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1:00 PM ET, July 18, 2016

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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All  —  “The Art of the Deal” made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business.  Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it.  —  Last June, as dusk fell outside Tony Schwartz's sprawling house, on a leafy back road in Riverdale …
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Trump Campaign Weighs In On Open Carry At The Republican Convention  —  CLEVELAND, OHIO — Hours after the head of Cleveland's police union pleaded with the governor to suspend Ohio's open-carry laws during the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's spokesperson told ThinkProgress she is …
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2016 GOP Convention:
2016 GOP Convention Program Announced  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jeff Larson, CEO of the 2016 Republican National Convention, today released an updated program for the “Make America Great Again” convention, July 18-21, in Cleveland.  —  Veterans, political outsiders, faith leaders …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump may speak at convention tonight  —  Donald Trump says he will be at the Republican National Convention Monday night to watch his wife Melania Trump speak and hasn't ruled out delivering remarks of his own.  —  The presumptive Republican nominee called in to Fox News' “Fox and Friends” …
Discussion: KSNG-TV, Joe.My.God., The Hill and Breitbart
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Curtain goes up on Trump show
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Denounces John Kasich in Ohio, Where Convention Begins
Discussion: Politicus USA
New York Daily News:
Donald Trump selects Scott Baio as speaker for Republican National Convention
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, speak to Lesley Stahl in their first joint interview  —  The following is a script from “The Republican Ticket” which aired on July 17, 2016.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   Four times Donald Trump answered Mike Pence's questions on ‘60 Minutes’
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Baton Rouge Shooter Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube Channel [VIDEO]  —  A Youtube account operated by Gavin Eugene Long and discovered by The Daily Caller reveals key insight into what might have motivated the 29-year-old black man …
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NBC News:
Gavin or ‘Cosmo’?  Baton Rouge Shooter Left Long, Twisted Digital Footprint  —  The suspect in the fatal shooting of three Baton Rouge cops maintained a robust social media presence and a website called Convos With Cosmo in which he describes himself as a “freedom strategist, mental game coach …
Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Judge acquits Lt. Brian Rice of all charges … Prosecutors in Baltimore have failed for the fourth time to secure a conviction in the Freddie Gray case, with Circuit Judge Barry Williams acquitting Lt. Brian Rice of all charges related to Gray's arrest and death.
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
The Fire Spreads  —  Three cops dead in Baton Rouge, and the analogies to the 1960s deepen.  —  Public safety  —  Perhaps it will turn out that the latest assassination of police officers, this time in Baton Rouge, is unrelated to the hatred fomented by the Black Lives Matter movement.
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The Advocate:
‘Humble, kind, sweet,’ new dad Montrell Jackson one of Baton Rouge officers killed in attack
Andrew Holleran / College Spun:
Facebook Post From Baton Rouge Police Officer Killed Today Is Going Viral
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Confused by Contradictory Polls?  Take a Step Back  —  It has been a rocky few weeks all over the world.  Only a few surprising presidential poll results have broken through in a news cycle dominated by shootings by and of the police, the F.B.I.'s decision not to indict Hillary Clinton …
Bloomberg:
United Suspends Pilot Who Called for Hanging Hillary Clinton  —  Airline is investigating Folk, who began at United in 2008  —  Tweet said Clinton should be ‘hung on the mall’ in D.C.  —  United Airlines suspended pilot and Republican West Virginia lawmaker Michael Folk from flying pending …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Towleroad
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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump doesn't read much.  Being president probably wouldn't change that.  —  NEW YORK — As he has prepared to be named the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump has not read any biographies of presidents.  He said he would like to someday.  —  He has no time to read, he said: “I never have.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump stood on a  —  debate stage in downtown Detroit, surrounded by haters he was determined to dispatch: Liddle Marco to his right, Lyin' Ted to his left, Megyn Kelly at the moderator's table straight ahead, and — somewhere out there, in a darkened living room 1,500 miles away — me.
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump on Obama's police shooting response: 'Look at the body language.  There's something going on'  —  When it comes to violence against law enforcement, Donald Trump says there is “something going on” with President Barack Obama's response.  —  The president was forced to address …
Dinesh D'Souza / National Review:
How the Clinton Foundation Got Rich off Poor Haitians  —  It filtered money through Haiti and back to itself.  —  EDITOR'S NOTE:  —  The following article is excerpted from Dinesh D'Souza's new book, Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Ted Cruz contemplates the unthinkable  —  One of these days, and maybe soon, Ted Cruz just might have to endorse Donald Trump.  —  But he'll never concede Trump could have beaten him in a fair fight — and he'll never accept that Trump's me-first philosophy represents a sustainable future for the GOP.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
John McCain On Nice Attack: Obama “Allowed This To Happen”
Discussion: Political Wire
John Kryk / Toronto Sun:
Exclusive: NFL set to study narrower uprights
Discussion: CBS Boston, AOL and ProFootballTalk
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Party of Two  —  Joe Biden wouldn't take the hint …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich: Bushes are behaving ‘childishly’
Discussion: RedState
Barack Obama / Wall Street Journal:
Merrick Garland Deserves a Vote—For Democracy's Sake
Discussion: Politicus USA and SCOTUSblog
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
In Heated Interview, Sheriff Blames Black Lives Matter For Police Shootings
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Republican Convention Will Push Limits of a Candidate and the News Media
 Earlier Items: 
Emily Richmond / The Atlantic:
Why Are Third-Graders Afraid of Donald Trump?
Keiligh Baker / Daily Mail:
The universe as you've never seen it before: Groundbreaking radio telescope finds 1,300 galaxies …
John Nichols / The Nation:
Republicans Will Nominate a Candidate Who Would Violate the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Post:
Al Sharpton sued for allegedly swiping $16K from Arizona man
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders dreading Trump's convention
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Associated Press