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6:20 AM ET, July 19, 2016

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chaos erupts on GOP convention floor after voice vote shuts down Never Trump forces  —  CLEVELAND — The Republican party came within a whisker of reaching the unity it had long sought Monday.  What it got instead was convention floor chaos.  —  After mounting for weeks …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump just can't yield the spotlight  —  CLEVELAND — Patricia Smith stood on the stage of the Republican National Convention and emotionally blamed the death of her son in Benghazi, Libya, on Hillary Clinton.  Suddenly, Fox News Channel cut away to interview the party's presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and The Hill
CNN:
Melania's moment  —  Cleveland (CNN)Melania Trump stepped onto center stage Monday for the highest-profile speech of her life, offering testimony about the character of her husband, Donald Trump, and saying he would never let America down.  —  The former fashion model …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump dials into Fox to bash Kasich during convention action  —  As Pat Smith, the mother of one of the Americans killed in Benghazi tearfully addressed the Republican National Convention on Monday, Donald Trump phoned into Fox News host Bill O'Reilly's show and bashed John Kasich for not showing up to the confab.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's speech appears to have cribbed from Michelle Obama's in 2008  —  In 2008, Michelle Obama was in the position in which Melania Trump found herself on Monday night, pressed into service giving a speech making the case for her husband's candidacy.
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Antonio Sabato Jr. Says He's ‘Absolutely’ Sure Obama's a Muslim After RNC Speech
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
An ex-senator called Trump backers “brownshirts,” in case you wondered how the RNC's going  —  Former Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) hasn't been a major national political figure for some time.  While he was a leading conservative in the Senate from 1978 to 1990, he faded away after he declined …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Mediaite
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump's RNC Speech Follows Michelle Obama's Nearly Verbatim
Discussion: The Atlantic
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   Trump fundraiser resigns in anger after floor eruption
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In a divided GOP, the lone uniter is Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Melania's message: Donald Trump is ready to work for America
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Nick Gass / Politico:
Melania Trump's prime-time speech was strikingly similar to Michelle Obama's
New York Times:
Rancor Reigns as Bitterly Divided Republicans Begin Their Convention
Discussion: Business Insider and LGBTQ Nation
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Speaker Scott Baio Tweeted Meme Referring To Hillary Clinton As A C**t
Discussion: NBC News and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
5 Things to Know About Melania Trump
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Ryan: Trump ‘not my kind of conservative’
Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and Mashable
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones: Donald Trump Is Bringing Our Views Into The Mainstream
BBC:
Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg  —  A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train in southern Germany before being shot dead by police, officials say.  —  Three people were seriously hurt and one suffered minor injuries in the attack in Wuerzburg, police said.
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Daily Mail:
Horror as 19 people are hospitalised by 17-year-old Afghan refugee wielding an AXE and shouting …
Discussion: Power Line and Vox Popoli
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
And Here's Your First TrumpVention Debacle  —  I'm a pretty healthy guy.  But I had a bad sinus headache this afternoon and went to rest in the TPM nap room.  I left with boring speakers droning on the platform in Cleveland.  I come back and all hell's broken loose.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Never Trumpers Denied Vote In Disruptive Early Moments Of Convention (VIDEO)
Discussion: BNR, Balloon Juice and Shakesville
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Anti-Trump delegates say they will force roll call vote on rules
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Murdochs Have Decided to Remove Roger Ailes — the Only Question Now Is When  —  Roger Ailes's tenure as the head of Fox News may be coming to an end.  Rupert Murdoch and sons Lachlan and James — co-chairmen and CEO, respectively, of parent company 21st Century Fox — have settled on removing …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) offered an unusual defense of the racial homogeneity of his party during a panel on MSNBC Monday evening.  —  The group, led by Chris Hayes, was discussing …
George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP EXCLUSIVE: SECRET DOCUMENT EASES IRAN NUCLEAR CONSTRAINTS  —  VIENNA (AP) — Key restrictions on Iran's nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will ease in slightly more than a decade, cutting the time Tehran would need to build a bomb to six months from present estimates …
Tammy Bush Mayo / Facebook:
My husband is a Deputy Sheriff in Lee County, Alabama and tonight a Deputy on his shift went into Taco Bell in Phenix City, AL and was told that they don't serve cops.  A lady waiting for her food spoke up to say that she was about to ask for a refund because she didn't want to eat somewhere with a cop.
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
HUD's Castro violated law with interview about Clinton  —  Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro violated a law that prohibits federal employees from making personal political statements while appearing in an official capacity, according to a new report.
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Libertarians' Secret Weapon  —  The third-party candidacy of Gary Johnson might make the most unpredictable election in modern times even weirder.  —  Not long ago, Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party's 2016 Presidential candidate, put a halt to his considerable consumption of marijuana.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Althouse
 
 
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Max Bearak / Washington Post:
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
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Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
The Philosopher of Feelings  —  Martha Nussbaum's far-reaching …
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Trump campaign guts GOP's anti-Russia stance on Ukraine
Vox:
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