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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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Questions Over Melania Trump's Speech Set Off Finger-Pointing — CLEVELAND — The Republican Party woke up to a cascade of finger-pointing and confusion on Tuesday as the Trump campaign was rocked by accusations that parts of Melania Trump's convention speech had been cribbed …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Violence, Blood and Betrayal inside the Trump Potemkin Village — On MSNBC last night a bunch of really smart guys were saying how Trump would and must be outraged at how a staffer/speech writer on his campaign let his wife down, embarrassed her on a global stage. That person would immediately be fired.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Did Melania Trump include a Rickroll in the middle of her convention speech? — At first glance, Melania Trump's Republican convention speech on Monday was a pretty ordinary candidate's spouse address, but subsequent readings suggest a whole lot went awry here.
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John McCormick / Bloomberg.com:
RNC Chairman Says He'd Consider Firing Melania Trump's Speechwriter — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus defended Melania Trump on Tuesday after her convention speech drew charges of plagiarism, saying he'd “probably” fire the speechwriter if it were his decision.
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign does damage control after Melania plagiarism charges — Donald Trump's campaign shifted into damage control mode on Tuesday, as a blame game intensified over who was responsible for the plagiarism flap surrounding Melania Trump's primetime speech, with campaign manager Paul Manafort in the center of the mess.
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Julian Routh / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Manafort Blames Hillary Clinton for Melania Trump Speech Plagiarism Allegation — Melania Trump used “common words and values” in her prime-time Republican National Convention speech Monday night, said Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday, blaming Hillary Clinton for alleging …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Melania Trump's plagiarism matters because it exposes Donald Trump's profound laziness — That Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention contained material plagiarized from Michelle Obama's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention is not the most significant issue in the world.
Scott Bixby / Guardian:
Republican convention live: Trump campaign insists speech not plagiarised — Paul Ryan and Ben Carson among speakers at RNC day two on the economy, as campaign claims Melania Trump's speech was not lifted from Michelle Obama — Trump backers play to fears of America on opening night of convention
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
This mashup of Melania Trump reading text plagiarized from Michelle Obama is incredibly damaging.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump aide: Michelle Obama didn't invent the English language
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Carson: Melania's alleged plagiarism a sign ‘we share the same values’
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Chris Matthews: GOP ‘ruined’ evening by having ‘that woman’ speak on Benghazi
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign denies Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech
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Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump's RNC Speech Follows Michelle Obama's Nearly Verbatim
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's speech appears to have cribbed from Michelle Obama's in 2008
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her — As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit …
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Norovirus outbreak reported among GOP convention staffers — An event worker sweeps the stage at the the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. — A handful of Republican staff members in Cleveland for the GOP convention were reported to be suffering Tuesday from a possible norovirus infection.
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Tegna / WKYC-TV:
Utah delegate threatened in RNC bathroom
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Inside the GOP's Shadow Convention — CLEVELAND—It was mid-April when as many as 1,000 alumni of the most recent Republican administration descended on Dallas for a staff reunion to reminisce about sunnier times. Former President George W. Bush autographed cowboy hats …
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Tom Morgan / Telegraph:
Man ‘knifes French woman and her three daughters’ in Alps resort — A French woman and her three young daughters were severely injured when they were stabbed at a holiday resort on Tuesday by a Moroccan-born man who reportedly shouted that they were too scantily dressed.
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Jennifer Newton / Daily Mail:
Mother and her three daughters, aged between 8 and 14, are stabbed by ‘Muslim’ …
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Tanya Somanader / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
Read President Obama's Open Letter to America's Law Enforcement Community — In the wake of the tragedies in Dallas and Baton Rouge, President Obama penned a letter to the men and women of America's law enforcement community. The President's letter was shared with officers around the country.
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New York Times:
A Third of Nice Truck Attack's Dead Were Muslim, Group Says — NICE, France — When a Tunisian man drove a truck down a crowded street in Nice last week in an attack claimed by the Islamic State, more than one-third of the people he killed were Muslim, the head of a regional Islamic association said on Tuesday.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Ax Attack on German Train
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Pollster Frank Luntz: GOP has ‘lost’ the millennial generation — CLEVELAND — Republican pollster Frank Luntz on Tuesday told delegates at the Republican National Convention that the GOP has “lost” the millennial generation of voters. — Addressing the South Carolina delegation …
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