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2:15 PM ET, July 24, 2015

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New York Times:
Criminal Inquiry Is Sought in Clinton Email Account  —  WASHINGTON — Two inspectors general have asked the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into whether sensitive government information was mishandled in connection with the personal email account Hillary Rodham Clinton used …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
New York Times alters Clinton email story  —  The New York Times made small but significant changes to an exclusive report about a potential criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's State Department email account late Thursday night, but provided no notification of or explanation for of the changes.
Wall Street Journal:
Criminal Investigation Sought Into Hillary Clinton's Emails  —  Justice Department asked to consider a criminal investigation due to concerns about mishandling of classified information  —  WASHINGTON—An internal government review of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's email archive …
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Top Dem denies criminal probe of Clinton's emails  —  Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is rebutting reports that the State Department has formally requested a federal criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of State.
BBC:
Full transcript of BBC interview with President Barack Obama  —  Barack Obama spoke with the BBC ahead of his trip to East Africa.  Here is the full transcript of North America Editor Jon Sopel's conversation with the US president.  —  Going to Kenya  —  JON SOPEL: Mr President, you're about to fly to Kenya, to your ancestral home.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama's father towers over trip to Kenya
Discussion: ABC News, ThinkProgress and Guardian
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Inaction on guns biggest frustration of my presidency
Discussion: Weekly Standard
RADAR:
Hulk's N Word Racist Rants Caught On Tape — Foul, Disgusting Tirade Leaks … PICS OF  —  HULK HOGAN  —  Hulk Hogan has been captured on tape spewing foul-mouthed racial slurs — including the N-word.  —  In a shocking world exclusive, RadarOnline.com and The National ENQUIRER …
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Claire Taylor / The Advertiser:
Shooter opens fire at Grand Theatre, injures 6, kills self  —  UPDATED:  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal confirmed on Twitter that he is speaking with state police to investigate the shooting. … City Marshal Brian Pope has confirmed for The Daily Advertiser that six people were injured in a shooting Thursday night at the Grand Theatre.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: TV host says theater gunman advocated violence
Julian Zelizer / CNN:
Donald Trump in the public eye 21 photos  —  Trump and his wife, Ivana, arrive at a social engagement on December 4, 1989, in New York.  —  Hide Caption  —  21 of 21  —  Story highlights  —  Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and a New America fellow.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: ‘Maybe people will get tired of me’
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hill
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump Admits He's Thin-Skinned
Discussion: Liberaland, msnbc.com and Mediaite
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz calls Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor  —  Firebrand Republican senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Friday rushed across a line rarely crossed on the Senate floor: He called the leader of his party, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a liar.
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell sets up vote to repeal ObamaCare
Discussion: Shakesville and Daily Kos
Manu Raju / Politico:   Ted Cruz accuses Mitch McConnell of telling a ‘flat-out lie’
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Boehner wants ‘facts first’ before defunding Planned Parenthood  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is throwing cold water on several House Republicans' efforts to immediately defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of the group's undercover video controversy.  —  Boehner said Thursday …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Erick on the Radio
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The price of fetal parts
Jay Knoll / KARE-TV:
State patrol: Don't stop for ducks  —  Cars Swerve for Ducks Crossing I-35 KARE  —  MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. - The Minnesota State Patrol asks that motorists do not stop for ducks, or any animal, regardless of how the situation may end.  This after a video, showing a family of ducks narrowly escaping injury, went viral.
Discussion: WNEP-TV and WREG-TV
New York Post:
Car company blames Bob Simon for his limo-crash death  —  Bob Simon (inset) was responsible for his own death when the limo he was riding in crashed with another car, the car service that owns the limo claims.  —  “60 Minutes” correspondent Bob Simon was responsible for his own death …
Discussion: TVNewser, Daily Mail and The PJ Tatler
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
People Are Speculating That Sandra Bland Was Already Dead When Authorities Took Her Mugshot  —  Texas officials are investigating the jail cell death of Sandra Bland as they would a murder, the local district attorney said Monday.  —  Waller County Sheriff officials said they believe Bland died …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
GAO: Too much bias risk in IRS audit system … The IRS could easily be auditing tax-exempt groups for biased reasons because of flawed procedures and staff work, according to a new report from the top federal watchdog.  —  The Government Accountability Office found that the IRS kept shoddy records detailing …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:   GOP to IRS: Just admit Tea Party was targeted
Michael Kisslinger / Anderson Valley Advertiser:
Mendocino County Today: Thursday, July 23, 2015 … BOWE BERGDAHL, the once-missing U.S. soldier in Afghanistan released in a prisoner exchange and later accused of desertion, was an unexpected visitor in Mendocino County this week.  He was visiting old friends when the local dope team arrived on a marijuana raid.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bowe Bergdahl caught up in California pot raid
The Atlantic:
A World Without Work … 1. Youngstown, U.S.A.  —  The end of work is still just a futuristic concept for most of the United States, but it is something like a moment in history for Youngstown, Ohio, one its residents can cite with precision: September 19, 1977.
Gazette:
Manitou Springs woman arrested on suspicion of arson for burning Confederate flag  —  Updated:  —  A Manitou Springs woman who organized a Confederate flag burning was arrested late Wednesday night on suspicion of arson, the Manitou Springs Police Department said in a press release issued Thursday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
 
 
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