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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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Wall Street Journal:
Robert Brown user — There are other ways to view the same sets of facts. For instance, consider that Mr Comey has spent his entire career getting to where he is today as the Director of the FBI. He surely has greater ambitions, so if he can make a plausible case not to prosecute based on his judgment …
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FOX News Radio, Crime and Consequences Blog, LawNewz and Washington Post
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sanders booed by House Democrats — Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who's running for president. But frustrated House Democrats — who booed him at one point during a morning meeting — say it's time to stop. — With the Democratic convention just weeks away …
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Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Scot Lehigh / BostonGlobe.com:
Another Clinton ‘scandal’ goes poof — SO NOW it's all but official: No bolt from the blue will ruin Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes. — There will be no criminal charges against Clinton because of her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state.
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Comey to testify on Clinton email probe Thursday — FBI Director James Comey will testify on Capitol Hill Thursday regarding the bureau's investigation of Hillary Clinton's email practices, part of a concerted GOP effort to keep the heat on Clinton heading into the party conventions and a long congressional recess.
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Julia Edwards / Reuters:
Here's Why Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Didn't Rise To Level Of ‘Gross Negligence’ — Legal experts say her actions fell short of past cases where information mishandling was intentional. — In declining to seek prosecution of Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said the former Secretary …
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CNN and garnetnews.com
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan Wants To Deny Clinton Classified Briefings During Campaign
Paul Ryan Wants To Deny Clinton Classified Briefings During Campaign
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Political Wire
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton to propose 3-month hiatus for repayment of student loans
Clinton to propose 3-month hiatus for repayment of student loans
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Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Sen Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Above the Law
Sen Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Above the Law
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Politics on the Jersey Shore
The Note: Politics on the Jersey Shore
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Embraces Ideas From Bernie Sanders's College Tuition Plan
Hillary Clinton Embraces Ideas From Bernie Sanders's College Tuition Plan
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The Atlantic
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Democrats bet the House on Trump
David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Jason Chaffetz: FBI Director Comey invited to testify before oversight committee on Clinton emails
Jason Chaffetz: FBI Director Comey invited to testify before oversight committee on Clinton emails
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RedState and Washington Free Beacon
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
On Clinton's emails, no ‘reasonable person’ can disagree with James Comey
On Clinton's emails, no ‘reasonable person’ can disagree with James Comey
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Power Line, The Week, Hot Air, Guardian and Media Matters for America
The Intercept:
Washington Has Been Obsessed With Punishing Secrecy Violations — Until Hillary Clinton
Washington Has Been Obsessed With Punishing Secrecy Violations — Until Hillary Clinton
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Now FBI director faces congressional probe
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Makes the FBI's Least-Wanted List
Clinton Makes the FBI's Least-Wanted List
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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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CNN:
Alton Sterling shooting: Video of deadly encounter with officers sparks outrage — The president of the NAACP's branch in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, called for the city's police chief and chief executive to resign in the wake of the shooting death of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man.
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Feds to Investigate ‘Deeply Troubling’ Fatal Police Shooting
Feds to Investigate ‘Deeply Troubling’ Fatal Police Shooting
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USA Today:
Protests break out after Baton Rouge police fatally shoot man
Protests break out after Baton Rouge police fatally shoot man
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ThinkProgress, Vox and The Root
German Lopez / Vox:
How video changed Americans' views toward the police, from Rodney King to Alton Sterling
How video changed Americans' views toward the police, from Rodney King to Alton Sterling
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Politico
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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media
Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media
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ThinkProgress and The Hill
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein's Approach to Terrorism — Again
Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein's Approach to Terrorism — Again
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Nick Visser / The Huffington Post:
Trump Praises Saddam Hussein Again — This Time For Killing Terrorists ‘So Good’
Trump Praises Saddam Hussein Again — This Time For Killing Terrorists ‘So Good’
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Ex-Fox Anchor Gretchen Carlson Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes — Fox News anchor and author Gretchen Carlson is filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against CEO Roger Ailes. … Carlson took to social media to confirm moments ago that she is no longer with Fox News …
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Host Sues Roger Ailes Over Sexual Harassment
Fox News Host Sues Roger Ailes Over Sexual Harassment
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Politicus USA
Eliana Dockterman / TIME:
Exclusive: Marvel's New Iron Man Is a Black Woman — Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis talks the creation of Riri Williams, who will take over for Tony Stark — There's a new Iron Man. Well, Iron Man for now. She's still working on the name. The events at the end …
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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Heather Stewart / Guardian:
Tony Blair: ‘I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you can ever believe’
Tony Blair: ‘I express more sorrow, regret and apology than you can ever believe’
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Mother Jones and Unqualified Offerings
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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Freedom Caucus will oppose Ryan's ‘anti-terror’ legislation
Freedom Caucus will oppose Ryan's ‘anti-terror’ legislation
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Talking Points Memo and Associated Press
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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