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Olivia Messer / Waco Tribune-Herald:
UPDATES: Police believe five motorcyle gangs involved in deadly Twin Peaks shootout — UPDATE, 7:45 p.m.: Police now believe there were five gangs involved in Sunday's deadly shootout at Twin Peaks in Central Texas Marketplace, and some were allied with one another.
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9 bikers killed in rival gang shootout outside Waco restaurant — WACO — A shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a crowded Waco restaurant Sunday afternoon killed nine bikers and injured at least 18, police said. — No bystanders were injured in what police said was the culmination …
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Sunday Biker Gang Shooting Leaves Nine Dead, Several Injured
Sunday Biker Gang Shooting Leaves Nine Dead, Several Injured
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Dana Ford / CNN:
Reports: 9 dead in Waco, Texas, shooting
Reports: 9 dead in Waco, Texas, shooting
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Dean Potter, extreme climber, dies in Yosemite base jumping accident — Yet again, Dean Potter was hurtling through the air. A dead tree stood on the ground below him, a strange tug at the space between his shoulders came from above. — Potter, already a famous rock climber, had been having this dream night after night.
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Grayson Schaffer / Outside Online:
Dean Potter Killed in BASE-Jumping Accident — The climbing great died Saturday while attempting a wingsuit flight from Yosemite's Taft Point — On Saturday evening, May 16, BASE jumpers Dean Potter and Graham Hunt died after attempting a wingsuit flight from Taft Point …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
ABC Colleague: George Stephanopoulos 'Really Isn't a Journalist' — If ABC's chief anchor thought two apologies over his undeclared Clinton Foundation donations would be enough to pacify his critics, he was wrong. — It has been a rough weekend for ABC News's embattled chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, and an even worse Sunday.
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John Fund / National Review:
Stephanopoulos's Long, Long Record of Loyal Service to the Clintons
Stephanopoulos's Long, Long Record of Loyal Service to the Clintons
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The Hill:
Washington's new odd couple: McConnell and Obama — Washington's new odd couple is President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. — The longtime adversaries — McConnell memorably said his top priority was to make Obama a one-term president — are suddenly cooperating …
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The Note: Trouble In Mason City, Feat. Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum … NOTABLES —YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GIVE IOWA A TRY: Broadway this is not. But if Rick Santorum has anything to do with it, there's going to be trouble today in Mason City, Iowa — the town famous for inspiring “The Music Man.”
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Daniel J. McGraw / Politico:
The GOP Is Dying Off. Literally. — Lead image by Getty. — It turns out that one of the Grand Old Party's biggest—and least discussed—challenges going into 2016 is lying in plain sight, written right into the party's own nickname. The Republican Party voter is old—and getting older …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said …
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Shape Of Greek Endgame Emerges: IMF Discussed “Cyprus-Like” Plan After Tsipras Warned Of Looming Default — As we said over the weekend, it's all about Riga again for Greece. EU leaders will meet on Thursday and Friday in Latvia where PM Alexis Tsipras will try to secure a more favorable outcome …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: No constitutional right to same-sex marriage — Former Florida governor Jeb Bush reiterated in a new interview that he doesn't believe that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right. — The high court is expected to rule next month on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage …
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic …
Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Democrats sic identity politics on their own — The left has handicapped its ability to debate policy, even among themselves. — They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, we'd have a condescending president who looked down on his female critics as “little ladies” who didn't understand how the world works.
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Washington Post:
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to announce 2016 presidential decision June 1 — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who in recent months has moved closer to running for president, said Monday that he will announce if he will make a White House bid on June 1 from South Carolina. — “I will make an announcement on June 1st.
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Jessica Taylor / NPR:
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Serve Up Ice Cream, Cheese And Red Meat To Iowans
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Serve Up Ice Cream, Cheese And Red Meat To Iowans
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Scott Walker's Iowa dilemma
Scott Walker's Iowa dilemma
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Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Skyrocketing Medicaid signups stir state expansion fights — Some GOP governors are saying: “I told you so.” — Medicaid enrollment under Obamacare is skyrocketing past expectations, giving some GOP governors who oppose the program's expansion under the health law an “I told you so” moment.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Joe Biden's advice to Yale graduates — Sporting a pair of his trademark aviator glasses, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to graduating Yale students on Sunday and offered some pearls of wisdom to the Class of 2015. The Commencement Day event, where students traditionally wear off-beat hats …
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Democratic convention: Loretta Sanchez apologizes for Native American ‘war cry’ — A day after Loretta Sanchez made a stereotypical Native American “war cry” gesture that is now dogging her nascent U.S. Senate campaign, the Orange County congresswoman apologized, saying she had made a mistake.
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Peter Jamison / Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris calls Loretta Sanchez's Native American ‘war cry’ shocking
Kamala Harris calls Loretta Sanchez's Native American ‘war cry’ shocking
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