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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Donald Trump Isn't A Real Candidate, In One Chart — At FiveThirtyEight, we like to celebrate outliers. LeBron James's Cleveland Cavaliers may end up losing in the NBA Finals, but James's performance has been outlandishly good. In the same vein, I want to congratulate Donald Trump …
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Trump Makes It Official: He's Running For President — Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, reality television star and hair icon, today announced he is taking his first run at the White House. — From the iconic Trump Tower in New York City, the Donald told his supporters he is …
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Donald Trump: I'm running for president — In a free-ranging speech, Trump takes on China, his own wealth, and declares 'I will be the greatest jobs president God ever created" — Donald Trump is running for president. — Speaking from New York City's Trump Tower office building …
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Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:
Why Donald Trump Is Important, in One Chart — Businessman Donald Trump is controversial, and his political star has dimmed a bit since he last floated the idea of a White House bid. But he scores well enough in polls to land a seat in the Republican debates, should he move ahead.
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William Leitch / Bloomberg Business:
We Are All Donald Trump Now — Back in 2000, my grandmother returned …
We Are All Donald Trump Now — Back in 2000, my grandmother returned …
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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump: An Announcement Like No Other
Donald Trump: An Announcement Like No Other
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Donald Trump Runs for President (This Time for Real, He Says)
Donald Trump Runs for President (This Time for Real, He Says)
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump hopes to go from TV to campaign trail - CNNPolitics.com
Donald Trump hopes to go from TV to campaign trail - CNNPolitics.com
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Emily Greenhouse / Bloomberg Business:
Can He Be Hired? Donald Trump Enters Presidential Race
Can He Be Hired? Donald Trump Enters Presidential Race
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
St. Louis Cardinals Investigated by F.B.I. for Hacking Astros — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, for hacking …
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Rachel Dolezal breaks her silence on TODAY: ‘I identify as black’ — Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP chapter president accused of pretending to be black, tells TODAY's Matt Lauer in an exclusive live interview that she identifies as black — something she started doing at the age of five.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
Let Rachel Dolezal Be as Black as She Wants to Be — She's given me the courage to reveal my true identity. — I sympathize with the dilemma of Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP whose parents maintain that she is not any part black, as she has claimed (#whiteisthenewblack).
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Rachel Dolezal, Ex-N.A.A.C.P. Official, Breaks Her Silence on ‘Today’ Show and MSNBC
Rachel Dolezal, Ex-N.A.A.C.P. Official, Breaks Her Silence on ‘Today’ Show and MSNBC
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Paul Steinhauser / NH1:
Shocking new poll in NH suggests Sanders giving Clinton real fight — NH1 Political Director - NH1.com — CONCORD - A new poll suggests that New Hampshire's 2016 Democratic primary may be up for grabs. — According to a survey released Tuesday by Suffolk University …
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Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders' Longshot Campaign Drawing Big Crowds — Challenge for the Democratic presidential candidate is to channel the enthusiasm into donations, votes — DES MOINES, Iowa—It's the sort of problem many candidates would envy. Sen. Bernie Sanders is drawing large …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Sidney Blumenthal, Hillary Clinton's Confidant, Turns Over Memos on Libya — WASHINGTON — A close confidant of Hillary Rodham Clinton's, Sidney Blumenthal, has provided the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, with dozens of pages of emails between him and Mrs. Clinton …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Donald Trump Elbows His Way into the Republican Clown Car
Donald Trump Elbows His Way into the Republican Clown Car
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Clintons charge big fees to small groups
Clintons charge big fees to small groups
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The Hill:
House punts on trade — House GOP leaders are punting on voting again on President Obama's trade agenda, possibly until the end of July. — After Friday's failed vote to pass aid for workers displaced by trade deals, known as Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …
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House GOP weighs standalone TPA vote
House GOP weighs standalone TPA vote
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Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
GOP On Trade Deal: ‘No One Will Be Negotiating With Leader Pelosi On A Path Forward’
GOP On Trade Deal: ‘No One Will Be Negotiating With Leader Pelosi On A Path Forward’
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Tina Moore / New York Daily News:
Joyce Mitchell had sexual relationships with both escaped N.Y. inmates, sources say — They got out with a bang. — The wayward wife accused of helping two killers break out of upstate's Clinton Correctional Facility had sex with both of them, sources told the Daily News.
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Michael B. Oren / Wall Street Journal:
How Obama Abandoned Israel — Netanyahu and the president both made mistakes, but only one purposely damaged U.S.-Israel relations. — 'Nobody has a monopoly on making mistakes. " When I was Israel's ambassador to the United States from 2009 to the end of 2013, that was my standard response …
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Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
It's official: Obama axes trans fat — The Obama administration is making good on its pledge to all but ban trans fat nationwide. — The Obama administration is making good on its pledge to all but ban trans fat nationwide. — The FDA issued a final decision Tuesday that gives …
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Pete Buttigieg / South Bend Tribune:
South Bend mayor: Why coming out matters — Editor's note: South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg wrote this essay, which was published on the Tribune's Voices page. — Any day now, the Supreme Court will issue a decision on same-sex marriage that will directly affect millions of Americans.
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Politico:
GOP rife with tensions over Obamacare-SCOTUS response — The Republican senators running for president could stymie the party's response to an anti-Obamacare ruling. — Senior Republicans who are worried they'll be blamed for killing health insurance for millions of Americans …
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Dems should not be losing voting-rights fight — Why are Democrats losing the debate over voting rights? — The biggest political fight shaping the 2016 campaigns for the White House and Senate is over limiting the Democrats' base of likely voters. — President Obama twice won …
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: June 2015 — Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … A Focus On Prescription Drugs — The Public Says Prescription Drug Prices Are Unreasonable — In April, when asked about their health care priorities for the President and Congress going forward …
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