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8:40 AM ET, July 15, 2016

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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
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Guardian:
Nice attack: France mourns after 84 killed in Bastille Day atrocity - latest news  —  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.  Everyone’ - video
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 …
Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Live ‘Several dead’ after truck crashes into crowd at Bastille Day celebrations in Nice ‘terror attack’  —  Auto update  —  Local authorities state it is an attack and several gunshots have been heard, French TV reports  —  Police and ambulances went to the scene and authorities …
NBC News:
80 Killed in Truck Attack on Bastille Day Crowd in Nice, France  —  Video Shows Truck Driving Through Crowd in Nice 0:29  —  A truck plowed into pedestrians during Bastille Day celebrations in the popular French seaside city of Nice Thursday, leaving at least 80 people dead …
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
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:   In Nice, a Vibrant Celebration Gives Way to a Trail of Death
Michel Rose / Reuters:
At least 60 dead, 100 hurt in truck attack on Nice Bastille Day crowd
Discussion: Guardian, Vocativ and The Week
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.
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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
James Arkin / Real Clear Politics:
“Never Trump” Movement Dies in Committee
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Instapundit
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Clinton to Latinos: ‘I need your help’ against Trump
Discussion: Politico and The Atlantic
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
What's Happened So Far at Today's RNC Rules Committee Meeting
Discussion: Politico and 6abc.com
ABC News:
Clinton Campaign, DNC Planning Counter-Convention During RNC
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
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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Indianapolis Star:
Next Slide  —  Gov. Mike Pence is dropping his re-election bid in Indiana to become Donald Trump's running mate.  —  IndyStar has confirmed that Trump plans to announce Pence as his selection for vice president, ending a weeks-long vice presidential casting call during which Trump vetted a handful of high-profile Republicans.
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 …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House praises Trump's VP pick for expanding Medicaid
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Signals He Will Pick Mike Pence as Running Mate
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton Leads Trump in Diverse Battleground States in New Polls  —  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 …
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:   As Clinton stumbles, Trump takes an apparent slim lead in new tracking poll
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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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
Media Matters for America:
On Fox, Newt Gingrich Calls For Testing Everyone Of A “Muslim Background” In The US For Sharia Beliefs  —  SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I don't want to really tie this into politics, but every issue America is now dealing with, every issue that we have discussed in recent months and years …
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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 …
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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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 …
 
 
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Jon Meacham / TIME:
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