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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 …
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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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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.
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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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.
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Melania Trump's RNC speech appears to swipe lines from Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC speech — Melania Trump's first major stump speech for her husband and White House hopeful Donald Trump was supposed to be uplifting, but instead appeared to have lifted lines from First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In a divided GOP, the lone uniter is Hillary Clinton — CLEVELAND — The opening day of the Republican National Convention provided as much evidence as anyone needs that a party in search of unity has but one real path to get there: attacking Hillary Clinton.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Melania Trump's prime-time speech was strikingly similar to Michelle Obama's — A passage of Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday night bore a striking resemblance to the speech delivered nearly eight years ago by another first lady hopeful, Michelle Obama.
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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign denies Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
An ex-senator called Trump backers “brownshirts,” in case you wondered how the RNC's going
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Tegna / WKYC-TV:
Utah delegate threatened in RNC bathroom
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New York Times:
It's Donald Trump's Convention. But the Inspiration? Nixon.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Milwaukee sheriff at RNC: ‘Blue lives matter’
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Chris Matthews: GOP ‘ruined’ evening by having ‘that woman’ speak on Benghazi
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New York Times:
Melania Trump's Speech Bears Striking Similarities to Michelle Obama's in 2008
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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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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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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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NPR:
Log Cabin Republicans President Criticizes GOP Platform — NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Gregory Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, a group that advocates for equal rights for LBGT people. — ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: — Mara, I want you to hang in to talk about what's going to happen at the convention.
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump campaign guts GOP's anti-Russia stance on Ukraine
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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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