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12:55 PM ET, August 4, 2016

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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Paul Manafort Acknowledges ‘Conflict’ Within the Trump Campaign Over Paul Ryan Endorsement  —  Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, acknowledged that “there's a conflict within the Trump campaign” over the Republican presidential nominee's hesitation to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for re-election.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Media trumpeting Trump implosion, but is it real?  —  This is what a full-fledged feeding frenzy looks like.  —  With Donald Trump facing the roughest stretch of his candidacy, the media have moved from questioning his sanity to depicting a campaign in disarray and top Republicans still wondering whether they can dump the nominee.
Discussion: Instapundit
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
What a Shock=> Trump Implosion Stories Completely Fabricated by Liberal Media Hacks  —  The liberal media and Never Trumpers are cheering a Trump campaign “implosion.”  —  This comes after nonstop liberal attacks on Trump for responding to a Sharia supporting lawyer at the DNC Convention.
Discussion: alan.com, Ann Coulter and Politico
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Right blames Ryan for rebel's loss
Associated Press:
The Latest: Ryan Reaffirms Support for Trump
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Giuliani blames Gingrich for Trump ‘intervention’ reports
Nick Gass / Politico:
Manafort misspeaks on Ryan: 'I'm going to be supporting him as a candidate for president, too'
Discussion: Towleroad
David Catanese / US News:
Donald Trump, Party of 1
WBUR:
WBUR Poll: After Conventions, Clinton Up 15 Points Over Trump In New Hampshire 06:31  —  Play  —  According to a new WBUR poll of New Hampshire voters, Hillary Clinton is enjoying a dramatic post-convention bump and now leads Donald Trump by 15 points.  Our poll also shows Democrat Maggie Hassan …
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Detroit News:
Clinton jumps to a big lead over Trump in Michigan poll  —  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Republican Donald Trump in Michigan as 3-in-5 likely voters say the New York businessman is not qualified to be president, according to a new poll conducted for The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump: 'I don't know why we're not leading by a lot'  —  Donald Trump said he's puzzled as to why he's not leading Hillary Clinton by large margins at a rally Wednesday night, making no mention of the controversies that have mired his campaign all week.  —  Speaking to a large crowd …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Pennsylvania poll: Clinton has double-digit lead over Trump
Discussion: Politico, Towleroad and Joe.My.God.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 10 points, both seen as flawed
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gaps in Melania Trump's immigration story raise questions  —  Nude photographs published this week are raising fresh questions about the accuracy of a key aspect of Melania Trump's biography: her immigration status when she first came to the United States to work as a model.
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Melania Trump, Lucky Immigrant
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Erickson Angrily Tears Into Trump Boosters: You ‘Reflect the Evil Character of Your God’  —  Erick Erickson has been a #NeverTrump conservative for a while now, but something Trump said today finally pushed him to a place of extreme anger at his boosters.  —  Erickson was set off …
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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
That is Donald Trump asking if NATO countries “have paid” if they want American protection from a potential Russian invasion.  —  Do you people supporting Trump know the only time NATO has ever invoked Article 5 of the 1949 Washington Treaty that established NATO?
Gayle Fee / Boston Herald:
Sasha Obama lands summer job at Vineyard seafood joint  —  Sasha Obama, who has lived eight of her 15 years in the luxurious confines of the White House, is learning how the other half lives this summer.  The First Daughter is working the takeout window at Nancy's, a seafood restaurant on Martha's Vineyard.
Discussion: WGN-TV, AOL, Page Six and CBS Boston
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:
Whoops: Clinton Just Promised to Raise Taxes on Middle Class  —  At a campaign rally in Nebraska on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton attacked Donald Trump over his tax policy, saying he “wants to cut taxes for the super-rich.”  —  “Well we're not going there, my friends.
Discussion: Hot Air and taxpolicycenter.org
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Lawrence Delevingne / Reuters:
Billionaire Klarman slams Trump, vows to work for Clinton
Discussion: Politico and TheStreet.com
Kathleen Walter / WPEC:
CBS12 speaks One-on-One with Donald Trump
Foursquare Direct:
How the Trump Presidential Campaign is Affecting Trump Businesses  —  At Foursquare, our data scientists are often called upon to analyze real world trends; we use Big Data to determine how commercial fortunes are rising or falling.  This year, politics and business are intersecting …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump did not actually watch an Iranian recording of that controversial money transfer  —  As Fox News reported on the controversial transfer of $400 million in cash to Iran in January, it repeatedly played dark, grainy footage of shadowy figures walking off a small private plane with bags with hand.
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Daily Express:
LONDON TERROR: American woman dead and five injured in Russell Square stabbing rampage  —  A SOMALI teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death and five people injured in an attack in central London.  —  One person has been killed in a knife attack in Russell Square
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Mynewsdesk:
People injured at Russell Square
Glamour:
President Barack Obama on Feminism, Michelle, and His Daughters  —  There are a lot of tough aspects to being President.  But there are some perks too.  Meeting extraordinary people across the country.  Holding an office where you get to make a difference in the life of our nation.  Air Force One.
Discussion: Vox, Althouse, Heat Street, Guardian and The Week
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Megyn Kelly Loses It Over Trump Rehashing Old Dirt: ‘What Is He Doing?!’  (VIDEO)  —  Fox News' Megyn Kelly couldn't conceal how baffled she was by Donald Trump's choosing to remind voters about his oldest campaign controversies on the trail this week.  —  After Trump tried to rehash …
Michael Hainey / Esquire:
Clint and Scott Eastwood: No Holds Barred in Their First Interview Together  —  Think your old man is a ball-buster?  Try being the son of Clint Eastwood.  And then try making a name for yourself in the family business.  This month, as Clint and Scott Eastwood go head-to-head at the box office …
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
The Political Process Isn't Rigged — It Has Much Bigger Problems  —  All right, I need to vent.  For months, I've watched Donald Trump decry as “rigged” everything from the Democratic primaries, the Republican primary rules (that's right, the same rules that helped him win the nomination) and the fall debate schedule.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kristen Taketa / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri's head public defender assigns case to Gov. Nixon, cites overburdened staff  —  Fed up with what he says is the governor's failure to properly fund his overwhelmed office, the state's lead public defender ordered Gov. Jay Nixon this week to represent a poor person in Cole County this month.
 
 
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Khans Jeopardize Trump Strategy Banking on Veterans' Votes
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Hanging Tough
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
Wearing “Don't Tread on Me” insignia could be punishable racial harassment
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Chicago Sun Times:
DePaul could use a refresher course in free speech
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and Daily Wire
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The Trump Hispanic Engagement Effort Is Sputtering
Discussion: Raw Story
Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Third party candidates won't really matter in November
Discussion: Hit & Run
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Gay Syrian man beheaded and mutilated in Turkey
Discussion: Towleroad
Reuters:
In slap at Trump, some wealthy Republicans campaign for Clinton
Paul Ryan / USA Today:
Drop the politics, put health first: Paul Ryan
Dana J.H. Pittard / Washington Post:
I was Capt. Khan's commander in Iraq. The Khan family is our family.
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Officials Raised Objections on U.S. Cash Payment to Iran
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals
 
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