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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Lynch to Accept F.B.I. Recommendations in Clinton Email Inquiry, Official Says  —  Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch plans to announce on Friday that she will accept whatever recommendation career prosecutors and the F.B.I. director make about whether to bring charges related …
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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.
Fox News:
Under fire after secret meeting, Lynch to step back from Clinton probe  —  Under bipartisan fire following a private meeting with former President Clinton even as her Justice Department investigates Hillary Clinton over her secret email server, Attorney General Loretta Lynch will announce …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Clinton-Lynch Meeting Reverberates
Discussion: Politicus USA and whorunsGov
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Was Bill Clinton Plea Bargaining With The Attorney General?
Discussion: Instapundit
Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Attorney general to back FBI and Justice findings in Clinton email server probe
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
WH defends Lynch from Clinton meeting fallout
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Instapundit
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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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
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
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: GetReligion, Joe.My.God. and Althouse
Haaretz:
Israeli Killed, Three Wounded After Gunman Opens Fire on Car Near Hebron  —  An Israeli was killed and three were wounded Friday after their car crashed as a result of gunfire near Hebron.  The victims are all said to be members of the same family.  —  A manhunt is underway for a Palestinian suspect …
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
NPR:
NPR's Interview With President Obama About 'Obama's Years'  —  Steve Inskeep: You've been told, I think, that we are doing a documentary.  We went across a good part of the country to places where you have given speeches over the years to just talk with people about how their lives have changed.
Discussion: Politicus USA
 
 
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Charles R. Kesler / Washington Post:
Why ‘Never Trump’ conservatives are wrong about Trump
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
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Apple in Talks to Acquire Jay Z's Tidal Music Service
Nick Gass / Politico:
Poll: Support surges for stricter gun laws
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Travelers to Dominican Republic Lead New York City in Positive Zika Tests
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and Gothamist
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
Jennifer Rizzo / CNN:
Pentagon ends transgender ban
 

 
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