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Rush Limbaugh:
My Gut: Trump Beats Hillary in Landslide — RUSH: Hold your horses, Trump supporters. Hold your horses. When I say, “We'll examine what went wrong,” come on. You know exactly what I'm talking about, from the standpoint of Cruz supporters. They're the ones trying to figure out what went wrong today.
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Won't Self-Fund General-Election Campaign — Presumptive Republican nominee plans to create ‘world-class finance organization’ to back campaign — Donald Trump won't self-fund his general-election campaign, and will instead create a “world-class finance organization,” …
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The Resurgent, Tallahassee Democrat, Mike Huckabee, The Week, Guardian, Mediaite, Political Wire, CNN, New York Daily News, New York Post and Fox News
Seth Masket / Vox:
We are witnessing the most massive failure of a political party in generations — The recent withdrawal of Ted Cruz and John Kasich from the Republican presidential nomination race makes Donald Trump the party's assured nominee for 2016. This represents the most colossal failure of an American political party in modern history.
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Politico and Outside the Beltway
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Spoiler: They can't. — Suppose the Republican Party's elites could go a year back in time and act with perfect foresight and perfect coordination. (At the risk of making this hypothetical even more outlandish, let's also grant them functioning strategic brains.) What would they do to avoid their current predicament?
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'm open to Cruz as VP — on Wednesday said that he would consider making Sen. Ted Cruz — (R-Texas) his running mate. — “I respect Ted,” he told host Bill O'Reilly on Fox News's “The O'Reilly Factor.” “He was a very strong competitor. He really competed hard and tough.
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Politico and Little Green Footballs
New York Times:
Donald Trump Discusses How He'll Select a Running Mate — Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he expected to reveal his vice presidential pick sometime in July — before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland — but added that he would soon announce a committee to handle the selection process …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Trump is the Nominee, What Now? Legal Insurrection Authors Debate
Trump is the Nominee, What Now? Legal Insurrection Authors Debate
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Susan Collins: I'll Be Able To Back Trump If He Stops “Gratuitous Personal Insults”
Susan Collins: I'll Be Able To Back Trump If He Stops “Gratuitous Personal Insults”
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Washington Post, National Review, Politico, ABC News, Hot Air and Talking Points Memo
CNN:
John Kasich drops out
John Kasich drops out
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John Gibson Show / FOX News Radio:
Trump Supporter Dr. Ben Carson: Donald, Do Not Pick Me As Your Running Mate!
Trump Supporter Dr. Ben Carson: Donald, Do Not Pick Me As Your Running Mate!
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Politico
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
John Kasich suspending campaign: Source tells NBC News
John Kasich suspending campaign: Source tells NBC News
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's absolutely remarkable 323-day odyssey to the Republican presidential nomination
Donald Trump's absolutely remarkable 323-day odyssey to the Republican presidential nomination
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Media Matters for America and Hullabaloo
Fox News:
Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy’ — Marcel Lazar Lehel, 40, is escorted by masked policemen in Bucharest, after being arrested in Arad, 337 miles west of Bucharest. (Reuters) (REUTERS/Mediafax/Silviu Matei) — EXCLUSIVE: The infamous Romanian hacker known as …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Federal judge opens the door to Clinton deposition in email case — A federal judge on Wednesday opened the door to interviewing Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton — as part of a review into her use of a private email server as secretary of State.
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ABC News, Washington Post, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Hot Air
Jordan Rudner / The Texas Tribune:
Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump … For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well. — Bush 41, who enthusiastically endorsed every Republican nominee …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Donald Trump Isn't Going to Be President — He'd have to win unprecedented shares of the very kinds of voters who hate him: blacks, Latinos, and women. — Now that Donald Trump is just a few delegates away from the Republican nomination, conversation among commentators has turned …
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Washington Post, Mother Jones, CNBC, Raw Story and Business Insider
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Donald Trump takes the reins of a divided Republican Party
Donald Trump takes the reins of a divided Republican Party
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Politico
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
US Justice Department: HB2 violates federal Civil Rights Act — Ruling could ultimately lead to the loss of millions in federal education money — RALEIGH — U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday notified Gov. Pat McCrory that House Bill 2 violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act.
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Mark Krikorian / National Review:
NeverHillary — Donald Trump is unfit to be president. He's a braggart and a liar. And a serial adulterer. He's behaved shamefully during the primary campaign. He wouldn't recognize the Constitution if he tripped over it in the street. He doesn't know even the Cliff Notes version of any policy issue.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Trump Blames Hillary for Birtherism, Wolf Blitzer Summarily Fact-Checks Him
Trump Blames Hillary for Birtherism, Wolf Blitzer Summarily Fact-Checks Him
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Calls on Press to Toughen Up on Trump
Hillary Calls on Press to Toughen Up on Trump
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The Gateway Pundit
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump camp: Clinton ‘has truly never been vetted before’
Trump camp: Clinton ‘has truly never been vetted before’
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ABC News, RedState, Washington Post and The Week
Katie Van-Syckle / Variety:
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Caught on Hot Mic Ogling Melania Trump … ‘Hardball’ anchor has long history of sexist comments — During the network's coverage of Donald Trump's Indiana primary victory speech, MSNBC's Chris Matthews was caught on a live microphone commenting on the appearance of Melania Trump, the Republican nominee's wife.
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The Daily Beast, Politico, Washington Free Beacon and Mediaite
Dana Rose Falcone / Us Weekly:
Caitlyn Jenner to Pose Naked With Gold Medal for ‘Sports Illustrated’ — Now that's a patriotic streak! — Caitlyn Jenner will appear on a summer cover of Sports Illustrated wearing “nothing but an American flag and her Olympic medal,” a source reveals in the latest issue of Us Weekly.
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Republicans Should Confirm Merrick Garland ASAP. — Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee, this is not even a close call. There is absolutely no reason to drag this out any longer. Garland is not a great choice, but he is not a terrible one, either.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
RedState: ‘Confirm Merrick Garland Before It Is Too Late’
RedState: ‘Confirm Merrick Garland Before It Is Too Late’
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Washington Monthly, The Week and Washington Post
Ana Marie Cox / New York Times:
Milo Yiannopoulos Doesn't Have Feelings — You're one of the loudest, most provocative voices at Breitbart News, and you're currently on a speaking tour of college campuses, railing against “P.C. culture.” You once admitted in a profile that your public persona started out as a comedy character …
Breitbart:
Exclusive: President Fox Apologizes, Invites Trump to Mexico — SANTA MONICA, California — During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Mexican President Vicente Fox apologized Wednesday for the vulgar language he has used regarding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump's proposal …
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD hacked into iPhone of slain wife of ‘Shield’ actor, documents show — Actor Michael Jace is flanked by his attorneys Peter L. Carr IV, left, and Jason O. Sias during a 2014 proceeding in Los Angeles County Superior Court. — Los Angeles police investigators obtained a method to open …
David Chanen / Star Tribune:
Prince died amid frantic plans for drug addiction treatment — California doctor specializing in opioid addiction had been called to help with a ‘grave medical emergency.’ — Prince was found dead one day before he was scheduled to meet with a California doctor in an attempt to kick …
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CBC News:
Fort McMurray wildfire remains out of control after city evacuated — 60,000 flee as wildfire leaps highway and into city — Flames are seen from the Sawridge Motel in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Tuesday. The entire city of 60,000 has been ordered evacuated. (Terry Reith/CBC)
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