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Fbi / Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Remarks prepared for delivery at press briefing. — Good morning. I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as Secretary of State. — After a tremendous amount of work over the last year …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Hillary Clinton Isn't Getting Indicted. Here's Why. — Tuesday morning, FBI Director James Comey announced that his agency's investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's handling of a private email server while she was Secretary of State has come to a close.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's email problems might be even worse than we thought — (Yana Paskova for The Washington Post) — Here's the good news for Hillary Clinton: The FBI has recommended no charges be brought followings its investigation of the former secretary of state's private email server.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
F.B.I. Director James Comey Recommends No Charges for Hillary Clinton on Email — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Tuesday that the bureau would not recommend criminal charges in Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information, lifting an enormous legal cloud …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI recommends no charges against Clinton … Federal officials have decided not to pursue federal charges against Hillary Clinton — for her private email setup, FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday in an announcement that will send a shockwave throughout national politics.
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Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
FBI Director Shades Everyone Freaking Out About Clinton Emails: ‘Opinions Are Irrelevant’
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision
Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
FBI Says Hillary Clinton Claim on Reading Emails Was False
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
FBI's Comey says ‘no reasonable prosecutor’ would bring a case against Clinton for emails
FBI's Comey says ‘no reasonable prosecutor’ would bring a case against Clinton for emails
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
FBI recommends no charges against Clinton in email probe
FBI recommends no charges against Clinton in email probe
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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Pro-Donald Trump Super PAC Tries To Tie Hillary Clinton To The KKK
Pro-Donald Trump Super PAC Tries To Tie Hillary Clinton To The KKK
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
FBI Recommends No Charges Should Be Filed Against Hillary Clinton
FBI Recommends No Charges Should Be Filed Against Hillary Clinton
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Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook
FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook
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Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:
FBI Will Recommend No Indictment for Hillary Clinton
FBI Will Recommend No Indictment for Hillary Clinton
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Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Trump Campaign Blames Anti-Semitic Tweet on “Microsoft's Shapes” — Just when you think the saga of Donald Trump's not-so-subtle, likely accidental white supremacist dog whistle can't get any more exciting, Trump's Director of Social Media Dan Scavino proves us wrong. Dan—take it away.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Trump Needs To Get It Together After ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweet — House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) admonished Donald Trump on Tuesday for tweeting an anti-Hillary Clinton message with a Star of David over the weekend. An exasperated Ryan called the tweet “anti-Semitic” and “ridiculous.”
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Dana Schwartz / The New York Observer:
An Open Letter to Jared Kushner, From One of Your Jewish Employees — My name is Dana Schwartz and I'm an entertainment writer at the Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company. On July 2, as I'm sure you're aware (and have probably been wringing your hands about for the last three days) …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump's ‘Star of David’ tweet controversy, explained
Donald Trump's ‘Star of David’ tweet controversy, explained
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Loved Trump's Star Of David Tweet
Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Loved Trump's Star Of David Tweet
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Tracy Crane / News-Gazette:
Flag burning leads to Urbana man's arrest — What's your opinion? Submit a Letter to the Editor here — URBANA — Within hours of a Fourth of July Facebook post showing him burning an American flag, a 22-year-old Urbana man found himself under arrest and under fire — from all corners of the Internet.
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Fernando Alfonso III / Forbes:
Illinois Man Charged With Desecrating American Flag After Posting Photos On Facebook
Illinois Man Charged With Desecrating American Flag After Posting Photos On Facebook
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Nate Silver is happy to be wrong — Nate Silver is giving Donald Trump a 19 percent chance of becoming president - and that makes him a little nervous, as well it should. — No, it's not because he failed to predict Trump's albino-swan victory in the Republican primaries …
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Selim Algar / New York Post:
Trump supporter: ‘Mexican restaurant refused to serve me’ — An Orange County woman claims she was tossed from a Mexican restaurant Sunday, not for too much tequila — but for too much Trump. — Esther Levy, 61, of Warwick, said an employee at the popular Cancun Inn eatery in Sugar Loaf chucked …
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Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Theology of Donald Trump — SINCE Donald Trump assures us that the Bible is his favorite book, it's worth asking: Just what is his theology? — After Mr. Trump met with hundreds of evangelical Christians a couple of weeks ago, James Dobson, who is among the most influential leaders …
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JP Carroll / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: This Is Trump's Foreign Policy, A Conversation With Top Trump Adviser Dr. Walid Phares — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “will not ask Japan or South Korea to invest in building nuclear weapons but he will speak with their leaders about how to create a safer …
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Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Clinton's charter school comments prompt boos at teachers union event — Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said traditional public schools and charter schools should share ideas — a remark met with boos by delegates from the National Education Association's representative assembly.
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CNN:
Rio police tell tourists they won't be able to protect them — Rio de Janeiro (CNN)The Olympic Games are just 31 days away — and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis. — Violence is on the rise and police officers are at loggerheads with the government after claiming they've not been paid for months.
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Kara Swisher / Recode:
Comcast will let customers get Netflix on its set-top box (which is a very big deal) — The move means the once contentious pair are now pals. — Cable giant Comcast will allow popular web video streaming service Netflix onto its X1 platform, the companies confirmed after being asked by Recode about talks to do so.
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WKOW 27:
Gov. Scott Walker will speak at Republican National Convention — PLATTEVILLE (WKOW) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has accepted a highly-coveted invitation to speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention later this month. — Walker confirmed news of the speaking engagement …
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