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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chaos erupts on GOP convention floor after voice vote shuts down Never Trump forces — CLEVELAND — The Republican party came within a whisker of reaching the unity it had long sought Monday. What it got instead was convention floor chaos. — After mounting for weeks …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just can't yield the spotlight — CLEVELAND — Patricia Smith stood on the stage of the Republican National Convention and emotionally blamed the death of her son in Benghazi, Libya, on Hillary Clinton. Suddenly, Fox News Channel cut away to interview the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
CNN:
Melania's moment — Cleveland (CNN)Melania Trump stepped onto center stage Monday for the highest-profile speech of her life, offering testimony about the character of her husband, Donald Trump, and saying he would never let America down. — The former fashion model …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Melania Trump's speech plagiarizes parts of Michelle Obama's — (CNN)At least one passage in Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention in 2008. — Side-by-side comparisons …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump dials into Fox to bash Kasich during convention action — As Pat Smith, the mother of one of the Americans killed in Benghazi tearfully addressed the Republican National Convention on Monday, Donald Trump phoned into Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's show and bashed John Kasich for not showing up to the confab.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's speech appears to have cribbed from Michelle Obama's in 2008 — In 2008, Michelle Obama was in the position in which Melania Trump found herself on Monday night, pressed into service giving a speech making the case for her husband's candidacy.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
An ex-senator called Trump backers “brownshirts,” in case you wondered how the RNC's going — Former Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) hasn't been a major national political figure for some time. While he was a leading conservative in the Senate from 1978 to 1990, he faded away after he declined …
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump's RNC Speech Follows Michelle Obama's Nearly Verbatim — In her prime time speech at the Republican National Convention Monday evening, Donald Trump's wife Melania appeared to lift significant portions from a speech delivered by now-First Lady Michelle Obama …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In a divided GOP, the lone uniter is Hillary Clinton
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Milwaukee sheriff at RNC: ‘Blue lives matter’
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Melania Trump's prime-time speech was strikingly similar to Michelle Obama's
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New York Times:
Rancor Reigns as Bitterly Divided Republicans Begin Their Convention
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Speaker Scott Baio Tweeted Meme Referring To Hillary Clinton As A C**t
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
5 Things to Know About Melania Trump
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
RNC - CHAOS in Cleveland. Chair IGNORES Successfully Filed Petition for Rules Committee Roll Call Vote (UPDATED)
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Day 1: GOP civil war breaks out in Cleveland
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump Campaign Denounces John Kasich in Ohio, Where Convention Begins
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones: Donald Trump Is Bringing Our Views Into The Mainstream
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BBC:
Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg — A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train in southern Germany before being shot dead by police, officials say. — Three people were seriously hurt and one suffered minor injuries in the attack in Wuerzburg, police said.
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Daily Mail:
Horror as 19 people are hospitalised by 17-year-old Afghan refugee wielding an AXE and shouting …
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Richard Wheatstone / Mirror.co.uk:
Germany train axe attack: Afghan teenage refugee shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ goes on bloody rampage hacking passengers
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
And Here's Your First TrumpVention Debacle — I'm a pretty healthy guy. But I had a bad sinus headache this afternoon and went to rest in the TPM nap room. I left with boring speakers droning on the platform in Cleveland. I come back and all hell's broken loose.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Never Trumpers Denied Vote In Disruptive Early Moments Of Convention (VIDEO)
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) offered an unusual defense of the racial homogeneity of his party during a panel on MSNBC Monday evening. — The group, led by Chris Hayes, was discussing …
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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 …
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: SECRET DOCUMENT EASES IRAN NUCLEAR CONSTRAINTS — VIENNA (AP) — Key restrictions on Iran's nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will ease in slightly more than a decade, cutting the time Tehran would need to build a bomb to six months from present estimates …
Tammy Bush Mayo / Facebook:
My husband is a Deputy Sheriff in Lee County, Alabama and tonight a Deputy on his shift went into Taco Bell in Phenix City, AL and was told that they don't serve cops. A lady waiting for her food spoke up to say that she was about to ask for a refund because she didn't want to eat somewhere with a cop.
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