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	GMA Says It's The Last Season of Scandal, Shonda Rhimes Tweets 'I Never Said' That! by Dana Eisenberg Read More »

	Exclusive Video: Cecile Richards Speaks at Private Planned Parenthood DNC Bash by Tommy Christopher As the nation watched Democratic National Convention festivities leading up to the speech by former President Bill Clinton Tuesday night in Philadelphia, hundreds of supporters lined up around the block to get into Union Tranfser for Planned Parenthood's invitation-only Sex, Politics and Cocktails party. Given the state of reproductive politics in this country, it's no wonder that security for the event was relatively strict, causing an hour-plus delay to the start of the event as anti-abortion rights protesters harangued attendees outside the venue, and the Planned Parenthood supporters yelled back. Read More »

	BREAKING: Prosecutors Drop All Remaining Charges Related to Death of Freddie Gray by Chris White Read More »

	Ronald Reagan Shooter John Hinckley Jr. to be Released from Mental Hospital by Ken Meyer The man who nearly killed President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has been granted his freedom from his mental hospital. Read More »

	DNC Staffer Complained About Having to Acknowledge Holocaust Remembrance Day by Alex Griswold DNC staffers privately griped about having to craft a statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, according to one of the leaked emails recently released by Wikileaks. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump Holds Press Conference in Doral, FL by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will appear at Trump National Doral in Doral, FL today to deliver remarks from the Crystal Ballroom. Read More »

	Biden Dishes It Out: 'The Truth Is, Donald Trump Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy' by J.D. Durkin "The truth is, Donald Trump knows nothing about foreign policy," said the man who will speak to the Democratic National Convention crowd tonight in Philadelphia. "Now should he based upon his background." Read More »

	Trump Denies Ever Meeting Putin Despite Previously Bragging That He Had by Alex Griswold After months of praising Russian leader Vladimir Putin and bragging about having once met, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that they had never even met at all. Read More »

	'We Don't Have Time For This!': Seth Meyers Slams Bernie-or-Bust Voters For Not Getting in Line by J.D. Durkin The comedian slammed the Bernie Or Bust crowd for forcing the 74-year-old out on the campaign trail when he should have to even bother. Read More »

	Obama Says 'Anything is Possible' When Asked If Trump Can Win by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Colbert Welcomes 'Hillary Clinton' to Perfectly Pander to Whatever You Think Is Best by J.D. Durkin While the Late Show was in Cleveland last week, show staffers had actual GOP voters ask Clinton tough questions to camera, which Colbert surprised his animated guest with last night. Read More »

	Leaks Show DNC Asked White House to Reward Donors With Slots on Boards and Commissions by Mediaite Staff Read More »

	The DNC Released a Video with Tons of Celebrities Singing 'Fight Song' for Hillary by Josh Feldman One of Hillary Clinton's celebrity backers is Elizabeth Banks. And being one of the stars of the Pitch Perfect movies (as well as the director for the sequel), she assembled a league of celebrities to sing that song for Clinton. Read More »

	Ann Coulter Snarks About Bernie Supporters: 'Did Hillary Have Them Gassed?' by Josh Feldman Because why the hell not. Read More »

	Someone Dumped Water on Geraldo’s Head During Clash With Sanders Protesters by Josh Feldman Fox News' Geraldo Rivera spoke with Bernie Sanders supporters earlier on day two of the DNC and ended up clashing with some of them. Read More »

	Hillary Videos Into DNC: ‘We Just Put the Biggest Crack in That Glass Ceiling Yet’ by Josh Feldman Hillary Clinton appeared live via satellite from New York to address the DNC at the end of night two. Read More »

	Bill Clinton Declares Hillary ‘The Real Change-Maker’ in Lengthy DNC Speech by Josh Feldman Tonight was not former President Bill Clinton's first time speaking at the Democratic National Convention––he's spoken at all of... Read More »

	Maddow Found the First Part of Bill Clinton's Speech 'Shocking and Weird' by Josh Feldman Rachel Maddow wasn't quite on board with the first part of Bill Clinton's lengthy DNC speech tonight. Read More »

	O’Reilly on Michelle Obama Speech: Slaves That Built WH Were ‘Well Fed and Had Decent Lodgings’ by Josh Feldman Bill O'Reilly reacted to Michelle Obama's big DNC speech tonight by fact-checking what she said about slaves building the White House. Read More »

	Trump Scolds Megyn Kelly on Twitter After She Tries to Parse What His ISIS Strategy Is by Josh Feldman Hey, guess what? Donald Trump is tweeting about Megyn Kelly again. Read More »

	NHL Commish Blames Media for Spreading Fear About Brain Injuries in Letter to Senator by Joe DePaolo NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is denying the link between concussions and CTE — a degenerative brain disease found in many retired football and hockey players, among others. Read More »

	Howard Dean Reprises His Infamous 'Dean Scream' Moment at the DNC by Josh Feldman Howard Dean gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention and ended by invoking that infamous "scream" moment of his during the 2004 election. Read More »

	Axelrod: Would Have Been a ‘Healing Moment’ If Dems Featured Widows of Murdered Cops Too by Josh Feldman David Axelrod said that it was good to hear the mothers of victims of gun/police violence speaking tonight, but they should have heard from widows of slain cops too. Read More »

	Lena Dunham and America Ferrera Awkwardly Speak Together, Trash Trump at DNC by Josh Feldman Actresses Lena Dunham and America Ferrera awkwardly spoke together at the Democratic National Convention tonight to trash Donald Trump and praise Hillary Clinton. Read More »

	Mothers of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Sandra Bland, and More Speak Together at DNC by Josh Feldman The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and others took the stage together at the Democratic National Convention tonight. All of the women on stage were part of the Mothers of the Movement, speaking out against gun violence and police brutality. Read More »

	Watch: Larry Sanders Casts Vote for His Brother in Emotional Moment by Sam Reisman In an emotional moment during the roll call Tuesday evening, a tearful Larry Sanders cast a vote for his brother Bernie. Read More »

	Kremlin Dismisses Notion That It Had Anything to Do With DNC Hack by Sam Reisman The Kremlin has dismissed the charge that it had anything to do with the hack that exposed nearly 20,000 emails from top DNC officials. Read More »

	Undercovered: Coding Clubs In Senegal Work to Get More Young Women Programming by Sam Reisman More and more young women in Senegal are being trained to enter the technology sector, according to a report published Tuesday in The Guardian. Read More »

	Obama Reacts to Possible Russian Hack of DNC by Highlighting Trump’s ‘Admiration’ of Putin by Josh Feldman President Obama spoke on NBC Nightly News tonight and reacted to reports that Russia was behind the DNC email hack. Read More »

	Elizabeth Banks Parodies Trump’s Grand RNC Entrance at the DNC by Josh Feldman Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks took the stage at the DNC tonight by parodying the over-the-top way in which Donald Trump appeared on stage on night one of the RNC last week. Read More »

	Sanders Supporters Protest Outside After Clinton Nomination Becomes Official by Josh Feldman After Hillary Clinton officially clinched the Democratic nomination tonight, Bernie Sanders supporters protested and staged a sit-in at the DNC media tent. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Bill Clinton Speaks at the Democratic National Convention by Mediaite TV Former President Bill Clinton is giving the big speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight, following his wife officially being nominated for the presidency today. Read More »

	Weiner Goes Off After Getting Question About His Wife's Security Clearance by Josh Feldman Anthony Weiner clearly got a little ticked off when NBC's Kelly O'Donnell asked him about his wife Huma Abedin's security clearance potentially being revoked. Read More »

	Trump: ‘Crazy’ to Suggest I’m Dealing With Russia, I Have ‘Zero’ Investments There by Josh Feldman Donald Trump has heard all the theories that either Russia is secretly pulling for him or that his campaign and Russia are allied, and he's insisting it's all untrue. Read More »

	BREAKING: Clinton Officially Becomes First Female Major Party Presidential Nominee by Josh Feldman The Democratic National Convention has officially chosen Hillary Clinton as the first woman to ever be the presidential nominee for a major political party in the United States. Read More »

	Dem Rep. Goes After Trump and Pence in Rhyme on the Convention Floor by Josh Feldman During the Democratic National Convention roll call late this afternoon, Congressman Andre Carson went after Donald Trump and Mike Pence in rhyme. Read More »

	Democratic Congressman Allegedly Threatened to Kill His Ex-Wife Because Babysitter Quit by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	WATCH: Massive Rugby Brawls Spill Out-Of-Control by Joe DePaolo Apparently, Beach Rugby is a thing. Who knew? There are a few modifications to the rules, but the game appears not to be substantially different despite the picturesque setting. Of course with rugby, that means there's a good chance a fight will break out — which is precisely what happened during two matches on Saturday in Wales. Read More »

	Trump: 'I Would Think About' Bringing Roger Ailes Onto Campaign by Josh Feldman There have been all sorts of rumors about Roger Ailes potentially helping the Donald Trump campaign now that he's out as Fox News Chairman & CEO, and Trump himself isn't discounting the idea. Read More »

	Alleged Robbers Target Pokémon Go Players With Gun; They Fight Back by Ronn Blitzer Read More »