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Los Angeles Times:
Father accused of fatally shooting son because he was gay — Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday charged a 69-year-old man with fatally shooting his son outside the family's North Hills home because the son was gay. — The shooting occurred Tuesday when police responded to a call …
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Dana Bartholomew / L.A. Daily News:
North Hills man suspected of killing son because he was gay — A 69-year-old North Hills man suspected of killing his son outside a house where the man's wife was found stabbed to death was charged Friday with murder, with a hate crime allegation that he killed his son because he was gay …
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Associated Press, CBS Los Angeles and Towleroad
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
RNC Lays Groundwork for Nominee Who May Not Be Trump — The Republican National Committee has begun to prepare the public for what could prove to be a nasty convention. — After months of tense dealings with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the Republican National …
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Independent Journal … and Los Angeles Times
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump
Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump
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Washington Post
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Probably First Ballot Or Bust For Donald Trump At The GOP Convention
It's Probably First Ballot Or Bust For Donald Trump At The GOP Convention
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The National Memo, Daily Wire, The Right Scoop and BizPac Review
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama: Iran not following ‘spirit’ of deal — President Obama on Friday criticized Iranian leaders for undermining the “spirit” of last year's historic nuclear agreement, even as they stick to the “letter” of the pact. — In comments following the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington …
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Pirate's Cove, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, thenewamerican.com and Wall Street Journal
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Simon Maloy / Salon:
Cracks in the GOP wall: The Republicans' hardline Supreme Court obstruction is crumbling — Republicans hoped to enforce blanket obstruction of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, but defections are multiplying — The trick to making blanket obstructionism work as a political tool is to make it a team effort.
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NBC News, National Review, Talking Points Memo, New York Times and Daily Kos
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: If I win, everything bad in US will be reversed — is setting the bar high for campaign promises. — The Republican presidential front-runner said Saturday morning that if he wins the presidency, all problems in the country will be fixed. — “Wisconsin has suffered a great loss …
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Political Wire
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Obama: Isil seeking nuclear material to kill as many people as possible — Play! — Isil terrorists are planning to use drones to spray nuclear material over Western cities in a horrific “dirty bomb” attack, David Cameron has warned. — World leaders are concerned that jihadists …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Ally Roger Stone Says He's Planning “Days Of Rage” At The Convention — Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and current ally of Donald Trump, says he's trying to organize protests at the Republican convention in Cleveland this summer to disrupt any effort by the party to …
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Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Increasing Their Edge in U.S. Party Affiliation — PRINCETON, N.J. — Forty-six percent of Americans now identify politically as Democrats or say they lean Democratic, while 40% identify as Republican or lean Republican. As recently as October, the parties had equal levels of support.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton is justifiably annoyed by criticism of her Big Oil fundraising … For years, environmental activists have been pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, asking large pension funds and educational institutions to drop oil and gas companies from their big investment portfolios.
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Blue Nation Review, American Spectator, CBS New York, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, NPR, The Hill, NBC News and U.S. Uncut
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Demands Apology From Hillary Clinton for Accusing Him of Lying
Bernie Sanders Demands Apology From Hillary Clinton for Accusing Him of Lying
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Washington Post, NBC News, Mother Jones, Greenpeace USA, Mediaite, Common Dreams, Fusion, abc7chicago.com, The Hill, Politico, Liberal Values and CNN
New York Times:
North Carolina Law May Risk Federal Aid — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering whether North Carolina's new law on gay and transgender rights makes the state ineligible for billions of dollars in federal aid for schools, highways and housing, officials said Friday.
Patti Domm / CNBC:
The 30-year-old prince who is changing the world — A 30-year-old you may have never heard of is trying to build a company worth four Apples — and a Nike to spare. — Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a fast riser in the Saudi hierarchy and member of the new generation …
Sky Chadde / Victoria Advocate:
Police want to use residential, business surveillance cameras — Police found Deanna Pagel, 52, dead in the street in March 2015. — Evidence was scant - until a resident who lived in the south Victoria neighborhood approached police with footage from a house surveillance camera that showed a vehicle in the vicinity that night.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Ignoring Court Orders, Maricopa County Locks Up Mentally Ill People Too Impaired For Trial — Mario Cruz barely talks above a whisper, avoiding most conversations and mumbling on the rare occasion that he does choose to speak. Over the past three years, he's spent most of his time staring through windows …
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
Cruise For 1,700 School Kids Ends In Tragedy As Migrant Passengers Gang-Rape Girl — Five men, including two believed to be accessories to murder, have been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a girl on-board a special, high school kids-only pleasure cruise in Sweden.
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Pamela Geller, The Muslim Issue and BizPac Review
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Muslims March in Germany Chanting “With Allah's Help, We Shall Conquer You” (VIDEO) — They seem to be assimilating quite well, no? — Muslims march down a German street chanting, “With Allah's help, we shall conquer you!” — What lovely citizens.
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Breitbart and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Daily Mail:
‘I was woken to this guy shouting in my face’: Muslim man yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ repeatedly terrifying Etihad airline passengers as he performs call to prayer — Passengers became terrified after a man began shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ at the top of his voice on a plane.
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Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Andrea Weigl / Raleigh News & Observer:
Some Triangle small-business owners show opposition to HB2 legislation — Several restaurants change single-stall restrooms to unisex — Business owners display flier, decals opposing new law — Raleigh private club sees best weekend ever after posting opposition
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Pirate's Cove and WNCN
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GOP's problem: Can't rebuild, can't win now — With the NFL draft coming this month, football fans are going to be reading a lot about whether their teams are aiming to “rebuild” or “win now.” — For those who don't follow organized sports, this refers to the choice teams face each year.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The looming Trump disaster, in three charts
The looming Trump disaster, in three charts
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Guardian, Hot Air, The Week, Democracy Corps, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and The Daily Caller