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Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack — CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump, on the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, said Wednesday that if he were elected, he would not pressure Turkey or other authoritarian allies about conducting purges …
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Transcript: Donald Trump on NATO, Turkey's Coup Attempt and the World — Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, discussed his views on foreign policy in Cleveland on Wednesday with David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Here is an edited transcript of their interview.
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Breitbart:
Exclusive — Sarah Palin to Ted Cruz: Delete Your Career — In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, former Alaska Governor and 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin weighed in on Senator Ted Cruz's refusal to honor his pledge and endorse the GOP nominee Donald Trump.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's nomination is the first time American politics has left me truly afraid — Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid.
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Cruz Campaign Manager: Christie “Turned Over His Political Testicles Long Ago” — Jeff Roe responded to the New Jersey governor's criticism of Cruz's convention speech. — Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images — Ted Cruz's campaign manager responded on Thursday to Chris Christie's criticism …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
I Choose Ted — I find it nothing short of hilarious how so many seasoned political journalists (including many of my colleagues — and betters — at Fox) are visibly shocked and appalled by what Cruz did last night. Ever since I was a kid, the political press — left, right and center …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz defends distance from Trump: I won't be ‘servile puppy’ … (R-Texas) on Thursday morning defended distancing himself from Donald Trump — , refusing to say he's voting for Trump and ripping the Republican National Convention's response to his speech the night before.
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Camp: Trump Campaign Approved Speech, ‘Orchestrated’ RNC Blowback To ‘Make Cruz a Pariah’ — Late Wednesday night, a source within the Cruz team informed Daily Wire exclusively that the Trump campaign had sandbagged Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over his speech at the Republican National Convention.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Roger Stone, Alex Jones plot primary challenge to Cruz
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Turns the Tables on Trump. Hard.
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Stirs Convention Fury in Pointed Snub of Donald Trump
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Ted Cruz ‘Not in the Habit’ of Endorsing People Who Attack His Family
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
‘Vote Your Conscience’ Was A Rorschach Test, And Donald Trump's Campaign Failed
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence: Trump Would Stand by US's NATO Allies
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
It's Official: Hillary Clinton Is Running Against Vladimir Putin
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kasich doesn't regret skipping convention
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: I won't be a ‘servile puppy dog’ for Trump
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's NATO comments are the scariest thing he's said
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trump Adviser Hints Trump May Back Primary Challenger To Cruz In '18
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Mike Huckabee / Facebook:
The question of the night was whether Ted Cruz would honor …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's massive political gamble, explained
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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Is Heckled Again the Morning After His Non-Endorsement
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The Right Scoop:
EPIC! Ted Cruz SCHOOLS delegate on why didn't honor his pledge and support Trump [WATCH!]
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Francois Lenoir / BuzzFeed:
NATO Chief Hits Back After Trump Says He Wouldn't Automatically Defend Member Countries
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Chris Christie says Ted Cruz speech ‘awful’ and ‘selfish’
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Cruz's convention gambit backfiring badly—and now he's on the defensive
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Republicans rip Trump over NATO plan
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Ted Cruz Reopens Party Wounds on Dramatic RNC Convention Night
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Johari Canty / WSVN-TV:
Video shows moments before North Miami Police shot unarmed black man — A therapist who works with people with disabilities is telling his story after he said North Miami police shot him while he was trying to help his patient with autism. — Cellphone video was released Wednesday afternoon …
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Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Cop shoots caretaker of autistic man playing in the street with toy truck — Cellphone video shows the man on ground with hands in the air — As the worker lays there, the autistic man continues to play with his toy — There's no indication a weapon of any type was found at the scene
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Fla. police shoot black man with his hands up as he tries to help autistic patient — Police in South Florida shot an unarmed black caretaker Monday as he tried to help his autistic patient. — Charles Kinsey was trying to retrieve a young autistic man who had wandered away …
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Elon Musk / Tesla Motors:
Mobile Menu — Master Plan, Part Deux — The first master plan that I wrote 10 years ago is now in the final stages of completion. It wasn't all that complicated and basically consisted of: — And... The reason we had to start off with step 1 was that it was all I could afford to do with what I made from PayPal.
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
MSNBC Warns Sensitive Viewers Before Showing Anti-Hillary Buttons — Warning, sensitive MSNBC viewers may want to look away. That's essentially what Rachel Maddow told liberal watchers on Wednesday night before showing a picture of anti-Hillary Clinton buttons at the Republican convention.
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Joe Klein / TIME:
An Unhinged Republican Convention and the Nation's Greatest Test — The Republican Convention opened with a distraught mother, tears in her eyes, saying something palpably outrageous: “I blame Hillary Clinton. I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son-personally.”
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
2 health insurance mega-mergers are underway. Now Obama's trying to stop them. — The Obama administration wants to block two health insurance mega-mergers. — The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it would file lawsuits against the proposed merger of Cigna and Anthem, and of Humana and Aetna.
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