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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Hillary Is Not Sorry — WASHINGTON — IT'S hard not to feel sorry for Hillary Clinton. She is hearing ghostly footsteps. — She's having her inevitability challenged a second time by a moralizing senator with few accomplishments who chides her on her bad judgment on Iraq and special-interest money …
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Foreign Policy
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Jon Ronson / Guardian:
Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’ — Now she's turned that dark time into a force for good — ne night in London in 2005, a woman said a surprisingly eerie thing to Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky had moved from New York a few days earlier to take a master's in social psychology at the London School of Economics.
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The Daily Caller, AOL, Mashable and The Week
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
HOW TRUMP CAN LOCK UP GOP NOMINATION BEFORE THE CONVENTION — WASHINGTON (AP) — To all the political junkies yearning for a contested Republican convention this summer: not so fast. — It's still possible for Donald Trump to clinch the nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump likely to win West Virginia but lose delegates — Donald Trump has a new enemy in the fight for national convention delegates: the alphabet. — Trump is well-positioned for a resounding victory in West Virginia's May 10 primary, but his win will be accompanied by a delegate selection process stacked …
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Washington Post, RedState, Charleston Gazette-Mail and BizPac Review
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bernie Sanders secures five minutes with Pope Francis — The US presidential hopeful managed to sit down with pontiff after all. — ROME — Bernie Sanders privately met with Pope Francis at the pontiff's residence in Vatican City on Saturday morning before the pope left on a trip for Greece.
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ABC News, New York Magazine and Politico
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Ines San Martin / CRUX:
Pope Francis calls Sanders greeting only ‘common courtesy’
Pope Francis calls Sanders greeting only ‘common courtesy’
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The Moderate Voice and New York Daily News
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
College student booted from Southwest flight after passenger heard him say ‘God willing’ in Arabic — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A UC Berkeley student whose family fled Iraq in 2002 after his diplomat father was killed under Saddam Hussein's regime, was booted …
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Perry Bacon Jr / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton Faces a Liberal War Against the 1990s — Hillary Clinton has long literally and figuratively stood beside Bill Clinton, fully embracing his policy moves to make the Democratic Party more centrist in the 1990s and defending him after his affair with a White House intern and subsequent impeachment.
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CANNONFIRE, Power Line and Media Matters for America
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Sanders fans would ‘shoot every third person on Wall Street’
Bill Clinton: Sanders fans would ‘shoot every third person on Wall Street’
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Progressives Today, MSNBC, Althouse, Politico, CNN and Washington Free Beacon
Collier Meyerson / New Yorker:
Clinton, Sanders, and the Myth of a Monolithic “Black Vote”
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Warns of Economic Fallout if Congress Passes 9/11 Bill — WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has told the Obama administration and members of Congress that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars worth of American assets held by the kingdom if Congress passes a bill that would allow …
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Guardian, AOL, New York Magazine, Independent Journal …, Business Insider, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review and WND
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Suz Elvey / Daily Express:
Huge fireball at Manchester Airport as terror suspect is seized — A CAR exploded into flames at a UK airport today just minutes before a man was arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. — A car burst into flames at Manchester Airport — The drama unfolded as it was revealed police discovered a …
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Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections — Some donors to Clinton foundation used the Panamanian law firm for offshores — Connections come from the more than 40 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have spent in public life — Clinton criticized those exposed in the Panama Papers, some looking to hide their wealth
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The Daily Caller
Los Angeles Times:
California minimum wage hike hits L.A. apparel industry: ‘The exodus has begun’ — American Apparel headquarters and manufacturing building located on Alameda Street and 7th street in Los Angeles where the clothier that was once a fashion trailblazer has taken drastic steps to stave off financial ruin.
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Hot Air, Power Line, twitchy.com and Da Tech Guy Blog
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Nevada Court Arraignment Of Bundy Brothers Goes Off The Rails — The arraignment of Ammon and Ryan Bundy grew tense Friday as both brothers scoffed when asked to enter pleas in a case regarding their involvement in the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff in Nevada. — Brian Cavalier …
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Las Vegas Review-Journal, Hullabaloo and Associated Press
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants? — In 1838, the Jesuit priests who ran the country's top Catholic university needed money to keep it alive. Now comes the task of making amends. — WASHINGTON — The human cargo was loaded on ships …
Sean Martin / Daily Express:
END OF HUMANITY? Artificial Intelligence could destroy us ‘WITHIN DECADES’ warns expert — A LEADING scientist involved in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has warned that it could rise up against us and end humanity within decades. — GETTY — AI could destroy humanity ‘within decades’
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
WATCH: Chicago police release video of cop standing on neck of suspect who died during arrest — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Two Chicago police officers have been placed on desk duty after authorities finally released dashcam video showing one of them standing on the neck …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Is A Fiercely Loyal Boss Right Up Until He Fires You — For a man who once tried to trademark the phrase “You're fired,” Donald Trump seems awfully eager these days to cast himself as a loyal boss. — With his campaign reeling from tactical blunders and his inner circle gripped by infighting …
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The Week