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1:15 PM ET, August 1, 2016

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
McCain slams Trump over Khan fight  —  Sen. John McCain slammed Donald Trump Monday morning for feuding with the parents of a fallen Muslim soldier, offering perhaps his sternest rebuke yet of a candidate with whom he has clashed throughout the campaign process.
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Longtime Trump confidant smears Khan family as members of the Muslim Brotherhood  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  While Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence was posting a Facebook statement claiming Donald Trump “cherishes” the Khan family, a close confidant and advisor …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Did Trump go too far?  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's criticism about the Muslim parents of a slain American soldier has generated — once again — a backlash within his own party.  —  Just 100 days from the election, Trump has responded in his standard fashion — dig in, claim he's being treated unfairly and attack back.
Associated Press:
With Khan family, has Trump finally gone too far?  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In a defensive crouch, Donald Trump complained Monday about being “viciously attacked” by the father of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed in Iraq, persisting in an emotionally charged feud that has left him increasingly isolated among fellow Republicans.
Discussion: RedState
Charles Hurt / The Hill:
Khizr Khan was tricked into smearing Donald Trump
Nick Gass / Politico:
VFW rips Trump's ‘out-of-bounds’ attack on Khan family
Discussion: Political Wire, The Hill and ABC News
F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News:
‘Repugnant’: Families of War Dead Demand Apology From Trump
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
John McCain condemns Trump over attacks on Khan family
Kim Soffen / Washington Post:
Thanks to Khizr Khan, pocket constitutions are selling like crazy
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Republicans denounce Trump as confrontation with Muslim parents escalates
CBS News:
Did Clinton get a post-convention bump?  —  Hillary Clinton has received a bump in support after the Democratic convention and has now pulled ahead of Donald Trump.  —  Forty-six percent of voters nationwide say they'll vote for Clinton in November, while 39 percent say they'll back Trump.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
First on CNN: Top Jeb Bush adviser leaves GOP, will vote for Clinton if Florida close  —  Jeb Bush adviser Sally Bradshaw, who is leaving the GOP  —  (CNN)Jeb Bush's top adviser, Sally Bradshaw, has left the Republican Party to become an independent, and says if the presidential race in Florida is close …
Discussion: Naked Politics
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans More Positive About Democratic Than GOP Convention  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans are evenly divided on whether they view the Democratic Party more favorably (44%) or less favorably (42%) after the party's national convention last week.  However, their ratings of the Republican Party …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania Trump's girl-on-girl photos from racy shoot revealed  —  Here's the nation's would-be first lady — and right beside her, a second lady.  —  Three years before she met husband Donald Trump, Melania Trump was snapped in a nude frolic with another female model, bombshell photos obtained exclusively by The Post show.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate on CNN: ‘Russia Did Not Seize Crimea’  —  A Donald Trump campaign surrogate argued on CNN Sunday night that Russia did not seize Crimea from Ukraine, despite the fact that Russia recently seized Crimea from Ukraine.  —  “Again, Russia did not seize Crimea,” GOP consultant Boris Epshteyn argued.
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Roy Gutman / The Daily Beast:
As Obama Dithers, Syrian Rebels in Aleppo Brace for Putin's Onslaught  —  The Russians are pursuing a strategy lifted from their playbook in Grozny during the last Chechen war, and Aleppo could soon become the new “most destroyed city on earth.”  —  ISTANBUL — When Russia dropped …
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Daniel Dalewashington / Toronto Star:
Is Donald Trump OK?  Erratic behaviour raises mental health questions  —  As his behaviour grows more bizarre, more and more analysts are asking if there's something off with the Republican candidate.  —  WASHINGTON—There is an elephant in the election.  —  It was tiptoed around …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
What happened to my party?  —  The nomination of Hillary Clinton has been secured, but the future of the Democratic Party is far from certain.  Despite the patina of unity at the end, the Democrats, like their GOP adversaries, seem divided as to their future direction.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Sanders campaign manager: Trump can win
Discussion: BizPac Review
Max Boot / New York Times:
How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Donald Trump  —  It's hard to know exactly when the Republican Party assumed the mantle of the “stupid party.”  —  Stupidity is not an accusation that could be hurled against such prominent early Republicans as Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root and Charles Evans Hughes.
John Minster / Daily Wire:
Breaking: DePaul University Bans Shapiro  —  There comes a time in every society where even its most basic values come under attack.  In the United States, since the beginning of our country's founding, we have had certain God-given unalienable rights: freedom of religion, freedom of the press …
Discussion: Heat Street, Mediaite and twitchy.com
Peter Schweizer / Wall Street Journal:
The Clinton Foundation, State and Kremlin Connections  —  Why did Hillary's State Department urge U.S. investors to fund Russian research for military uses?  —  Hillary Clinton touts her tenure as secretary of state as a time of hardheaded realism and “commercial diplomacy” that advanced American national and commercial interests.
John Tierney / City Journal:
Monuments to Idiocy  —  Let's honor the public servants responsible for giving us the TSA.  —  Summer 2016  —  Public safety  —  Naming anything after a living politician is usually a bad idea; but this summer, we can make an exception.  Now that Americans will be spending …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
 
 
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Sam Levin / Guardian:
‘He was trying to kill me’: echoes of Brock Turner in another case with same judge
Discussion: AOL and Raw Story
BBC:
Kabul explosion: Foreign compound targeted by Taliban
Discussion: The Week
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton To Address Joint Black And Latino Journalist Convention
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Why this black Bernie Sanders delegate says he doesn't have the luxury of going “Bernie or Bust”
Discussion: Scripting News
National Review:
Convention Speech Sparks Blowback from Cruz Donors
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch network seeks to defuse donor frustration over Trump rebuff
Discussion: Hot Air and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Seton Motley / RedState:
ObamaCare and Net Neutrality Are Doing Exactly the Damage Their Opponents Predicted
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
GOP confidence in Senate majority builds
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz's problems aren't over yet
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE: Breitbart/Gravis Blockbuster Immigration Poll Demonstrates Americans Want Total Revolution …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Clinton's claim that the FBI director said her email answers were ‘truthful’
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Bloomberg:
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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