memeorandum: Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Campaigns in Talks for Possible Endorsement Next Week (MaryAlice Parks/ABC News)

7:40 AM ET, July 7, 2016

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton's Email Was Probably Hacked, Experts Say — When the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, said on Tuesday that his investigators had no “direct evidence” that Hillary Clinton's email account had been “successfully hacked,” both private experts and federal investigators immediately understood …

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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton: Ma'am Survivor — The Clintons — both Hillary and Bill — are very smart, but also quite reckless. They play too close to the edge and sometimes go over. They parse words to parry attacks. They possess a sort of preternatural political ability, but also a political paranoia.

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Wall Street Journal:

MORE IN HILLARY CLINTON — The State Department didn't respond to whether it would make them public, but a spokesman said the Department was working with the FBI on the matter. — “As we have said for many months, we will work with the FBI to determine the appropriate disposition …

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State: Some classified markings in Clinton emails were ‘human error’

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Cooper Allen / USA Today:
Loretta Lynch makes it official: No charges in Hillary Clinton email probe

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
WH rejects call to block Clinton from receiving classified briefings

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Los Angeles Times:
Opinion Hillary Clinton didn't go where David Petraeus and Scooter Libby did

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Karey Van Hall / Politico:
Lynch says DOJ will not pursue charges against Clinton

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Rasmussen Reports:
Most Disagree with Decision Not to Indict Clinton

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Sdswanson / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:

Man Dies After Officer-Involved Shooting In Falcon Heights — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 32-year-old man has died after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in Falcon Heights. — Philando Castile's mother, Valerie Castile, says he died at Hennepin County Medical Center after 11 p.m.

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Washington Post:

Minn. cop fatally shoots man during traffic stop, aftermath broadcast on Facebook — A Minnesota traffic stop turned deadly Wednesday evening as a police officer opened fire on a driver. — The victim, 32-year-old Philando Castile, died at a Minneapolis hospital, a family member told The Washington Post.

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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:

Minnesota Police Shooting's Aftermath Is Captured in Gruesome Video — A Minnesota man was fatally shot Wednesday night by the police during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb, and the aftermath was captured in a grisly video recorded by the car's front-seat passenger and streamed live.

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Pat Pheifer / Star Tribune:
Aftermath of Falcon Heights officer-involved shooting captured on phone video

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The Daily Beast:

New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police — Footage provided to The Daily Beast shows Alton Sterling being repeatedly shot by police officers after he was pinned to the ground. — BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — New cellphone video provided to The Daily Beast shows Alton Sterling …

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Charles C. Johnson / GotNews:

BREAKING: #AltonSterling Was Child Raping Dead Beat Dad Who Owed $25,000+ in Child Support, Not Good “Father of Five” — Yet another narrative exploded... No, Alton Sterling wasn't a good dad at all. — One of the lies currently being peddled about pedophile gang banger Alton Sterling is that he was a good father.

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Roxane Gay / New York Times:

Alton Sterling and When Black Lives Stop Mattering — OVER the past several years, we have borne witness to grainy videos of what “protect and serve” looks like for black lives — Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, Kajieme Powell, to name a few. I don't think any of us could have imagined …

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Maya Lau / The Advocate:
East Baton Rouge DA: ‘Officers feel they were completely justified’ in shooting of Alton Sterling

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New York Times:

In a Defiant, Angry Speech, Donald Trump Defends Image Seen as Anti-Semitic — Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign's decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator.

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Jared Kushner / The New York Observer:

The Donald Trump I Know — My father-in-law is not an anti-Semite. — It's that simple, really. Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he's not a racist. Despite the best efforts of his political opponents and a large swath of the media to hold Donald Trump accountable for the utterances …

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Corker withdraws as potential Trump running mate — Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee who has recently emerged as a finalist in the search for Donald Trump's running mate, told The Washington Post in an interview Wednesday …

Ann Coulter / Breitbart: My VP Prediction — Donald Trump's First Mistake

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ernst all but withdraws from Trump veepstakes

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Indianapolis Star:
In Donald Trump VP search, Mike Pence ‘rings the most bells’

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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton Campaigns in Talks for Possible Endorsement Next Week — Bernie Sanders' and Hillary Clinton's campaigns are in talks about a possible event at which Sanders would endorse Clinton, ABC News has confirmed, according to sources close to his campaign.

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton, Sanders in talks to host joint event: reports

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CNN:
House Democrats boo Bernie Sanders in contentious meeting

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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sanders booed by House Democrats

Media Matters for America:

CNN Reports That 10 Women Have Contacted Law Firm About Treatment Under Roger Ailes — JIM SCIUTTO (GUEST HOST): Long time Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is suing her former boss and chairman of the network Roger Ailes, alleging a pattern of sexual harassment.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes for sexual harassment — Gretchen Carlson, a longtime host on Fox News, is accusing the network's CEO and chairman Roger Ailes of sexual harassment and retaliation. — A spokeswoman for Ailes did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.

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New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson of Fox News Files Harassment Suit Against Roger Ailes

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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:

Anti-Donald Trump Forces See Convention Coup as Within Reach — Backing of 28 Rules Committee members would allow a full vote on unbinding delegates — Months after Donald Trump appeared to seal the Republican nomination for president, anti-Trump forces still have one last chance to force …

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NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz Negotiating Speaking Role at Republican Convention

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:

Muslim Migrant Linked to Al-Qaeda Tries to Murder Ohio Judge — 37-year-old Yahya Farooq Mohammad, who had previously been charged with providing support to Al-Qaeda, was indicted this week for soliciting the murder of a federal judge. — Yahya Farooq Mohammad (TIME)

Emma Ockerman / TIME:
Man Facing Terrorism Charges Indicted for Plot to Murder Judge in His Case

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Matea Gold / Washington Post:

Trump raises $51 million with GOP in June, including $26 million for his campaign — Donald Trump raised more than $26 million for his campaign and another $25 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee in June, a hefty haul that his campaign hopes will put to rest anxieties …

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Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Much-Improved Fundraising Haul

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Angela Fritz / Washington Post:

Pilot captures incredible nighttime thunderstorm photo over the Pacific Ocean — This is one of the most striking thunderstorm photos we've seen. — Taken from a plane at the moment of a lightning flash, it illustrates both the ferocity of a turbulent atmosphere and the beauty of Mother Nature.

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