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10:10 AM ET, July 19, 2016

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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Melania Trump's speech plagiarizes parts of Michelle Obama's  —  (CNN)At least one passage in Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.  —  Side-by-side comparisons …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump campaign denies Melania Trump plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech  —  Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said Melania Trump “hit it out of the park” Monday night with her address to the Republican National Convention, remarks that Manafort said were not plagiarized in any way.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Chris Matthews: GOP ‘ruined’ evening by having ‘that woman’ speak on Benghazi  —  Patricia Smith — the mother of Sean Smith, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 — delivered a raw, emotional and unapologetic speech at the Republican National Convention that centered on one person: Hillary Clinton
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 …
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Melania Trump's RNC Speech Follows Michelle Obama's Nearly Verbatim  —  In her prime time speech at the Republican National Convention Monday evening, Donald Trump's wife Melania appeared to lift significant portions from a speech delivered by now-First Lady Michelle Obama …
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Melania Trump's RNC speech appears to swipe lines from Michelle Obama's 2008 DNC speech  —  Melania Trump's first major stump speech for her husband and White House hopeful Donald Trump was supposed to be uplifting, but instead appeared to have lifted lines from First Lady Michelle Obama.
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Did Melania Trump include a Rickroll in the middle of her convention speech?  —  At first glance, Melania Trump's Republican convention speech on Monday was a pretty ordinary candidate's spouse address, but subsequent readings suggest a whole lot went awry here.
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
This mashup of Melania Trump reading text plagiarized from Michelle Obama is incredibly damaging.  —  The cable outlets caught up belatedly to the unexpected, and unexpectedly huge, news out of the first night of the Republican National Convention, that several lines of Melania Trump's speech …
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: Politico, ABC News and The Hill
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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Melania Trump's speech appears to have cribbed from Michelle Obama's in 2008
New York Times:
It's Donald Trump's Convention. But the Inspiration? Nixon.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Atlantic
Nick Gass / Politico:
Melania Trump's prime-time speech was strikingly similar to Michelle Obama's
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   On the floor: Giuliani brings the house down
NBC News:   Poll: Clinton and Trump Now Tied as GOP Convention Kicks Off
The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
‘You should die’: Trump supporters threaten Utah delegate, she says, at Republican National Convention
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
An ex-senator called Trump backers “brownshirts,” in case you wondered how the RNC's going
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Melania's message: Donald Trump is ready to work for America
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Tegna / WKYC-TV:
Utah delegate threatened in RNC bathroom … CLEVELAND - A Utah delegate was reportedly threatened inside a bathroom at Quicken Loans Arena during the Republican National Convention Monday.  —  According to NBC, Utah delegate Kera Birkeland was on the floor during the Rules vote as one of the delegates calling for a roll call vote.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
What Has Happened to Rudy Giuliani?  —  He used to be a pragmatic moderate.  Now he's spewing nonsense.  —  Exactly 20 years ago, as the Boston Globe's New York bureau chief, I interviewed Mayor Rudy Giuliani in his office in City Hall.  The 1996 Republican Convention was going on in San Diego, and I asked him why he wasn't there.
PolitiFact:
Checking Patricia Smith's claims about Clinton and Benghazi  —  The opening night theme of the Republican National Convention was “Make America Safe Again,” with a parade of speakers who criticized Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration for leaving the nation weak and vulnerable.
Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA
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
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 …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Castro violated Hatch Act by touting Clinton  —  (CNN)Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro violated a federal law against mixing official business with politics when he touted Hillary Clinton in an April interview with Yahoo's Katie Couric, the Office of Special Counsel said Monday.
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:   HUD's Castro violated law with interview about Clinton
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
‘Colbert Report’ character returns to cover Trump's convention  —  Late-night host Stephen Colbert on Monday night resurrected his faux-conservative character to cover Donald Trump  —  becoming the GOP presidential nominee.  —  “Hello, nation.  Did you miss me?
 
 
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Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
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