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11:45 PM ET, May 8, 2016

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Breitbart:
Paul Nehlen Tours Border with Breitbart Texas' Brandon Darby: ‘Agents Need a Fighter’  —  Paul Nehlen, the Wisconsin businessman who has launched a primary challenge to Rep. Paul Ryan, is currently touring the U.S.-Mexico border alongside Brandon Darby, the top editor of Breitbart Texas.
Discussion: ABC News
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Donald Trump Won't Rule Out Effort to Remove Paul Ryan as Convention Chairman  —  Donald J. Trump said he would not rule out an effort to remove Representative Paul D. Ryan as chairman of the Republican National Convention if he did not endorse Mr. Trump's candidacy.
Karl de Vries / CNN:
Palin will work to defeat Ryan in primary for Trump stance  —  Washington (CNN)Sarah Palin will work to defeat House Speaker Paul Ryan by backing his primary opponent in Wisconsin, the former Alaska governor told CNN's Jake Tapper.  —  Palin said in an interview that airs Sunday on …
Dan Riehl / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Challenger Paul Nehlen: ‘He Has Betrayed Us All’
Discussion: Guardian
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Donald Trump or Paul Ryan: Who's King of the Hill?
Discussion: Politico
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The GOP's electoral-map problem is not about Trump.  It's about demographics.  —  Republicans have a major electoral map problem in November.  Major.  —  Donald Trump's victory last week in Indiana's primary not only effectively sealed the GOP nomination for the real estate billionaire …
William Yardley / Los Angeles Times:
Wildfire at Fort McMurray quickly overtakes Canada's environmental debate  —  A wildfire was growing just outside Fort McMurray, but Matt Hepditch went to work in the oil sands the way he always does.  —  Some people had evacuated, though reports the night before suggested the fire …
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Associated Press:   MASSIVE ALBERTA WILDFIRE EXPECTED TO BURN FOR MONTHS
Corinne Heller / E! Online:
Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne Split After More Than 33 Years of Marriage  —  It's over for Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne.  —  The 67-year-old heavy metal rocker and the 63-year-old co-host of The Talk have broken up after more than 33 years of marriage, E! News has learned.
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The Republican Party is dead  —  I have been a Republican as long as I can remember.  Joining the Grand Old Party seemed like a natural choice for someone like me who fled the Soviet Union as a boy and came to Los Angeles with his mother and grandmother in 1976.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Veterans call on Trump to show respect  —  More than 50 veterans released a statement Sunday calling on presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump  —  to show respect for the country's veterans and donate the millions of dollars he allegedly raised during a fundraiser several months ago.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
NC governor: Feds gave us ‘unrealistic’ bathroom law deadline  —  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) said the federal government gave the state an “unrealistic” deadline to respond to a letter informing him that the state's bathroom law violates the Civil Rights Act.
Discussion: RedState
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Fox News:
NC Gov. McCrory says he'll answer Justice ultimatum on transgender bathroom issue by Monday deadline
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Johnson sees third-party candidacy as ‘opportunity’  —  Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said in an interview on Sunday he sees a third-party candidacy as an opportunity, instead of as a threat.  —  “Well, I think it is a real opportunity.  I do think that [Hillary] Clinton and [Donald] …
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump Walks Back Tax Plan, Saying 'It's Going to Be Negotiated'  —  As Donald Trump pivots to the general election battle, he's already walking back his tax plan, the most specific policy proposal he has released during the campaign.  —  “By the time it gets negotiated …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, AOL, NBC News and Mediaite
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Lindsay Dunsmuir / Reuters:
Trump says taxes for the wealthy should go up
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: 'If I Was Jeb Bush, I Wouldn't Vote For Me Either'  —  Donald Trump, the GOP's presumptive nominee, said Sunday that he can see why former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) wouldn't vote for him after the way he treated the failed White House contender on the trail.
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump
Discussion: Associated Press and Politicus USA
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Donald Trump breaks the GOP
Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:
On Donald Trump, never means never: Why many conservatives who oppose Trump cannot and will not buckle  —  The hordes taunting the Never Trump brigades of the Republican Party to understand they've lost and need to get out of the way of presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump ought to learn a lesson from a revered American ally.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Sex and the Singular Pol  —  WHEN the histories of this warped campaign are constructed, when a lasting inventory of its every last ignominy is done, Donald Trump's guarantee that all of his appendages measured up to greatness will be front, center and protuberant, evidence of the election's vulgar endowment.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mediaite and alan.com
Dennis Ross / Politico:
Why Middle Eastern Leaders Are Talking to Putin, Not Obama  —  The United States has significantly more military capability in the Middle East today than Russia—America has 35,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft; the Russians roughly 2,000 troops and, perhaps, 50 aircraft …
Discussion: Power Line
Ben Glaze / Mirror.co.uk:
‘Brexit’ could trigger World War Three, warns David Cameron  —  Mr Cameron will highlight the UK's role in bringing peace to Europe as he hits the referendum campaign trail  —  David Cameron will plead for Britain to stay in the EU and help prevent the Continent being ripped apart by another conflict.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Breitbart:
Saudi Prince Begs America to Reject Trump  —  From the Daily Mail: … You can read the rest of the story here.  —  Read More Stories About:  —  2016 Presidential Race, Donald Trump, Turki al-Faisal  —  Comment count on this article reflects comments made on Breitbart.com and Facebook.
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Clemence Michallon For / Daily Mail:
Saudi prince begs American voters not to vote for Trump and says he ‘cannot believe’ …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump tells crowd Clinton wants to ‘abolish’ Second Amendment  —  's way at a Saturday rally, telling the crowd that she wants to do away with the Second Amendment.  —  “Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment.  She wants to abolish it,” Trump said at a Saturday rally in Lynden …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump says Clinton wants to abolish the 2nd Amendment
Discussion: New York Times and Political Wire
 
 
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Tom Brune / Newsday:
Lee Zeldin promotes Donald Trump and their shared history
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New York Times:
Lining Up for Change in Venezuela
Simon Romero / New York Times:
Conservative's Star Rises in Brazil as Polarizing Views Tap Into Discontent
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The year of the hated: Clinton and Trump, two intensely disliked candidates, begin their face-off
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Obama's last act is to force suburbs to be less white and less wealthy
Barack Obama / Medium:
Working Together to Address the Diaper Gap
Discussion: AOL
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Madlin Mekelburg / The Texas Tribune:
Austin's Proposition 1 Defeated
Discussion: Hit & Run and Off the Kuff
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Decision time for FBI on Clinton
Discussion: Hot Air