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10:50 AM ET, July 28, 2016

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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Was ‘Being Sarcastic’ When I Asked Russia To Release Clinton Emails  —  In an interview that aired Thursday morning on “Fox and Friends,” Donald Trump said he was not being serious when he called on Russia to find and release emails deleted by Hillary Clinton.
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Jake Novak / CNBC:
The Democrats just fell for Trump's Russian email-hack bait  —  Trump: I hope Russia finds ‘the 30,000 emails that are missing’  —  Grand Theft Convention.  —  No, that's not a new video game.  But it is what we just saw Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump do to the Democrats …
Discussion: Power Line, Betsy's Page and NBC News
Grabien News RSS:
Watch Obama Refer to Himself 119 Times During Hillary Nominating Speech  —  Addressing the Democratic National Convention on its penultimate night to lay out the case for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, President Obama began by recalling his political debut at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on Dem attacks: ‘I take it a little bit personally’  —  While trying to take the barrage of Democratic National Convention attacks against him in stride, Donald Trump admitted in an interview with Fox News aired Thursday that he cannot help but “take it a little bit personally.”
Discussion: ABC News
Simon Maloy / Salon:   Donald Trump vs. America: The GOP presidential nominee explicitly asks Russia to violate our national security
Rick Klein / ABC News:
ANALYSIS: Hope Is Handed Off, as Obama Makes Way for Hillary Clinton
Victor Morton / Washington Times:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails  —  Another shoe has been dropped by Wikileaks.  —  On the night President Obama and Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine were scheduled to speak to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the anti-secrecy whistle-blower group released hacked voicemails of top Democratic officials.
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders to Return to Senate as an Independent  —  Democratic runner-up says more DNC staff should leave over emails  —  PHILADELPHIA - Bernie Sanders said he plans to return to the Senate as an independent, despite winning 13 million votes in the Democratic Party's presidential primary contest.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
WikiLeaks releases hacked DNC voicemails
Discussion: Right
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
DNC insiders detail months of escalating dysfunction
Discussion: The Week
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
Trump Answers Fans' Questions in Reddit AMA  —  Republican nominee Donald Trump visited Reddit tonight as part of an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, and fielded questions from his most ardent supporters on the web.  —  Trump has been an Internet phenomenon since announcing his candidacy in 2015 …
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Politico
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Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:   Obama Channels Reagan's Optimism In DNC Speech
Nick Gass / Politico:
Biden tweets for first time in 492 days
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Nick Gass / Politico:
O'Malley: 'To hell with Trump's American nightmare'
Discussion: ABC News
Katie Hicks / Vox:
Read Vice President Joe Biden's DNC speech transcript
Los Angeles Times:
Transcript: President Obama's Democratic National Convention speech
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
President Obama Tells DNC ‘America is Already Great’ and 'We Don't Look to Be Ruled'
Michael Vickers / Politico:
Why Trump Fails—and Clinton Passes—the Commander-in-Chief Test  —  “I'm with her,” says one of America's leading intelligence and special operations officials, because the GOP nominee's views put the nation at risk.  —  Three months ago, my former boss and mentor, retired Defense Secretary Bob Gates …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Hullabaloo
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carl Bernstein: Trump's Russia talk ‘disqualifying’
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
‘Treason’? Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Melania Trump's Website, Biography Have Disappeared From The Internet  —  The apparent scrubbing job comes after speculation over whether she earned an undergraduate degree, as previously claimed.  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  The professional website of Melania Trump …
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Melania Trump website scrubbed from internet
Discussion: The Week and RedState
Louis Jacobson / PolitiFact:
Some readers unconvinced by our True rating for White House slave claim  —  On the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, we rated Michelle Obama's statement that the White House “was built by slaves” as True.  —  As we wrote in our fact-check, “Strictly speaking …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
How Abigail Adams Proves Bill O'Reilly Wrong About Slavery
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Light streaks across night sky, generating a frenzy  —  A streak of light burst across the night sky late Wednesday, generating a frenzy and prompting questions:  —  Was it a meteor or meteor shower?  A fireball or smoldering satellite?  —  From witness accounts, the glowing trail was spotted in Nevada …
Discussion: fox13now.com, FOX31 Denver and Gizmodo
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Why These Union Members and Lifelong Democrats Are Voting Trump  —  Their national unions have endorsed Hillary Clinton, but some members say they'll pull the lever for Trump, who's promising to bring back American manufacturing and get tough on China.  —  David Kemper and his wife are union members and lifelong Democrats.
Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:
The realization hit: The shark was right there.  —  A Weston family is thanking a new mobile app that alerts beachgoers about nearby great white sharks for giving them a heads-up when a 14-foot predator was swimming in the area as they enjoyed a sunny day on a stretch of secluded Chatham beach.
Discussion: NOLA River
New York Times:
Championing Optimism, Obama Hails Clinton as His Political Heir  —  PHILADELPHIA — President Obama delivered a stirring valedictory address at the Democratic convention Wednesday night, hailing Hillary Clinton as his rightful political heir and the party's best hope to protect democracy from …
Tom Batchelor / Daily Express:
Merkel admits EU is being RAVAGED BY TERROR but says Germany should welcome MORE refugees  —  CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel has said Germany is facing a “major” threat from terrorism but that this should not stop refugees being welcomed to Europe.  —  GETTY  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Discussion: Pamela Geller
 
 
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly hangs out at CNN Grill, stoking speculation that she could leave Fox News
Discussion: TVNewser, New York Times and The Week
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Post reporter barred, patted down by police, at rally for Trump running mate
Liam Dalton / The Week:
I'm a 19-year-old Democrat. Here's how I lost faith in Obama.
Dan Hinkel / Chicago Tribune:
Homicide rate surging for black Chicagoans, report finds
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Pelosi: White Men Don't Support Hillary Because They're God-fearing Homophobic Gun Nuts
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Flood / Daily Express:
German doctor's horror as patient screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ threatened to behead him
Discussion: Pamela Geller
Bloomberg:
Did Donald Trump's Executives Violate the Cuban Embargo?
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Former CIA director questions Trump's loyalty to the US: report
 Earlier Items: 
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Media won't ask Chelsea Clinton about her father's treatment of women
New York Times:
After Lying Low, Deep-Pocketed Clinton Donors Return to the Fore
Brett M. Decker / USA Today:
Woopsies, gunplay didn't disrupt Republican convention: Column
Discussion: Hit & Run
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Top Sanders Backer: I Was Kicked Off the Convention Program and “No Reason Was Given”
Discussion: AOL and Vox
Kerry Lester / Daily Herald:
Exclusive: Women reject settlement in Duckworth workplace retaliation lawsuit
Discussion: National Review
Bloomberg:
Silicon Valley Elites Get Home Loans With No Money Down
Discussion: Gizmodo
 

 
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