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Robert Draper / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Picked His Running Mate — One day this past May, Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., reached out to a senior adviser to Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, who left the presidential race just a few weeks before. As a candidate, Kasich declared in March that Trump was …
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Lewandowski Has Been Pitching Donors On His Own Pro-Trump Super PAC
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How Melania Trump's Speech Veered Off Course and Caused an Uproar — CLEVELAND — It was the biggest speech of Melania Trump's life, and her husband, Donald, wanted it to be perfect. — The Trump campaign turned to two high-powered speechwriters, who had helped write signature political oratory …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Biz Staffer Takes Responsibility For Melania Speech Plagiarism — An employee of the Trump Organization, Meredith McIver, took responsibility Wednesday afternoon for lifting lines from Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic convention speech to use in Melania Trump's Monday night speech at the Republican convention in Cleveland.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Melania Trump's Speechwriter Takes Responsibility for Lifted Remarks
Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News:
New Details Emerge About Writing of Melania Trump's Speech
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Melania Trump Trumped by Plagiarism?
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Melania Trump: The Story Behind the Speech She Didn't Deliver
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Vets Adviser: Clinton “Should Be Put In The Firing Line And Shot For Treason” — An adviser to Donald Trump on veterans issues said on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton should be put in a firing line and shot for treason. — New Hampshire state representative Al Baldasaro …
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
Updated: Baldasaro doubles down, says Clinton should be ‘put in firing line, shot for treason’ — Londonderry lawmaker, GOP convention delegate, co-chairs Trump vets coalition — The ever-blunt and always outspoken Al Baldasaro of Londonderry doubled down Wednesday on his comment …
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
George Stephanopoulos: What You Need to Know About RNC Day 3 — There's a lot to look forward to on day three of the Republican National Convention, with big political names scheduled to speak. ABC News' George Stephanopoulos looks ahead at the top story lines to watch for tonight.
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos — After repeatedly suspending him for violating its terms of service, Twitter permanently bans the Breitbart provocateur. — After years of provocation, Twitter has permanently banned Milo Yiannopoulos from its service.
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Lee Stranahan / Breitbart:
WATCH: Breitbart Confronts ‘The Daily Show’ at Milo's ‘Gays for Trump’ Party — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Breitbart News' Joel Pollak sent The Daily Show running for cover, armed only with his cell phone camera, outside a “Gays for Trump” party hosted by Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos near …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Twitter Bars Milo Yiannopoulos in Wake of Leslie Jones's Reports of Abuse
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CNN:
Day 2 of GOP convention speeches: CNN vets the claims — (CNN)The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland on Tuesday for the second night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test. — The team of reporters …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Carson defends ‘Lucifer’ comment: Clinton and Alinsky ‘on a first-name basis’
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Caleb Lewis / Vox:
Republican National Convention day 2 recap: what Republicans discussed (Lucifer) and didn't (jobs)
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James Kirchick / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed If Trump wins, a coup isn't impossible here in the U.S. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at FreedomFest in July 2015, in Las Vegas, where he criticized Sen. John McCain's military record. (John Locher / Associated Press) — Americans viewing …
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump could seek new law to purge government of Obama appointees — If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Megyn Kelly Rallied a Female Colleague to Testify Against Roger Ailes — When Gretchen Carlson filed her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes on July 6, the explosive allegations surely did not surprise Megyn Kelly. Fox News' biggest star has since told lawyers hired …
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Cruz Prepares for High-Stakes Convention Speech with Eye on 2020 — By speaking at Trump's convention without endorsing him, the Texas senator hopes to placate both sides of the GOP civil war. — Cleveland — When Ted Cruz takes the stage here on Wednesday evening, what he doesn't say will be as important …
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Heidi Hatch / KUTV-TV:
Utah's delegates go to Trump, not Cruz, state representatives confused, angry
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BBC:
Turkey coup attempt: Crackdown toll passes 50,000 — More than 50,000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended from their jobs by Turkey's government in the wake of last week's failed coup. — The purge of those deemed disloyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan widened on Tuesday …
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Turkey formally requests extradition of cleric from Pa.
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Click2Houston.com:
Rape victim put in jail after breakdown on witness stand — By Jace Larson - Investigative Reporter , Dominique Sachse - Anchor , Aaron Wische - Senior Executive Producer , Debbie Strauss - Special Projects Producer — HOUSTON - A rape victim who had a mental breakdown while testifying …
Carmel Dagan / Variety:
Garry Marshall, ‘Pretty Woman’ Director and Creator of ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 81 — Garry Marshall, who created some of the 1970s' most iconic sitcoms including “Happy Days,” “The Odd Couple,” “Laverne and Shirley” and “Mork and Mindy” and went on to direct hit movies including “Pretty Woman” …
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Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Lobbyists have raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton. For Trump? Zero — Lobbyists have so far raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, while Donald Trump's campaign reports he has collected $0 from K Street fundraisers. — These numbers, derived …
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