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Olivier KnoxFBI’s Comey: No charges appropriate in Clinton email caseHillary Clinton addresses the the U.S. Conference of Mayors last week. In a bombshell announcement, FBI Director James Comey accused former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday of having been “extremely careless” in handling classified information on her private email server but recommended that she not face criminal charges.
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Liz GoodwinObama vouches for Hillary Clinton in North Carolina: ‘I’m ready to pass the baton’In their first joint campaign appearance, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he is “ready to pass the baton” — and the White House— to his former rival, Hillary Clinton. Standing at a lectern bearing the presidential seal, Obama made the case for Clinton as a brilliant, “level-headed” stateswoman who could lead the country in tumultuous times.
Yahoo News Photo StaffAmericans celebrate the 4th of JulyFrom fireworks soaring above the Washington Monument to hot dogs being downed in New York City’s famed frank-eating contest, Americans aren’t shy about celebrating their nation’s birthday. Many places are rolling out long-established Independence Day traditions on Monday (even if some of those traditions aren’t as long-established as they sound). Some communities are trying new things to mark the holiday, even as others are paring back. Here are some Fourth of July highlights from around the country.
Jason SicklesTrump blames media for Star of David tweet controversyDonald Trump faulted the media on Monday for causing a ruckus over a recent tweet. Donald Trump blamed the media on Monday for fueling the fuss over his use of a six-pointed star in a tweet attacking rival Hillary Clinton. “Dishonest media is trying their absolute best to depict a star in a tweet as the Star of David rather than a Sheriff’s Star, or plain star!,” Trump wrote in a tweet.
Dylan StablefordTrump's Star of David image first appeared on neo-Nazi message board: reportThe presumptive Republican nominee's supporters say the firestorm over a tweet that featured what some called an anti-Semitic graphic was driven by the media's political correctness. But the image appears to have been taken from an online message board popular with white supremacists.
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- Caitlin DicksonTrump sparks online firestorm with anti-Clinton tweet featuring Star of David
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump drew widespread rebuke on Saturday with a tweet featuring a Star of David while accusing rival Hillary Clinton of corruption. The star, a symbol of Judaism, was on a backdrop of $100 bills and paired with a Fox News poll in which a majority of respondents described Clinton as corrupt. Later in the morning, Trump posted a version of the tweet with a circle instead of the Star of David.
- Jon WardWho is Paula White, Donald Trump’s ‘spiritual counselor’?
Pastor Paula White preaches at the New Destiny Christian Center, outside Orlando, Fla., in 2013. “This city has to have Jesus right now,” Paula White said, her voice catching with emotion. White, who has emerged this year as one of Donald Trump’s most stalwart religious supporters, and has been called Trump’s “spiritual counselor” by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, brought forward three other pastors to pray.
- Holly BaileyDonald Trump hit by campaign shakeup just 3 weeks before convention speech
Just three weeks before he is set to officially claim the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump was hit with another staff shakeup as his campaign struggles to expand in advance of what is expected to be a bruising general election campaign against Hillary Clinton. Kevin Kellems, a veteran GOP strategist and former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, abruptly resigned from the Trump staff Thursday, less than two weeks after he was hired to help oversee the campaign’s surrogate operations. The latest departures come as Trump has tried to steady a campaign operation that has been shaken by internal drama and outside turmoil, including the candidate’s own missteps.
- Olivier KnoxObama air war kills up to 116 civilians outside war zones
Gingerly pulling back the curtain on one of President Obama’s most controversial national security policies, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper disclosed on Friday that as many as 116 civilians have died in U.S. drone strikes or manned air attacks since January 2009.
- Andrew RomanoUnconventional #31: Politicians have refused. Sports figures have declined. Who’s left to speak at Trump’s convention?
A worker holds up cables from inside a podium as final adjustments are made to the stage where Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Is anyone willing to speak at Trump’s convention?
Yahoo News Photo StaffFrance and Britain mark the 100th anniversary of the deadliest battle of WWI – Battle of the SommeOne week after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister David Cameron and members of the royal family were standing side-by-side with France’s president to celebrate their historic alliance at the centenary of the deadliest battle of World War I. More than 1 million people were killed, wounded or went missing in the Battle of the Somme in northern France, pitting British and French troops against German ones from July 1 to Nov. 18, 1916. Britain held a moment of silence Friday morning to mark 100 years since the bloodiest day of British military history ?
- Michael Isikoff and Liz GoodwinJustice Department clarifies Lynch remarks about Clinton email probe: ‘The AG is the ultimate decider’
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday that she will take a step back from the decision whether to charge anyone in the Hillary Clinton private email server probe but is not fully recusing herself from the case.
- Caitlin Dickson‘We’re going to the convention’: Bernie Sanders continues fundraising as campaign fades
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is still raising funds from supporters despite the fact that presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton essentially locked up the nomination weeks ago. “We’re going to the convention,” one email declared, referring to the Democratic National Convention later this month.
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Olivier KnoxThe most interesting tidbits you missed in the Benghazi depositionsA top aide to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton had a college friend who was in Benghazi the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attacks there. A request for Marines to change into civilian clothes — then back into their regular gear, then into civilian clothes again — appears to have delayed their deployment to Libya.
- Michael IsikoffTrump super-PACs finding it hard to collect on pledges
A pair of super-PACs set up to boost Donald Trump have been struggling to collect on big dollar commitments to fund TV ads against Hillary Clinton.
- Colin CampbellTrump jokes that ‘Mexican plane’ is ‘getting ready to attack'
Donald Trump offered an awkward joke on Thursday about a plane that flew overhead at one of his rallies. Trump made the comment while, in a familiar refrain, accusing the Mexican government of getting the better of the U.S. through a shrewd approach to trade policy and manufacturing. “I respect Mexico.
- Susanna HellerWhat you need to know about Theresa May, the woman who could be the United Kingdom’s next prime minister
Britain’s Home Secretary, Theresa May, launches her leadership bid for Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom’s collective vote on a nonbinding referendum to leave the EU, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would resign by October. Now, plans are in motion to elect a new Conservative Party leader and prime minister by Sept. 2.
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Yahoo News Photo StaffMichelle, Malia and Sasha Obama travel abroad to promote ‘Let Girls Learn’ initiativeOn Monday, the first lady, who brought along Sasha, 15, and Malia, 17, and mother Marian Robinson, landed in Liberia. Following the announcement that the United States would be providing $27 million in aid for the expansion of the 'Let Girls Learn' Peace Corps program, the Obamas moved on to Morocco and Spain.
- Dylan StablefordGOP senator torches Donald Trump
Utah Sen. Mike Lee did not mince words when he was asked why he has not yet endorsed Donald Trump for president. “We can get into that if you want,” Lee said in a telephone interview with Newsmax TV on Wednesday. During the Republican primary, Trump suggested that rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s father was somehow connected to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- Andrew RomanoUnconventional #30: No joke: Hillary Clinton is considering Al Franken for VP. Does he have a chance?
The story itself was mostly about how Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, long considered Clinton’s safest VP pick, had officially ascended to the top of her shortlist — intel, we can assume, that “Democratic allies and operatives close to the campaign” leaked to Politico as a way of gauging reaction among progressives and preparing them for the letdown of an all-centrist ticket. One dark horse that Clinton allies said is also on the list is Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, a close ally who is also popular with the progressive wing of the party and enjoys a closer bond with Clinton. “If Hillary Clinton came to me and said, ‘Al, I really need you to be my vice president, to run with me,’ I would say yes,” he told the AP.
Colin CampbellObama, at Canada-Mexico summit, blasts Trump’s ‘anti-immigration sentiment’At a summit with the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico in Ottawa, a reporter asked at a joint press conference if they had discussed Trump’s sometimes caustic rhetoric toward Mexico and if the mogul’s populist campaign affected the trade negotiations among the three countries. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto began by saying his government would respect the outcome of the U.S. election, which he described as a domestic matter, according to the summit’s translation of Peña Nieto’s remarks.
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Dylan StablefordVideo shows Secret Service shooting gun-wielding man outside White HouseSurveillance video has been made public showing the gun-wielding Pennsylvania man who was shot in the chest by the Secret Service outside a White House gate last month. Footage of the May 20 incident released Wednesday shows Jesse Olivieri walking up to a security checkpoint with what appears to be a handgun in his right hand. After being shot by Secret Service agents, the 31-year-old from Ashland, Pa., fell to the ground and was surrounded by the agents, who kick the weapon away before placing him in custody.
- Caitlin DicksonAfter Orlando shooting, progressive Muslims push for LGBT acceptance
A vigil near the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City honored the victims of the Orlando shooting. Less than a month after the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, questions linger about what role the gunman’s Muslim faith — and in particular, its opposition to homosexuality — may have played in his decision to open fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando. For at least two weeks after the shooting, there emerged a steady stream of reports from people who said they engaged with the shooter, Omar Mateen, on gay dating apps or talked with him at various gay clubs in Orlando including Pulse, the scene of the massacre.
- Dylan StablefordAmbassador Chris Stevens’ family: Don’t blame Hillary Clinton for Benghazi
Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that the report released by the House Select Committee on Benghazi “found nothing” new on the attack that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, during her tenure as secretary of state. And Stevens’ family agrees.
- Daniel KlaidmanCIA chief Brennan looks at Turkish attack and sees a warning for Americans
Four hours after three suicide bombers killed at least 41 people and wounded hundreds more at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, CIA Director John Brennan said the attacks bore the grim hallmarks of ISIS and warned that the fanatically violent Islamic terrorist group wants to conduct similar large-scale attacks in the United States. “I am worried from the standpoint of an intelligence professional who looks at the capabilities of Daesh … and their determination to kill as many as people as possible and to carry out attacks abroad,” Brennan said in an exclusive interview at CIA headquarters with Yahoo News. Brennan credited effective homeland security measures and intelligence for the fact that ISIS has been unable to attack America directly — the Orlando and San Bernardino shootings were carried out by radicals inspired by ISIS but not under its control — but he believes the group will keep trying to penetrate American defenses.
