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1:30 AM ET, July 14, 2016

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CNN:
Sources: Sean Hannity flew Gingrich to Trump meeting  —  (CNN)Newt Gingrich, a finalist on Donald Trump's vice presidential shortlist, flew to Indianapolis to meet with Trump on a private jet provided by Fox News host Sean Hannity, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Case for Newt  —  Donald Trump is on the verge of crowning a contender as a running mate.  —  If the reporting is accurate, he doesn't have great choices.  John Kasich, the popular governor of Ohio, would have been a natural pick but doesn't want to be in the same room as Trump, let alone on the same ticket.
CNN:
Donald Trump lists top VP picks, Chris Christie still in the running  —  Washington (CNN)Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are his top potential picks to be his vice president.
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Chair: Trump's White, Male VP Frontrunners Are Diverse! (VIDEO)
Discussion: alan.com
Media Matters for America:
Gingrich Previously Said Trump Would Be “Delusional” And Need “Psychiatric Help” If He Picked Him As Running Mate
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mediaite
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Speakers at Donald Trump's Convention: An Astronaut, a Quarterback, but No Sarah Palin  —  CLEVELAND — A night highlighting the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya.  An appearance by onetime football star Tim Tebow.  A presentation detailing former President Bill Clinton's sexual misconduct.
Discussion: WANE-TV
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NBC News:
Here Are the Republican National Convention Speakers We Know Of  —  What Trump should be doing before the RNC 5:54  —  Donald Trump and his campaign started boasting about his speaker lineup for the Republican National Convention two weeks ago, promising — and so far, failing …
U.S. ELECTIONS:
Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from a former senior campaign consultant, Sam Nunberg, alleging that Nunberg leaked confidential information to reporters in violation of a nondisclosure agreement.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Here Is The Confidentiality Agreement Signed By A Former Trump Campaign Adviser  —  WASHINGTON — In a lawsuit filed in New York this week, a copy of a non-disclosure agreement that Donald Trump required of one of his employees was made public.  —  Much has been made of the campaign's use of non-disclosure agreements.
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Trump's Racist Appeal Becomes More Explicit Every Day  —  I can't believe I missed this, but I did: … Josh Marshall: … Trump's explicit race baiting has been so normalized by now that we hardly notice this stuff.  This kind of talk from a major-party candidate for president should be front-page news everywhere.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Propagator of Race Hatred and Violence  —  This isn't getting a lot of attention.  But it should.  Everybody took note when Donald Trump repeatedly claimed that American Muslims across the river in New Jersey celebrated and cheered as the Twin Towers fell on 9/11 - an entirely fabricated claim.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Claims He's Seen Calls For Moment Of Silence For Dallas Shooter  —  Donald Trump told Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday that he witnessed people call for a moment of silence for the man who killed five police officers and wounded eleven other people at a Black Lives Matter rally last week.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
New York Post: FBI Agents Tell Us Lynch and Clinton Struck a Deal on That Plane  —  Just one week before FBI Director James Comey announced the Bureau would not recommend charges be filed against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for storing and transferring top secret …
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New York Post:
FBI agents signed NDA for matters involving Hillary's emails
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton's lead over Trump shrinks dramatically
Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
The Last Word: Rachel Maddow on Trump, Dystopias and Success  —  MSNBC host on relationships, the Republican Party's WTF moment and keeping a cool head  —  The Rachel Maddow Show has been the cornerstone of MSNBC's primetime lineup ever since it debuted in the fall of 2008 …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Maddow: I'm studying Hitler to prep for Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
John Shumway / CBS Pittsburgh:
Couple Refuses To Sit Near Police At Restaurant, Officers Pick Up Their Tab  —  HOMESTEAD (KDKA) — It is a difficult time for the country as nerves between some in the community and police are frayed, but recently, four local officers handled an uncomfortable situation without any confrontation.
Discussion: WNCN
Kylee Wierks / Fox 59:
Chilling photo from fatal crash appears to show man's spirit leaving his body  —  STANTON, KY. - A chilling photo taken at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Kentucky is getting a lot of attention online.  Many people believe the photo shows the motorcycle driver's spirit leaving his body.
Kristinn Taylor / The Gateway Pundit:
BlackLivesMatter Icon ALTON STERLING Was Jailed in Similar Armed Violent Police Resistance in 2009  —  Black Lives Matter icon Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by Baton Rouge police while resisting arrest on July 5 was jailed in 2009 for an incident that is almost an exact duplication of his deadly 2016 encounter with police.
Discussion: Law Officer
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Greg Meriwether / WAFB-TV:
The Investigators: New details show eerily similar incident involving Sterling, police
Discussion: CBS News and SOOPERMEXICAN
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Sen. Tim Scott reveals incidents of being targeted by Capitol Police  —  Tim Scott delivered a powerful and deeply personal speech from the Senate floor on Wednesday in which he detailed how, even inside the Capitol building, the relationship between law enforcement and the black community can be strained.
Discussion: Washington Post
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Battleground Polls: Clinton Holds Narrow Lead in Key States  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in Iowa and Pennsylvania, while the two are tied in the key battleground state of Ohio, according to a trio of new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.  —  In Iowa, the presumptive …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton torn between caution and risk in VP pick  —  has always been cautious.  Too cautious, her critics would say.  —  Such criticism is at the center of the most important question facing her today.  Who should she pick as her running mate?  —  Does the presumptive Democratic …
Discussion: Politico and alan.com
Giovanni Russonello / New York Times:
Race Relations Are at Lowest Point in Obama Presidency, Poll Finds  —  Sixty-nine percent of Americans say race relations are generally bad, one of the highest levels of discord since the 1992 riots in Los Angeles during the Rodney King case, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Guardian
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The sexual-harassment investigation of the 76-year-old Fox News chief Roger Ailes is under way.  Yesterday, lawyers from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, the outside law firm hired by 21st Century Fox to conduct the inquiry, began meeting with Fox employees to interview them about sexual harassment at the network.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Heads Into The Convention With Barely Any Campaign At All  —  Many of the numbers listed for his state offices don't even work.  —  Elise Foley  —  Immigration & Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  As he heads for the Republican convention in Cleveland next week …
Discussion: USA Today and New York Magazine
Sandra Pedicini / Sun-Sentinel:
Disney firefighters were warned to stop feeding alligators  —  PICTURE GALLERY: A 2-year-old boy who was vacationing with his family was dragged by an alligator into the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 14.  —  Orlando Sentinel
Discussion: NBC News
Lindsay Gibbs / ThinkProgress:
‘Enough Is Enough’: NBA Stars Take Major Stand Against Gun Violence  —  The ESPY Awards are known to blend sports and pop culture seamlessly.  But, on Wednesday night, ESPN's sports awards show included a heavy dose of current events and politics.  —  Instead of host John Cena kicking off …
Mtschnyder / CBS Dallas:
Off-Duty Firefighter And 1 Other Person Stabbed At Walmart In Princeton  —  PRINCETON (CBSDFW.COM) - An off-duty McKinney firefighter and one other person were attacked at the Walmart in Princeton, allegedly by an employee who soon became a former employee.  —  Both victims were taken via CareFlite to the hospital.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama huddles with politicians, police and activists on racial bias  —  President Obama met behind closed doors for several hours Wednesday with 33 representatives from civil rights groups, law enforcement and state and local government, seeking to forge a consensus on how best to address racial bias in policing.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Neal Gabler / BillMoyers.com:
The Media's Gift to Trump: Low Expectations
Melanie Michael / WFLA-TV:
Pasco teen accused of raping child, 3, at home daycare
Discussion: KRON4.com and WDTN-TV
CREW:
Koch Brothers Group Hit With Massive Fines From CREW Complaint
Indianapolis Star:
Evan Bayh on running for Senate, Indiana residency
Pew Research Center:
1. Religion and the 2016 campaign
Discussion: Politicus USA
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Atlantic Weighs In on George W. Bush Dancing to ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Bundgaard / WKRN-TV:
Report indicates Rep. Durham gave college student alcohol, had sex in his office
Discussion: WJHL
David Cay Johnston / The Daily Beast:
How Donald Trump Tried to Cash In by Dumping Sewage Into the Hudson River
Discussion: Raw Story
Foreign Policy:
Trump's Possible VP Believes ISIS Could Conquer the U.S. and Drink Americans' Blood
Michael Schaub / Los Angeles Times:
Reading while black: Canadian man stopped by police after reading a book in his car
Discussion: AOL, CBC News and Raw Story
Joe Uchill / The Hill:
Guccifer 2.0 releases new DNC docs
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Someone vandalized Richmond Police Memorial
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The (G.O.P.) Party's Over  —  This column has argued …
 

 
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