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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 …

Discussion: Vox, Talking Points Memo, Mother Jones, Hit & Run, Business Insider, Mediaite, National Review, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, bradford-delong.com, The Week, Raw Story, Political Wire and The Resurgent

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.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, Hullabaloo and Washington Post

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Times, Heat Street and The Daily Caller

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Hullabaloo, The Week and Balloon Juice

John Bresnahan / Politico:
200 House Republicans show up to meet Trump

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CNN:
Donald Trump meets with Ted Cruz, Reince Priebus

Discussion: WTVR-TV and Hot Air

Scott Wong / The Hill:
Trump blasts media in meeting with House Republicans

Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God., alan.com and Daily Wire

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 …

Discussion: Politico, Vox, Reuters, BizPac Review, No More Mister Nice Blog, Real Clear Politics, The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America, Mediaite, New York Magazine and archive.is

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

Discussion: Yahoo, CNBC, Washington Post, NBC News, Politico, New York Magazine, Bloomberg and The Week

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

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
FBI Director Destroys Donald Trump Talking Point That Hillary Was Worse Than Petraeus

Discussion: alan.com

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI didn't record Clinton interview, did not administer sworn oath

Discussion: Allen B. West

Louis Nelson / Politico:
Comey sharply rejects idea that FBI coordinated with others on Clinton probe

Discussion: The Resurgent

Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Will House Republicans overplay their hand on Hillary Clinton?

Discussion: Political Insider blog, Hot Air and New York Times

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
FBI Director: Hillary Clinton Wasn't ‘Sophisticated Enough’ to Understand Classified Markings

Discussion: LawNewz

Mother Jones:
House Republicans Call for Another FBI Investigation of Clinton and Her Emails

Discussion: Daily Kos

Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Comey: Hillary's FBI Testimony Wasn't Under Oath Or Recorded, But It Would Still Be a Crime To Lie

Discussion: WayneDupree.com and The Gateway Pundit

Nick Gass / Politico: Comey challenges truthfulness of Clinton's email defenses

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, RedState, Business Insider, Political Wire, Mediaite, The Week and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »

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

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com: You Need To Suck It Up And Vote For Trump

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

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
A Few Thoughts on the Killing of Philando Castile

Discussion: Hit & Run, Washington Post, alicublog, Vox and Business Insider

New York Times:
Philando Castile Shooting in Minnesota Leads Governor to Seek U.S. Investigation

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Rewire, The Root, Media Matters for America, The Atlantic, Business Insider and The Daily Caller

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Philando Castile and the power of Facebook Live

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Lavish Reynolds / Facebook:
Police

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Pat Pheifer / Star Tribune:
Aftermath of Falcon Heights officer-involved shooting captured on phone video

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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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico

Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Expected to Endorse Hillary Clinton Next Week

Discussion: Political Wire, Allen B. West and Common Dreams

David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll sees Hillary Clinton trouncing Donald Trump in California

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hot Air

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Guardian, Althouse, The Times of Israel, alicublog and New York Times

Nick Gass / Politico:
Eric Trump: Ivanka would make a great VP

Discussion: Raw Story, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, The Week and No More Mister Nice Blog

Tyler Pager / Politico:

Obama calls for action after latest shootings by police — President Barack Obama said Thursday all Americans should be troubled by the fatal shootings of two black men by police officers this week, emphasizing the incidents are not isolated. — “They are symptomatic of the broader challenges within …

Discussion: ABC News

Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Why Black Lives Don't Matter To The NRA

Discussion: Raw Story and Guardian

Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Alton Sterling and When Black Lives Stop Mattering

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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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Women: Roger Ailes Asked to See My Underwear, If I Was Single, and More

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Media Matters for America, Boing Boing, Washington Post and CNNMoney

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.

Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Star of David issue has ‘been very much resolved’

Discussion: WKRC, BuzzFeed and RedState

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: Wonk Wire

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: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and Daily 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