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9:40 AM ET, July 15, 2016

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Guardian:
Nice attack: truck driver named as France mourns 84 killed in Bastille Day atrocity - live  —  Witnesses describe terror and chaos after armed man drove through crowds celebrating national day  —  • Armed man drove truck through crowd for 2km  —  • 'A truck smashed into everyone.
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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: At least 60 feared dead and shots fired as lorry RAMS into crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice leaving bodies strewn across the road in suspected Terror attack  — At least 50 people are feared dead and 150 have been injured in a Bastille Day attack in Nice, southern France
New York Times:
Scores Die in Nice, France, as Truck Plows Into Bastille Day Crowd  —  PARIS — A Bastille Day fireworks celebration was shattered by death and mayhem Thursday night in the southern French city of Nice when a large truck barreled for more than a mile through an enormous crowd of spectators …
Danny Boyle / Telegraph:
Horrifying moment truck ploughs into crowd in Nice
Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Week
U.S. Mission to France / U.S. Embassy & Consulates …:
Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Possible Terrorist Attack in Nice
Vocativ:
Revenge Killing: ISIS Supporters Celebrate Nice Attack
Discussion: TIME
Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Live ‘Several dead’ after truck crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebrations in Nice ‘terror attack’
NBC News:
80 Killed in Truck Attack on Bastille Day Crowd in Nice, France
Washington Post:
Truck rams Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France; at least 70 reported killed
Michel Rose / Reuters:
At least 60 dead, 100 hurt in truck attack on Nice Bastille Day crowd
Discussion: The Atlantic, Guardian, Vocativ and The Week
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump delays V.P. announcement, even as Pence emerges as probable choice  —  CLEVELAND — In a stunning move late Thursday, Donald Trump said he was scrapping his plans to announce a running mate because of the terrorist attack in southern France, following a day of strong signals that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was the likely choice.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Mike Pence Would Be Trump's Least Worst Choice  —  A wide variety of news outlets, led by Roll Call, are reporting that Republican Donald Trump plans to name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate Friday.  There's some history of incorrect reporting on vice-presidential choices …
Indianapolis Star:
Next Slide  —  Gov. Mike Pence is dropping his re-election bid …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House praises Trump's VP pick for expanding Medicaid
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and ABC News
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Signals He Will Pick Mike Pence as Running Mate
Bloomberg:
Republican Convention Panel Crushes a Bid to Block Trump  —  Stop-Trump effort running out of options to stop nomination  —  Issuance of minority report could prove embarassing to Trump  —  A key Republican National Convention committee crushed a long-shot attempt by rogue delegates …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
GOP Cleveland organizers beg Adelson for $6 million  —  CLEVELAND — Millions of dollars short and running out of time, organizers of the Republican National Convention have written an urgent request for $6 million to Las Vegas billionaire couple Sheldon and Miriam Adelson to cover the bills for next week's festivities.
James Arkin / Real Clear Politics:
“Never Trump” Movement Dies in Committee  —  CLEVELAND - A long-shot, last-ditch attempt by a few Republican delegates to prevent Donald Trump from securing the GOP nomination failed by an overwhelming margin late Thursday night.  —  Some anti-Trump delegates on the Republican National …
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Instapundit
ABC News:
Clinton Campaign, DNC Planning Counter-Convention During RNC
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
What's Happened So Far at Today's RNC Rules Committee Meeting
Discussion: Politico and 6abc.com
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Head to Head: Here's Who's Winning Battleground States  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in four of the most diverse presidential battleground states, according to brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.  —  Clinton is ahead of Trump by eight points among registered voters in Colorado …
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
As Clinton stumbles, Trump takes an apparent slim lead in new tracking poll  —  Donald Trump has taken an apparent slim lead over Hillary Clinton, a new poll shows.  (Steve Helber / Associated Press)  —  As the presidential race moves into a key two-week period, with the announcement …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats ‘freaked out’ about polls in meeting with Clinton  —  Nervous Senate Democrats raised concerns with Hillary Clinton  —  during a private meeting in the Capitol Thursday over a recent poll showing Donald Trump  —  leading or tied in several battleground states.
Discussion: Vox Popoli, Liberal Values and Hot Air
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
RNC Speaker Dana White Tweets About His ‘Nuts’ Not GOP  —  It's unclear if UFC President Dana White is even interested in Trump or the RNC—because his Twitter feed is basically a bunch of missives about his and others' “nuts.”  —  One of the Republican National Convention speakers …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Has Hillary finally found her voice?  —  Hillary Clinton was about to get clobbered in the New Hampshire primary, and her campaign still didn't have a message explaining why she was the right person for the job.  —  With a toxic cloud hanging over Clinton's makeshift campaign office …
Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick Blasts President Obama for Response to Police Killings  —  Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick harshly criticized President Barack Obama for what he said was a failure to adequately support police and “protect their lives” while questioning the president's reaction …
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Activist Erica Garner Says She Was “Railroaded” By ABC News  —  WASHINGTON — Activist Erica Garner said she believes she was used for ratings by ABC News after storming out of a taping of a presidential town hall hosted by the network Thursday.  —  Garner, an activist who is planning a march …
Discussion: The Root
Katie Jacobs Stanton:
An open letter from technology sector leaders on Donald Trump's candidacy for President  —  We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector.  We are proud that American innovation is the envy of the world …
 
 
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Matthew Dickinson / Vox:
Yes, blame the media for Donald Trump. Up to a point.
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Jon Meacham / TIME:
What a President Needs to Know  —  Amid the clamor of advisers …
Discussion: The Week
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Media Matters for America:
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Could the Trump VP vetting process go off the rails?
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Rick Wilking / National Review:
The National Trump Convention Is Gearing Up to Be a Circus Show
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Clinton to Latinos: ‘I need your help’ against Trump
Discussion: Politico and The Atlantic
Daily Mail:
Police report DOZENS of sex crimes, including rape, committed by ‘foreign men’ at third Swedish music festival
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
This Isn't Funny Anymore. American Democracy Is at Stake.
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