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2:35 PM ET, July 18, 2016

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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Politicus USA
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.
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
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
Would RNC protests help Donald Trump? His campaign chief thinks so
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Obama's police shooting response: 'Look at the body language. There's something going on'
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Curtain goes up on Trump show
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Manafort: Urban unrest, protests help Trump
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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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 …
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  —  Trump Closes in on Clinton … - As Cleveland prepares to host the Republican National Convention, the Monmouth University Poll finds that Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump nationally has shrunk in the past month as support for third party candidates has also waned.
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.
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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Doni Bloomfield / Chicago Tribune:   United Airlines suspends pilot-lawmaker who called for hanging Hillary Clinton
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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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
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.
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
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.”
Discussion: Daily Kos, Political Wire 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.
 
 
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Party of Two  —  Joe Biden wouldn't take the hint …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Gingrich: Bushes are behaving ‘childishly’
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Ted Cruz contemplates the unthinkable
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Emily Richmond / The Atlantic:
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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
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer
 
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