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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Denies That Controversial Tweet Was Anti-Semitic — Donald Trump via Twitter Monday denied that a tweet he posted Saturday that featured Hillary Clinton and a Star of David was anti-Semitic. — Trump blamed the media for depicting his tweet as anti-Semitic and said the the star shape …
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Trump adviser: ‘Never any intention of anti-Semitism’ in tweet … 's presidential campaign said early Monday that there was “never any intention of anti-Semitism” in a tweet featuring the Star of David that sparked a backlash. — “We corrected it. There was never any intention of any anti-Semitism …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump draws rebuke for his tweet with an image of Clinton and a Star of David
Trump draws rebuke for his tweet with an image of Clinton and a Star of David
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Politico, ABC News, Power Line and Althouse
Kevin Durant / The Players' Tribune:
My Next Chapter — PHOTOS BY JED JACOBSOHN/THE PLAYERS' TRIBUNE — This has been by far the most challenging few weeks in my professional life. I understood cognitively that I was facing a crossroads in my evolution as a player and as a man, and that it came with exceptionally difficult choices.
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Outside the Beltway, Bleacher Report, The Daily Caller, CBS Boston, Dallas Morning News, The Root, Complex, Deadspin and CBS New York
Craig Gilbert / Des Moines Register:
Priebus: Republicans need to unite ‘more than ever’ — WASHINGTON — As the head of a party turned upside down by its nominating fight, Reince Priebus says Republicans need “more than ever” to have a unifying convention this month. — “Given the drama that we've had ... I think now …
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Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Republicans' many tortured excuses for not going to their Donald Trump-led convention — It's no secret that the Republican Party is split right now; while millions and millions of Republicans voted for the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, the party leadership is still wary …
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Raw Story
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Huma Abedin admits that Clinton burned daily schedules — More On: — Hillary Clinton's closest aide revealed in a deposition last week that her boss destroyed at least some of her schedules as secretary of state — a revelation that could complicate matters for the presumptive Democratic nominee …
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The Daily Caller
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The worst ISIS attack in days is the one the world probably cares least about … First, they came for Istanbul. On Tuesday night, three suspected Islamic State militants launched a brazen assault on Turkey's main airport, exploding their suicide vests after gunning down numerous passengers and airport staff.
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Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
Kennedy family BASHES Trump over Fourth of July weekend with a pinata of The Donald at their Cape Cod compound — The Kennedy clam gathered at their family compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts over the weekend for their annual Fourth of July party — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter Kathleen …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP's pointless ObamaCare war — The House GOP has finally put out its own healthcare plan. — That giant choking sound you hear is coming from Donald Trump — . He can't swallow this one. — Trump, about to be crowned as the Republican presidential nominee …
New York Times:
After Slaughter, Bangladesh Reels at Revelations About Attackers — DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh's capital city reeled in shock on Sunday as clues began to flood social media about the privileged backgrounds of the half-dozen attackers believed to have butchered 20 patrons of a restaurant during a bloody siege here late last week.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
GOP senator: Lynch-Clinton meeting ‘raises questions about interference’ — (R-Ark.) said Sunday that Attorney General Loretta Lynch's meeting with former President Bill Clinton — raises questions about the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton — 's use of a personal email server while she was secretary of State.
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Telegraph:
Tory candidates need a plan for Brexit - here's mine in 5 points — Boris greeted by angry crowd as he arrives in Tiverton — Play! — On Friday I heard a new dawn chorus outside my house. There was a rustling and twittering, as though of starlings assembling on a branch.
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Guardian, Business Insider, Coffee House and Heat Street
Collin Szewczyk / Aspen Daily News Online:
Gingrich makes the case for Trump — Ex-Speaker of the House mum on potential VP run — Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that while he was surprised that Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump received the party's nomination, he foresees the outspoken businessman having …
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BBC:
UKIP leader Nigel Farage stands down — Nigel Farage says he is standing down as leader of the UK Independence Party. — Mr Farage said his “political ambition has been achieved” with the UK having voted to leave the EU. — He said the party was in a “pretty good place” …
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The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
The Hill:
Tech industry wants Trump agenda — The tech industry is pressing Donald Trump — to “get into the game” after Hillary Clinton — released a wide-ranging platform that touched on internet connectivity, cybersecurity and computer science education. — Industry officials generally …
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Tim Kaine's abortion predicament — Tim Kaine has been here before: a leading vice presidential contender with a complicated stance on abortion that doesn't neatly align with the top of the ticket. — His personal opposition to abortion generated significant scrutiny back in 2008 when Barack Obama …
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Politicus USA
Telegraph:
Michael Gove: it's telling Boris pulled out of Tory leadership race — Boris Johnson's former campaign manager Ben Wallace writes that Michael Gove is unfit to be Prime Minister because he is a gossip. — There is a convention among campaign managers that, after the dust has settled …
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Guardian, Coffee House and Business Insider
Alexandra Field / CNN:
Dhaka attack: ‘That is not my son,’ killer's horrified father cries — New video purports to show Dhaka cafe siege — Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)The last time Meer Sameh Mobasheer's family saw him was when he walked out the door, munching on popcorn headed to an examination preparation class.
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