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Bloomberg.com:
Trump Says Women May Need Punishment If Abortion Is Banned — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says there would “have to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions if it were outlawed in the U.S. — Trump speaks at taping of MSNBC town hall to be aired later
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Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT REGARDING ABORTION — If Congress were to pass legislation making abortion illegal and the federal courts upheld this legislation, or any state were permitted to ban abortion under state and federal law, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon …
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says Abortion Ban Should Carry Punishment for Women — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Wednesday there would “have to be some form of punishment” for women who have abortions if the procedure were outlawed in the U.S. — The comment, which is sure …
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump Advocates Abortion Ban, Walks Back ‘Punishment’ for Women Remark — Trump: ‘Some form of punishment’ for abortion 6:37 — GREEN BAY, Wisc. — After saying on Wednesday that he believes there should be punishment for women who undergo abortions if the procedure was outlawed …
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Christine Rousselle / Townhall.com:
Donald Trump: I've Evolved, I'm Pro-Life Now
Donald Trump: I've Evolved, I'm Pro-Life Now
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March For Life, Occupy Democrats, LifeNews.com and Guardian
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Backtracks: If Abortion Were Banned I'd Punish Providers, Not Women
Trump Backtracks: If Abortion Were Banned I'd Punish Providers, Not Women
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The New Civil Rights Movement and RedState
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Calls For Women To Face ‘Punishment’ For Abortion While Cruz Adviser Wrote Of Executing Abortion Providers
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pressed on an Abortion Ban, Donald Trump Sees a Penalty for Women
Pressed on an Abortion Ban, Donald Trump Sees a Penalty for Women
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Donald Trump says he wants to punish women who have abortions, making him just like every other “pro-life” politician
Donald Trump says he wants to punish women who have abortions, making him just like every other “pro-life” politician
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Vox and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump suggests ‘punishment’ for women who get illegal abortions
Trump suggests ‘punishment’ for women who get illegal abortions
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LifeNews.com, Mediaite, Boing Boing, The Week and Mashable
Ashley Paredez / KTBC:
Central Texas mother allows children to get tattoos — A Central Texas mother was taken into custody after allowing her young children to be tattooed. Police say the mom was intoxicated at the time and let her boyfriend's brother do the work. Now the three children each have tattoos on their ankles.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Limbaugh vows to muzzle himself on Lewandowski, Fields — Those hoping to hear the thoughts of Rush Limbaugh on the misdemeanor battery charge against Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will have to look elsewhere, the host declared Wednesday. — “My friends, I have decided …
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RedState, ABC News, Hot Air, Mediaite, Independent Journal … and Rush Limbaugh
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Chief Says Ted Cruz Wasn't Involved In Melania Trump Ad
Trump Campaign Chief Says Ted Cruz Wasn't Involved In Melania Trump Ad
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Townhall.com, CNN, Politico, RedState, Patterico's Pontifications, Mediaite and Washington Post
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Who is Corey Lewandowski? His rise — and his relationship with Donald Trump.
Who is Corey Lewandowski? His rise — and his relationship with Donald Trump.
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ABC News, Salon, Yahoo Politics, Vox, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, ThinkProgress, Bloomberg Business and CNN
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Can Trump become so unpopular that Democrats take back the House? … It's one of the most controversial things to say on Capitol Hill, sparking looks of shock and disbelief: The House majority is in play this fall. — For almost five years, ever since state legislatures and commissions finished drawing …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
How the GOP loyalty pledge completely fell apart
How the GOP loyalty pledge completely fell apart
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Politico, Investor's Business Daily and AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog …
us8.campaign-archive2.com:
Fontana Police Department News Release — For more information contact: Martha Guzman-Hurtado 909-854-8080 — For Immediate Release: — Stabbing at Target Ruled a Suicide — Fontana, CA- Male died inside Target store from a self-inflicted knife wound to the torso.
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Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:
Man Fatally Stabs Self With Knife at Target in Fontana: Police
Man Fatally Stabs Self With Knife at Target in Fontana: Police
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WGN-TV and Q13 FOX News
Daily Mail:
Pictured: Trump supporter suspected of pepper-spraying teenage protester at point blank range in his Make America Great Again cap — This is the Donald Trump supporter wanted by police after he was captured on video pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl in the face at a rally in Wisconsin.
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The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Teen girl pepper-sprayed in fight outside Trump rally
Teen girl pepper-sprayed in fight outside Trump rally
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ThinkProgress, Nixle, Hullabaloo, New York Daily News, Washington Free Beacon, The Bob and Chez Show, WGN-TV, Althouse, FOX31 Denver, AOL and KTLA
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Paul Ryan booed at Trump rally in his hometown
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Won't Rule Out Using Nuclear Weapons in Europe — Donald Trump refused to rule out using nuclear weapons in Europe during a town hall in Wisconsin on Wednesday. The Republican presidential front-runner was asked about his recent contradictory statements about nuclear proliferation …
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Philly.com and The American Conservative
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Shawn Moran / bpunion.org:
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Donald Trump for President
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Donald Trump for President
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, NPR and Politico
FOX 61:
Listen: Woman calls 911 to report incorrect pizza order from Hartford shop … HARTFORD — A Hartford woman called 9-1-1 to report a problem with her pizza order, and police have released the recording. It happened a few weeks ago regarding an order from Empire Pizza on New Britain Ave in Hartford.
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AOL, WGN-TV, Washington Free Beacon, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and New York's PIX11
Brian Marschhauser / Yorktown Articles:
'I'd Like to Solve the Puzzle': Yorktown's Santoli Wins Big on ‘Wheel’ … YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Yorktown resident Robert Santoli didn't just win his recent appearance on “Wheel of Fortune”; he dominated, finishing with a near-perfect sweep of the puzzles, including solving the opening round toss-up with only one letter on the board.
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Genny McLaren / FOX40:
Seventh Person Dies from Fentanyl Overdose in Sacramento County — A seventh person has died of a fentanyl overdose in Sacramento County. — Family confirms that Jerome Butler, who was in a coma with liver and kidney failure after taking a fentanyl pill, was taken off life support on Wednesday afternoon.
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fox4kc.com, WGN-TV and FOX6Now.com
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Trump releases letter confirming tax audit — campaign on Wednesday released what appears to be a letter from the Republican presidential front-runner's tax attorneys saying that his tax filings since 2009 are currently being audited. — “Your personal tax returns have been under continuous examination …
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Politico, Washington Times and NBC News
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
AJAM's David Shuster Exclusive: Hillary Clinton to be Interviewed by FBI Director Comey in Coming Days — Al Jazeera America may be shutting off the lights permanently soon, but that doesn't mean reporters like David Shuster aren't continuing to go about their business until the final gun sounds.
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Washington Free Beacon and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
New York Times:
Corporations Grow Nervous About Participating in Republican Convention — Some of the country's best-known corporations are nervously grappling with what role they should play at the Republican National Convention, given the likely nomination of Donald J. Trump, whose divisive candidacy …
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Politicus USA and Booman Tribune
The Pew Charitable Trusts:
Household Expenditures and Income — Expenditures are a key but often overlooked element of family balance sheets. In measuring household financial security, significant attention is typically paid to income, but much less to whether those resources are sufficient to cover expenses.
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Slantpoint, Vox, Infowars and Washington Post
Philip Oltermann / Guardian:
Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis — German historian shows how news agency retained access in 1930s by promising not to undermine strength of Hitler regime — The Associated Press news agency entered a formal cooperation with the Hitler regime in the 1930s …
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New York Times, Mashable, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon, more at Mediagazer »
Scott Gordon / NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
FBI: Frisco Hospice Owner Directed Nurses to Overdose Patients — “You need to make this patient go bye-bye,” executive is quoted as saying — The owner of a North Texas medical company regularly directed nurses to give hospice patients overdoses of drugs such as morphine to speed …
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fox8.com, Death and Taxes, Independent Journal …, Raw Story and KFOR-TV
fda.gov:
Mifeprex (mifepristone) Information … Mifeprex is used, together with another medication called misoprostol, to end an early pregnancy. The FDA first approved Mifeprex in 2000. In 2016, the agency approved a supplemental application for Mifeprex based on data and information submitted by the drug manufacturer.
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
The FDA Just Removed One Of Anti-Abortion Lawmakers' Favorite Talking Points
The FDA Just Removed One Of Anti-Abortion Lawmakers' Favorite Talking Points
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Mother Jones and Common Dreams
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump calls Geneva Conventions ‘the problem’ — APPLETON, Wis. — Donald Trump believes American troops are afraid to fight for fear of violating the Geneva Conventions, he said Wednesday. — “The problem is we have the Geneva Conventions, all sorts of rules and regulations …
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Independent Journal … and Mediaite
Ashley Thorne / New York Post:
The drive to put Western civ back in the college curriculum — Most college students, we're told, want easy As, cheap beer and free condoms. Not many care about the quality of their education. — Stanford students want more. They're asking the school to require a course on Western civilization, from Plato to Galileo to Du Bois.