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1:20 PM ET, July 6, 2016

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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 …
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.
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 …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Ryan: GOP will hold hearings on Clinton probe
Julia Edwards / Reuters:
Here's Why Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Didn't Rise To Level Of ‘Gross Negligence’
Discussion: CNN and garnetnews.com
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Paul Ryan Wants To Deny Clinton Classified Briefings During Campaign
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Politics on the Jersey Shore
David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Jason Chaffetz: FBI Director Comey invited to testify before oversight committee on Clinton emails
The Intercept:
Washington Has Been Obsessed With Punishing Secrecy Violations — Until Hillary Clinton
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Embraces Ideas From Bernie Sanders's College Tuition Plan
Discussion: The Atlantic
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
On Clinton's emails, no ‘reasonable person’ can disagree with James Comey
Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Sen Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Above the Law
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:   Now FBI director faces congressional probe
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
German Lopez / Vox:
How video changed Americans' views toward the police, from Rodney King to Alton Sterling
Discussion: Politico
KWES NewsWest 9:
Coroner: Man shot by BRPD multiple times to chest, back; 2 officers placed on leave
Discussion: Heavy.com
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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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes
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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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 …
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Donald Trump's New Reality Show: The Running Mate
Discussion: The Week
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’
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 …
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 …
Discussion: RedState and Instapundit
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   Democrats bet the House on Trump
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Freedom Caucus will oppose Ryan's ‘anti-terror’ legislation
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 …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump, Saddam and why people mistrust the media  —  By now, everyone's aware that Donald Trump wandered off message Tuesday night and told an audience in Raleigh, N.C., that Saddam Hussein, for all his sins, “killed terrorists.”  —  “He did that so good,” the presumed GOP presidential nominee said.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Hill and Hot Air
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein's Approach to Terrorism — Again
Discussion: The Atlantic, Vox, National Review and AOL
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 …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Election Update: Swing State Polls And National Polls Basically Say The Same Thing  —  Welcome to our first Election Update, FiveThirtyEight's regular feature where we'll, uh, update you about the presidential election.  More specifically, we'll use this column to look at the election through …
 
 
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