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12:25 PM ET, July 1, 2016

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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, conceding that her airport meeting with former President Bill Clinton this week had cast a shadow over a federal investigation of Hillary Clinton's personal email account …
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Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
Reporter: FBI ordered ‘no photos, no pictures, no cell phones’ during Clinton/Lynch meeting  —  Reporter Christopher Sign of ABC 15 in Phoenix, AZ appeared on The O'Reilly Factor Thursday night to talk about his scoop involving that secret meeting between former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Bloomberg:
Lynch Said to Stop Short of Recusing Herself on Clinton E-Mails  —  Toluse Olorunnipa, Chris Strohm and Mark Halperin  —  U.S. Attorney General said likely to follow prosecutor advice  —  Lynch's meeting with Bill Clinton sparked Republican rebukes  —  Attorney General Loretta Lynch …
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meeting raises eyebrows  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced continuing questions Thursday related to an awkward encounter with former president Bill Clinton after the two crossed paths Monday at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport.
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Was Bill Clinton Plea Bargaining With The Attorney General?
Discussion: Instapundit
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton-Lynch Meeting Reverberates
Discussion: Politicus USA and whorunsGov
New York Times:
Unpredictability Is Hallmark of Convention to Crown Donald Trump  —  With just more than two weeks until the Republican National Convention opens in Cleveland, Donald J. Trump's preparations for what is usually a polished and highly choreographed affair are looking a lot like his campaign itself: chaotic, freewheeling and unpredictable.
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Washington Post:
Gingrich, Christie are the leading candidates to be Trump's running mate  —  Donald Trump's campaign has begun formally vetting possible running mates, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich emerging as the leading candidate followed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Donald Trump used money donated for charity to buy himself a Tim Tebow-signed football helmet  —  Did Donald Trump violate IRS rules, by using a charity's money to buy himself a signed football helmet?  —  Four years ago, at a charity fundraiser in Palm Beach, Donald Trump got into a bidding war at the evening's live auction.
Hillary Clinton / The Toast:
A note on The Toast  —  This is not a joke.  Hillary's team had talked to me a few weeks back about doing something, but I didn't want to do, like, a “If Hillary Were Your President” type thing, and then they got in touch on Wednesday and said she wanted to write something HERSELF …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Author Gay Talese disavows his latest book amid credibility questions  —  In his forthcoming book, “The Voyeur's Motel,” acclaimed journalist and nonfiction author Gay Talese chronicles the bizarre story of Gerald Foos, who allegedly spied on guests at his Colorado motel from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s.
Gordon Rayner / Telegraph:
How Boris Johnson was brought to his knees by the ‘cuckoo nest plot’  —  Sir Lynton Crosby, Boris Johnson's campaign manager, was making final preparations for the formal announcement of Mr Johnson's Tory leadership bid when his phone rang at 8.53 on Thursday morning.
Discussion: Guardian
Jared Yates Sexton / New York Times:
Is the Trump Campaign Just a Giant Safe Space for the Right?  —  Statesboro, Ga. — DEPENDING on whom you ask, political correctness is either an effort to expunge offensive expression from our culture, or it's a weapon fashioned by the left to brainwash the next generation.
Richard Gallagher / Washington Post:
As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness.  And, sometimes, demonic possession.  —  How a scientist learned to work with exorcists.  —  In the late 1980s, I was introduced to a self-styled Satanic high priestess.  She called herself a witch and dressed the part, with flowing dark clothes …
Discussion: Raw Story
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders: No, I'm Not Ready To Endorse Clinton Yet (VIDEO)  —  After Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday said he was confident that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will endorse Hillary Clinton, the Vermont senator insisted that he is still not ready to back the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Paul Ryan Among the Ruins  —  Paul Ryan is a sunny politician in a party devoted to spreading gloom.  But as Republicans slouch toward Cleveland, even he must be having dark moments.  —  As the highest-ranking official in his party, he will oversee the Republican National Convention …
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Magdalena Guillen / AOL:
RYAN CAVES: House speaker tells GOP he will allow vote on gun measure, source says
Discussion: Hot Air and Business Insider
Emmanuel Saez / Equitable Growth:
U.S. top one percent of income earners hit new high in 2015 amid strong economic growth  —  The top 1 percent income earners in the United States hit a new high last year, according to the latest data from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.  The bottom 99 percent of income earners registered …
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy / The Huffington Post:
The Supreme Court Throws Kryptonite At Democracy's Supermen  —  Author of Corporate Citizen? (the book)  —  There are Supermen (and Superwomen) among us.  They work for the Department of Justice, and they have the unenviable job of prosecuting corrupt politicians.
New York Daily News:
Major League Baseball must permanently retire ‘God Bless America,’ a song that offends everyone  —  It's time for God to stop blessing America during the seventh-inning stretch.  —  Welcome to the July 4 holiday weekend — when once again, baseball fans will be assaulted by the saccharine-sweet non-anthem …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Never Trump is never happening at the RNC  —  Anti-Trump activists plotting a coup at the national convention in Cleveland this month more likely face a drubbing of their own.  —  Any attempt to block Trump would begin in the convention's rules committee, an 112-member panel of delegates …
Discussion: Hot Air
Neely Tucker / Washington Post:
U.S. District Judge strikes down Mississippi's ‘religious freedom’ law  —  JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves late Thursday night issued an injunction blocking a bill by the Mississippi legislature that would have allowed private citizens and some public officials professing a …
Phil Plait / Slate:
The GOP's Denial of Science Primed Them for the Illogic of Trump  —  Part of the problem with being a vocal advocate for critical thinking is deciding just which facet of nonsense to spend time fighting.  The forces of anti-reality present a huge number of fronts, making triage a necessity.
 
 
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NPR:
NPR's Interview With President Obama About 'Obama's Years'
Discussion: Politicus USA
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Winnie Hu / New York Times:
New York's Sidewalks Are So Packed, Pedestrians Are Taking to the Streets
Discussion: FT Alphaville and Althouse
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Russia Released Hacked Hillary Emails in 2013 …
Associated Press:
Former US Vice President Al Gore's daughter Karenna is arrested in protest against oil pipeline
Discussion: Grist
Wall Street Journal:
Apple in Talks to Acquire Jay Z's Tidal Music Service
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's conspiracy theories find an audience
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump points to plane, says it could be Mexico ‘ready to attack’
Discussion: ABC News and Politico