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3:15 PM ET, July 18, 2016

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Denounces John Kasich in Ohio, Where Convention Begins  —  CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump's chief adviser used the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday to excoriate Gov. John R. Kasich for not endorsing Mr. Trump, touching off a remarkably bitter exchange between …
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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 …
New York Times:
Scrambling, Planners of the Republican Convention Put ‘Showbiz’ Off to the Wings  —  CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump was told, no, it was not sensible to have Don King, the flamboyant boxing promoter, address the Republican convention.  But Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly boasted of having Mr. King's support, kept pressing the matter.
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 on Monday night to watch his wife, Melania, speak, and hasn't ruled out delivering remarks of his own.  —  The presumptive Republican nominee called in to Fox News' “Fox & Friends” …
Discussion: KSNG-TV, Joe.My.God., The Hill and Breitbart
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Obama's police shooting response: 'Look at the body language. There's something going on'
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Never Trump delegates have support needed to force rules vote
Discussion: ABC News
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
Would RNC protests help Donald Trump? His campaign chief thinks so
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and Raw Story
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Curtain goes up on Trump show
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Murdochs Have Decided to Remove Roger Ailes — the Only Question Now Is When  —  Roger Ailes's tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end.  Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing …
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 …
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 …
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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Trump gains on Clinton in Monmouth poll  —  , according to a new poll from Monmouth University.  —  As he gets set for this week's Republican National Convention, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee has cut Clinton's lead in half over the last month, the poll released Monday found.
Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute
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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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Baton Rouge Shooter Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube Channel [VIDEO]
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Shootings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NBC News:
Gavin or ‘Cosmo’? Baton Rouge Shooter Left Long, Twisted Digital Footprint
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.
J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
‘Are You Gonna Let Me Talk?’:  CNN Interview on ‘Phony Movement’ Black Lives Matter Derails  —  During what was supposed to be an otherwise civil discourse about policing in the wake of another American tragedy Sunday that claimed the lives of three officers in uniform …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Raw Story
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
In Heated Interview, Sheriff Blames Black Lives Matter For Police Shootings
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Van Etten, Soon-to-Be RNC Star, Peddles Pills that Make Alex Jones ‘Crazed’  —  A marketer who sells pills based on pseudoscience just landed a primetime speaking slot at the RNC.  Among her fans: Infowars' Alex Jones, who says the supplements make him “crazed and aggressive.”
Discussion: Guardian and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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Milo / Breitbart:
Teenage Boys With Tits: Here's My Problem With Ghostbusters  —  I'd have loved nothing more than to give Ghostbusters a glowing review.  Seriously!  Can you imagine a better troll?  Extolling the virtues of a film that my loyal readership has been warring with social justice warriors over for months?
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump campaign guts GOP's anti-Russia stance on Ukraine  —  The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform won't call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces, contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington.
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and Political Wire
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
John McCain On Nice Attack: Obama “Allowed This To Happen”  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain says President Obama “allowed” the Bastille Day attack in Nice that left at least 84 people dead to happen, blaming his policies towards ISIS for failing “America and the world.”
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: Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
Dallas Franklin / KFOR-TV:
Unknown man allegedly broke into Oklahoma City man's home, watched while he slept  —  OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City family needs your help identifying a man who allegedly broke into their home while they were sleeping.  —  On July 11, police were called to the 14000 block of Butterfield drive …
 
 
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James Delingpole / Breitbart:
Muslims Were The Real Victims Of The Nice Terror Attack, The BBC Explains
Vox:
The Republicans waged a 3-decade war on government. They got Trump.
Discussion: New York Times
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: ABC News and RedState
 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
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump doesn't read much. Being president probably wouldn't change that.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders dreading Trump's convention
Discussion: Associated Press
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
The Republican Ticket: Trump and Pence
 

 
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Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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