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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California — On Monday evening, California's secretary of state published a list of delegates chosen by the Trump campaign for the upcoming Republican presidential primary in the state. Trump's slate includes William Johnson …
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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Campaign Corresponded With Its White Nationalist Delegate Long After “Database Error” — On Tuesday, Mother Jones broke the story that the Trump campaign had selected William Johnson, a prominent white nationalist leader, as a California delegate. The Trump campaign responded with the following statement:
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CNN:
Trump campaign approves white nationalist as GOP delegate after ‘database error’ — (CNN)The head of a white nationalist political party was briefly slated to cast a ballot for Donald Trump this summer at the Republican National Convention after the campaign approved his application to serve as a California delegate.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will oversee the vice-presidential search
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will oversee the vice-presidential search
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Michelle Moons / Breitbart:
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team
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ABC News:
West Virginia Democratic Primary Exit Poll Results — Who turned out in Tuesday's West Virginia Primary and what motivated their votes? — The following is reportable as “preliminary” exit poll results from the West Virginia Democratic primary. Please note that exit poll results …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Clinton Faces Hard Reality Of Unity In Trump Country — Protesters outside Clinton's event in Williamson, W.Va. last week. — Candice Branham likes Donald Trump. But that wasn't the reason she stood for hours last week in the rain, waiting to protest Hillary Clinton in Williamson, a small coal town in West Virginia.
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Sanders Wins in West Virginia Democratic Primary; Trump Cruises
Sanders Wins in West Virginia Democratic Primary; Trump Cruises
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CBS News:
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump
Over four in 10 Sanders voters in West Virginia would vote for Trump
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders May Win Big In West Virginia
Bernie Sanders May Win Big In West Virginia
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too
Sanders, Trump easily win West Virginia primary; Trump picks up Nebraska too
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
'They're Only Using Us For Their Own Power': Glenn Beck Unloads On The GOP — On his radio program last week, Glenn Beck revealed that before Ted Cruz had ended his race for the GOP presidential nomination, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus had contacted Beck about setting …
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch Phil Robertson says he'll back Donald Trump despite endorsing …
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch Phil Robertson says he'll back Donald Trump despite endorsing …
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Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Clinton Has a Weakness. That's Trump's Only Hope.
Clinton Has a Weakness. That's Trump's Only Hope.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
S.E. Cupp: ‘Idiots’ Are Attacking Paul Ryan Because ‘Thinking’ Is Elitist Now — In a new column, CNN contributor S.E. Cupp writes that the attacks on Paul Ryan are the inevitable conclusion of Donald Trump's determination to purge America of “elitist establishment types.”
Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
Budweiser Renames Its Beer “America” — Until the November election, Budweiser is swapping out everything on its can—including its own name—to be as patriotic as possible. — With the backdrop of the Olympics and a comically botched election, this summer is bound to be what Ricardo Marques …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Budweiser Will Call Its Beer ‘America’ Through the Election
Budweiser Will Call Its Beer ‘America’ Through the Election
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Steerpike / Coffee House:
Revealed: Emma Watson named in latest Panama Papers leak — Of late, Emma Watson has been taking a more active role in both UK and American politics. The Harry Potter actress recently attended the White House correspondents' dinner, and just yesterday called on London's new mayor Sadiq Khan …
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation — The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication—has sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting answers to questions it has on its trending topics section.
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Religious Right Activists Demand Disney Heroine Get A Boyfriend, Stop ‘Homosexualizing Kids’ — In response to a Twitter campaign urging Disney to “give Elsa a girlfriend” in the sequel to the popular children's movie “Frozen,” the social conservative group CitizenGo is circulating …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Clinton Starts with a Decisive Advantage — Working-class whites aren't enough to carry Trump to victory — Ryan Rides to the Rescue — But Not Until 2020 GOP's Troubles Just Beginning How Many Might Defect from Trump or Cruz? — Hillary Clinton, shown here campaigning last week in Ashland …
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Fox News:
ISIS claims female Russian spy infiltrated terror network — Ramzan Kadyrov, acting head of the Chechen Republic, has claimed he set up a spy network to target ISIS. (AP) — Her name was “Elvira,” and her treachery cost several ISIS members their lives before the caliphate's spy hunters tracked …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Clinton aide Cheryl Mills leaves FBI interview briefly after being asked about emails — Near the beginning of a recent interview, an FBI investigator broached a topic with longtime Hillary Clinton aide Cheryl Mills that her lawyer and the Justice Department had agreed would be off limits …
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Media Matters for America:
NRA's Ted Nugent Promotes Fake Video Of Hillary Clinton Being Shot — National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent, who will deliver a speech at the NRA's annual meeting this month, shared a fake video that depicts Hillary Clinton being graphically murdered by Bernie Sanders with a handgun during a presidential debate.
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Rush Limbaugh:
This Ad Won't Hurt Trump — RUSH: There's couple sound bites here. One of them is an ad. A Hillary super PAC has released an ad attacking Trump on women using Trump's own words. Now, obviously we only have the audio here. It's a minute long. I want to run this by you …
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Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Heidi Cruz Likens Husband's Campaign to Efforts to End Slavery … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout. — Drawing a parallel between the long-term efforts of her husband's supporters and the fight to end slavery, Heidi Cruz said Tuesday that it took “a lot longer than four years” …
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AJ Willingham / CNN:
World's Oldest Cat dethroned by even older cat Scooter — (CNN)Gaze into the eyes of Scooter, the new World's Oldest Living Cat. — Scooter and his wise old eyes have been around for 30 years, and his achievements in extreme elderliness have now been recognized by Guinness World Records.
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Trump backs Ryan as convention chairman — Donald Trump said he would “love” for House Speaker Paul Ryan to remain as chairman of the Republican National Convention this summer in Cleveland. — “I'd love frankly for him to stay and be chairman,” Trump said during an interview with Fox's Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday night.
Alison Young / USA Today:
CDC labs repeatedly faced secret sanctions for mishandling bioterror germs — A laboratory operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is among the handful of facilities that have secretly had their permits suspended in recent years for serious safety violations while working …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz floats restarting campaign if he wins Nebraska primary — on Tuesday floated the possibility of restarting his presidential campaign if he wins Nebraska's GOP primary, as he avoided saying whether he supports Donald Trump — 's bid for president. — Cruz, who ended his White House run …
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