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12:40 PM 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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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Rigged 101  —  The conspiracy theory about Donald Trump is that he intends to throw the election to Hillary Clinton.  Well, maybe Hillary wants to throw it right back.  —  Trump and Clinton are engaged in a stirring contest over who is least unworthy of occupying the presidency …
Discussion: The Hill and National Review
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 …
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 …
Mother Jones:
House Republicans Call for Another FBI Investigation of Clinton and Her Emails
Discussion: Daily Kos
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump blasts media in meeting with House Republicans
Discussion: alan.com
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:   Cummings Slams GOPers For Putting Comey ‘On Trial’ For Clinton Decision
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton: Ma'am Survivor
Nick Gass / Politico:   Comey challenges truthfulness of Clinton's email defenses
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:   Rep. Chaffetz Calls On FBI To Investigate Whether Hillary Clinton Lied Under Oath
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Comey Defends His Decision On Clinton Emails: ‘Nobody’ Would Bring This Case
Discussion: alan.com
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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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.
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.
Lavish Reynolds / Facebook:
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NBC News:
Protests Erupt After Another Fatal Police Shooting
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL, VICE and The Week
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.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Star of David issue has ‘been very much resolved’  —  on Wednesday said the issue surrounding him sharing what has been called an anti-Semitic image on Twitter has been resolved.  —  In an interview with local news station WKRC in Sharonville, Ohio, Wednesday evening …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, WKRC and RedState
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
Nick Gass / Politico:
Eric Trump: Ivanka would make a great VP  —  Eric Trump says he agrees with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that his sister Ivanka would be a great pick for his father's for vice president.  —  “His best running mate, by the way, would be Ivanka.  I know that wouldn't pass muster, probably.
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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.
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
David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll sees Hillary Clinton trouncing Donald Trump in California  —  Clinton leads Trump by 30 percentage points in head-to-head matchup  —  Clinton's lead slips to 24 percentage points when third party candidate included  —  Most California Democrats want Bernie Sanders to step aside
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hot Air
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 …
 
 
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Britain will have first female leader since Margaret Thatcher
Discussion: The Week
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pro-abortion rights group lumps vulnerable GOP senators in with Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos and ABC News
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Obama rips ‘bigotry’ and ‘xenophobia’ with Ramadan message
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
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20 veterans a day committed suicide in 2014, new data show
Discussion: UPI and AOL
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
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Schuette: 40 ‘thugs’ attack Midland home
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
You Need To Suck It Up And Vote For Trump
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP leader: Release Clinton's FBI interview
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