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Mitt Romney met privately with William Kristol, who is leading the effort to draft an independent candidate — In spite of his insistence that he will not run, Mitt Romney is being courted this week by a leading conservative commentator to reconsider and jump into the volatile 2016 presidential race as an independent candidate.
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Obama to Republicans: Like it or not, you're stuck with Trump — President Obama speaks Friday in the White House briefing room. — If Republican leaders won't line up behind Donald Trump, President Obama is trying to lash them together himself. — Obama seized on the deepening fracture …
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I congratulate Donald Trump on securing his place as the Republican Party's presumptive nominee. There is no doubt that he successfully tapped into the deep sense of anger and frustration so many Americans around the country rightfully feel today. — The tremendous anger of the current U.S. electorate …
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Top House Republicans Speak Out Against Paul Ryan: “I Don't Understand What He's Thinking” — On Thursday Republican Speaker Paul Ryan told Jake Tapper on CNN he was “not ready” to endorse Donald Trump yet. — Today top Republicans in the House of Representatives spoke out against Paul Ryan.


No, a Conservative Third-Party Candidate Can't Steal the Electoral College — The <em>Morning Joe</em> panel does not understand how elections work. — Some conservative Republicans who hate Donald Trump want to run a third-party presidential candidate, such as Nebraska Republican senator Ben Sasse, who has lambasted Trump.
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Trump: Hillary Clinton a ‘nasty, mean enabler’ — Eugene, Oregon (CNN)Donald Trump on Friday accused Hillary Clinton of being “an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler” of her husband's alleged affairs and accused her of destroying the lives of his accusers. — The remarks are the first time that Trump …

Jeb Bush: I won't vote for Trump or Clinton
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Ryan-Trump Breach May Be Beyond Repair
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Gingrich could be on short list for Trump running mate
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Obama previews his Trump attack plan
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First on CNN: Cheney says he will support Trump
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Election analyst flips 11 states toward Democrats due to Trump
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LYIN' DON: Trump Just Totally Made Up the Story that he Talked to Marco Rubio Recently — In case you missed it, on Thursday, Donald Trump told Bret Baier that he spoke with Marco Rubio and that Rubio was very supportive of him and even open to a VP spot. Late Friday night …
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“Absolutely Not” Marco Rubio Won't Be Donald Trump's VP - or Call Him
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Rubio Compares Trump to 3rd World Strongman
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Why Hillary Clinton Is Uniquely Suited To Take On Donald Trump
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Roy Moore, Alabama Judge, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Stance — An Alabama judicial oversight body on Friday filed a formal complaint against Roy S. Moore, the chief justice of the state's Supreme Court, charging that he had “flagrantly disregarded and abused his authority” …
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Roy Moore suspended from office: Alabama chief justice faces removal over gay marriage stance — For the second time in his career, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore faces charges before the Alabama Court of the Judiciary and potential removal from office. — Until that court hears and rules …
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Sanders leaves door open to Clinton VP spot … Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders — on Friday left the door open to being Hillary Clinton — 's running mate if she were to offer him the position after the party's convention this summer. — “Right now, we are focused …
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Our awful elites gutted America. Now they dare ring alarms about Trump, Sanders — and cast themselves as saviors — Both parties ignored workers, spewed hate, enriched themselves, hollowed out democracy. Now the problem's populism? — This week, on the night of the Indiana primary …
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How to use a urinal like a lady: a trans woman's rebel tour of North Carolina — In defiance of North Carolina's ‘absurd’ new bathroom law, trans actress Shakina Nayfack is staging a piece of renegade performance art in men's toilets — Apparently it's really quite difficult to use a urinal - if you're a woman.


Man arrested in Maryland killing spree allegedly menaced his wife, stepdaughters — When Gladys Tordil went to court in March to plead for protection against her husband, she portrayed him as a man who had menaced her and her two daughters for at least a decade.
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Sandusky victim: Joe Paterno told me to drop abuse accusation — Paterno family lawyers: That claim is inconsistent with the facts and how late football coach lived his life — (CNN)After four years of feuding over the legacy of Joe Paterno, with a few vague details about what he may have known …
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Priebus: Trump can win swing states, put Michigan in play — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Friday said Donald Trump — can expand the electoral map in November, winning important swing states and putting solid-blue states in play.
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