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12:50 AM ET, May 18, 2016

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Sanders Statement on Nevada — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued the following statement: — “It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing and that millions of Americans …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, LasVegasSun.com, Washington Post, Shakesville, Shadowproof, CBS New York, New York Times, Common Dreams, Washington Free Beacon, The New Civil Rights Movement, The Atlantic, Washington Monthly, Mother Jones, Towleroad, Drudge Retort and Ralston Reports

Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

More Sanders staffers exit campaign — A handful of high-level staffers have left Bernie Sanders' campaign in recent days, including his director of technology and three of the four members of his original senior leadership team in California — a state his team has said is critical to his bid for the Democratic nomination.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Manu Raju / CNN:

Dems' new fear: Sanders revolt could upend Democratic convention — (CNN)Sen. Barbara Boxer, a veteran of Democratic politics, says she never saw anything quite like this before. — Loud cursing, shouting, obscene gestures and vile insults, including crude comments about the female anatomy.

Discussion: Vox, The Atlantic, The American Spectator, The Daily Caller and RedState

Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Wasserman Schultz on Sanders' response to Nevada chaos: ‘Anything but acceptable’ — Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz panned Bernie Sanders' response to reports of violence at the Nevada Democratic state convention over the weekend, calling it “anything but acceptable.”

Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

Grandiosity As Addictive As Smack — With this new blow-up over whatever happened over the weekend in Nevada we see the pretty real and even dire consequences of lying to your supporters. The Sanders campaign, especially campaign manager Jeff Weaver, has been saying for weeks that Sanders …

Abby Phillip / Washington Post:

Clinton declares victory in Kentucky primary; Sanders wins in Oregon — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton declared victory in the Kentucky primary on Tuesday, potentially disrupting a string of expected primary losses this month that had threatened to weaken her even as she turned …

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Mediaite, Guardian and Shakesville

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Trump: Clinton should drop out if she loses Kentucky — should “drop out” if she can't win Tuesday's Kentucky primary as he laid into his likely general election opponent in a series of tweets. — “Do you think Crooked Hillary will finally close the deal?

Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard: Sanders: ‘Shots Were Fired Into My Campaign Office in Nevada’

Steven Yaccino / Bloomberg:
A Small Group of Superdelegates Could Close the Deal for Hillary—But Won't

Discussion: ABC News, Politico, Infowars, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon and National Review

Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
NV Democrats file complaint against Sanders campaign to DNC

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, The New Civil Rights Movement and NV Dems

Daniel Strauss / Politico: Sanders sticks it to the Democratic Party

Jon Ralston / Ralston Reports:
Sample of voicemails left for state Democratic Chairwoman Roberta Lange

Discussion: Washington Post, Roll Call, The Huffington Post, Hot Air, The Hill, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Let's Talk Nevada, The Atlantic, AOL, Guardian, Politico, New York Times and The Week

Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Defiant Sanders says campaign was denied fairness in Nevada

Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Nevada Dem chairwoman gets obscene death threats after convention chaos

Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo

Mickey Rapkin / DuJour:

Lady and the Trump — Donald and Melania Trump live in a 30,000-square-foot triplex at the top of his namesake tower on Fifth Avenue, and as the race toward the presidency gets shorter and more frenzied, the ratings-hungry cable news networks have started coming to them.

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Melania Trump: ‘Unbelievable’ Chris Matthews commented on me — Melania Trump says she is shocked by Chris Matthews's recent remarks about her physical appearance. — “Unbelievable,” she said in an interview with Du Jour published on Tuesday. “That's what I'm saying — I'm not only a beauty, I'm smart.

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Hullabaloo

Al Weaver / Washington Examiner: Melania Trump: My husband is ‘not Hitler’

Reuters:

Exclusive: Trump would talk to North Korea's Kim, wants to renegotiate climate accord — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is willing to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program, proposing a major shift in U.S. policy toward the isolated nation.

Discussion: New York Times, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, Washington Post, Mediaite, Politico, HYPELINE and Hullabaloo

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:

Jeb Bush Has Some Thoughts On Trump's Cinco De Mayo Tweet — He also thinks the Republican Party may no longer be relevant. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hasn't been coy about the scars he bears from the Republican primary. He won't be voting for his bete noire, Donald Trump …

Discussion: USA Today, RedState, The Ring of Fire Network, AOL, Politico, Talking Points Memo, BizPac Review, Mediaite, The Week and Hot Air

Scott Wong / The Hill:
Speaker Ryan: Voters are right to trust Trump more than me

Discussion: Raw Story, Independent Journal …, RedState, Hullabaloo, Fox News Insider, First Draft, USA Today, CNNMoney, Page Six, Talking Points Memo and LawNewz

Associated Press:
Adelson Implores Republican Jewish Leaders to Support Trump

Discussion: ABC News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency

NBC News:

Hillary Clinton Holds Slim National Lead Over Donald Trump: Poll — Race between Clinton, Trump narrows 5:50 — Over the past couple of weeks, Donald Trump has become the presumptive Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton has continued to inch closer to the magic number of delegates she needs to lock up the Democratic contest.

Discussion: FOX News Radio, TPNN, Liberal Values, FiveThirtyEight, Washington Post, Daily Mail, Infowars, The Daily Caller, National Review and AOL

Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. John McCain attacks Ann Kirkpatrick over ‘Obamacare’ vote

Discussion: Daily Kos

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
McCain In Deep Trouble in GOP Primary; Trump, Clinton Close in AZ

Discussion: Politicus USA

Julia Jacobo / ABC News:

Donald Trump Wins Oregon GOP Primary, AP Reports — Donald Trump has won the Oregon GOP Primary, according to the Associated Press. — Although all of Trump's GOP opponents have been vanquished, he has yet to cross the delegate threshold to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.

Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and Media Matters for America

Fox News:
Megyn Kelly Special: Trump defends tone, says bid will be ‘complete waste’ if he doesn't win

Discussion: NBC News, Media Matters for America, Guardian and Media Matters for America

Richmond Times-Dispatch:

NOLAND, MARY ANNE — NOLAND, Mary Anne Alfriend. Faced with the prospect of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland of Richmond chose, instead, to pass into the eternal love of God on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at the age of 68. Born in Danville, Va. …

Discussion: Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, WWBT-TV, Heat Street, AOL, The Daily Caller, Mashable, Daily Mail, Washingtonian, The Week, Mediaite and Washington Times

Meeri Kim / Washington Post:

‘Forest bathing’ is latest fitness trend to hit U.S. - ‘Where yoga was 30 years ago’ — Over thousands of years of human history, we have effectively become an indoor species. Particularly for those of us trapped in the cubicle life, often the only times we regularly step foot outside is for our daily work commute or to run errands.

Matt Coughlin / Morning Call:

Substitute teacher at Easton High arrested for sex with teen in cemetery, police say — Of The Morning Call … EASTON — A married 49-year-old substitute teacher was interrupted by Easton police while she was having sex with a 17-year-old boy in the Easton Cemetery earlier this month, police said.

Discussion: WNEP-TV and fox13now.com

Scott Adams Blog:

Scott Adams' Blog — Here's a good summary on Business Insider of the top 14 likely VP picks for Trump. See if you can predict who Trump will choose. — Few things are harder to predict than a VP choice because the situation stays fluid until the actual selection.

Discussion: Althouse

Marianne LeVine / Politico:

White House details sweeping measure to raise wages — The White House revealed details Tuesday of its most sweeping action to fight income inequality since President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. And unlike Obamacare, it will require no input from Congress.

Discussion: ABC News

Robert Costa / Washington Post:

Trump's plan to rehabilitate his image: Explain past controversies — NEW YORK — In the face of a brutal new Democratic advertising assault, Donald Trump said he plans to rehabilitate his battered image in the coming weeks by publicly addressing head-on some of the most controversial episodes of his campaign.

Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story, New York Magazine, Vox, Politico, Washington Times, ThinkProgress and FiveThirtyEight

Nick Gass / Politico:

Trump boasts about ‘tremendous cash flow’ in new financial report — Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted that he has filed a new personal financial disclosure report, one that shows - according to Trump's campaign - “tremendous cash flow” and income in excess of a half a billion dollars.

Discussion: Political Wire

Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:

Bernie Sanders Is Poised to Make a Very Weird Kind of History Tonight — Update, 5/17: It finally happened. Hillary Clinton won a county called Clinton County. Her long national nightmare is over. Read below for the original piece. — Bernie Sanders can make history in Tuesday night's Kentucky Democratic primary.

Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:

Audio of Donald Trump Saying Model ‘Looks Like a Third-Rate Hooker’ Resurfaces — Back in 2004, a model named Victoria Zdrok gave an interview to a guy named Chaunce Hayden. In it, she detailed the way that Donald Trump had called up her bosses at Playboy and requested to meet her under …

Discussion: Daily Mail, The Daily Beast and RedState

Carl Campanile / New York Post:

City Council passes resolution urging clemency for terrorist — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Monday urged President Obama to grant clemency to an unrepentant convicted Puerto Rican terrorist who has been imprisoned in the U.S. for more than 34 years.

Discussion: City Journal, Front Page Magazine, The Daily Caller and Truth Revolt

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:

Alex Jones: ‘Michelle Obama Is A Man’ Who Murdered Joan Rivers To Cover It Up — InfoWars broadcaster and Donald Trump ally Alex Jones is back to claiming that First Lady Michelle Obama is secretly a transgender woman, but this time he's adding a new twist to his conspiracy theory …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Raw Story