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12:45 PM ET, July 29, 2015

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Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
In one-on-one interview, Clinton talks issues, calls Planned Parenthood videos ‘disturbing’  —  New Hampshire Union Leader  —  Calling them “disturbing,” Hillary Clinton said undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissue raise questions about the process nationwide.
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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
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Senate majority whip: Cyber bill will have to wait until fall  —  Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday said the upper chamber is unlikely to move on a stalled cybersecurity bill before the August recess.  —  Senate Republican leaders, including Cornyn, had been angling to get the bill …
Discussion: Guardian and Techdirt
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
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
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
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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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Joe Biden's Political Moment  —  For the first time, the vice president looks like a more electable Democrat than Hillary Clinton.  —  For Democratic leaders, the political logic of having Hillary Clinton as the party's standard bearer in 2016 was, at least for a while, undeniable.
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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
Politico:
The Kochs freeze out Donald Trump  —  Continued stiff-arming by the powerful Koch network could limit Trump's ability to build a professional campaign operation.  —  The Koch brothers are freezing out Donald Trump from their influential political operation — denying him access to their state …
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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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
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
Philly.com:
U.S. Rep. Fattah indicted, allegedly took illegal $1 million loan  —  U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and four associates were indicted Wednesday on racketeering charges “involving several schemes that were intended to further the political and financial interests” of them all, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Discussion: NPR, Mediaite and The Week
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.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
At Least 5 Black Women Found Dead In Jail Since Mid-July  —  On Monday morning, police in Mount Vernon, New York discovered a 44-year-old woman dead in her cell.  She is the fifth black woman, at least, to die behind bars this month.  —  According to Mayor Earnest Davis …
Discussion: 7online.com and Raw Story
 
 
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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders' Southern Strategy
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Jill Drury / WDTN-TV:
Prayer vigil for victims of Indy church bus crash
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Daily Mail:
Linda Tripp reveals why ‘Hillary Clinton must never be President’
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump's rise hurts Rubio, Carson; helps Jeb Bush
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
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Linda M. LeFauve / Reason:
Campus Rape Expert Can't Answer Basic Questions About His Sources
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Why the Iran deal's public support is plummeting
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Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Michael Moore Surprises with New “Stealth” Film To Be Launched at Toronto Film Fest
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Joe Kovacs / WorldNetDaily:
Limbaugh mystified: Republican behavior ‘too weird’
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Alexa Corse / The Daily Beast:
The Missing Hillary Emails No One Can Explain
Discussion: Fox News and National Review
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:
Rule Vote Retribution Continues; Chaffetz Takes Away Subcommittee Gavel
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