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12:10 PM ET, July 29, 2015

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New York Times:
Under Oath, Donald Trump Shows His Raw Side  —  Donald J. Trump seemed irritated.  He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were “very stupid.”  —  When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton, Sanders And The Keys To Keystone  —  NOTABLES  —HILLARY CLINTON STILL WON'T TAKE A POSITION ON KEYSTONE: At an event in New Hampshire yesterday, Hillary Clinton was asked by a voter if “yes or no” she would vote to approve the Keystone pipeline.
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
Lawyer: Trump called me ‘disgusting’ for request to pump breast milk  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)How would a future President Donald Trump handle the high stakes negotiating of an international treaty if he can't handle a mother's request to pump breast milk for her new born child?
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell presses Dems on Planned Parenthood  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sought to keep pressure on Democrats on Wednesday ahead of an upcoming vote to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood.  —  “It's a simple choice.  Senators can either vote to protect women's health …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Poll: 63 percent oppose defunding Planned Parenthood
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Officials Say  —  Death raises questions about who will lead movement  —  KABUL— Mullah Mohammad Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban, is dead, according to Afghan officials and a person close to the group.  —  His death raises questions …
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Ayaz Gul / Voice of America:
Taliban Denies Reported Death of Leader Mullah Omar
Discussion: abc13.com
Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today:
Reports: Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar dead
Tom Brady / Facebook:
I am very disappointed by the NFL's decision to uphold the 4 game suspension against me.  I did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either.  —  Despite submitting to hours of testimony over the past 6 months, it is disappointing that the Commissioner upheld …
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Chris Christie doubles down on marijuana comments  —  In a Chris Christie administration, there would be no such thing as legal marijuana use.  —  “Marijuana is against the law in the states and it should be enforced in all 50 states,” the New Jersey governor said on “Fox and Friends” Wednesday morning.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Christie: Smoke Your Weed While It's Still Legal
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg Business:
Smoke That Pot Now, Chris Christie Tells Users in States That Allow It
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sanders swipes at Clinton over Keystone  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took a shot at Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, suggesting that her refusal to take a position on the Keystone XL Pipeline is “hard to understand.”  —  Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination …
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Joe Biden's Political Moment
Mike Allen / Politico:
Fox lowers threshold for early debate  —  The change serves to guarantee the presence of candidates such as Lindsey Graham and Carly Fiorina.  —  Getty  —  Fox News is opening its 5 p.m. debate to all the announced Republican candidates who fail to make the cut for the Aug. 6 prime-time event …
Fox4News.com:
FOX 4 reporter confronts woman accused of stealing his identity  —  An accused credit card thief picked the wrong guy when she used FOX 4 consumer reporter Steve Noviello's Visa account to check into a North Texas hotel.  —  Farah Parks is accused of stealing Noviello's credit card information …
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX31 Denver
Don Melvin / CNN:
Zimbabwean officials: American man wanted in killing of Cecil the lion  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)An American man is being sought in connection with a case that has drawn international attention — the killing of Cecil the lion — Zimbabwean officials said Tuesday.
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Jessica Glenza / Guardian:
US dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion ‘upset’ as hunter becomes hunted
The Hill:
Congress set to back short-term highway funding  —  The House will vote Wednesday on a three-month highway-spending bill, paving the way for Congress to leave for a six-week recess without a lapse in federal transportation funding.  —  Senate leaders signaled they will approve …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump's rise hurts Rubio, Carson; helps Jeb Bush  —  Donald Trump's explosive rise in the polls has come at the expense of every other GOP presidential candidate except for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker — who arguably have been helped by the businessman's rise.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Closing Europe's Harbors … Illegal migration across the Mediterranean has tripled since the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011 opened the ports of Libya to human smuggling on an unprecedented scale.  Some 50,000 migrants made the crossing to southern Europe in the first four months of 2015.
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Sarah Palin serving in a Trump administration?  'I'd love that,' he says  —  The Palin family through the years 22 photos  —  In little more than a decade, Sarah Palin rose from city councilwoman to Alaska's youngest governor and the first female vice presidential nominee in GOP history.
Discussion: OnPolitics
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Jon Stewart's secret Obama meetings reveal he's a partisan hack  —  Jon Stewart — the man who loves to be called a nonpartisan, a scourge of cant, an honest soul who follows the truth wherever it leads — has been secretly taking trips to the White House to receive intense one-on-one lobbying from President Obama.
Peter Hasson / Campus Reform:
Bias-Free Language Guide claims the word ‘American’ is ‘problematic’  — The University of New Hampshire has a “Bias-Free Language Guide” on its website, which “is meant to invite inclusive excellence in [the] campus community.”  — Terms such as “American,” “homosexual,” “illegal alien …
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Linda Tripp reveals why ‘Hillary Clinton must never be President’
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Right Scoop
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Rand Paul defends campaign during N.H. swing
Steven Nelson / US News:
New DEA Leader: Pot Probably Not as Bad as Heroin
Discussion: The Week
Linda M. LeFauve / Reason:
Campus Rape Expert Can't Answer Basic Questions About His Sources
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
At Least 5 Black Women Found Dead In Jail Since Mid-July
Discussion: 7online.com and Raw Story
Nilagia McCoy / Shorenstein Center:
Conservative Media's Influence on the Republican Party
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Poynter.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why the Iran deal's public support is plummeting
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
Emily Alpert Reyes / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. City Council bans large-capacity ammunition magazines
Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Michael Moore Surprises with New “Stealth” Film To Be Launched at Toronto Film Fest
Discussion: Chicks on the Right
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
$15 minimum wage divides Dems
Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Limbaugh mystified: Republican behavior ‘too weird’
Discussion: BarbWire.com and PoliticusUSA
Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Hillary Emails No One Can Explain
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Rule Vote Retribution Continues; Chaffetz Takes Away Subcommittee Gavel
Politico:
House conservative seeks John Boehner's ouster