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| Trump, Clinton and Sanders react to Dallas killings – as it happened | Trump, Clinton and Sanders react to Dallas killings – as it happened |
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| We’re going to wrap up our live blog politics coverage for the day. | We’re going to wrap up our live blog politics coverage for the day. |
| We leave you with this video feed, which is scheduled to go live at 6.30pm ET on Hillary Clinton speaking at African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference in Philadelphia: | We leave you with this video feed, which is scheduled to go live at 6.30pm ET on Hillary Clinton speaking at African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference in Philadelphia: |
| Speaking of late Friday afternoon news and Hillary Clinton – here she is just then on CNN saying it was a mistake for her to use personal email as secretary of state. But she rejected FBI director James Comey’s characterization that she and colleagues had been “extremely careless” in their handling of classified information. | Speaking of late Friday afternoon news and Hillary Clinton – here she is just then on CNN saying it was a mistake for her to use personal email as secretary of state. But she rejected FBI director James Comey’s characterization that she and colleagues had been “extremely careless” in their handling of classified information. |
| Hillary Clinton on emails: "It was a mistake for me to use personal email and I regret that" https://t.co/sKXxK0zE23 https://t.co/OKEJsqwj2p | Hillary Clinton on emails: "It was a mistake for me to use personal email and I regret that" https://t.co/sKXxK0zE23 https://t.co/OKEJsqwj2p |
| For a summary of reactions by candidates and officials to the killings of police in Dallas and police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota this week, please visit today’s edition of The Campaign Minute. | For a summary of reactions by candidates and officials to the killings of police in Dallas and police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota this week, please visit today’s edition of The Campaign Minute. |
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| NYPD commissioner says Trump wanted 'photo op' | NYPD commissioner says Trump wanted 'photo op' |
| The New York Daily News reports that New York police commissioner Bill Bratton has rejected, strongly, a request by Donald Trump to address police officers at an afternoon meeting at the midtown north precinct: | The New York Daily News reports that New York police commissioner Bill Bratton has rejected, strongly, a request by Donald Trump to address police officers at an afternoon meeting at the midtown north precinct: |
| “Our interest is staying out of the politics of the moment, and not to provide photo ops,” he told reporters. “If Mr. Trump wants to speak to me, I would be happy to brief him on what we’re doing. If Sen. Clinton wants to speak to me, I would very happy to brief her on what we’re doing. But we are not in the business of providing photo ops for our candidates.” | “Our interest is staying out of the politics of the moment, and not to provide photo ops,” he told reporters. “If Mr. Trump wants to speak to me, I would be happy to brief him on what we’re doing. If Sen. Clinton wants to speak to me, I would very happy to brief her on what we’re doing. But we are not in the business of providing photo ops for our candidates.” |
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| Clinton to speak at Philadelphia church | Clinton to speak at Philadelphia church |
| Presumptive democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak at African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference in Philadelphia at 6.30pm ET, according to Reuters. | Presumptive democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak at African Methodist Episcopal Church General Conference in Philadelphia at 6.30pm ET, according to Reuters. |
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| Justice Ginsburg: 'I don't want to think about' possibility of Trump presidency | Justice Ginsburg: 'I don't want to think about' possibility of Trump presidency |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she doesn’t want to think about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the White House, and she predicts the next president — “whoever she will be” — will have a few appointments to make to the Supreme Court, the AP reports: | Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she doesn’t want to think about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the White House, and she predicts the next president — “whoever she will be” — will have a few appointments to make to the Supreme Court, the AP reports: |
| In an interview Thursday in her court office, the 83-year-old justice and leader of the court’s liberal wing said she presumes Democrat Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Asked what if Republican Donald Trump won instead, she said, “I don’t want to think about that possibility, but if it should be, then everything is up for grabs.” | In an interview Thursday in her court office, the 83-year-old justice and leader of the court’s liberal wing said she presumes Democrat Hillary Clinton will be the next president. Asked what if Republican Donald Trump won instead, she said, “I don’t want to think about that possibility, but if it should be, then everything is up for grabs.” |
| That includes the future of the high court itself, on which she is the oldest justice. Two justices, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer, are in their late 70s. | That includes the future of the high court itself, on which she is the oldest justice. Two justices, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer, are in their late 70s. |
| “It’s likely that the next president, whoever she will be, will have a few appointments to make,” Ginsburg said, smiling. | “It’s likely that the next president, whoever she will be, will have a few appointments to make,” Ginsburg said, smiling. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Donald Trump has solicited donations from foreign members of foreign parliaments. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has gone looking for overseas cash, too – albeit from US citizens, who can legally contributed (and in what sounds like a much more organized way than the as-yet-unexplained Trump effort), according to a Washington Post report: | Donald Trump has solicited donations from foreign members of foreign parliaments. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has gone looking for overseas cash, too – albeit from US citizens, who can legally contributed (and in what sounds like a much more organized way than the as-yet-unexplained Trump effort), according to a Washington Post report: |
| Hillary Clinton’s campaign held fundraising events in five foreign cities Thursday, offering U.S. lawyers living overseas the chance to have a “virtual policy conversation” with Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia, one of Clinton’s potential running mates. | Hillary Clinton’s campaign held fundraising events in five foreign cities Thursday, offering U.S. lawyers living overseas the chance to have a “virtual policy conversation” with Sen. Timothy M. Kaine of Virginia, one of Clinton’s potential running mates. |
| Thursday’s receptions — held simultaneously in Moscow, Paris, Rome, Warsaw and Zurich — served as the kickoff of a new Lawyers Abroad for Hillary program, part of an aggressive push by the putative Democratic presidential nominee to tap new constituencies for funds as she ramps up for the general election. | Thursday’s receptions — held simultaneously in Moscow, Paris, Rome, Warsaw and Zurich — served as the kickoff of a new Lawyers Abroad for Hillary program, part of an aggressive push by the putative Democratic presidential nominee to tap new constituencies for funds as she ramps up for the general election. |
| Read the full piece here. | Read the full piece here. |
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| Rubio diagnoses a national “cancer” “fueled by anger and fear”: | Rubio diagnoses a national “cancer” “fueled by anger and fear”: |
| Here's the full @marcorubio quote from his press conference: pic.twitter.com/C9DiVQHD4h | Here's the full @marcorubio quote from his press conference: pic.twitter.com/C9DiVQHD4h |
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| One of the greatest ironies of the 2016 presidential election is that it took a billionaire to turn the dominance of money in politics inside out, write the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and David Smith: | One of the greatest ironies of the 2016 presidential election is that it took a billionaire to turn the dominance of money in politics inside out, write the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs and David Smith: |
| Many of Trump’s supporters say part of his appeal is that, as they see it, he is his own man and not a typical politician beholden to donors who give millions and expect policy favors in return. | Many of Trump’s supporters say part of his appeal is that, as they see it, he is his own man and not a typical politician beholden to donors who give millions and expect policy favors in return. |
| The Trump phenomenon – and, for that matter, the rise of Bernie Sanders with his army of online fundraisers – have added intrigue to the perennial question of campaign finance and who pulls the strings of American democracy. But as the general election nears, there are signs of the old order reasserting itself. The distorting influence of money has not gone away. | The Trump phenomenon – and, for that matter, the rise of Bernie Sanders with his army of online fundraisers – have added intrigue to the perennial question of campaign finance and who pulls the strings of American democracy. But as the general election nears, there are signs of the old order reasserting itself. The distorting influence of money has not gone away. |
| Guardian readers have raised it as one of their main concerns. Christopher Kansas, a Sanders supporter in Colorado, thought campaign finance reform “is the most important issue that we currently have to deal with because without changing the way campaigns are financed the other important issues will never be completely discussed”. Jennifer Olsen, a Trump supporter from Missouri, felt “this country has the perception of a democracy ... but federal politics are corrupt”. In particular, several people like Julie Stevens, a Democrat from Minnesota, pointed to the effect of Citizens United. | Guardian readers have raised it as one of their main concerns. Christopher Kansas, a Sanders supporter in Colorado, thought campaign finance reform “is the most important issue that we currently have to deal with because without changing the way campaigns are financed the other important issues will never be completely discussed”. Jennifer Olsen, a Trump supporter from Missouri, felt “this country has the perception of a democracy ... but federal politics are corrupt”. In particular, several people like Julie Stevens, a Democrat from Minnesota, pointed to the effect of Citizens United. |
| This is a reference to a 2010 ruling by the supreme court that removed many existing limitations on outside groups spending money to influence elections. It enabled the creation Super Political Action Committees, or Super Pacs, organizations independent of the candidates’ campaigns which, unlike the campaigns, may raise unlimited amounts of money from individual donors. There were prophecies that these faceless funders of attack ads would seize control of American democracy. | This is a reference to a 2010 ruling by the supreme court that removed many existing limitations on outside groups spending money to influence elections. It enabled the creation Super Political Action Committees, or Super Pacs, organizations independent of the candidates’ campaigns which, unlike the campaigns, may raise unlimited amounts of money from individual donors. There were prophecies that these faceless funders of attack ads would seize control of American democracy. |
| Six years later, has this come to pass? Some believe so. Sanders tweeted earlier this year: “One of the most disastrous Supreme Court decisions in my lifetime. In essence, this ruling handed millionaires and billionaires – who have already rigged our economy – unlimited influence in our elections.” | Six years later, has this come to pass? Some believe so. Sanders tweeted earlier this year: “One of the most disastrous Supreme Court decisions in my lifetime. In essence, this ruling handed millionaires and billionaires – who have already rigged our economy – unlimited influence in our elections.” |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
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| State department reopens inquiry into Clinton emails | State department reopens inquiry into Clinton emails |
| The state department is reopening an internal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information by Hillary Clinton and top aides, AP reports: | The state department is reopening an internal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information by Hillary Clinton and top aides, AP reports: |
| Spokesman John Kirby says the emails probe is restarting now that the Department of Justice isn’t pursuing a criminal prosecution. The Department of State suspended its review in April to avoid interfering with the FBI’s inquiry. | Spokesman John Kirby says the emails probe is restarting now that the Department of Justice isn’t pursuing a criminal prosecution. The Department of State suspended its review in April to avoid interfering with the FBI’s inquiry. |
| Kirby set no deadline for the investigation’s completion. | Kirby set no deadline for the investigation’s completion. |
| Clinton was secretary of state until early 2013. Most of her top advisers left shortly thereafter. | Clinton was secretary of state until early 2013. Most of her top advisers left shortly thereafter. |
| But Kirby said this week former officials can still face “administrative sanctions”. The most serious is loss of security clearances, which could complicate Clinton’s naming of a national security team if she becomes president. | But Kirby said this week former officials can still face “administrative sanctions”. The most serious is loss of security clearances, which could complicate Clinton’s naming of a national security team if she becomes president. |
| Beyond the Democratic frontrunner, the probe is most likely examining confidants Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan and Huma Abedin. | Beyond the Democratic frontrunner, the probe is most likely examining confidants Cheryl Mills, Jake Sullivan and Huma Abedin. |
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| Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell calls the Dallas attack “unconscionable”. Here’s his full statement: | Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell calls the Dallas attack “unconscionable”. Here’s his full statement: |
| What we saw last night in Dallas was unconscionable. We as a country mourn for the five police officers senselessly murdered during a peaceful protest. We extend our hearts to the wounded, to the families and loved ones left behind, to the entire law enforcement community, and to a nation that has experienced much suffering and heartbreak over the course of a difficult week. | What we saw last night in Dallas was unconscionable. We as a country mourn for the five police officers senselessly murdered during a peaceful protest. We extend our hearts to the wounded, to the families and loved ones left behind, to the entire law enforcement community, and to a nation that has experienced much suffering and heartbreak over the course of a difficult week. |
| This is a cruel reminder that law enforcement officials selflessly put themselves in harm’s way day in and day out to keep our communities safe. Their spouses and loved ones also carry that incredible burden with them. We as a nation are here to grieve with them, to thank them for their unwavering courage, and to reassure them that Americans will stand by them in the days to come. | This is a cruel reminder that law enforcement officials selflessly put themselves in harm’s way day in and day out to keep our communities safe. Their spouses and loved ones also carry that incredible burden with them. We as a nation are here to grieve with them, to thank them for their unwavering courage, and to reassure them that Americans will stand by them in the days to come. |
| Now is the time to come together as nation, not pull further apart, and let justice and healing be our guide.” | Now is the time to come together as nation, not pull further apart, and let justice and healing be our guide.” |
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| Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and potential Trump running mate, has spoken on Facebook live about how “normal, white” Americans do not “understand being black in America” and “instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk”: | Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and potential Trump running mate, has spoken on Facebook live about how “normal, white” Americans do not “understand being black in America” and “instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk”: |
| Gingrich: "If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America " (@alanhe) pic.twitter.com/U62PTbxTyD | Gingrich: "If you are a normal, white American, the truth is you don’t understand being black in America " (@alanhe) pic.twitter.com/U62PTbxTyD |
| The Atlanta Journal Constitution has further. | The Atlanta Journal Constitution has further. |