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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 …
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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 …
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Associated Press, Politico and The Last Refuge
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Was ‘Being Sarcastic’ When I Asked Russia To Release Clinton Emails — In an interview that aired Thursday morning on “Fox and Friends,” Donald Trump said he was not being serious when he called on Russia to find and release emails deleted by Hillary Clinton.
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The Week, The Verge and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …
Politico:
Full text: President Obama's DNC speech
Full text: President Obama's DNC speech
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Althouse, The National Interest, Vox, Business Insider, The Nation and New York Magazine
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Donald Trump vs. America: The GOP presidential nominee explicitly asks Russia to violate our national security
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails
Donald Trump Calls on Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails
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Los Angeles Times:
Transcript: President Obama's Democratic National Convention speech
Transcript: President Obama's Democratic National Convention speech
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The Daily Caller and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »
Katie Hicks / Vox:
Read Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech transcript
Read Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech transcript
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2016 Democratic National … and Washington Post
Michael Vickers / Politico:
Why Trump Fails—and Clinton Passes—the Commander-in-Chief Test
Why Trump Fails—and Clinton Passes—the Commander-in-Chief Test
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Mother Jones and Hullabaloo
Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden tweets for first time in 492 days
Biden tweets for first time in 492 days
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ABC News and Washington Post
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
4 Ways Donald Trump Is Living Rent-Free In The DNC's Head
4 Ways Donald Trump Is Living Rent-Free In The DNC's Head
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ABC News, Campaign for America's Future, CBS New York, Washington Examiner, Mother Jones and Liberty Unyielding
Jeanne Sahadi / CNNMoney:
What Trump's tax returns could reveal about Russia
What Trump's tax returns could reveal about Russia
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, The San Diego Union …, Washington Post, Right Wing Watch, The Daily Caller, fox8.com and Vox
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and 'We Don't Look to Be Ruled'
President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and 'We Don't Look to Be Ruled'
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Politico and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Call for Russia to Hack the U.S. Might Be a Felony
Donald Trump's Call for Russia to Hack the U.S. Might Be a Felony
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Washington Post, Hot Air, CBS New York, Nextgov, The Atlantic, Vox, The Week and NoisyRoom.net
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Tim Kaine Says He ‘Never Expected to Be Here’ in Accepting VP Role
Tim Kaine Says He ‘Never Expected to Be Here’ in Accepting VP Role
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Politico, Associated Press and Washington Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's falsehood-laden press conference, annotated
Donald Trump's falsehood-laden press conference, annotated
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Politico, Vox, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Crime and Consequences Blog
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.
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent — Democratic runner-up says more DNC staff should leave over emails — PHILADELPHIA - Bernie Sanders said he plans to return to the Senate as an independent, despite winning 13 million votes in the Democratic Party's presidential primary contest.
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Heat Street, Hot Air and The Week
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
The Democrats' well-deserved WikiLeaks blowback
The Democrats' well-deserved WikiLeaks blowback
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, Morning Consult, The Next Web, Daily Kos and Scared Monkeys
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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Political Insider blog, AOL, Little Green Footballs and Raw Story
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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.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’ — While trying to take the barrage of Democratic National Convention attacks against him in stride, Donald Trump admitted in an interview with Fox News aired Thursday that he cannot help but “take it a little bit personally.”
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Hope Is Handed Off, as Obama Makes Way for Hillary Clinton
ANALYSIS: Hope Is Handed Off, as Obama Makes Way for Hillary Clinton
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Politico and Associated Press
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
How Abigail Adams Proves Bill O'Reilly Wrong About Slavery
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Washington Post, AOL, Guardian and Business Insider
New York Times:
Championing Optimism, Obama Hails Clinton as His Political Heir — PHILADELPHIA — President Obama delivered a stirring valedictory address at the Democratic convention Wednesday night, hailing Hillary Clinton as his rightful political heir and the party's best hope to protect democracy from …
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Politico, Taylor Marsh, No More Mister Nice Blog and CNN
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Former CIA director questions Trump's loyalty to the US: report … Former CIA Director Leon Panetta on Wednesday questioned Donald Trump — 's loyalty to the United States, according to CNN's Christiane Amanpour. … Panetta told the network it was “totally outrageous” …
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CNN, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Unqualified Offerings
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Light streaks across night sky, generating a frenzy — A streak of light burst across the night sky late Wednesday, generating a frenzy and prompting questions: — Was it a meteor or meteor shower? A fireball or smoldering satellite? — From witness accounts, the glowing trail was spotted in Nevada …
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Media won't ask Chelsea Clinton about her father's treatment of women — PHILADELPHIA — Ivanka Trump, daughter of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, is constantly asked about her father's treatment of and statements about women. The same cannot be said of Chelsea Clinton …
New York Times:
After Lying Low, Deep-Pocketed Clinton Donors Return to the Fore — PHILADELPHIA — In a luxury suite high above the convention floor, some of the Democratic Party's most generous patrons sipped cocktails and caught up with old friends, tuning out Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Monday …