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2:00 AM ET, July 28, 2016

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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails  —  DORAL, Fla. — Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton's email, essentially encouraging an adversarial foreign power's cyberspying on a secretary of state's correspondence.
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump Answers Fans' Questions in Reddit AMA  —  Republican nominee Donald Trump visited Reddit tonight as part of an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, and fielded questions from his most ardent supporters on the web.  —  Trump has been an Internet phenomenon since announcing his candidacy in 2015 …
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Donald Trump vs. America: The GOP presidential nominee explicitly asks Russia to violate our national security  —  Trump's call for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's email is insane, and Republicans have to answer for it  —  It's not often you see a major-party presidential candidate invite …
Jake Novak / CNBC:
The Democrats just fell for Trump's Russian email-hack bait  —  Trump: I hope Russia finds ‘the 30,000 emails that are missing’  —  Grand Theft Convention.  —  No, that's not a new video game.  But it is what we just saw Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump do to the Democrats …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's falsehood-laden press conference, annotated  —  On Wednesday, Donald Trump held a press conference in Florida, focused largely on questions about his possible relationships with Russian business interests.  True to form, the conversation ranged much more widely than that …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Trump's Russia talk ‘disqualifying’ … Famed reporter Carl Bernstein says Donald Trump  —  's controversial comments Wednesday on Russia should end his presidential run.  —  “Today, we have reached a tipping point in this election,” Bernstein said Wednesday on CNN.
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Hope Is Handed Off, as Obama Makes Way for Hillary Clinton  —  The Democratic Party's Obama era morphed into another Clinton one on Wednesday night with a series of roars, a warm embrace, and a brash show of teamwork, with the outgoing and would-be incoming president again looking to capture some hope.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden tweets for first time in 492 days  —  Vice President Joe Biden dusted off an old Twitter account Wednesday night to prep for his speech boosting Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Committee.  —  “It's good to be back, folks.  We've got less than 4 months until Election Day, and I need you with me.
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
‘Treason’?  Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments  —  Donald Trump's call on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails has shocked, flabbergasted and appalled lawmakers and national security experts across the political spectrum, with one saying it was “tantamount to treason.”
Nick Gass / Politico:
O'Malley: 'To hell with Trump's American nightmare'
Discussion: ABC News
Politico:
Full text: President Obama's DNC speech
Discussion: Vox, The Nation and ABC News
Katie Hicks / Vox:
Read Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech transcript
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Tim Kaine Says He ‘Never Expected to Be Here’ in Accepting VP Role
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and 'We Don't Look to Be Ruled'
Discussion: Politico
Tyler Pager / Politico:
Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Donald Trump Just Got Hillary Clinton To Admit Her E-mails Are A ‘National Security Issue’
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At the Democratic convention, women seize their moment — and momentum
Discussion: ABC News
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Aide: Trump ‘will not be releasing’ taxes
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump urges Russia to hack Clinton's emails
ABC News:
Kaine ‘Never Expected’ to Become VP Pick
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails  —  Another shoe has been dropped by Wikileaks.  —  On the night President Obama and Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine were scheduled to speak to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the anti-secrecy whistle-blower group released hacked voicemails of top Democratic officials.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails  —  WikiLeaks on Wednesday released a number of voicemail message recordings that were purportedly stolen from the Democratic National Committee (DNC).  —  The voicemails come a week after the site published a trove of emails from the DNC that many believe were stolen by Russian hackers.
Discussion: Right
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Melania Trump's Website, Biography Have Disappeared From The Internet  —  The apparent scrubbing job comes after speculation over whether she earned an undergraduate degree, as previously claimed.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  The professional website of Melania Trump …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Melania Trump website scrubbed from internet  —  Melania Trump's professional website was recently deleted from the internet, according to The Huffington Post.  —  The deletion comes amid questions from the media about her degree in architecture from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
Discussion: RedState
Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
Some readers unconvinced by our True rating for White House slave claim  —  On the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, we rated Michelle Obama's statement that the White House “was built by slaves” as True.  —  As we wrote in our fact-check, “Strictly speaking …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Abigail Adams Proves Bill O'Reilly Wrong About Slavery  —  In her widely lauded speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Michelle Obama reflected on the remarkable fact of her African American family living in the executive mansion.  “I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves.
Colleen McCain Nelson / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Aide Robby Mook Needles Trump on Battlegrounds Plan  —  PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Clinton's campaign manager on Wednesday challenged Donald Trump's claim that he could be competitive in Democratic strongholds, urging the Republican nominee to stump in traditionally blue states.
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:   McAuliffe fuels new distrust of Clinton over her position on trade
Kerry Lester / Daily Herald:
Exclusive: Women reject settlement in Duckworth workplace retaliation lawsuit … The day before congresswoman Tammy Duckworth is scheduled to deliver a major speech on the main stage at the Democratic National Convention, two women who filed a workplace retaliation suit against her have …
Discussion: National Review
Brett M. Decker / USA Today:
Woopsies, gunplay didn't disrupt Republican convention: Column  —  Heavily armed law-abiding citizens not the threat that local police, national opinionators feared.  —  Last week's Republican convention proved that the Second Amendment works.  A major push to limit gun rights failed …
Discussion: Hit & Run
 
 
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Top Sanders Backer: I Was Kicked Off the Convention Program and “No Reason Was Given”
Discussion: AOL and Vox
Bloomberg:
Silicon Valley Elites Get Home Loans With No Money Down
Discussion: Gizmodo
Nicola Agius / mirror:
Barack Obama's brother Malik slates him in bizarre interview and reveals he's voting for Donald Trump
Gareth Davies / Daily Mail:
Gang of Muslims storm nudist pool in Germany yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ …
Reuters:
Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents
Alfredo Alcantara / CNN:
Milo Yiannopoulos: I will continue to be as offensive as possible
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Trump confuses Clinton's running mate with former New Jersey governor
Discussion: RedState and The Atlantic
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump to NBC's Katy Tur: ‘Be quiet’
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Have we stopped to appreciate how crazy Donald Trump has gotten recently?
Bloomberg:
As Corn Devours U.S. Prairies, Greens Reconsider Biofuel Mandate
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Bill Clinton's Love Song
Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Charges against three remaining officers dropped
 

 
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