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9:15 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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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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Antonio Sabato Jr. Says He's ‘Absolutely’ Sure Obama's a Muslim After RNC Speech
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Gass / Politico:
Melania Trump's prime-time speech was strikingly similar to Michelle Obama's
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In a divided GOP, the lone uniter is Hillary Clinton
New York Times:
It's Donald Trump's Convention. But the Inspiration? Nixon.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Atlantic
Tegna / WKYC-TV:
Utah delegate threatened in RNC bathroom
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
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Melania Trump: From Small-Town Slovenia to Doorstep of White House
Discussion: New York Times
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
5 Things to Know About Melania Trump
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 …
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 and Shakesville
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
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Myron Magnet / City Journal:
The Anti-Cop President  —  President Obama has made a series …
Discussion: The Federalist
CBS News:
Clinton: Trump is the most dangerous man to ever run for president
Sheriff David Clarke / The Hill:
This is a war, and Black Lives Matter is the enemy
PolitiFact:
Checking Patricia Smith's claims about Clinton and Benghazi
Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA
Max Bearak / Washington Post:
An Indian rape survivor was allegedly raped again by the same five men
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HUD's Castro violated law with interview about Clinton
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
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Rachel Aviv / New Yorker:
The Philosopher of Feelings  —  Martha Nussbaum's far-reaching …
Discussion: Althouse
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
The End Of A Republican Party
Discussion: Vox and Little Green Footballs
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump fundraiser resigns in anger after floor eruption
Vox:
The Republicans waged a 3-decade war on government. They got Trump.
 

 
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