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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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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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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, Josh Blackman's Blog and The Daily Caller
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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Trail Blazers Blog and WPMT FOX43
Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Trump Says Clinton Will Abolish the 2nd Amendment
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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Liberal Values
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Sanders fans plan rallies near Dem convention — 's supporters have secured permits for four demonstrations near July's Democratic National Convention, according to a new report. — The events will rally support for Sanders's message while Democrats select their presidential nominee in Philadelphia …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton fury with Sanders grows
Clinton fury with Sanders grows
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Rasmussen Reports, Little Green Footballs, The Hayride, Althouse, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams and CBS News
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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Daily Wire
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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The Daily Caller
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Associated Press:
Mirrors blamed for fire at world's largest solar plant — PRIMM, Nev. (AP) — A small fire shut down a generating tower Thursday at the world's largest solar power plant, leaving the sprawling facility on the California-Nevada border operating at only a third of its capacity, authorities said.
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Liberty Unyielding and Power LinePower Line
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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Chris Good / ABC News:
Donald Trump Twice Paid No Federal Taxes, Government Report Shows
Donald Trump Twice Paid No Federal Taxes, Government Report Shows
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The Gateway Pundit and Daily Mail
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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Washington Post and Guardian
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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Media Matters for America and Raw Story
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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Fox News, Washington Post and BizPac Review
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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Breitbart, The Last Refuge and The Week
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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Right, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Liberty Unyielding and The Federalist
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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Balloon Juice and Business Insider
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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Daily Wire
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.
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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Raw Story, NBC News, Business Insider and USA Today
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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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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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Erick Erickson: ‘Mitt Romney should run for president again’ — Conservative blogger and radio host Erick Erickson wants Mitt Romney to launch a third-party bid for president. — Erickson wrote Friday that he would “gladly work for a Romney presidency given the choices between Clinton and Trump.”
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The Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller and Politico
Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
Are You Successful? If So, You've Already Won the Lottery — Chance events play a much larger role in life than many people once imagined. — Most of us have no difficulty recognizing luck when it's on conspicuous display, as when someone wins the lottery.
Demos:
Reflections on Social Media and Our Responsibility — Press Contact: Liz Flowers, lflowers@demos.org — Matt Bruenig has been a prolific blogger for Demos on issues of poverty and inequality, writing crucial analyses such as, “Another Way to See How Family Poverty Works.”
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Mother Jones and studentactivism.net
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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Politico, The White House, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Eater and Refinery29
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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ABC News
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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Elysha Enos / CBC News:
‘It started tickling me’: Passenger recounts horror at meeting tarantula on Air Transat flight — Quebec woman thought she was hallucinating as tarantula climbed up her leg — Catherine Moreau was watching a movie on her iPad on a flight to Montreal when she felt what she thought was a wire brushing against her.