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Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Lining Up Tyson and Ditka for Convention — Several sports personalities and musical entertainers have agreed to appear at this summer's convention. — kevcirilli — ESPN has nothing on this summer's Republican national convention. — Donald Trump's campaign aides …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
RNC unveils dramatic Trump convention stage — The set that will host Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland will feature a massive video board and twin white staircases leading up to the stage. — The 1,711 square foot video board …
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CNN:
Istanbul airport explosions: 10 dead, Justice minister says — At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured in the attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told CNN. — The two suicide bombers were also killed.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Istanbul attack: ‘Will the world ever realize what is going on?’ — Reacting to the bombing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport that killed at least 28 people and injured 60 others, Donald Trump on Tuesday tweeted that the United States “must do everything possible” to prevent similar acts of terrorism in the United States.
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Reuters:
Explosions hit main airport in Istanbul, several wounded
Explosions hit main airport in Istanbul, several wounded
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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: 28 dead, 60 injured as three suicide bombers attack Istanbul airport with explosive …
BREAKING NEWS: 28 dead, 60 injured as three suicide bombers attack Istanbul airport with explosive …
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Breitbart, Pamela Geller and Vox Popoli
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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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
White House Blasts Benghazi Report As ‘In-Kind Contribution’ To RNC
White House Blasts Benghazi Report As ‘In-Kind Contribution’ To RNC
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Select Committee on Benghazi, Democrats:
Democrats Issue Benghazi Report and Release Interview Transcripts
Democrats Issue Benghazi Report and Release Interview Transcripts
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Committee Report: Secretary of Defense Panetta Ordered Military Assets For Benghazi, They Never Moved
Committee Report: Secretary of Defense Panetta Ordered Military Assets For Benghazi, They Never Moved
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Politico, New York Times and Select Committee on Benghazi
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Lewandowski loses $1.2 million book deal — Corey Lewandowski had a $1.2-million offer from HarperCollins to write a book chronicling his time running Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but the publishing giant backed away from the deal amid concerns about Lewandowski's nondisclosure agreement …
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Joey Millar / Daily Express:
EU BACKLASH: Brexit ‘TSUNAMI’ expected as 34 referendums set to rock union — THE European Union (EU) is about to be rocked by a “political tsunami” with right-wing parties across the continent calling for dozens of in-out referendums. — EXPRESS — Brexit is expected to inspire dozens of other referenda across Europe
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CNN:
EU chief to Brexiter Nigel Farage: ‘Why are you here?’
EU chief to Brexiter Nigel Farage: ‘Why are you here?’
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American Thinker, Guardian, Washington Free Beacon and The Federalist
Fusion:
Why is Team Trump asking liberal Scottish politicians for donations? — In recent days, as the U.K. pondered its future in the European Union and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump waded in with a press conference on his Scottish golf course, the Scottish National Party's 54 members …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
UK Pols To Trump: Stop Clogging Our Inboxes With Your ‘Intemperate Spam’!
UK Pols To Trump: Stop Clogging Our Inboxes With Your ‘Intemperate Spam’!
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Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
Democrats Need to Wake Up — Surprise, surprise. Workers in Britain, many of whom have seen a decline in their standard of living while the very rich in their country have become much richer, have turned their backs on the European Union and a globalized economy that is failing them and their children.
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Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
NC House leadership drafts HB2 changes amid pressure from NBA — Among the draft bill's biggest changes is the creation of an official document that would recognize a person's gender reassignment — Proposal could help the league keep the All-Star Game in Charlotte — RALEIGH
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
If This Is How North Carolina Republicans Think HB2 Can Be Fixed, They're Wrong
If This Is How North Carolina Republicans Think HB2 Can Be Fixed, They're Wrong
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Democrats block Zika agreement ahead of recess — Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a deal providing funding for the fight against the Zika virus, virtually guaranteeing that Congress won't get legislation to President Obama's desk this month. — In a 52-48 vote …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Tries To Use Zika Bill To Undo Cemetery Confederate Flag Ban
GOP Tries To Use Zika Bill To Undo Cemetery Confederate Flag Ban
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Ashley May / USA Today:
After son with Down Syndrome isn't invited to birthday party, mom writes letter … When Jennifer Kiss-Engele found out that her son with Down Syndrome was excluded from a classmate's birthday party, she wrote an open letter on Facebook. — Kiss-Engele, of British Columbia …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Why Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ — “Crooked Hillary is wheeling out one of the least productive senators in the U.S. Senate, goofy Elizabeth Warren, who lied on heritage.” — “Pocahontas is not happy, she's not happy. She's the worst.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Are the polls skewed against Trump? — Is there a pool of voters who are too embarrassed to admit to pollsters they're voting for Donald Trump? — As Trump consistently lags Hillary Clinton in general-election polls, his campaign is counting on it. — The notion of the “shy Trump voter” …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Rolling Stone wins dismissal of defamation lawsuit over rape article — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by three former University of Virginia fraternity members who accused Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher Wenner Media and a journalist of defamation over a since retracted article describing a gang rape.
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn loses no-confidence vote as political turmoil deepens — LONDON — Britain's political turmoil deepened Tuesday, with members of the opposition Labour Party rebelling against their leader in a no-confidence vote while the governing Conservatives started …
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Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco — California's high-speed rail project increasingly looks like an expensive social science experiment to test just how long interest groups can keep money flowing to a doomed endeavor before elected officials finally decide to cancel it.
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Christopher C. Cuomo / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo was in ‘full-blown drag race’ before car crash — :0 — But a friend of the anchor insisted Cuomo never actually... CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was boozing at his wife's swanky magazine party in Southampton before he crashed his classic convertible into a parked SUV during a drag race, sources told The Post.
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