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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 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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Patterico's Pontifications, Politicus USA, FiveThirtyEight, Business Insider, Althouse and WCMH-TV
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Muslim Ban Somehow Got Worse — Donald Trump told a Wisconsin town hall on Wednesday that his proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States would have an exception for the billionaire's rich friends. — “I have actually—believe it or not, I have a lot of friends …
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ABC News, Washington Post, Friendly Atheist and The Week
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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Hot Air, CNN, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Outside the Beltway, neo-neocon and Political Wire
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump Won't Rule Out Using Nuclear Weapons in Europe
Donald Trump Won't Rule Out Using Nuclear Weapons in Europe
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Philly.com and The American Conservative
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Calls For Women To Face ‘Punishment’ For Abortion While Cruz Adviser Wrote Of Executing Abortion Providers
Trump Calls For Women To Face ‘Punishment’ For Abortion While Cruz Adviser Wrote Of Executing Abortion Providers
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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Guardian, March For Life, Occupy Democrats and LifeNews.com
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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Washington Post, Fox 59, Daily Wire, Q13 FOX News, Trail Blazers Blog, CBS New York, WKRG-TV, ThinkProgress, WNCN, myfox8.com and The American Conservative
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.
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Michelle Fields Abandons Apartment Over Safety Concerns After Fox, BuzzFeed Publish Personal Info — Ex-Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields said Wednesday she had temporarily moved out of her D.C.-area apartment over safety concerns after Fox News and BuzzFeed accidentally published her address online.
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The Right Scoop and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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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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ABC News, RedState, Hot Air, Mediaite, Independent Journal … and Rush Limbaugh
Boston Herald:
Fla. prosecutor in Trump campaign manager case is Clinton backer
Fla. prosecutor in Trump campaign manager case is Clinton backer
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Slantpoint, Power Line, The Daily Caller, Townhall.com, Fox News Insider, The Huffington Post and Independent Journal …
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 and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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 and CNN
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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WTVR-TV, WGN-TV, FOX6Now.com and Q13 FOX News
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 …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Cruz leaves Trump in the dust in Wisconsin
Poll: Cruz leaves Trump in the dust in Wisconsin
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Associated Press and ABC 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!
Associated Press:
FBI Agrees to Unlock iPhone, iPod in Arkansas Homicide Case — The FBI agreed Wednesday to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple, just days after the federal agency announced it had gained access to an iPhone linked to the gunman in a mass shooting in California.
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Business Insider, The Verge and Boing Boing
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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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The Daily Caller, Washington Times, Politico and NBC News
Rina Nakano / FOX40:
Citrus Heights Police Need Help Identifying Serial Peeper, Sex Assault Suspect … It's the police sketch giving Citrus Heights residents the creeps — a man police are looking for in a sexual assault investigation. — “I don't know. He looks really creepy,” resident Brianna Rowland said.
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WNEP-TV
Shawn Moran / bpunion.org:
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Donald Trump for President — The National Border Patrol Council is the official organization representing our nation's Border Patrol Agents. We represent 16,500 agents who selflessly serve this country in an environment where our own political leaders try to keep us from doing our jobs.
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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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Mediaite, New York Magazine, Independent Journal … and Reuters
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, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Erdogan Uses Closed-Door Meeting to Blast Obama Administration — The Turkish president told a gathering of academics and former government officials that the White House was wrong to back the Kurds in the fight against the Islamic State. — Facing a high-profile snub from the White House …
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, Independent Journal …, Death and Taxes, Raw Story and KFOR-TV
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
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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KTLA, FOX5 San Diego, 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, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and USA Today
Daily Mail:
Could a HERB be the secret to living to 100? Diet rich in rosemary linked to good health and long life expectancy in Italian village — Rosemary could be the secret to living to 100 according to researchers investigating 300 centurions in a remote Italian village.
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