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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump team, RNC to meet at pivotal moment — Donald Trump's campaign and top Republican Party officials plan what one person called a “come to Jesus” meeting on Friday in Orlando to discuss the Republican nominee's struggling campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the scheduled sit-down.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump On Election Strategy: 'I Don't Know That We Need To Get Out The Vote' — Donald Trump trumpeted a confident assessment of his campaign on Thursday night, saying there was no need for him to encourage voters to head to the polls on election day. — Asked by Fox News' Eric Bolling …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win — Republican insiders are more convinced than Democrats that Donald Trump is so far behind Hillary Clinton that he can't win in November. — Roughly half of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states …
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’ — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump,
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
McConnell: I may not be majority leader next year
McConnell: I may not be majority leader next year
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Associated Press:
Trump touts child care programs, but they're for guests only
Trump touts child care programs, but they're for guests only
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
Hannity, Ingraham Say It's Immoral Not To Vote Trump. Here Are 3 Reasons They're Wrong.
Hannity, Ingraham Say It's Immoral Not To Vote Trump. Here Are 3 Reasons They're Wrong.
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Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Reid Expects Clinton to Renominate Obama Supreme Court Pick Garland
Reid Expects Clinton to Renominate Obama Supreme Court Pick Garland
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Now Says Claim That Obama Was ‘Founder Of ISIS’ Was ‘Sarcasm’ — According to Donald Trump, the press just doesn't get his sense of humor. — After spending the past two days telling multiple press outlets and campaign rally attendees that President Barack Obama was “the founder of ISIS …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WIKILEAKS Proves TRUMP IS RIGHT: Hacked Emails Include Info On Hillary's Arming of Jihadists, Including ISIS
WIKILEAKS Proves TRUMP IS RIGHT: Hacked Emails Include Info On Hillary's Arming of Jihadists, Including ISIS
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump backtracks on Obama as ISIL founder: 'They don't get sarcasm?'
Trump backtracks on Obama as ISIL founder: 'They don't get sarcasm?'
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Calling Obama ISIS founder was ‘sarcasm’
Trump: Calling Obama ISIS founder was ‘sarcasm’
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway — Multiple FBI investigations are underway involving potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation, according to a former senior law enforcement official. — The investigation centers on New York City …
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Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Trump: Americans could be tried in Guantánamo — A President Donald Trump might push for Americans accused of terrorism to be tried in military tribunal at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the Republican nominee told the Miami Herald on Thursday.
Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold — RIO DE JANEIRO - American swimmer Simone Manuel spoke out about the United States' police brutality controversy after claiming a historic gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night.
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Elliott Almond / Mercury News:
Olympics: Stanford's Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps make history
Olympics: Stanford's Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps make history
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Casey Quinlan / ThinkProgress:
A 6-Year-Old Girl Was Handcuffed At School For Taking Candy — Now her mother is suing. — A woman is suing the Chicago Board of Education and a security guard for handcuffing her 6-year-old daughter at school after other students said she took candy off of a teacher's desk. The incident took place in March.
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Science:
Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) — 1Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen, Strandpromenaden 5, 3000 Helsingør, Denmark. — 2Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Post Office Box 570, Kivioq 2, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
NEW NARRATIVE: TRUMP, Republicans concede they could lose election — RNC to open offices in all 50 states in move to help Trump — PHOTOS of Bernie's new lakefront home — B'DAY: Kelley McCormick — BULLETIN — “Thailand blasts target Phuket and Hua Hin tourist spots,” BBC World News …
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Gannett and N.Y. Times ask court to unseal 1990 Trump divorce records — 2.8k Shares — Gannett Co., — the parent company of USA TODAY — and The New York Times Co. asked the New York Supreme Court Thursday to unseal the records of Donald Trump's 1990 divorce from Ivana Trump.
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Fred Trump Taught His Son the Essentials of Showboating Self-Promotion — The throngs of New Yorkers who poured into Coney Island on a sweltering Sunday in July 1939 — shuffling past the rides, hot-dog stands and freak shows — confronted one last spectacle blaring just beyond the surf.
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Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump — There is no such thing as Pro-Trump free speech as Clinton corporate allies serve up a carefully curated view of the campaign — My dad always told me that conservative candidates have to work twice as hard …
Brandon George / Dallas Morning News:
NFL won't allow Cowboys to wear decal supporting Dallas police on their helmets — UPDATE 2:15 p.m. July 11: This story now includes reactions from the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation. — OXNARD, Calif. — The Arm in Arm decal the Cowboys unveiled …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2007 Radio Hit, Trump Said He Wanted Friend Hillary To Be The Democratic Nominee — In a late 2007 interview with Howard Stern, Donald Trump said he was pushing for Hillary Clinton win the 2008 Democratic primary calling her a good friend of his for whom he'd hosted fundraisers.
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CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Cruz's Popularity Takes A Hit In KTVT-CBS 11/Dixie Strategies Poll — DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Sen. Ted Cruz won the Republican presidential primary in Texas with nearly 44 percent of the vote. But most voters now do not think very highly of the U.S. lawmaker, according to the latest KTVT-CBS …
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