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11:00 AM ET, May 13, 2016

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U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

Dorothy Amatucci / ED.gov Blog:
Helping Schools Ensure the Civil Rights of Transgender Students

Discussion: Towleroad and Common Dreams

Fox News:
Report: Obama administration to tell public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms of their choice

Discussion: Independent Journal …, Washington Blade, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mediaite, Infowars, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NBC News and Washington Times

Associated Press: US gives directive to schools on transgender bathroom access

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama administration to instruct schools to accommodate transgender students

Discussion: Hot Air, American Power and Politico

Marc Fisher / Washington Post:

Donald Trump masqueraded as a spokesman to brag about himself — The voice is instantly familiar; the tone, confident, even cocky; the cadence, distinctly Trumpian. The man on the phone vigorously defending Donald Trump says he's a media spokesman named John Miller, but then he says …

Discussion: NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Politico, TODAY.com, Business Insider, Daily Kos, Political Wire, AOL, Washington Times, Mediaite, The Week and CNN

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Elizabeth Warren Is On An Anti-Trump Tweetstorm. The Clinton Campaign Has Noticed. — And a buried 2015 focus group hints at why she might just be the VP pick. — Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post — Twice this past week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and New York Magazine

Yahoo:

Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business' (ABC News) — What Really Happened in Trump's Capitol Hill Meeting — Anti-Trump Forces Build Shadow Third-Party Campaign — “I don't have Swiss bank accounts,” he said. “I don't have offshore accounts.”

Discussion: Political Wire and Towleroad

Jeff Sessions / USA Today:

Sen. Sessions: Election offers a simple choice — In Donald Trump, we have a forceful advocate for America. — For the first time in a long time, this November will give Americans a clear choice on perhaps the most important issue facing our country and our civilization …

Discussion: The Last Refuge and Breitbart

John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business'

Discussion: Hot Air

Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: My tax rate is ‘none of your business’

Discussion: The Right Scoop

Joe Tacopino / New York Post:

Clinton charity gave $2M to company owned by Bill's ‘friend’ — More On: — Bill Clinton's foundation doled out $2 million to a power company partly owned by a wealthy blond divorcée about whom questions have been raised as to whether she is the frequent visitor to his home nicknamed “Energizer.”

Discussion: Political Wire

James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:

Clinton Charity Aided Clinton Friends — A $2 million commitment arranged by the nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative in 2010 went to a for-profit company part-owned by friends of the Clintons — HASTINGS, Neb.—The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world's problems …

Discussion: Infowars, The Week, BizPac Review, Hot Air, Power Line, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Free Beacon, Mother Jones, Liberal Values and The Daily Caller

Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:

I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics. — Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice. We believe the world is better when people from different backgrounds and with different ideas all have the power to share their thoughts and experiences. That's what makes social media unique.

Discussion: Vox, San Francisco Chronicle, The Verge, The Daily Caller, Althouse, Guardian, Mashable, Engadget and Heat Street, more at Mediagazer »

Justin Osofsky / Facebook:
Information About Trending Topics

Discussion: New York Times, CNNMoney, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, Recode, New York Magazine, Gizmodo, Guardian, The Federalist, Talking Points Memo and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Facebook's Zuckerberg to meet with ‘influential conservatives’

Discussion: The Week, NPR, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run, SocialTimes and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »

Hanna Trudo / Politico:

Trump accuses Bezos of using the Washington Post to avoid taxes — Donald Trump is done with Jeff Bezos. — In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday night, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee alleged that the Amazon founder uses the Washington Post to secure tax benefits for his company.

Discussion: Poynter, TheStreet.com, Media Matters for America, Political Wire and Washington Examiner

Fox News:

Trump says Washington Post owner Bezos has ‘huge antitrust problem’ — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out at Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos Thursday, claiming that the founder of Amazon.com was using the newspaper as a tool to influence corporate tax policy.

Discussion: Forbes, The Daily Caller and Betsy's Page

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
It's On! TRUMP Goes After Jeff Bezos: He's Using Washington Post for Power - It's Wrong (VIDEO)

Discussion: WND

Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Sanders crashes into Democratic Party wall — Now it's the Democratic convention that's promising to get messy. — After piling up millions of votes and wins in 19 states, Bernie Sanders and his supporters are beginning to lay out their expectations for the Democratic National Convention …

Discussion: The Hill

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Never (Again) Trump’ sets sights on 2020

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and The Week

Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Sanders Campaign Considers Party Reform Fight

Discussion: Hot Air and The Week

David Corn / Mother Jones:

On Facebook, Trump's Longtime Butler Calls for Obama to Be Killed — Anthony Senecal, who worked as Donald Trump's butler for 17 years before being named the in-house historian at the tycoon's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, has repeatedly published posts on his Facebook page …

James Poulos / The Week:
The contemptuous certainty of Barack Obama

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Power Line, Washington Post and The New York Observer

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump disavows longtime butler after he called for Obama to be killed

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Week, Outside the Beltway, Mother Jones, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Little Green Footballs and Mediaite

Jackie Calmes / New York Times:

Donald Trump Won't Alter Tax Plan, Spokeswoman Says as Confusion Reigns — WASHINGTON — After days of confusion over Donald J. Trump's hints that he would change his tax plan to reduce its budget-busting cost and make it less generous to the rich, his spokeswoman on Thursday sought to clear things up …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Magazine and Mother Jones

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Trump and Taxes — This seems to be the week for Trump tax mysteries.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Media Matters for America

Sheldon G. Adelson / Washington Post:

Sheldon Adelson: I endorse Donald Trump for president — Sheldon G. Adelson is chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp. — At the outset of the 2016 election, the GOP primary field was nearly as large as that of last weekend's Kentucky Derby.

Discussion: Vox, CNN, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, BillMoyers.com and Politico

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Trump campaign eyes #NeverTrump blacklist — Donald Trump's campaign is considering hitting his Republican enemies where it hurts: Their wallets. — As Trump moves to work in closer concert with the Republican National Committee apparatus, some campaign aides and allies are pushing …

Discussion: Independent Journal …

Nick Gass / Politico:

Trump: Everything I say now is a suggestion — To hear Donald Trump explain his various proposals on Friday, including a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States—with exceptions, the presumptive Republican nominee made one thing clear: As of right now, they are all just suggestions.

Discussion: RedState, New York Magazine and Washington Post

David Petraeus / Washington Post:

Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists — David Petraeus, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, is a retired U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011 and served as CIA director from 2011 to 2012.

Discussion: Just Security and Economist