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7:40 PM ET, June 28, 2016

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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
House Benghazi Report Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — Ending one of the longest, costliest and most bitterly partisan congressional investigations in history, the House Select Committee on Benghazi issued its final report on Tuesday …
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Media Matters for America:
Farewell To Fox News' Benghazi Hoax  —  Blog ››› June 28, 2016 ››› ERIC BOEHLERT  —  To the surprise of no one, the Republicans' four-year partisan inquisition surrounding the terrorist attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya, is likely ending with a whimper.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
White House Blasts Benghazi Report As ‘In-Kind Contribution’ To RNC
Discussion: Associated Press
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Final Benghazi report details administration failures
Rachael Bade / Politico:
State worried about Marine uniforms during attack
Discussion: The Daily Caller and ABC News
NBC News:
Benghazi Panel Finds Blunders, No New Blame for Clinton
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:   Committee Report: Secretary of Defense Panetta Ordered Military Assets For Benghazi, They Never Moved
Reuters:
Explosions hit main airport in Istanbul, several wounded  —  Two explosions hit Istanbul's main international airport on Tuesday, wounding several people, a Turkish official said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks in Turkey's biggest city this year.
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Fox News:
At least 10 dead, dozens more injured in double suicide bombing at Istanbul airport  —  BREAKING: At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured when two suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's main international airport Tuesday night.  —  Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag confirmed …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and The Last Refuge
CNN:
EU chief to Brexiter Nigel Farage: ‘Why are you here?’  —  Go here to follow CNN's Brexit coverage live.  —  London (CNN)One of the architects of Britain's seismic decision to leave the European Union was met with boos and turned backs at a special meeting of the EU Parliament called to address the crisis Tuesday.
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Aditya Chakrabortty / Guardian:
After a campaign scarred by bigotry, it's become OK to be racist in Britain
Discussion: Mediaite
Max Fisher / New York Times:
How Britain Could Exit ‘Brexit’
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Why Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’  —  “Crooked Hillary is wheeling out one of the least productive senators in the U.S. Senate, goofy Elizabeth Warren, who lied on heritage.”  —  “Pocahontas is not happy, she's not happy.  She's the worst.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Polls are telling Donald Trump the truth, but he's not listening
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Latest Tweak in Donald Trump's Proposed Muslim Ban Raises More Questions
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
RNC unveils dramatic Trump convention stage  —  The set that will host Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland will feature a massive video board and twin white staircases leading up to the stage.  —  The 1,711 square foot video board …
Discussion: ABC News
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump promised millions to charity.  We found less than $10,000 over 7 years.  —  In May, under pressure from the news media, Donald Trump made good on a pledge he made four months earlier: He gave $1 million to a nonprofit group helping veterans' families.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Donald Trump Took Back His Promise To Donate His “Apprentice” Salary To Charity
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Democrats block Zika funding bill, blame GOP  —  Congress is poised for an epic failure in its efforts to combat Zika before lawmakers leave Washington for a seven-week vacation — and it could come back to bite Republicans at the ballot box if there's an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus in the United States this summer.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate Democrats block Zika agreement ahead of recess
Discussion: The Daily Signal and Common Dreams
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
If This Is How North Carolina Republicans Think HB2 Can Be Fixed, They're Wrong  —  Pressure from the NBA over where it will hold its All Star Game next year was apparently enough for North Carolina Republicans to rethink HB2, the anti-transgender law forced through earlier this year, according to the Charlotte Observer.
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Marine Corps Times:
The Marines will remove the word ‘man’ from these 19 job titles  —  Thousands of Marines serving throughout the infantry and in other key positions are about to get new gender-neutral job titles, but the service's top leaders are pushing to leave the word “man” in some of its most iconic occupations.
Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
Democrats Need to Wake Up  —  Surprise, surprise.  Workers in Britain, many of whom have seen a decline in their standard of living while the very rich in their country have become much richer, have turned their backs on the European Union and a globalized economy that is failing them and their children.
Discussion: Politico
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hack Yields Clinton Campaign E-Mail, Records  —  Breach of Gmail account was part of a broader cyberattack  —  The broad spear phishing campaign targeting the e-mail accounts of Hillary Clinton campaign officials has yielded hackers a wide assortment of internal memos and other communications …
Christopher C. Cuomo / Page Six:
Chris Cuomo was in ‘full-blown drag race’ before car crash  —  :0  —  But a friend of the anchor insisted Cuomo never actually...  CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was boozing at his wife's swanky magazine party in Southampton before he crashed his classic convertible into a parked SUV during a drag race, sources told The Post.
Politico:
Full transcript: Donald Trump's jobs plan speech  —  Remarks as prepared for delivery:  —  Declaring America's Economic Independence  —  Story Continued Below  —  It is great to be here.  I'd like to thank Alumisource and all the amazing workers here for hosting us.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
For Detroit's Children, More School Choice but Not Better Schools  —  DETROIT — On the face of it, Ana Rivera could have had almost any choice when it came to educating her two sons.  For all the abandoned buildings and burned-down houses in her neighborhood in the southwest part of this city …
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
U.S. Supreme Court Won't Reopen Union-Fees Case, Leaves Deadlock  —  The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reopen a case over public-sector workers' obligation to help fund the union that represents them, leaving intact a 4-4 deadlock.  —  The court on March 29 announced the deadlock …
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn loses no-confidence vote as political turmoil deepens  —  LONDON — Britain's political turmoil deepened Tuesday, with members of the opposition Labour Party rebelling against their leader in a no-confidence vote while the governing Conservatives started …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's email story continues to get harder and harder to believe  —  On Monday night, the Associated Press published a piece noting the release of an additional 165 pages of emails Hillary Clinton sent from her private email address while serving as secretary of state.
Discussion: RedState and Real Clear Politics
 
 
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sanders raising money to send delegates to Philadelphia
Bloomberg:
Trump Campaign Reaches Out to Pastors After Abortion Ruling
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
Eric Geller / Politico:
Hackers down House Democrats' websites
Discussion: Infowars
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California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco
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Emile Nakhleh / Vox:
I worked in the CIA under Bush. Obama is right to not say “radical Islam.”
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
UK Pols To Trump: Stop Clogging Our Inboxes With Your ‘Intemperate Spam’!
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Trump's secret data reversal
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