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8:40 PM ET, July 7, 2016

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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump, seeking GOP unity, has tense meeting with Senate Republicans  —  Donald Trump's private meeting Thursday with Senate Republicans - designed to foster greater party unity ahead of the national convention in Cleveland — grew combative as the presumptive presidential nominee admonished three senators …
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Manages To Give Some House GOPers More Heartburn In Hill Meeting  —  He arrived 20 minutes late.  —  Then presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump addressed the House GOP's rank and file in a standing-room-only meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to Sasse: ‘You must want Hillary’  —  Donald Trump singled out his chief Republican nemesis in the Senate, Ben Sasse, during a private meeting with senators on Thursday, and also had a testy exchange with Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake.  —  At one point during the gathering …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Donald Trump told House Republicans he'd defend a nonexistent part of the Constitution  —  On Thursday, Donald Trump flew to DC to meet with congressional Republicans and assuage their concerns about his candidacy.  No worries appeared to have been addressed, but he did manage to generate some new ones …
Discussion: Washington Post, The Week and Guardian
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump to House Republicans: ‘Say great things . . .  We love Trump.’  —  Trump to House Republicans: ‘Say great things . . .  We love Trump.’  —  Donald Trump asked House Republicans Thursday to only “say great things” about him in an effort to project a unified front in the presidential election.
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Who? GOP Lawmakers Find Ways To Duck Hill Meeting With Trump
Discussion: Heat Street
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FBI didn't record Clinton interview, did not administer sworn oath  —  did not swear an oath to tell the truth before meeting with the FBI for three and a half hours last weekend, and the interview was not recorded, FBI Director James Comey told House lawmakers on Thursday.
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Eric Fehrnstrom / BostonGlobe.com:
FBI decision on Clinton may be a blessing in disguise for Republicans
Discussion: New York Magazine
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Five panels to grill FBI on Clinton
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: State Department Reopens Clinton Emails Probe
Discussion: ABC News
Rich Lowry / Politico:
Rigged 101  —  The conspiracy theory about Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air and National Review
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
FBI Director Destroys Donald Trump Talking Point That Hillary Was Worse Than Petraeus
Discussion: alan.com
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
FBI Director: Hillary Clinton Wasn't ‘Sophisticated Enough’ to Understand Classified Markings
Discussion: LawNewz
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Would Donald Trump Quit if He Wins the Election?  He Doesn't Rule It Out  —  The traditional goal of a presidential nominee is to win the presidency and then serve as president.  —  Donald J. Trump is not a traditional candidate for president.  —  Presented in a recent interview with a scenario …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump plays coy when asked if he'll serve as president
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
2016 Campaign: Strong Interest, Widespread Dissatisfaction  —  As convention nears, most Republicans see a party divided  —  As Republicans and Democrats prepare for their party conventions later this month, a new national survey paints a bleak picture of voters' impressions …
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Pew Research Center:
Vote preference over time  —  2008 June vote preference 2012 …
Discussion: Washington Post
Alex Weprin / Politico:
Outfoxed?  —  Fox News was enveloped in silence for most of Wednesday, as news ricocheted around New York and Washington of former host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit depicting the network's legendary CEO and chairman Roger Ailes as a pervasive harasser of women.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Women: Roger Ailes Asked to See My Underwear, If I Was Single, and More
Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
The story behind the filming of the fatal Baton Rouge police shooting.  It was no coincidence.  —  The past few years have seen a marked increase in videos featuring police officers injuring or killing suspects.  These videos, which appear on social media and in newscasts …
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CNN:
Alton Sterling shooting: Piecing together what happened before the videos
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
President Obama Says Police Killings ‘Symptomatic of...Racial Disparities’
Bloomberg:
Sanders Says He'll Do Everything Possible to Help Elect Clinton  —  Vermont senator says Trump presidency would be disastrous  —  Sanders says he'd be ‘pleased’ with Warren as Clinton's VP  —  Bernie Sanders signaled a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton is imminent …
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Expected to Endorse Hillary Clinton Next Week
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
Trump ‘unlikely’ to pick Christie, according to sources  —  TRENTON — It is highly unlikely that Gov. Chris Christie will be Donald Trump's running mate, according to two sources who are advising the Trump campaign and who requested to remain anonymous.  —  Instead, the sources …
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Star of David issue has ‘been very much resolved’
Discussion: WKRC, BuzzFeed and RedState
James Wigney / Herald Sun:
Star Trek Beyond favourite Mr Sulu has come out as castmates reflect on the death of Anton Yelchin … Helmsman of the USS Enterprise, Hikaru Sulu, played by John Cho, is shown in Star Trek Beyond as the loving father of a daughter with a same sex partner.  And in typical trailblazing Trek fashion — it's just not a big deal.
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP blocks Dem attempts to allow federal gun research  —  A House panel on Thursday rejected multiple efforts by Democrats to eliminate a budget amendment that has frozen nearly all government research into gun violence for 17 years.  —  During a markup of next year's health spending bill …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House GOP indefinitely delays gun control votes
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
USA Today:
Democrats disrupt House again over gun bills
Discussion: RedState and Bearing Arms
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump's son-in-law under fire from family  —  Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's Jewish son-in-law and increasingly a power player atop his presidential campaign, was an obvious choice to publicly defend the candidate this week amid a firestorm over a tweet that many viewed as anti-Semitic.
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Dylan Segelbaum / York Daily Record:
Red Lion woman pleads guilty in loud sex case  —  Amanda Warfel, 25, was ordered to spend 45 to 90 days in York County Prison, which she's already served.  —  CONNECT  —  A woman from Red Lion pleaded guilty on Wednesday to disorderly conduct in a case in which police said she had sex …
Discussion: AOL, alan.com, WREG-TV and FOX5 San Diego
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
A Few Thoughts on the Killing of Philando Castile  —  A horrible story from Minnesota, as reported by the Washington Post: … The aftermath of the shooting was filmed by Castile's girlfriend, but the shooting itself was not.  As such, I imagine that any debate will revolve primarily around …
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Sdswanson / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Police Fatally Shoot Man During Traffic Stop, Aftermath Video Posted
Pablo Lopez / Fresno Bee:
Video shows last 2 shots fired at Dylan Noble by Fresno police  —  Witness's video appears to show Dylan Noble on the ground being shot after he raises hands  —  Chief Jerry Dyer says officers' body camera video shows entire shooting  —  DA's Office is handling investigation; Dyer says FBI has agreed to review shooting
Discussion: Guardian, Hit & Run and AOL
The Hill:
GMO labeling bill advances in the Senate over Dem objections  —  A bill to block states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for products that contain genetically modified ingredients overcame a major hurdle in the Senate on Wednesday.  —  Supporters have hailed the legislation …
Discussion: Daily Kos, EcoWatch and Common Dreams
 
 
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