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12:45 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.
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN and garnetnews.com
Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Sen Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton Should Not Be Above the Law
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Jim Comey's Statement on the Clinton Emails: A Quick and Dirty Analysis
David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Jason Chaffetz: FBI Director Comey invited to testify before oversight committee on Clinton emails
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Politics on the Jersey Shore
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
On Clinton's emails, no ‘reasonable person’ can disagree with James Comey
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:   Now FBI director faces congressional probe
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Summons FBI Director To Testify On Clinton Emails On Thursday
Discussion: Politico
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
USA Today:
Protests break out after Baton Rouge police fatally shoot man
Discussion: Vox and The Root
New York Times:
Alton Sterling Police Shooting Prompts Justice Dept. Investigation in Baton Rouge
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Week
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
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Hill
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Donald Trump Praises Saddam Hussein's Approach to Terrorism — Again
Discussion: Vox, National Review and AOL
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 …
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Daily Caller
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Clinton dances closer to Sanders on free tuition
Discussion: ABC News
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   Democrats bet the House on Trump
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 …
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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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Freedom Caucus will oppose Ryan's ‘anti-terror’ legislation
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 …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Activist Admits She Lied About Rapists' Ethnicity to Avoid ‘More Hatred Against Migrants’  —  A German rape victim admitted in an interview with Der Spiegel that she lied about her rapists' ethnicities because she wanted to avoid sparking a backlash against refugees.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Daily Mail:
Left-wing German politician who was raped by migrants admits she LIED to police about her …
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
 
 
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