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	Police Shooting Victim's Mother Speaks Out: 'It's a Silent War Against African-American People' by Alex Griswold The mother of Philandro Castile, the Minnesota man whose shooting death at the hands of a police officer was livestreamed on Facebook, went on CNN Thursday morning to decry her son's killing and the state of race relations in America. Read More »

	Mika Brzezinski Has Fun Calling Her Guests 'Hostages' to Hillary Clinton by Tommy Christopher It seems Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski has found a new way to amuse herself, at least on camera. On Thursday morning's edition of Morning Joe, the crew was discussing the remote possibility that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton could be denied classified briefings because of FBI Director James Comey's misleading presentation of the agency's email investigation. Read More »

	Nanci Pelosi Just Had a Moment of Accidental Honesty About Clinton Investigation by Christopher White Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: FBI Director James Comey Testifies to Congress Over Clinton Email Investigation by J.D. Durkin Watch the above live feed from NBC News as it becomes available. Read More »

	Only 2 Hillary Clinton Emails 'Bore Marking Indicating' Classified Info, and Both Were Errors by Tommy Christopher At Tuesday's press conference announcing that no charges would be filed against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her handling of email as secretary of state, FBI Director James Comey claimed that a "very small number" of emails sent or received by Secretary Clinton "bore markings indicating the presence of classified information." We now know that the "very small number" Comey referenced was two, that neither email was sent by Hillary Clinton, and at Wednesday's State Department daily briefing, we learned that the notations contained in both of the emails in question were the result of human error. Read More »

	Paul Ryan Asks Intelligence Community to Deny Clinton Classified Briefings by Alex Griswold In a letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan asked his agency to deny former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the classified briefings traditionally given to presidential nominees. Read More »

	Dwayne Wade Cohosts Live With Kelly Just Hours After Shockingly Signing With Chicago by J.D. Durkin After 13 seasons in Miami, the three-time NBA champ told Kelly Ripa "It's still surreal," to be playing for his hometown Bulls. Read More »

	Cenk Uygur Compares Fox News' Roger Ailes to Bill Cosby by Tommy Christopher The news media world was rocked Wednesday with the news that now-former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson is suing Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes for workplace sexual harassment and retaliation, a lawsuit in which Carlson alleges Ailes offered her career advancement in exchange for a sexual relationship, among other allegations. According to Gretchen Carlson's law firm, at least ten other women have now come forward with similar claims against Ailes. Read More »

	This Shocking New York Daily News Cover of Alton Sterling Is Drawing Heavy Responses by J.D. Durkin Never one to shy away from the controversial and declarative front cover, the Daily News depicted the image of Sterling's body for all to see. Read More »

	Minnesota Man Shot by Police During Traffic Stop, Girlfriend Livestreams His Death by Alex Griswold After 32-year-old Philando Castile was shot by a police officer during a routine traffic stop Wednesday, his girlfriend Lavish Reynolds livestreamed footage of him slowing bleeding to death. Read More »

	Trevor Noah: If Choices Are ‘Grandma Nixon’ or Crazy Trump, Let’s Call Off the Election by Josh Feldman Trevor Noah tonight really went on a tear against both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and said maybe we should call off the election. Read More »

	Don Lemon to Trump Supporter: Why Can’t He Just Disavow the Star Tweet and Move On? by Josh Feldman Tonight CNN's Don Lemon asked a Donald Trump the obvious question: why couldn't Trump have just denounced that anti-Semitic star tweet and moved on? Read More »

	Fox News' Howard Kurtz Files Report on Gretchen Carlson's Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes by Josh Feldman If you were wondering whether Fox News would cover the lawsuit one of their former anchors filed against Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes, they actually did. Read More »

	Megyn Kelly: GOP Praised FBI Director for Weeks Until He Went Against What They Wanted by Josh Feldman Megyn Kelly tonight continued to go after the email excuse-making from the Hillary Clinton camp, but she also had some criticism for Republicans demanding the head of James Comey. Read More »

	Let It Go: Donald Trump Uses Frozen Sticker Books to Argue His Tweet Wasn’t Anti-Semitic by Josh Feldman Just let it go already. Donald Trump is either trolling us all or he is engaging in willful ignorance. Just look at this... Read More »

	Bernie Sanders Finally Concedes That Hillary Clinton Is 'The Presumptive Nominee' by Tommy Christopher After nearly a month of refusing to actually concede the Democratic presidential nomination to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Independent Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential runner-up Bernie Sanders has finally eased himself fully into the tub. During an interview with Chris Hayes on Wednesday night's All In with Chris Hayes, Sanders' obstinate streak ended suddenly and without fanfare, as he called Hillary Clinton the "presumptive nominee" for the first time. Read More »

	There Are Some Legal Issues With Gretchen Carlson’s Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	O'Reilly: 'Obama's Emotional Attachment to the Muslim World Has Hurt the USA' by Josh Feldman Bill O'Reilly tonight tore into President Obama by declaring "Obama’s emotional attachment to the Muslim world has hurt the USA." Read More »

	'Sleepy Eyes' Chuck Todd Gets Snarky After Trump Attacks Him by Josh Feldman Chuck Todd finally responded after Donald Trump attacked him multiple times today. Read More »

	Trump Got Distracted by a Mosquito at His Rally Tonight by Josh Feldman Donald Trump went on a weird tangent at his rally tonight after a mosquito showed up on his podium. Read More »

	Undercovered: National Investigation Into Sexual Abuse in the Medical Profession by Sam Reisman A comprehensive national investigation by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reveals how doctors have escaped scrutiny and censure for sexual abuse for decades. Read More »

	Trump Goes On Rant About Anti-Semitic Star Tweet: We 'Shouldn't Have Taken It Down!' by Josh Feldman Donald Trump went on a lengthy rant during his Cincinnati rally tonight about the anti-Semitic tweet that engulfed his campaign in controversy for days. Read More »

	New Video Gives Clearer, Very Disturbing Picture of Alton Sterling Shooting by Josh Feldman Last night, a video emerged online depicting the disturbing, fatal police shooting of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, but there's a new––even more disturbing––video that's been released today that gives a clearer picture of what happened. Read More »

	Uh Oh, Ailes: ‘At Least 10’ Women Have Called Carlson’s Lawyer With Similar Accusations by Lindsey Ellefson In her 2015 memoir, she asked, "But how many other women had [sexual harassment] happened to? And if we all said nothing, what does that mean? Have times changed for women. I hope so, but I'm not sure." Read More »

	Roger Ailes Responds to Gretchen Carlson Lawsuit: ‘Offensive, Wholly Without Merit’ by Josh Feldman Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes has issued a statement in response to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Gretchen Carlson. Read More »

	21st Century Fox Issues Statement on Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes by Josh Feldman 21st Century Fox has issued a statement on the lawsuit filed by ex-Fox News host Gretchen Carlson against Fox News Chairman & CEO Roger Ailes. Read More »

	Ky. Attorney General: Kim Davis Violated State's Open Records Act by Sam Reisman The Kentucky Attorney General ruled that Kim Davis violated the state's Open Records Act, the Courier Journal reported Wednesday. Read More »

	No, CNN, a Donald Trump Supporter Didn't Call For the Lynching of Loretta Lynch by Alex Griswold Wednesday morning, Donald Trump supporter and former New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino (or more accurately, his social media team) made a mistake for the ages. Read More »

	Bernie Sanders Sidesteps Questions from House Dems About Endorsing Clinton, House Dems Start Booing by Robert Webster When Bernie Sanders met with House Democrats on Wednesday, he probably didn't get the reaction that he was hoping for.He deflected questions about endorsing Hillary and at one point during the meeting, some Democrats started to boo him. Read More »

	Loretta Lynch Accepts FBI Recommendation, Closes Hillary Email Investigation by Josh Feldman Attorney General Loretta Lynch has officially closed the book on the Department of Justice investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, after accepting the FBI's recommendation. Read More »

	Carson: Trump Is Making 'Sincere Effort' to Be 'A Little Less Self-Centered' by Josh Feldman Ben Carson wants to make it clear that Donald Trump is doing all he can to embrace his spiritual side and be less "self-centered." Read More »

	Judge May Lose Job After Asking Rape Victim: ‘Why Couldn’t You Keep Your Knees Together?' by Ronn Blitzer Read More »

	Ex-Fox Business Network Exec: Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes 'Distorts Reality' by Josh Feldman Ex-Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson makes some pretty damning allegations about Roger Ailes' behavior in her sexual harassment lawsuit, but Fox has not yet commented. A former Fox Business executive, however, has given his take already. Read More »

	Anti-Monsanto Protestors Make It Rain in the Senate by Josh Feldman Anti-Monsanto protesters appeared in the Senate gallery today to speak out against flawed food label legislation by making it rain in the Senate. Read More »

	#MoreTrustedThanHillary Blows Up on Twitter Following FBI Announcement by Josh Feldman With the FBI calling out Hillary Clinton for extreme "recklessness" yesterday, a very anti-Clinton hashtag has been spreading around for pretty much the whole day so far. Read More »

	Gretchen Carlson's Memoir Includes Passages About Past Sexual Assault in TV Industry by Lindsey Ellefson In her own words, here is what she said about the sexual harassment and assault of young women in the television news industry and her internal debate over what -- if anything -- she could do about it by speaking up. Read More »

	Who Are the 'Other Fox News Hosts' Gretchen Carlson Suggests Roger Ailes Slept With? by Jon Nicosia Gretchen Carlson's complaint might kick off a guessing game among media watchers. Read More »

	Observer Owner Jared Kushner Responds to Employee: Trump 'Is Not an Anti-Semite' by Sam Reisman Observer publisher and Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner has responded to his employee's open letter, saying unequivocally "My father is not an anti-Semite." Read More »

	Another Veep Bites the Dust: Joni Ernst Drops Out of Trump Veepstakes by Tommy Christopher Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is running out of potential running mates faster than a Trump University graduate runs out of food to feed their family. Hot on the heels of the news that Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) has withdrawn from consideration, Politico is reporting that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has told Trump that she'd rather concentrate on Iowa for the next forever. Read More »

	‘So Disgusting’: Eric Trump Ranted at WaPo for Asking About His Dad’s Charity Donations by Josh Feldman Eric Trump spoke with The Washington Post after multiple inquiries into his father's charitable donations, and he reportedly ended up ranting against them. Read More »