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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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Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton email claims collapse under FBI probe — WASHINGTON (AP) — Key assertions by Hillary Clinton in defense of her email practices have collapsed under FBI scrutiny. — The agency's yearlong investigation found that she did not, as she claimed, turn over all her work-related messages for release.
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Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook — There is no way of getting around this: According to Director James Comey (disclosure: a former colleague and longtime friend of mine), Hillary Clinton checked every box required for a felony violation of Section 793(f) of the federal penal code …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
FBI Proves Hillary Clinton Committed Perjury Before Benghazi Committee — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified under oath before the House Select Committee on Benghazi last October that she had turned over “all my work related emails” from her private email server to the State Department.
David Weigel / Washington Post:
GOP congressmen call for new independent counsel, to probe Clinton again — Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) became the first Republican to call for a new, independent investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of email during her years at the State Department, saying in a statement …
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Slate, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice
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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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
I Don't Get It — I'm on vacation but I had to watch FBI Director Comey's statement.
I Don't Get It — I'm on vacation but I had to watch FBI Director Comey's statement.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Hillary Clinton Isn't Getting Indicted. Here's Why.
Hillary Clinton Isn't Getting Indicted. Here's Why.
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The FBI concluded what many Americans:
The FBI concluded what many Americans have known for quite some time …
The FBI concluded what many Americans have known for quite some time …
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Politico
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House GOP to press Comey for answers on Clinton probe
Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON HILLARY CLINTON'S BAD JUDGMENT AND THE RIGGED SYSTEM
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON HILLARY CLINTON'S BAD JUDGMENT AND THE RIGGED SYSTEM
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Media Matters for America and Talking Points Memo
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
He Said/She Said: Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey on Her Email Practices
He Said/She Said: Hillary Clinton vs. James Comey on Her Email Practices
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NPR, Guardian, Washington Post and Business Insider
Bloomberg:
FBI Recommends No Clinton Charges Despite Carelessness on E-Mail
FBI Recommends No Clinton Charges Despite Carelessness on E-Mail
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Politico and Washington Post
Michael Scherer / TIME:
FBI Says Hillary Clinton Claim on Reading Emails Was False
FBI Says Hillary Clinton Claim on Reading Emails Was False
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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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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan: Trump Needs To Get It Together After ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweet
Paul Ryan: Trump Needs To Get It Together After ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tweet
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Mother Jones
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
GOP # NEVERTRUMP TRAITORS - HILLARY DELIGHTS IN YOU, FOR SHE CAN'T WIN WITHOUT YOU — Ironic, tragic, but not unexpected - amidst America's Independence Day celebrations the Ruling Class put another boot on our neck to snuff liberty's life out of We the People.
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Jay Caruso / RedState:
Sarah Palin Calls #NeverTrump “Traitors.” Here's Why She Can Sod Off — And to think there was a time I was one of Palin's biggest defenders. Now she's gone so far off the deep end, she's taking up for Donald Trump and daring to use the language Trump's most ardent supporters …
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Daily Wire
Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Statement on Decision by FBI Director James Comey Not to Recommend Indictment of Hillary Clinton
Judicial Watch Statement on Decision by FBI Director James Comey Not to Recommend Indictment of Hillary Clinton
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Politico
John Cheves / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Kim Davis violated Open Records Act, attorney general says — Rowan County clerk refuses to produce legal records from 2015 marriage fight — Washington nonprofit seeks to learn more about her lawyers at Liberty Counsel — Attorney general says Davis must turn records over to its office for private review
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Daily Mail:
Left-wing German politician who was raped by migrants admits she LIED to police about her attackers' nationality because she did not want to encourage racism — A young left-wing German politician has admitted she lied to police about the racial background of three men who raped her in case …
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Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump praises for Saddam Hussein's efficient killing of ‘terrorists,’ calls today's Iraq ‘Harvard for terrorism’ — Trump: World better with Hussein and Gadhafi in power — Raleigh, North Carolina (CNN)Donald Trump on Tuesday once again expressed his preference for keeping dictators in power in the Middle East.
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Unqualified Offerings
Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
City workers destroy ‘Holy Grail’ for earthquake scientists — without even knowing it — For nearly half a century, thousands trekked to Rose and Prospect streets to behold a slice of sidewalk that, by conventional standards, had no curb appeal. — Pulled apart so that it no longer aligned, the humble curb wasn't much to look at.
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The Verge
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Why President Obama Campaigning For Clinton Is Historic — No president has campaigned strongly for his chosen successor in at least 100 years. — Today's event, with President Obama campaigning for Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state and one-time rival, in North Carolina is remarkable for that reason.
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Sanders supporters melt down over FBI's Clinton decision — Watch the FBI refute Clinton email claims — (CNN)It's not only Donald Trump and Republicans expressing their indignation at the FBI's decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her handling of classified materials on a private email server.
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People.com:
Casey Anthony Is ‘Bored’ 5 Years After Acquittal, Source Says: Inside Her Life Now — It was five years ago this month that Casey Anthony walked out the doors of Florida's Orange County jail a free woman. Once outside, Anthony was immediately greeted by hundreds of protestors …
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Ben Eisen / Wall Street Journal:
Yield Curve Shows 60% Chance of Recession, Deutsche Bank Says — The so-called yield curve suggests there's a 60% chance of a U.S. recession occurring in the next 12 months, according to analysts at Deutsche Bank, led by Dominic Konstam. The calculations attach the highest probability …
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RedState
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Judge: Kansas Can't Cut Planned Parenthood's Medicaid Money — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood affiliates, a federal judge said Tuesday. — U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson in Kansas City, Kansas, issued the temporary ruling …
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WISH-TV:
Life Alert alerts police to beating of 86-year-old woman; great-grandson arrested — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — A man has been arrested after trying to kill his 86-year-old great-grandmother. — Medics arrived to the 800 block of South Winridge Court late Monday night.
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Tennessean.com:
Tennessee settles sexual assault suit for $2.48 million — The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has reached a settlement in a lawsuit about sexual assaults involving student-athletes, ending a dispute that pitted eight young women against the $126 million football program.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Sasha tweets’ but that doesn't make her qualified to be president … President Obama on Tuesday used his daughter's social media use to mock Donald Trump — During his first campaign appearance for Hillary Clinton — , Obama said Trump is just as qualified to serve as president as his 15-year-old daughter Sasha.