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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton fury with Sanders grows — is growing in ClintonWorld. — In public, Clinton aides and allies have kept their anger checked, decrying the rowdy outbursts at Nevada's state convention last weekend but saying they believe Sanders will ultimately do the right thing by helping to unite the Democratic Party.
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump tells NRA Clinton will abolish 2nd Amendment — Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)Donald Trump on Friday told the National Rifle Association that Hillary Clinton would take away the right to bear arms, moments after the gun group endorsed the presumptive GOP nominee at its annual meeting here.
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Army of Sanders supporters fuming over Wasserman Schultz — supporters aren't fond of Hillary Clinton — But they really don't like Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Democratic National Committee chairwoman and Florida lawmaker. — Sanders supporters blame Wasserman Schultz …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
NRA Endorses Donald Trump for President — The National Rifle Association endorsed Donald Trump for president at its convention today. — Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, made the endorsement immediately before Trump walked on stage.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders fans plan rallies near Dem convention
Sanders fans plan rallies near Dem convention
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Rick Perry: I'm willing to be Trump's VP
Rick Perry: I'm willing to be Trump's VP
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump Says Clinton Will Abolish the 2nd Amendment
CNN:
Source: Suspect shot near White House — Shooting near White House, U.S. Park Service says — “Shooting on W. Executive Dr. PIO en route to 17th and Pennsylvania,” the U.S. Park Police tweeted — Washington (CNN)Secret Service officers shot a male suspect near a security checkpoint near …
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Secret Service Shoots Man Carrying Gun Near White House
Secret Service Shoots Man Carrying Gun Near White House
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Heide Brandes / Reuters:
Some in Oklahoma statehouse urge Obama impeachment over bathroom rule
Some in Oklahoma statehouse urge Obama impeachment over bathroom rule
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Washington Monthly
George Dvorsky / Gizmodo:
The World's Largest Solar Plant Just Torched Itself — Misaligned mirrors are being blamed for a fire that broke out yesterday at the world's largest solar power plant, leaving the high-tech facility crippled for the time being. It sounds like the plant's workers suffered through a real hellscape, too.
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maroon5.com:
We have announced that we will be canceling our upcoming shows in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina — We have announced that we will be canceling our upcoming shows in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina because of the recent passage of the HB2 legislation. This was a difficult decision for us to make as a band.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Maroon 5 cancels NC shows over bathroom law
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump once revealed his income tax returns. They showed he didn't pay a cent. … The last time information from Donald Trump's income-tax returns was made public, the bottom line was striking: He had paid the federal government $0 in income taxes. — The disclosure, in a 1981 report …
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Old Donald Trump Tax Returns Show He Paid Zero Taxes for At Least Two Years
Old Donald Trump Tax Returns Show He Paid Zero Taxes for At Least Two Years
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Target Suing Man Who Saved Teen Girl from Stabbing in Its Store — In 2013, everyone agreed that Michael Turner saved the life of a teenaged girl who was attacked in a Pennsylvania Target store. Now, Target is suing him. — When she was sixteen, Allison Meadows was shopping in an East Liberty …
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Sting of Myself — Amateurish spies like James O'Keefe III attempt to sway the 2016 campaign. — As Dana Geraghty recalls it, March 16th was a “rather quiet Wednesday.” That afternoon, she was in her cubicle at the Open Society Foundations, on West Fifty-seventh Street …
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Kim Davis: Gays Were Trying To Shove The Supreme Court Ruling ‘Down My Throat And Make Me Eat It For My Dinner’ — On the latest episode of “Truths That Transform” from D. James Kennedy Ministries, the organization's president, Frank Wright, interviewed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Hillary Clinton Opposes Heller Gun Rights Ruling, Adviser Says
Hillary Clinton Opposes Heller Gun Rights Ruling, Adviser Says
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Right Wing Watch, The Daily Caller and Josh Blackman's Blog
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Fox News star's much-hyped interview with Donald Trump exposed the limits of her mainstream appeal. — Megyn Kelly's much-publicized broadcast special with Donald Trump was supposed to launch the Fox News star into the stratosphere of television anchordom.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Why Donald Trump's poll numbers are surging — The Trump Bump has arrived. — After wrapping up an acutely fractious primary in which Donald Trump and his opponents lobbed scores of personal, playground insults at one another, the presumptive GOP nominee has quickly unified the vast majority …
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New York Times:
Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today — New York City's zoning code turns 100 this year. That may not sound like cause for celebration — except maybe for land-use lawyers and Robert Moses aficionados. Yet for almost every New Yorker …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump said he raised $6 million for vets. Now, his campaign says it was less. — One night in January, Donald Trump skipped a GOP debate, and instead held his own televised fundraiser for veterans. At the end of the night, Trump proclaimed it a huge success: “We just cracked $6 million, right?
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Sally Bronston / NBC News:
Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban for Clinton's Veep? — Mark Cuban Would ‘Absolutely’ Listen to Clinton About Running as VP 0:42 — Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, says he would “absolutely” listen to Hillary Clinton about running as her vice president.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Is America's Democracy Ripe for a Dictatorship? — Why Andrew Sullivan thinks Trump may defeat Clinton for the U.S. presidency. … Jacob Weisberg — JACOB WEISBERG — Jacob Weisberg is chairman and editor-in-chief of The Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy. Follow him on Twitter.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Carlson: Glenn Beck 'acted like he was auditioning to be Mark Zuckerberg's manservant' at Facebook meeting — Daily Caller editor-in-chief and Fox News contributor Tucker Carlson is not happy with how Glenn Beck acted at the Facebook meeting for conservatives this week.
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WPMT FOX43:
Horse hit with 100 paintballs ‘Lily,’ adopted by former Daily Show host Jon Stewart — LANCASTER COUNTY, PA- A Rhode Island man was convicted Friday of all counts regarding transportation of a lame horse to the New Holland Sales Stables for auction. — Following a trial in New Holland …
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KOIN-TV:
Portland Police Chief accidentally shoots friend — The Chief's rifle had a negligent discharge — Related Coverage — PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It was revealed Friday that Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea was involved in an accidental shooting last month while on vacation.
New York Times:
Stop the Polling Insanity — OVER the past few weeks, cable news networks and other media sites have trumpeted wild fluctuations and surprising results in polling on the presumed general-election matchup between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton. — The Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll showed …
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fda.gov:
Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label … The FDA today finalized the new Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease. The new label will make it easier for consumers to make better informed food choices.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama signs measure striking ‘oriental’ and ‘negro’ from federal law — President Obama has signed legislation striking outdated racial terms such as “Oriental” and “Negro” from federal laws. — Obama signed the bill without fanfare on Friday along with six other pieces of legislation, the White House said.
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Matt Krantz / USA Today:
A third of cash is owned by 5 U.S. companies — The rising cash holdings of U.S. corporations is increasingly in the hands of a few U.S. companies, with just five tech firms having grabbed a third of it. And nearly three-quarters of cash held by non-financial U.S. companies is stashed overseas outside the long arm of Uncle Sam.
Shiksappeal / shiksappeal speaks:
“Berned” by Bernie Sanders — Last fall, a fellow disability activist and close friend of mine introduced me to Bernie Sanders. From the moment I first heard his platform, I was hooked. After living abroad several years in a country with socialized medicine and heavily subsidized education …
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