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jama.jamanetwork.com:
The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014 — FREE ONLINE FIRST — Raj Chetty, PhD1; Michael Stepner, BA2; Sarah Abraham, BA2; Shelby Lin, MPhil3; Benjamin Scuderi, BA4; Nicholas Turner, PhD5; Augustin Bergeron, MA4; David Cutler, PhD4 — JAMA.
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New York Times:
The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, Geography Matters. — Life expectancy of 40-year-olds with household incomes below $28,000, — For poor Americans, the place they call home can be a matter of life or death. — The poor in some cities — big ones like New York and Los Angeles …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Past cases suggest Hillary won't be indicted — It's the most explosive question of the 2016 presidential campaign: Could Hillary Clinton get indicted for her handling of sensitive materials through her home email server? — A POLITICO review of dozens of recent federal investigations …
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Matt Higgins / CBS New York:
Obama On Clinton's Emails: 'There's Classified, And Then There's Classified' — WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — President Barack Obama is guaranteeing that evidence, not politics, will dictate the outcome of the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of emails as secretary of state.
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Washington Post:
A portrait of Trump the donor: Free rounds of golf, but no personal cash … Since the first day of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has said that he gave more than $102 million to charity in the past five years. — To back up that claim, Trump's campaign compiled a list of his contributions — 4,844 of them, filling 93 pages.
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RedState, Talking Points Memo, AOL, The Week and Betsy's Page
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Donald Trump Loses Weekend Delegate Fight in 5 States — A no good, very bad start to turning his ground operation around — Donald Trump's effort to reset his campaign following defeat in Wisconsin showed no signs of paying off this weekend, as a series of technical failures by his campaign set his hopes back even further.
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Politico, New York Times, The Week, Daily News Bin, Guardian, The Daily Caller and The Right Scoop
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Michelle Cho / NBC News:
Cruz-Supporting Delegates Picked in Virginia District Trump Won
Cruz-Supporting Delegates Picked in Virginia District Trump Won
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The Gateway Pundit, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Spectator and NBC News
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
DISGUSTING! Colorado Trump Delegates Scratched From Ballots at GOP Convention - Cruzers Listed TWICE
DISGUSTING! Colorado Trump Delegates Scratched From Ballots at GOP Convention - Cruzers Listed TWICE
NBC News:
Trump's New Right-Hand Man Accuses Cruz Campaign of ‘Gestapo Tactics’
Trump's New Right-Hand Man Accuses Cruz Campaign of ‘Gestapo Tactics’
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NBC News, Althouse, Hot Air, Hullabaloo and Fusion
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Colorado GOP deletes #nevertrump tweet, pledges investigation
Colorado GOP deletes #nevertrump tweet, pledges investigation
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Denver Post, Raw Story and American Power
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Paul Ryan, a Mirage Candidate, Wages a Parallel Campaign — WASHINGTON — As the Republican candidates for the White House battled in Wisconsin last week, Speaker Paul D. Ryan was conspicuously absent from his home state — but he was very much on the political stage.
Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Sanders fans are blind to reality of socialism — We have now been through more than half of the Democratic primaries to choose that party's presidential nominee. — In over forty percent of those contests, a socialist, Bernie Sanders — , has been the winner.
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Washington Watchdog Adjusts to Life With Partisan Roommates — Republicans have faced the vast majority of campaign finance allegations from CREW in recent months. — For more than a decade, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, has scrutinized and assailed federal agencies …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
One woman helped the mastermind of the Paris attacks. The other turned him in. — All of Europe was looking for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the planner of the Paris attacks, when two women approached his roadside hiding place, guided by the voice of someone secretly watching from a distance and giving directions by phone.
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NBC News:
Director Brennan: CIA Won't Waterboard Again — Even if Ordered by Future President — CIA director: I will not allow waterboarding, despite campaign rhetoric 0:36 — CIA Director John Brennan told NBC News in an exclusive interview that his agency will not engage in harsh “enhanced interrogation” …
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Amy Kittelstrom / Salon:
Ignorance, racism and rage: The GOP's transformation to the party of stupid started long before Donald Trump — Shift from conscience-driven party of Lincoln to anger-driven party of Trump/Cruz has been 50 years in the making — The top leadership of the Republican Party expresses horror …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump: Primary process ‘corrupt’ on both sides — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump — on Sunday said the primary process on both the Republican and Democratic sides is corrupt. — Trump referenced Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders
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Steve Kroft / CBS News:
28 Pages — Former Sen. Bob Graham and others urge the Obama administration to declassify redacted pages of a report that holds 9/11 secrets — The following script is from “28 Pages” which aired on April 10, 2016. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Howard Rosenberg and Julie Holstein, producers.
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
McAuliffe guts Virginia's electric-chair bill — RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe gutted a bill to let Virginia use the electric chair when it cannot find scarce lethal-injection drugs, making an 11th-hour amendment Sunday that would instead allow the state to hire a pharmacy to make a special batch in secret.
Kate Andersen Brower / Vanity Fair:
The Permanent White House Staff Is, Understandably, on Edge About the 2016 Presidential Race — Think you're anxious about the prospect of a Donald J. Trump presidency? Meet the staffers who would have to work for him. The author of First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern …
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Egypt Gives Saudi Arabia 2 Islands in a Show of Gratitude — CAIRO — Since King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in Cairo on Thursday for a five-day visit, the leader of the oil-rich kingdom has lavished his Egyptian allies with promises of aid and investment.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The GOP delegate fight explained — As the Republican presidential race moves toward its closing stages, more and more attention is being focused on the race for delegates. — It is that contest that will decide whether front-runner Donald Trump — can become the GOP nominee …