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2:55 PM ET, June 29, 2016

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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
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Deadlocked, Poll Shows  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are deadlocked less than a month before the Democratic and Republican presidential conventions, according to a new national poll that shows the American electorate feeling disappointed in each candidate.
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
British Politicians Demand to Exit ... Donald Trump's Fundraising List
Discussion: Politicus USA, Scotsman and Raw Story
Jim Ruth / Washington Post:
I hate Donald Trump. But he might get my vote.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:   Hillary Clinton Tweets for Trump=> “DONALD TRUMP KNOWS HOW TO CREATE MANUFACTURING JOBS”
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Obama Will Campaign With Hillary Clinton in North Carolina
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
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 …
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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.
Ben Brody / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Private E-Mail Use Said to Frustrate Top Aide Huma Abedin
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Townhall.com
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
New analysis shows 160 emails missing from Clinton's disclosure to State
Discussion: Politico
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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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Who will show up?  Who will pay?  The many unknowns of the GOP convention.  —  Dozens of well-known Republicans aren't showing up.  There's no word yet on who will speak.  A growing number of corporate sponsors are taking a pass.  Groups of white supremacists and other agitators are on the way …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Anxiety mounts over GOP convention's security
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.”
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.
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.
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 …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Evangelical Leader Backpedals On Story Of Trump's Recent Conversion  —  A prominent evangelical leader is walking back his claim that Donald Trump recently became a born-again Christian, saying he doesn't know the “details” of the alleged conversion.  —  Last week, Dr. James Dobson told attendees …
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Bob Eschliman / Charisma News:
After Donald Trump's Salvation, Dr. James Dobson Reminds How to Deal With ‘Baby Christians’
Ray Rahman / EW.com:
JESSICA WILLIAMS IS LEAVING THE DAILY SHOW — EXCLUSIVE  —  Thursday's episode will be her last, Williams reveals in an interview with EW  —  The youngest correspondent to ever join The Daily Show is about to become the youngest correspondent to ever leave it: After four years with the late-night series …
Discussion: AOL, Mashable, Mediaite, The Verge and Jezebel
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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
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 …
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic:
What Is on Justice Anthony Kennedy's Mind?  —  Some years ago, Dahlia Lithwick and I christened Justice Anthony Kennedy “the Sphinx of Sacramento.”  Throughout his nearly 30 years on the Supreme Court, Kennedy's mind has often seemed like a distant and mysterious country …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Trump Still Not A ‘Credible’ Candidate, ‘Needs To Change’  —  With less than a month to go until the Republican Party formally coronates Donald Trump as its 2016 presidential nominee, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) still isn't convinced Trump is a “credible” candidate.
Discussion: Washington Post and NY1 News
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat:
The DoNotPay bot has beaten 160,000 traffic tickets — and counting  —  A bot made to challenge traffic tickets has been used more than 9,000 times by New Yorkers, according to DoNotPay maker Joshua Browder.  —  The bot was made available to New Yorkers in March.
Wall Street Journal:
GE Capital Sheds ‘Systemically Important’ Label  —  Regulators say company made changes that significantly reduce its threat to U.S. financial stability  —  WASHINGTON— General Electric Co. 's lending arm became the first big financial institution to escape stricter post-crisis rules by sharply shrinking …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Forbes
 
 
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
President Obama Reaffirms Goal to Defeat ISIS in Wake of Istanbul Attack
Discussion: Politico
Pew Research Center:
As Obama Years Draw to Close, President and U.S. Seen Favorably in Europe and Asia
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Guardian
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
White House Emerges as Iran's Top ‘Lobbying Shop’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Speaker.gov
Bloomberg:
Three Amigos Announce New North American Climate and Energy Plan
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
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
New Documents Suggest IRS's Lerner Likely Broke the Law
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