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11:45 PM ET, June 30, 2016

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Washington Post:
Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump's running mate  —  Donald Trump's campaign has begun formally vetting possible running mates, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich emerging as the leading candidate followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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New York Times:
Chris Christie Becomes Powerful Figure in Donald Trump Campaign  —  Defeated by Donald J. Trump in the 2016 primaries and derided by fellow Republicans for his subsequent embrace of Mr. Trump, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has quietly emerged as one of the most influential advisers …
NBC News:
RNC Rules Fight Begins With Plan to Lock In Donald Trump  —  The fight over rules that could upend the Republican National Convention officially began in earnest Thursday, as delegates began circulating the first proposed rule for this year's convention in Cleveland.
NBC News:
Indiana's Mike Pence ‘In Play’ as Possible Trump VP Pick
Discussion: Political Wire
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Celeb Chef Says He Won't Let Trump Dine At His Restaurants During RNC
Discussion: Plain Dealer, alan.com and Politico
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
GOP National-Security Experts Are #ReadyForHer
Discussion: Politicus USA
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump points to plane, says it could be Mexico ‘ready to attack’  —  Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  on Thursday pointed to a plane flying above his event and said it could be a Mexican plane preparing to attack.  —  “That could be a Mexican plane up there …
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Woman at Trump event: ‘Get rid of all these hibijabis they wear at TSA’  —  Donald Trump fielded a variety of questions and comments from voters in New Hampshire on Thursday, ranging from a demand that he abide by the Constitution ("100 percent") to an anti-Israel remark that the presumptive Republican nominee batted down as “nasty.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Trump Points Out Plane, Says It's Mexico “Getting Ready To Attack”
Discussion: Guardian
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: State Department Won't Release Clinton Foundation Emails for 27 Months  —  Department of Justice officials filed a motion in federal court late Wednesday seeking a 27-month delay in producing correspondence between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's four top aides …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Feds ask for 27-month delay in release of Clinton staff emails  —  The Obama administration on Thursday asked a federal court to delay until October 2018 the release of 14,000 pages of emails from aides to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  —  In a court filing on Wednesday …
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's conspiracy theories find an audience  —  Sometimes, Donald Trump sounds as though he is just passing on information, as he did after Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died.  “They say they found a pillow on his face,” Trump told a radio interviewer, “which is a pretty unusual place to find a pillow.”
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Biden: I've talked with Bernie Sanders, and he's going to endorse Hillary Clinton  —  Weeks after voting in the primaries ended, Bernie Sanders hasn't conceded defeat and hasn't officially endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (though he has said he'll vote for her against Donald Trump).
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Amita Kelly / NPR:
Biden: Bernie Sanders Is ‘Going To Endorse’ Hillary Clinton  —  Vice President Joe Biden is confident that Bernie Sanders is going to endorse Hillary Clinton and that the Democratic party will unify.  —  “Oh, I've talked to Bernie, Bernie's going to endorse her, this is going to work out …
Discussion: Raw Story and CBS New York
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
WH defends Lynch from Clinton meeting fallout  —  The White House on Thursday defended Attorney General Loretta Lynch from criticism over her private meeting with former President Clinton.  —  The meeting took place in the midst of a federal investigation into his wife, Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and KNXV
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Obama signs bill to expand access to federal records
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Lynch meeting with Bill Clinton creates firestorm for email case
Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Conviction vacated, new trial granted for Adnan Syed of “Serial” … A Baltimore judge has vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular “Serial” podcast that explored his case, and granted his request for a new trial.  —  The order from retired Judge Martin Welch …
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Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
House Plans Vote on Guns Next Week  —  Ryan tells members package would prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns  —  Democrats Plan Dozens of Events Wednesday to Protest Gun Violence Another Gun Protest on the House Floor In the End, Gowdy Declines to Assign Blame for Benghazi
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Democrats groan after Bill Clinton meets Loretta Lynch
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and ABC News
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Spotify says Apple won't approve a new version of its app because it doesn't want competition for Apple Music  —  “We cannot stand by as Apple uses the App Store approval process as a weapon.”  —  Getty  —  Spotify says Apple is making it harder for the streaming music company to compete by blocking a new version of its iPhone app.
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Sources: Donald Trump Listened In On Phone Lines At Mar-A-Lago  — Several workers said Trump used the equipment to secretly listen in on phone calls in the mid-2000s.  —  At Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach resort he runs as a club for paying guests and celebrities, Donald Trump …
Jennifer Rizzo / CNN:
Pentagon ends transgender ban  —  (CNN)The Pentagon said Thursday it was ending the ban on transgender people being able to serve openly in the U.S. military.  —  The announcement — which removes one of the last barriers to military service by any individual — was made by Defense Secretary Ash Carter …
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Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Nothing sorry about Trump One  —  ABOARD TRUMP ONE — The candidate loosened his tie and offered me some advice.  —  “Whatever you do, don't apologize,” he said.  “You never hear me apologize, do you?  That's what killed Jimmy the Greek way back.  Remember?  He was doing okay 'til he said he was sorry.”
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Rationalia, Ho!  —  Kevin Williamson's piece on “Rationalia” may be the best thing he's written in a while — which is quite a high bar.  But I may be biased because it is so in my wheelhouse.  For those of you who read the Tyranny of Clichés or any of my extended rants …
 
 
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Author Gay Talese disavows his latest book amid credibility questions
Discussion: Mediaite
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Travelers to Dominican Republic Lead New York City in Positive Zika Tests
Discussion: Gothamist and New York's PIX11
Craig Woodhouse / The Sun:
JEZ SLUR ON JEWS Corbyn's week gets worse as he compares Israel to ISIS in a speech about anti-Semitism
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
R. Lee Ermey Has Some Advice For Americans On Firearms-And Liberals Are Sure To Hate It
Discussion: Bearing Arms
CNN:
ISIS leadership involved in Istanbul attack planning, Turkish source says
 Earlier Items: 
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Culture Is Replacing Class as the Key Political Divide
Discussion: Washington Post
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Mika's hush-hush divorce fuels Joe romance chatter
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
At 150, KKK sees opportunities in US political trends
Discussion: Boing Boing and Politicus USA
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Presidential Race Shaping Up Similarly to 2012
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com and Raw Story
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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