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Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist 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 …
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump denies posing as spokesman in recordings Washington Post uncovered — Donald Trump: 1991 phone call 'doesn't sound like my voice' — “No, I don't know anything about it. You're telling me about it for the first time and it doesn't sound like my voice at all,” …
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Fox News:
Trump says Washington Post owner Bezos has ‘huge antitrust problem’
Trump says Washington Post owner Bezos has ‘huge antitrust problem’
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
It's On! TRUMP Goes After Jeff Bezos: He's Using Washington Post for Power - It's Wrong (VIDEO)
It's On! TRUMP Goes After Jeff Bezos: He's Using Washington Post for Power - It's Wrong (VIDEO)
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Trump accuses Bezos of using the Washington Post to avoid taxes
Trump accuses Bezos of using the Washington Post to avoid taxes
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New York Times:
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.
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business' — The presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump continued to refuse to release his tax returns and today declined to reveal his tax rate. — Joining “Good Morning America” this morning, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos asked Trump …
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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.) …
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Jeff Sessions / USA Today:
Sen. Sessions: Election offers a simple choice
Sen. Sessions: Election offers a simple choice
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Yahoo:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business' (ABC News)
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business' (ABC News)
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: My tax rate is ‘none of your business’
Trump: My tax rate is ‘none of your business’
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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.”
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Never (Again) Trump’ sets sights on 2020 — Conservatives, still reeling over the looming nomination of Donald Trump, are pushing new Republican primary rules that might have prevented the mogul's victory in the first place: shutting out independents and Democrats from helping to pick the GOP nominee.
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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.
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 …
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Todd Feurer / CBS Chicago:
Milwaukee Teens Live Stream Sex Acts On Facebook — CHICAGO (CBS) — Police in Milwaukee have launched an investigation after three teenagers live streamed themselves having sex, while their classmates watched on their phones at school. — CBS 58 in Milwaukee reports two girls, 14 and 15 …
Ben Ashford For / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: No apology, no rebate! Chelsea Clinton's contemptuous husband Marc Mezvinsky has ‘nothing to say’ to his investors (some Hillary contributors) despite losing 90 percent of their millions — Mezvinsky has refused to apologize to investors yesterday - despite losing nearly $25 million …
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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.
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Hillary-Hating Fan Fiction Feeds Trump — Donald Trump has hinted he has a lot of dirt on Hillary Clinton. But where is he getting his information from? Some of the best, worst Hillary fan fiction money can buy. — Hillary Clinton is a murderer and a lesbian and she buys her muumuus on Amazon.com.
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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 …
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Philip Wegmann / The Daily Signal:
Senate Appropriations Bill Spends More Than Obama Requested — The U.S. Senate's first spending bill of 2016 allocates $261 million more than President Barack Obama requested and lacks significant conservative amendments, but it still sailed to passage Thursday in the Republican-led chamber.
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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.
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Ron Norman / WSPA-TV:
LIVE: Southside HS student accidentally shot self in cafeteria, says school — GREENVILLE, SC (WSPA) - A student at Southside High School accidentally shot themselves in the school cafeteria Friday morning, putting several schools in the Greenville area on alert, according to school officials.
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.
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:
MARK CUBAN: Trump is that guy in the bar who will say anything to get laid — Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban isn't holding back his opinion about his frenemy, Donald Trump. — “There's that guy who'll walk into the bar and say anything to get laid.
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James Poulos / The Week:
The contemptuous certainty of Barack Obama — There's nothing like a good end-of-administration media kerfuffle to take our minds off the great gong show of Election 2016 — and Ben Rhodes, President Obama's very grumpy, very self-righteous, and very frank deputy national security adviser delivered.
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