that are most relevant to them.  Today, we're announcing an update to News Feed that helps you see more posts from your friends and family.  We explain this change in more detail here.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Gay men attacked over photo posted by U.S. embassy
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Everton Bailey Jr / Oregonian:
Driver accused of crashing into marijuana dispensary while high on marijuana
Steven Poole / Guardian:
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Daniel Klaidman / Yahoo:
CIA chief Brennan looks at Turkish attack and sees a warning for Americans
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Russian FSB guard attacked U.S. diplomat outside Moscow embassy
James Traub / Foreign Policy:
It's Time for the Elites to Rise Up Against the Ignorant Masses