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Donald Trump / USA Today:
I don't need to be lectured — McCain has abandoned our veterans. I will fight for them. — John McCain has called his own constituents who want a secure border “crazies.” No one in the news media or the establishment, including the Republican National Committee, criticized the senator for those comments.
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Fact Check: The Washington Post on Donald Trump and John McCain — [Above image: Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference] — Donald Trump appears to have gotten under the skin of not only Democrats, but also fellow Republicans and the news media.
New York Times:
Who Advises Candidate Trump? (Hint: His Name Is Donald) — In what passes for normal inside Donald J. Trump's unorthodox campaign for president, he flew from Arkansas to Iowa on his Trump-emblazoned jet on Friday, arrived the next morning at a candidate forum without any prepared remarks and …
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Transcript for Donald Trump Says He Does Not Owe John McCain an Apology
Transcript for Donald Trump Says He Does Not Owe John McCain an Apology
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Mike Allen / Politico:
TRUMP: NO APOLOGY! — 'TRUMP IS TOAST ...
TRUMP: NO APOLOGY! — 'TRUMP IS TOAST ...
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Iran deal tests Dems' loyalty to Obama — President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran is the latest test of the Democrats' loyalty toward their ally in the White House. — Off a contentious trade debate that highlighted Democratic divisions and infuriated Obama's liberal base …
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Sanders vaults from fringe to the heart of the fray — SOMEWHERE OVER THE AMERICAN WEST — It's 7:20 a.m. and Bernie Sanders looks irritated. He's already buckled into his economy seat on Delta Flight 4516 and an attendant just announced that the flight would sit on the runway for 30 minutes before taking off.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders draws his biggest crowd yet — in Arizona of all places
Bernie Sanders draws his biggest crowd yet — in Arizona of all places
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked — Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich's anger management — As he preps his presidential bid, the Ohio governor is working to control his temper. — John Kasich has a resume seemingly tailor-made for a serious run for the Republican nomination: blue-collar upbringing, congressional budget hawk, Fox News commentator …
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TMZ.com:
Demi Moore — Man Found Dead in Pool — MAN FOUND DEAD IN POOL — EXCLUSIVE … See also — Joan Sebastian Dead — Legendary Mexican Singer Dies at 64
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: I'd toss Iran deal on Day 1 — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) said on Sunday that he would immediately end the historic deal over Iran's nuclear arms research should he become president. — The 2016 White House hopeful added that he believes the agreement threatens world peace.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Can Bill De Blasio Turn Uber Into The NRA? — At war with the ride-hailing juggernaut, New York's mayor wants to talk about ideology, not taxis. — A John Paczkowski Special — So will Bill de Blasio pry the Uber app from his constituents' cold dead hands?
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Rosemary Regina Sobol / Chicago Tribune:
$1M bail for man accused of impersonating cop, shooting bar patron — A man with a prior hate crime conviction was charged with pretending to be a Chicago cop when he shot a man in the face with a pellet gun after questioning his citizenship during an argument inside a Northwest Side tavern early Friday, authorities said.
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Dawn Ennis / Advocate:
WATCH: ‘Reporting Tonight: Thomas Roberts,’ First Out Gay Man To Anchor Network News — NBC News pulled out its Nightly News anchor chair Saturday night for Thomas Roberts, the rugged and dashing MSNBC host who came out when it was still considered career suicide.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Scott Walker: 'I don't know' if being gay a choice — Story highlights — (CNN)In a weekend interview with Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker about whether the Boy Scouts should allow gay troop leaders, CNN's Dana Bash asked Walker, “Do you think being gay is a choice?”
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: 'I don't know' if being gay is a choice
Walker: 'I don't know' if being gay is a choice
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