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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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The Intercept:
Washington Has Been Obsessed With Punishing Secrecy Violations — Until Hillary Clinton — Secrecy is a virtual religion in Washington. Those who violate its dogma have been punished in the harshest and most excessive manner — at least when they possess little political power or influence.
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Jim Comey's Statement on the Clinton Emails: A Quick and Dirty Analysis — The first notable thing in FBI Director Jim Comey's statement on the Clinton email flap is that he issued it at all. Normally, the FBI does not issue reports on its investigative findings separate …
New York Times:
Legal, but Not Political, Clarity on the Clinton Emails — James Comey, the director of the F.B.I., may have relieved Hillary Clinton of a legal burden on Tuesday, but he left her with a substantial political one. While announcing that the bureau would not recommend criminal charges …
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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.
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Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Sen Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Above the Law
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Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
FBI Rewrites Federal Law to Let Hillary Off the Hook
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
On Clinton's emails, no ‘reasonable person’ can disagree with James Comey
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James S. Robbins / USA Today:
FBI's Comey indicts Clinton character, competence: James Robbins
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Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
Clinton Forgot It's Not the Crime, It's the Cover-Up
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The Advocate:
'He's got a gun! Gun': Video shows fatal confrontation between Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police officer — Alton Sterling, a 37-year old man who sold CDs, was shot and killed by a Baton Rouge police officer Tuesday morning outside a convenience store on North Foster Drive after …
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Washington Post:
Video captures white Baton Rouge police officer fatally shooting a black man, sparking outrage — A video showing two white police officers involved in a deadly altercation with a 37-year-old black man in Baton Rouge circulated across the Internet early Wednesday morning …
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New York Daily News:
Alton Sterling shot, killed by Louisiana cops during struggle after he was selling music outside Baton Rouge store (WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT) — It's happened again. — Chilling cell phone video surfaced Tuesday of two Louisiana cops killing a 37-year-old man selling music outside …
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USA Today:
Protests break out after Baton Rouge police fatally shoot man — A Louisiana police officer shot and killed a man during a confrontation outside a Baton Rouge, La., convenience store early Tuesday morning, authorities said. The death prompted protests. AP
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
On Hillary Clinton's Rough Day, Republicans Rue Missed Chance — WASHINGTON — As the Republican strategist Brian Walsh watched the nonstop cable news coverage Tuesday from his K Street office, he thought he was seeing the stuff of his party's dreams. — A week after former President Bill Clinton lit …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Politics on the Jersey Shore — NOTABLES —CLINTON CAMPAIGNS IN ATLANTIC CITY: Hillary Clinton campaigns in Atlantic City today, and this morning her campaign is up with a new online video highlighting Donald Trump's business record in the city, ABC's LIZ KREUTZ notes.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP will hold hearings on Clinton probe — Republicans will hold hearings to learn more about the FBI's decision to not recommend criminal charges for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton — (R-Wis.) said Tuesday night. — “People have been convicted for far less …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Summons FBI Director To Testify On Clinton Emails On Thursday — Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight Committee, has asked FBI Director James Comey to testify before the committee on Thursday to explain his decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of email servers.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
F.B.I.'s Critique of Hillary Clinton Is a Ready-Made Attack Ad
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Lewandowski: FBI director acted as ‘judge and jury’ on Clinton
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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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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump praises Saddam Hussein for killing terrorists ‘so good’ — RALEIGH, N.C. — Donald Trump praised Saddam Hussein at a campaign rally on Tuesday, embracing the dictator who oppressed Iraq for more than 30 years, aggressively suppressed dissent in his country and was widely considered …
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein's Approach to Terrorism — Again — Trump Praises Saddam Hussein for How Well He Killed Terrorists 1:12 — RALEIGH, N.C. — Donald Trump praised former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein Tuesday night, allowing that he was a “really bad guy” …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton Camp Blasts Trump's ‘Cavalier Compliments’ For Dictators
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The Hill:
Ryan faces GOP defections on gun proposal — Already dealing with threats of another Democratic floor protest, Speaker Paul Ryan — (R-Wis.), is now facing defections from the right on a GOP gun bill that conservatives complain is unconstitutional. — The handful of Republican naysayers …
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Jamie Grierson / Guardian:
Chilcot report live: ‘We just want the truth,’ say families — Plus all the day's other political news as Tory leadership runners go down to three — Jack Straw, who was foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq war, and who by his own account could have stopped Britain's participation …
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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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP foreign policy elites flock to Clinton — Two weeks before he hopes to consolidate his party at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump is driving Republican foreign policy elites into the arms of Hillary Clinton, as several more Reagan and Bush administration veterans …
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