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8:00 AM ET, July 13, 2016

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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Wants an Attack Dog as His Running Mate  —  The candidate calls Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie his top picks  —  Donald Trump is looking for a running mate who can be a “fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat” to help him parry criticism on the campaign trail …
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Indianapolis Star:
Gov. Mike Pence turns fiery in support of Donald Trump  —  A fiery Gov. Mike Pence praised Donald Trump and slammed Hillary Clinton during a rally in Westfield on Tuesday that was widely seen as an audition to become Trump's running mate.  —  Pence called on the crowd of more than a thousand to put …
CNN:
Pence, Gingrich make the final cut in Trump's VP search, sources say  —  Indianapolis (CNN)As anticipation builds for Donald Trump to name his vice presidential pick, two hopefuls — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — appear to be the front-runners, according to a person familiar with the deliberations.
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump Says Fatal Police Shooting Videos Were ‘Tough to Watch’
Discussion: Politico
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox News and Newt Gingrich agree to suspend contributor agreement
Discussion: The Week, ABC News and The Atlantic
Fox News:
Gingrich, Fox News suspend contributor agreement amid Trump VP speculation
Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:   Team Trump Plans Public Event Friday With VP Pick
Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
Bernie's Uninspiring Endorsement  —  Bernie Sanders went off for a month to contemplate life after the revolution, and this was the best he could come up with?  “Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that.”  —  So said Sanders at a rally …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   What's next for Bernie?
New York Times:
James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump aide: Sanders endorsement ‘exhibit A in our rigged system’
Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
GOP rep: Ginsburg's Trump attacks ‘inexcusable’  —  Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) says Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg crossed a line attacking Donald Trump  —  “It was totally inexcusable and unprofessional for Justice Ginsburg to insult a presidential candidate,” …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Brian McBride / ABC News:
Donald Trump Calls for Justice Ginsburg to Resign
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and 6abc.com
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
RBG Just Risked Her Legacy to Insult Trump
Jennifer Aniston / The Huffington Post:
For The Record  —  Let me start by saying that addressing gossip is something I have never done.  I don't like to give energy to the business of lies, but I wanted to participate in a larger conversation that has already begun and needs to continue.  Since I'm not on social media, I decided to put my thoughts here in writing.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OBAMA TURNS OFF COPS=> Officers REFUSE TO APPLAUD During Obama's Race Lecture at Dallas Police Memorial (VIDEO)  —  WOW!  —  Barack Obama lectured the people of Dallas today at the memorial service for the five slain police officers by  —  a racist Black Power activist.
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Black doctor to police: I defend you, I will care for you — but I still fear you
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here  —  Almost everywhere you turn, it seems, people have their eyes glued to smartphone screens playing Pokémon Go.  Since its launch last week, the app has quickly become a cultural phenomenon that has fans …
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Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Al Franken Is Worried About Pokemon Go
Discussion: Ars Technica, The Verge and Mediaite
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
David Duke Plans to Run for Congress Against the Republican Who Spoke to His Group  —  The former KKK grand wizard said he wants to defeat Steve Scalise, who reportedly once called himself “David Duke without the baggage.”  —  David Duke says he is getting ready to run for Congress.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu  —  The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year's Israeli parliamentary elections …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI to give deleted Clinton emails back to State Dept.
Discussion: Politico
WEWS-TV:
Shreve police sergeant suspended after ‘monkey’ Facebook post  —  SHREVE, Ohio - A local police sergeant is on indefinite, unpaid suspension after a post he made on Facebook last week was perceived to be racist.  —  Shreve police Sgt. Robert Biddle, 34, wrote on Facebook …
Discussion: The Root, Raw Story and Mediaite
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Swing-state stunner: Trump has edge in key states  —  Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election's most important battlegrounds?  —  New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania …
WTKR-TV:
Three hospitalized after Norfolk shooting caught on Facebook Live  —  NORFOLK, Va. - According to police, three men were shot in the 900 block of Bainbridge Blvd. Tuesday evening.  —  Neighbors said they heard anywhere from 10-20 gunshots and it appears that one of the passengers inside …
Discussion: CBS Baltimore, WPMT FOX43 and RT
John Koblin / New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson, Former Fox Anchor, Speaks Publicly About Sexual Harassment Lawsuit  —  MONTCLAIR, N.J. — When Gretchen Carlson was asked how her last week had been, she looked down at her wrist.  —  “These are the bracelets I wear on my arm,” Ms. Carlson, the former Fox News anchor, said in an interview on Tuesday.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Minuteman Co-Founder Sentenced to 19½ Years for Molesting 5-Year-Old  —  Christopher Simcox, a founder of the now-disbanded Minuteman border patrol group, has been sentenced in Arizona to more than 19 years in prison for sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl, in a case that drew the attention …
Doug Criss / CNN:
Officers pick up bill for diners who didn't want to sit near them  —  Be rude to these guys, and they'll make you pay.  Unless it's your restaurant bill.  —  (CNN)When a couple refused to sit next to a booth full of police officers at a restaurant, the cops counteracted with an act of kindness.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz to meet with secretive conservative group in Cleveland  —  CLEVELAND — Ted Cruz is making an extra trip to Cleveland to address a closed-door meeting of influential conservative leaders this Friday ahead of the Republican National Convention, according to four people familiar with his plans.
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Will Coldwell / Guardian:
Faroe Islands fit cameras to sheep to create Google Street View
Discussion: The Week
Oliver Milman / Guardian:
Drones to unleash vaccine-laced M&Ms in bid to save endangered ferrets
Discussion: RT and The Verge
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Ad Spending Update: Clinton Outspends Trump $57M to $4M
Discussion: Washington Post
Los Angeles Times:
Amid protests, panel finds that LAPD did not violate deadly force rules in shooting of black woman in South L.A.
Discussion: Mashable and POLICE Magazine
Steve Sinovic / Albuquerque Journal:
Presbyterian to drop out of Obamacare exchange
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Times
Elura Nanos / LawNewz:
GOP Sneaks Porn into Platform Calls It ‘Public Health Crisis’
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
I thought I had found proof that Donald Trump gives to charity. But it wasn't that Donald Trump.
Discussion: Mediaite, RedState and Raw Story
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Quentin Tarantino Says to Expect Just Two More Films
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn't get job back, appeals court says
Discussion: Associated Press
Tiffany DeMasters / fox13now.com:
Sandy boy with autism shatters stereotypes, takes World Title in Taekwondo competition
Discussion: WGN-TV
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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