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4:55 PM ET, July 7, 2016

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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump, seeking GOP unity, has tense meeting with Senate Republicans  —  Donald Trump's private meeting Thursday with Senate Republicans - designed to foster greater party unity ahead of the national convention in Cleveland — grew combative as the presumptive presidential nominee admonished three senators …
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Manages To Give Some House GOPers More Heartburn In Hill Meeting  —  He arrived 20 minutes late.  —  Then presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump addressed the House GOP's rank and file in a standing-room-only meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to Sasse: ‘You must want Hillary’  —  Donald Trump singled out his chief Republican nemesis in the Senate, Ben Sasse, during a private meeting with senators on Thursday, and also had a testy exchange with Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake.  —  At one point during the gathering …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Majority of GOP senators to attend Trump convention  —  A majority of Senate Republicans will be attending the party's national convention in Cleveland this month, despite the reservations that many of them have about Donald Trump  —  A survey by The Hill found that 32 Senate Republicans plan …
CNN:
Donald Trump meets with Ted Cruz, Reince Priebus
Discussion: Hot Air
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump blasts media in meeting with House Republicans
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI didn't record Clinton interview, did not administer sworn oath  —  did not swear an oath to tell the truth before meeting with the FBI for three and a half hours last weekend, and the interview was not recorded, FBI Director James Comey told House lawmakers on Thursday.
Discussion: Hot Air and Allen B. West
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton  —  Furious congressional Republicans are launching a multipronged attack against the FBI and Hillary Clinton  —  A total of five congressional committees will either hold hearings with high-profile law enforcement officials over the next week …
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Rigged 101  —  The conspiracy theory about Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
FBI Director Destroys Donald Trump Talking Point That Hillary Was Worse Than Petraeus
Discussion: alan.com
Mother Jones:
House Republicans Call for Another FBI Investigation of Clinton and Her Emails
Discussion: Daily Kos
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Will House Republicans overplay their hand on Hillary Clinton?
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Comey sharply rejects idea that FBI coordinated with others on Clinton probe
Discussion: The Resurgent
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
FBI Director: Hillary Clinton Wasn't ‘Sophisticated Enough’ to Understand Classified Markings
Discussion: LawNewz
Fox News:
Ryan formally urges Clapper to block Clinton from classified briefings
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Would Donald Trump Quit if He Wins the Election?  He Doesn't Rule It Out  —  The traditional goal of a presidential nominee is to win the presidency and then serve as president.  —  Donald J. Trump is not a traditional candidate for president.  —  Presented in a recent interview with a scenario …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump plays coy when asked if he'll serve as president  —  played coy when asked if he'll serve as president if elected.  —  “I'll let you know how I feel about it after it happens,” he said in an interview with The New York Times following a question about a scenario in which he defeats presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Sdswanson / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Police Fatally Shoot Man During Traffic Stop, Aftermath Video Posted  —  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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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
A Few Thoughts on the Killing of Philando Castile  —  A horrible story from Minnesota, as reported by the Washington Post: … The aftermath of the shooting was filmed by Castile's girlfriend, but the shooting itself was not.  As such, I imagine that any debate will revolve primarily around …
Washington Post:
Minn. cop fatally shoots man during traffic stop, aftermath broadcast on Facebook
Lavish Reynolds / Facebook:
Police
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's son-in-law under fire from family  —  Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's Jewish son-in-law and increasingly a power player atop his presidential campaign, was an obvious choice to publicly defend the candidate this week amid a firestorm over a tweet that many viewed as anti-Semitic.
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New York Times:
In a Defiant, Angry Speech, Donald Trump Defends Image Seen as Anti-Semitic
Bloomberg:
Sanders Says He'll Do Everything Possible to Help Elect Clinton  —  Vermont senator says Trump presidency would be disastrous  —  Sanders says he'd be ‘pleased’ with Warren as Clinton's VP  —  Bernie Sanders signaled a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton is imminent …
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll sees Hillary Clinton trouncing Donald Trump in California
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Alex Weprin / Politico:
Outfoxed?  —  Fox News was enveloped in silence for most of Wednesday, as news ricocheted around New York and Washington of former host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit depicting the network's legendary CEO and chairman Roger Ailes as a pervasive harasser of women.
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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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Tyler Pager / Politico:
Obama calls for action after latest shootings by police
Discussion: ABC News
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Why Black Lives Don't Matter To The NRA
Discussion: Raw Story and Guardian
James Wigney / Herald Sun:
Star Trek Beyond favourite Mr Sulu has come out as castmates reflect on the death of Anton Yelchin … Helmsman of the USS Enterprise, Hikaru Sulu, played by John Cho, is shown in Star Trek Beyond as the loving father of a daughter with a same sex partner.  And in typical trailblazing Trek fashion — it's just not a big deal.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
2016 Campaign: Strong Interest, Widespread Dissatisfaction  —  As convention nears, most Republicans see a party divided  —  As Republicans and Democrats prepare for their party conventions later this month, a new national survey paints a bleak picture of voters' impressions …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Wonk Wire
Dylan Segelbaum / York Daily Record:
Red Lion woman pleads guilty in loud sex case  —  Amanda Warfel, 25, was ordered to spend 45 to 90 days in York County Prison, which she's already served.  —  CONNECT  —  A woman from Red Lion pleaded guilty on Wednesday to disorderly conduct in a case in which police said she had sex …
Discussion: alan.com
Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
Bill O'Reilly shares photos of Barack Obama in traditional Muslim dress he claims are from half-brother Malik's wedding saying they prove his ‘deep emotional ties to Islam’  — Bill O'Reilly released images of President Barack Obama claiming they were from the Muslim wedding of his half brother Malik
 
 
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Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Special interests look to influence political conventions — discreetly
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How Hitler's Rise to Power Explains Why Republicans Accept Donald Trump
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Tegna / WJXX-TV:
Rep. Corrine Brown to face federal charges
Discussion: Politico and Florida Politics
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Chicago on the Brink  —  A retreat from proactive policing …
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Britain will have first female leader since Margaret Thatcher
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Star of David issue has ‘been very much resolved’
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CNN:
Indiana GOP to Trump: Take Mike Pence, please
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