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11:45 AM ET, July 7, 2016

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NBC News:
First Read: Trump Can't Stay on Message, and It's a Problem for the GOP  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Trump can't stay on message, and that's a problem
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Will House Republicans overplay their hand on Hillary Clinton?  —  For more than 20 years, whenever Bill and Hillary Clinton have gotten into real political trouble, they have found an unlikely ally in House Republicans.  —  Over and over again, from Bill Clinton's darkest hours as president …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
200 House Republicans show up to meet Trump  —  House Republicans came face-to-face Thursday morning for the first time with Donald J. Trump.  —  And most seemed to like what they saw, although there were few new converts to his cause.  —  With Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus …
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 …
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:   Cummings Slams GOPers For Putting Comey ‘On Trial’ For Clinton Decision
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump blasts media in meeting with House Republicans
Discussion: alan.com
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton: Ma'am Survivor
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
While Clinton tries to change the subject, Republicans pounce on email criticism
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Rigged 101  —  The conspiracy theory about Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Hill
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Email Was Probably Hacked, Experts Say
Fox News:
Clinton email investigation to be closed with no criminal charges, Lynch announces
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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Washington Post:
Minn. cop fatally shoots man during traffic stop, aftermath broadcast on Facebook  —  A Minnesota traffic stop turned deadly Wednesday evening as a police officer opened fire on a driver.  —  The victim, 32-year-old Philando Castile, died at a Minneapolis hospital, a family member told The Washington Post.
Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Minnesota Police Shooting's Aftermath Is Captured in Gruesome Video  —  A Minnesota man was fatally shot Wednesday night by the police during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb, and the aftermath was captured in a grisly video recorded by the car's front-seat passenger and streamed live.
Pat Pheifer / Star Tribune:
Aftermath of Falcon Heights officer-involved shooting captured on phone video  —  The man, identified by relatives as a St. Paul schools employee, died at HCMC, according to an uncle.  The shooting followed a traffic stop near Larpenteur Avenue and Fry Street.  —  A man was shot by police in Falcon Heights on Wednesday evening.
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
You Need To Suck It Up And Vote For Trump  —  Donald Trump is a vulgar clown posing as a conservative, unmoored to any coherent ideology.  He has generated unprecedented opposition and the contempt of people across the political spectrum.  He is unbound to any principle other than his own appetite for adulation.
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll sees Hillary Clinton trouncing Donald Trump in California
Discussion: Hot Air
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:   Sanders' Influence Fades Ahead of Clinton Endorsement
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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The Daily Beast:
New Video Emerges of Alton Sterling Being Killed by Baton Rouge Police
Jarvis DeBerry / New Orleans Times-Picayune:   Before killing Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police had a history of brutality complaints
New York Times:
In a Defiant, Angry Speech, Donald Trump Defends Image Seen as Anti-Semitic  —  Donald J. Trump on Wednesday offered a defiant defense of his campaign's decision to publish an image widely viewed as anti-Semitic — saying he regretted deleting it — and vigorously reaffirmed his praise of Saddam Hussein, the murderous Iraqi dictator.
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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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
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Indiana GOP to Trump: Take Mike Pence, please  —  Washington (CNN)The prospect of Donald Trump tapping Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to serve as his running mate has both national Republicans and local party members salivating — but for different reasons.  —  Pence is deep in Trump's vice …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
Ann Coulter / Breitbart:
My VP Prediction — Donald Trump's First Mistake  —  My vice presidential prediction is: Trump is about to make his first mistake.  I knew this would happen as soon as he hired campaign consultants, rather than relying on his gut.  If these campaign consultants were any good …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump posts picture of Disney book: ‘Where is the outrage’ over star?  —  on Wednesday tweeted an image of a Disney book featuring a six-pointed star in an attempt to draw comparisons to an anti-Hillary Clinton  —  image he tweeted this past weekend.  —  “Where is the outrage for this Disney book?
 
 
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
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Muslim camps are spreading in the U.S. to help kids ‘be proud of who they are’
Detroit News:
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