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5:40 PM ET, July 8, 2015

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Time to Panic  —  Have you noticed anything odd going on this morning?  Oh yes.  Let us be the first to tell you that the time to panic is upon us.  —  ITEM: The New York City subway system suffered an atrocious commute today, with some trains being inexplicably stranded …
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CNNMoney:
New York Stock Exchange suspends trading  —  The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading at 11:32 a.m ET Wednesday.  It's been down for over an hour.  —  In a brief announcement, the exchange said it was experiencing a “internal technical issue.”  The NYSE said later in a tweet that it's “not the result of a cyber breach.”
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
New York Stock Exchange Resumes Trading
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
A Fact-Check of Hillary Clinton's CNN Interview on Her Personal Email  —  In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended her use of a personal email server and her larger record on transparency while running the department between 2009 and 2013.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Plays the Victim in CNN Interview  —  She may be the frontrunner in the presidential race, but Clinton still comes across as guarded, quibbling, and poker-faced under the TV lights.  —  Any Clinton supporters who hoped that a New Hillary would emerge from Tuesday's televised grilling …
NBC News:
Donald Trump: ‘I Will Win the Latino Vote’  —  Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes he will win the Latino vote, slamming Hillary Clinton for promoting what he called an immigration policy that would “let everybody come in... killers, criminals, drug dealers.”  —  “I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Selleck ‘drought shamed,’ accused of using hydrant water  —  Actor Tom Selleck had truckloads of water from a public hydrant delivered to his sprawling Hidden Valley ranch, according to court documents filed against the veteran actor by a Ventura County water district.
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: New Documents Reveal DOJ, IRS, and FBI Plan to Seek Criminal Charges of Obama Opponents  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released new Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents that include an official “DOJ Recap” report detailing …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:   New Documents Show Extensive Collaboration Between IRS, DOJ to Criminally Prosecute Conservative Groups
New York Post:   The IRS scandal just got even worse
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Chaos In Maine: Gov. LePage Botches Veto Of 19 Bills He Opposed  —  The office of Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) and the clerk in the Maine House are in disagreement over the fate of 19 bills that the governor apparently did not veto in time to prevent them from becoming law.
Discussion: David Farmer
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Federal judge orders cancellation of Redskins' trademark registrations  —  The Washington Redskins lost their biggest legal and public relations battle yet in the war over its mascot after a federal judge in Northern Virginia on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the NFL team's federal …
Emily Badger / Washington Post:
Obama administration to unveil major new rules targeting segregation across U.S.  —  Administration calls move “historic,” while conservatives decry it as “social engineering”  —  CHICAGO — When the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968, it barred the outright racial discrimination that was then routine.
Reuters:
China stocks tumble as regulator warns of ‘panic’  —  Chinese stocks dived on Wednesday after the securities regulator said the tumbling stock market in the world's second-biggest economy was in the grip of “panic sentiment” as investors ignored a battery of support measures from Beijing.
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David Barboza / New York Times:
Plunge in Chinese Stocks Is Resistant to Government's Efforts
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Trump Steamrolls NBC Reporter, Takes Shots at Krauthammer and Jonah Goldberg  —  For those who didn't watch Donald Trump's lengthy interview with NBC's Katy Tur this afternoon, here's a one-sentence summation: The Republican candidate constantly chided and condescended to his interviewer …
Discussion: Business Insider
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House votes to ban Confederate flags at federal cemeteries  —  After just two minutes of floor debate late Tuesday evening, the House passed a measure to prohibit the display of Confederate flags on graves in federal cemeteries.  —  Despite the lack of fanfare, the vote marked the House's …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats' Views on Confederate Flag Increasingly Negative
Caitlin Winner / Medium:
How We Changed the Facebook  —  Friends Icon  —  Facebook headquarters is an amazing place.  The snacks are free, the sun always shines and everyone is full of the best intentions.  During my first week I encountered hundreds of people earnestly trying to to make the world a better place.
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Donald Trump declines to rule out third-party bid  —  Donald Trump is almost completely shutting the door on the possibility of switching to a third-party presidential bid in the 2016 presidential cycle — almost.  —  “I've had many, many people ask me about running as an independent,” …
Emily E. Smith / Oregonian:
Priest pretended to notify police after teen found camera in church bathroom, records say  —  In the 24 days he waited to report that a boy had found a hidden camera in a men's bathroom at his Sherwood church, Father Ysrael Bien pacified parishioners with a tall tale about a nonexistent police investigation, according to court records.
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Javier Panzar / Los Angeles Times:
It's official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California  —  The demographers agreed: at some point in 2014, Latinos would pass whites as the largest ethnic group in California.  —  Determining when exactly that milestone would occur was more of a tricky question.  Counting people isn't like counting movie ticket receipts.
Discussion: Fusion, Washington Post and Liberaland
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate clears first circuit judge nominee of 2015  —  The Senate approved its first circuit judge nomination of the year on Tuesday.  —  Senators voted 95-0 on Kara Stoll's nomination to be a U.S. circuit court judge for the federal circuit, making her the first Hispanic woman to be approved for the court.
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and Philly.com
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
A Political Lifer, Scott Walker Has Long Been His Own Strategist  —  WASHINGTON — When Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin met privately here at the Capitol Hill Club recently with a group of congressional Republicans, he did not just seek their support for his presidential candidacy.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Dave Weigel returns to The Washington Post  —  Less than a year after joining Bloomberg Politics, Dave Weigel is making a surprise return to The Washington Post.  —  Weigel will cover national politics with a focus on grass-roots movements, traveling the country on the campaign trail …
Discussion: FishbowlDC
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Homelessness and empty stores becoming the new normal in NYC  —  “Eileen,” a familiar panhandling presence on Broadway in the 90s, is one of a growing number of homeless people amid shuttered businesses, raising the sense of neighborhood unease.  —  If you've been out and about in Manhattan …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Katherine Timpf / National Review:
Students Told to Take Photos With a ‘Consent Contract’ Before They Have Sex  —  Apparently, just asking isn't enough.  —  A “yes means yes” advocacy group, the Affirmative Consent Project, is instructing college students to take a picture with a contract before they have sex with each …
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
Surge in L.A. crime in first 6 months ends more than decade of declines
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP blames ObamaCare for health insurance merger-mania
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Daily Mail:
'It's time people listened to Donald Trump,' says Jamiel Shaw's mother
Michael Kruse / Politico:
On talk circuit, George W. Bush makes millions but few waves
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New Zealand makes internet ‘trolling’ illegal
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Israeli Minister Says Reform Jews Are Not Really Jewish
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Do Judges Have Inherent Dignity?
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David Hume Kennerly / Politico:
The (Real) Bank of America
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Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore Says He's Running For President, Too
 

 
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Laura Wagner / Washington Post:
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