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10:50 PM ET, July 13, 2016

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CNN:
Sources: Sean Hannity flew Gingrich to Trump meeting  —  (CNN)Newt Gingrich, a finalist on Donald Trump's vice presidential shortlist, flew to Indianapolis to meet with Trump on a private jet provided by Fox News host Sean Hannity, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Case for Newt  —  Donald Trump is on the verge of crowning a contender as a running mate.  —  If the reporting is accurate, he doesn't have great choices.  John Kasich, the popular governor of Ohio, would have been a natural pick but doesn't want to be in the same room as Trump, let alone on the same ticket.
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The sexual-harassment investigation of the 76-year-old Fox News chief Roger Ailes is under way.  Yesterday, lawyers from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, the outside law firm hired by 21st Century Fox to conduct the inquiry, began meeting with Fox employees to interview them about sexual harassment at the network.
Media Matters for America:
Gingrich Previously Said Trump Would Be “Delusional” And Need “Psychiatric Help” If He Picked Him As Running Mate
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mediaite
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Chair: Trump's White, Male VP Frontrunners Are Diverse! (VIDEO)
Discussion: alan.com
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump advisers split on VP pick
Discussion: ABC News and 6abc.com
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Trump's Racist Appeal Becomes More Explicit Every Day  —  I can't believe I missed this, but I did: … Josh Marshall: … Trump's explicit race baiting has been so normalized by now that we hardly notice this stuff.  This kind of talk from a major-party candidate for president should be front-page news everywhere.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Propagator of Race Hatred and Violence  —  This isn't getting a lot of attention.  But it should.  Everybody took note when Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that American Muslims across the river in New Jersey celebrated and cheered as the Twin Towers fell on 9/11 - an entirely fabricated claim.
U.S. ELECTIONS:
Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from a former senior campaign consultant, Sam Nunberg, alleging that Nunberg leaked confidential information to reporters in violation of a nondisclosure agreement.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Here Is The Confidentiality Agreement Signed By A Former Trump Campaign Adviser  —  WASHINGTON — In a lawsuit filed in New York this week, a copy of a non-disclosure agreement that Donald Trump required of one of his employees was made public.  —  Much has been made of the campaign's use of non-disclosure agreements.
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump
Nick Gass / 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 …
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David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton's lead over Trump shrinks dramatically
John Shumway / CBS Pittsburgh:
Couple Refuses To Sit Near Police At Restaurant, Officers Pick Up Their Tab  —  HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — It is a difficult time for the country as nerves between some in the community and police are frayed, but recently, four local officers handled an uncomfortable situation without any confrontation.
Discussion: WNCN
New York Post:
FBI agents signed NDA for matters involving Hillary's emails  —  More On:  —  In an unusual move, FBI agents working the Hillary Clinton e-mail case had to sign a special form reminding them not to blab about the probe to anyone unless called to testify.  —  Sources said they had never heard of the …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
New York Post: FBI Agents Tell Us Lynch and Clinton Struck a Deal on That Plane  —  Just one week before FBI Director James Comey announced the Bureau would not recommend charges be filed against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for storing and transferring top secret …
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Last Word: Rachel Maddow on Trump, Dystopias and Success  —  MSNBC host on relationships, the Republican Party's WTF moment and keeping a cool head  —  The Rachel Maddow Show has been the cornerstone of MSNBC's primetime lineup ever since it debuted in the fall of 2008 …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Maddow: I'm studying Hitler to prep for Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
Kylee Wierks / Fox 59:
Chilling photo from fatal crash appears to show man's spirit leaving his body  —  STANTON, KY. - A chilling photo taken at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Kentucky is getting a lot of attention online.  Many people believe the photo shows the motorcycle driver's spirit leaving his body.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Sen. Tim Scott reveals incidents of being targeted by Capitol Police  —  Tim Scott delivered a powerful and deeply personal speech from the Senate floor on Wednesday in which he detailed how, even inside the Capitol building, the relationship between law enforcement and the black community can be strained.
Discussion: Washington Post
Rodney Ho / Radio and TV Talk:
CBS46 photojournalist fired over racist rants about Black Lives Matter on Facebook  —  FTVLive earlier today posted three Facebook rants by an Emmy-winning CBS46 photojournalist Charles Beau Menefee in which he insulted the Black Lives Matter movement, calling them “unevolved, uncivilized turds” …
Discussion: FTVLive, Mediaite, The Root and theGrio
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Greg Meriwether / WAFB-TV:
The Investigators: New details show eerily similar incident involving Sterling, police  —  The 9News Investigators obtained a police report that details a previous arrest of Alton Sterling that is eerily similar to the incident that ultimately led to his death.
Discussion: CBS News and SOOPERMEXICAN
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Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
BlackLivesMatter Icon ALTON STERLING Was Jailed in Similar Armed Violent Police Resistance in 2009
Discussion: Law Officer
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton torn between caution and risk in VP pick  —  has always been cautious.  Too cautious, her critics would say.  —  Such criticism is at the center of the most important question facing her today.  Who should she pick as her running mate?  —  Does the presumptive Democratic …
Discussion: Politico and alan.com
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Heads Into The Convention With Barely Any Campaign At All  —  Many of the numbers listed for his state offices don't even work.  —  Elise Foley  —  Immigration & Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  As he heads for the Republican convention in Cleveland next week …
Discussion: USA Today and New York Magazine
NBC News:
Here Are the Republican National Convention Speakers We Know Of  —  What Trump should be doing before the RNC 5:54  —  Donald Trump and his campaign started boasting about his speaker lineup for the Republican National Convention two weeks ago, promising — and so far, failing …
Chris Bundgaard / WKRN-TV:
Report indicates Rep. Durham gave college student alcohol, had sex in his office  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Results of an investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior of former Tennessee House Whip Jeremy Durham were released Wednesday.  —  The documents outline Durham's alleged interactions with 22 women since 2012.
Discussion: WJHL
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic Weighs In on George W. Bush Dancing to ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’  —  It has come to the attention of our editorial board—a group of august, Harvard-educated, middle-aged Boston Brahmins in tweedy suits sitting at heavy wooden desks and smoking fine pipe tobacco * …
Indianapolis Star:
Evan Bayh on running for Senate, Indiana residency  —  Bayh talks about why he's running, his life after the Senate, Susan Bayh's health and his Indy apartment  —  WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Evan Bayh said the same partisanship and gridlock that prompted his 2010 retirement is the reason he is seeking to return to the Senate.
 
 
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 More Items: 
Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds
Discussion: Guardian
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama huddles with politicians, police and activists on racial bias
Discussion: Politico
Neal Gabler / BillMoyers.com:
The Media's Gift to Trump: Low Expectations
Melanie Michael / WFLA-TV:
Pasco teen accused of raping child, 3, at home daycare
Discussion: KRON4.com and WDTN-TV
CREW:
Koch Brothers Group Hit With Massive Fines From CREW Complaint
Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney:
China hacked the FDIC - and US officials covered it up, report says
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Pew Research Center:
1. Religion and the 2016 campaign
Discussion: Politicus USA
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
How Donald Trump Tried to Cash In by Dumping Sewage Into the Hudson River
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Foreign Policy:
Trump's Possible VP Believes ISIS Could Conquer the U.S. and Drink Americans' Blood
Michael Schaub / Los Angeles Times:
Reading while black: Canadian man stopped by police after reading a book in his car
Discussion: AOL, CBC News and Raw Story
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Guccifer 2.0 releases new DNC docs
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Someone vandalized Richmond Police Memorial
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Luke Russert suddenly departs from NBC News
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The (G.O.P.) Party's Over  —  This column has argued …
New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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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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