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2:15 PM ET, July 27, 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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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Aide: Trump ‘will not be releasing’ taxes  —  said Wednesday that the Republican presidential nominee “will not be releasing” his taxes.  —  “Mr. Trump has said that his taxes are under audit and he will not be releasing them,” Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort told “CBS This Morning.”
CBS Miami:
CBS4 News Exclusive: Trump Denies Ties To Russia  —  DORAL - In his most extensive remarks on allegations that Russia is attempting to influence the presidential election in his favor, Republican nominee Donald Trump flatly denied any ties to the Russian government or Russian investors.
New York Times:
Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.  —  WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have told the White House they now have “high confidence” that the Russian government was behind the theft of emails and documents from the Democratic National Committee …
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Trump Says He Hopes Russia Finds Clinton's Deleted Emails  —  Donald Trump said he has “never spoken” to Vladimir Putin amid allegations that his campaign colluded with the Russian president to hack Democratic National Committee emails.  But the Republican presidential nominee encouraged Putin to find Hillary Clinton's missing emails.
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump Calls on Russia to ‘Find’ Missing Clinton Emails  —  Trump: I hope Russia Has Clinton's Missing Emails 0:15  —  Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to “find” the missing emails from Hillary Clinton's private server.  —  “Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Manafort: Trump Still Not Going To Release His Tax Returns
Discussion: Warren Throckmorton
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Assange Timed WikiLeaks Release of Democratic Emails to Harm Hillary Clinton
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Spokesman: “Putin Should Stay Out Of This Election”
Discussion: Vox, Politico and New York Times
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Now Says He Never Met Putin After Bragging About Chats With Him
Discussion: The Atlantic and The Daily Caller
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
US has ‘high confidence’ Russia behind DNC hack: report
Discussion: Guardian
Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Charges against three remaining officers dropped  —  Photos from the trial for Officer Garrett Miller, one of six Baltimore police officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray.  Photos also include images of Miller attending hearings and trials of other officers in the case.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. to be freed after 35 years  —  John W. Hinckley, Jr., will be released from a government psychiatric hospital more than 35 years after he attempted to assassinate president Ronald Reagan and shot three others outside the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
John Hinckley, Who Tried To Kill A President, Wins His Freedom  —  Thirty-five years after he tried to kill a president, John Hinckley has won his freedom.  —  A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has granted a request for Hinckley to leave the mental hospital where he's lived for decades …
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Bill Clinton's Love Song  —  His speech was long, beautiful, and finally gave Hillary the credit she deserves.  —  It was, to be sure, a very long speech.  Maybe not as long as the last very long speech, but it felt even longer because it was a speech styled not as a rip-snorting political message …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Bill's desperate bid to humanize Hillary shows fear she might lose
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:   How the Clintons Got Rich Selling Influence While Decrying Greed
Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Bill Clinton Gets It Right
Discussion: CNN and Taylor Marsh
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: IRS Launches Investigation Of Clinton Foundation  —  Emails: DNC Staffers Annoyed At Having To Commemorate Holocaust  —  This White Hillary Voter HATES That This Black Bernie Supporter Is Blaming Democrats  —  Is Joe Biden In Denial?  —  POLITICS |  ALEX PAPPAS  —  ‘Come on man’
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Bill Clinton's Lapse Into Trumpism  —  I love Bill Clinton.  But I didn't love his speech Tuesday night in Philadelphia.  Given the job of humanizing his wife, he came across as genuinely smitten.  But he failed to do what he's done in every convention speech he's delivered since 1992 …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Common Dreams
Bloomberg:
Obama's Economy Left Behind the Voter Coalition Clinton Covets  —  Clinton counts on youth, minorities behind Democrats' 2008 win  —  Trump still seen as alienating to disaffected Obama backers  —  The young people and minorities who propelled President Barack Obama into office …
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Politico:
Full text: Bill Clinton's DNC speech  —  Remarks as prepared for delivery:  —  In the spring of 1971, I met a girl.  The first time I saw her, we were, appropriately enough, in a class on political and civil rights.  She had thick blond hair, big glasses.  Wore no makeup.
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David Segal / New York Times:
Confessor.  Feminist.  Adult.  What the Hell Happened to Howard Stern?  —  Scattered among the gleefully vulgar mainstays are now intimate exchanges that have made Mr. Stern one of the most deft interviewers in the business.  —  Near the end of his interview with Bill Murray …
Discussion: Althouse
Bloomberg:
As Corn Devours U.S. Prairies, Greens Reconsider Biofuel Mandate  —  Groups now seek overhaul of U.S. renewable fuel quota  —  Program blamed for boosting corn crops at prairie's expense  —  Environmentalists who once championed biofuels as a way to cut pollution are now turning …
Mark Molloy / Telegraph:
‘Someday a woman will be president’: Why a T-shirt controversy from 1995 has gone viral  —  In just a few months, the United States could have its first female president in Hillary Clinton- but an archive news article widely shared online this week suggests attitudes were very different back in 1995.
Discussion: The Week and Jezebel
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: Slaves Who Built White House Were “Well-Fed And Had Decent Lodgings Provided By The Government”  —  BILL O'REILLY (HOST): Finally tonight, Factor Tip of The Day.  As we mentioned, Talking Points Memo, Michelle Obama referenced slaves building the White House in referring to the evolution of America in a positive way.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton friend McAuliffe says Clinton will flip on TPP, then walks it back  —  PHILADELPHIA — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, longtime best friend to the Clintons, said Tuesday that he believes Hillary Clinton will support the TPP trade deal if elected president, with some tweaks.
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush's Brother Marvin Endorses Gary Johnson For President
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's falsehood-laden press conference, annotated
Chicago Tribune:
Obama chooses historic Jackson Park as library site
Discussion: LJ INFOdocket and CBS Chicago
Farida Fawzy / CNN:
Wait, the Ice Bucket Challenge actually worked?
Discussion: WSLS-TV and Mashable
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Clinton Running Mate Kaine Endorses Repeal of Hyde Amendment on Abortion
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Rewire
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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Clinton's Only Consistency: Ghastliness on Abortion
Discussion: LifeNews.com
The Hill:
Democrats: We can win on guns
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WTTG-TV:
Uniformed Alexandria officer denied service at Noodles & Company
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Young Muslims Threaten Nudist Bathers With ‘Extermination’
 

 
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