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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Scheduled To Meet With FBI On Saturday — EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton To Meet With The FBI On Saturday — Loretta Lynch Regrets Private Meeting With Bill Clinton — EXCLUSIVE: Was Bill Clinton Plea Bargaining With The Attorney General? — DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION |
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Ken Kurson / The New York Observer:
EXCLUSIVE: Security Source Details Bill Clinton Maneuver to Meet Loretta Lynch — Former president delayed Phoenix takeoff to snare ‘20-25 minute encounter’ with Attorney General — An exclusive interview with a security source who was present at the unplanned meeting Monday night …
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New York Times, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, Instapundit and The Daily Caller
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Lynch regrets ‘shadow’ over Clinton email probe — Acknowledging that her meeting this week with former president Bill Clinton had “cast a shadow” over her department's investigation into his wife, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Friday that she “fully” expects to accept whatever recommendations …
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Mediaite, The Last Refuge, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Rush Limbaugh and Washington Post
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
FBI to Interview Hillary Clinton in Coming Days About Email Scandal, Source Says — Hillary Clinton could be interviewed by the FBI in the coming days as part of an investigation into the former secretary of state and her staff's use of private email to conduct official U.S. State Department business …
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Associated Press
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Bill Clinton's Fondness for Tarmac Talk Gets Him Into Trouble — For Bill Clinton, the rarefied world of private plane tarmacs has long been a place for a former president to socialize. Last month, after he spoke at the funeral of Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Ky., Mr. Clinton ran …
New York Times:
Loretta Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry
Loretta Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump pivots backward — DENVER — Donald Trump began July looking to turn the page on a June swoon that dulled his post-primary momentum and hurt his ability to unify a fractured Republican coalition. — He did so by talking mostly about his surprising victory in the GOP primary that ended in May.
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Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
More Upheaval on Donald Trump's Team as Two Staff Members Resign — Donald J. Trump's campaign experienced two more departures this week when two staff members who handled surrogate operations resigned, including one who was hired less than two weeks ago. — Kevin Kellems …
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Politico, alan.com and Fast Company
Nick Gass / Politico:
Palin rips Never Trump Republicans: ‘You are either with us or against us’
Palin rips Never Trump Republicans: ‘You are either with us or against us’
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RedState
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Insiders: Clinton dominates Trump on the ground
Insiders: Clinton dominates Trump on the ground
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Vox, Outside the Beltway and Raw Story
Wayne Carter / WREG-TV:
Disabled St. Jude patient sues airport and TSA after bloody scuffle with Airport Police — Bloodied and bruised Hannah Cohen was led from Memphis International Airport in handcuffs. — The 19-year old was headed home to Chattanooga after treatment for a brain tumor at St. Jude Hospital June 30, 2015.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jezebel, Hit & Run, KTLA, New York's PIX11, FOX5 San Diego and Patterico's Pontifications
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Disabled woman beaten bloody by TSA agents after becoming confused and afraid at security checkpoint — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A disabled woman was beaten bloody by federal agents during an airport security screening while on her way to undergo treatment for a brain tumor.
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Hullabaloo, The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
NBC News:
Dozens Feared Hostage After Gunmen Attack Bangladesh Cafe — Gunmen Storm Bangladesh Cafe, Kill Four Police and Take Dozens Hostage 1:56 — A bloody attack and standoff in Bangladesh that left at least four security personnel dead and around 40 people feared taken hostage …
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Trump Delegates: We're Bringing Guns to Cleveland — As the Republican convention in Cleveland approaches, several delegates from Pennsylvania who support Donald Trump say they are planning on bringing their guns with them to the GOP gathering. Why? They say they are worried …
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Bearing Arms, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Hit & Run
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Jim Ferretti / KXL:
Woodburn Shooter Deported Six Times Since 2003 — Woodburn, Ore — The man accused of shooting and killing three people and injuring a fourth on a blueberry farm outside of Woodburn, has been deported from the U.S. six times since 2003. The U.S. Immigration and Customes Enforcement spokeswoman says in a written statement:
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Infowars
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Obama claims US drones strikes have killed up to 116 civilians — Long-awaited assessment of death toll under Obama, criticized as an undercount, acknowledges government does not always know how many civilians it kills — Barack Obama has claimed that drone strikes, his favored tactic of war …
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Mother Jones, Common Dreams, Mediaite and The Atlantic
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New York Times:
U.S. Reveals Death Toll From Airstrikes Outside War Zones
U.S. Reveals Death Toll From Airstrikes Outside War Zones
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The White House, The Verge, Shadowproof, Common Dreams, Hit & Run, The Bureau of Investigative …, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Daily Kos
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
White House releases its count of civilian deaths in counterterrorism operations under Obama
White House releases its count of civilian deaths in counterterrorism operations under Obama
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National Review, Washington Monthly, emptywheel and The Week
Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Rumor: Doctor Prescribes Donald Trump “Cheap Speed” — Back in December, Donald Trump's personal doctor declared to the world that Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” While that particular claim is unfalsifiable (although almost certainly incorrect) …
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Boing Boing, Towleroad, alan.com and Joe.My.God.
Hillary Clinton / The Toast:
A note on The Toast — This is not a joke. Hillary's team had talked to me a few weeks back about doing something, but I didn't want to do, like, a “If Hillary Were Your President” type thing, and then they got in touch on Wednesday and said she wanted to write something HERSELF …
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
Gingrich reverses course on trade as Trump VP chatter swirls — Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, under consideration as Donald Trump's running mate, is dropping his decades-long support of free trade deals and picking up Trump's strongly protectionist position.
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders just won a string of concessions from the Democratic Party — Bernie Sanders has refused to endorse Hillary Clinton — though he's already said he'd vote for her — unless the Democratic Party does more to reflect his positions on a range of policy issues.
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Washington Post and Common Dreams
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
People writer quits in most scorched-earth way possible — Longtime People writer Sara Hammel quit this week with a blistering resignation letter to editorial director Jess Cagle and other top editors. — “It's not me, it's you,” she wrote in the email blast on Monday.
Associated Press:
California Governor Signs Stringent Gun Bills, Vetoes Others — Gov. Jerry Brown signed six stringent gun-control measures Friday that will require people to turn in high-capacity magazines and mandate background checks for ammunition sales, as California Democrats seek to strengthen gun laws …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Welp, That's Weird. But of Course It Is — So Tim Watts is my new best friend in the Australian federal parliament. MP Tim Watts. Needless to say, we're pals now because he's getting bombarded by the Trump campaign asking for money to fight ‘Crooked Hillary’. Among other things, Tim's a Labor party member.
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Hullabaloo, Politicus USA, Mother Jones and bradford-delong.com
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Top conservative looks to shake up RNC — When Republicans gather in Cleveland next month, they won't face just an intraparty struggle to dump Donald Trump as their party's nominee in 2016, they'll face a push from a top conservative looking to reshape the party's future in 2020 and beyond.
Tessa Berenson / TIME:
Donald Trump to Turkish Reporter: ‘Are You Friend Or Foe?’ — Trump has been known to ask the question at rallies — Donald Trump often asks people if they are “friend or foe,” but on Friday that tendency drew controversy when he asked the question of a Turkish reporter asking a question.
John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Apple Slams Spotify For Asking For “Preferential Treatment” — “We find it troubling that you ... are publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths about our service.” — Managing Editor, BuzzFeed San Francisco — Spotify says Apple is using its App Store approval process as “a weapon.”
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