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8:10 PM ET, May 22, 2016

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Poll: Election 2016 shapes up as a contest of negatives  —  The coming presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump begins in a virtual dead heat, a competition between two candidates viewed unfavorably by a majority of the current electorate and with voters motivated as much by whom …
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Don Surber:
For the first time, Trump now leads the average of national polls  —  Remember how Charles Krauthammer said if Trump won the nomination he could lose like Goldwater?  National polls today confirm that once again, Krauthammer may have gotten Trump's chances wrong again.
Discussion: Washington Post
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks to 3 Points: New NBC News/WSJ Poll  —  Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Clash over Gun Control 2:10  —  Hillary Clinton's advantage over Donald Trump has narrowed to just three points — resulting in a dead-heat general-election contest with more than five months …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:   Sanders: Clinton can beat Trump in November
Henry Bodkin / Telegraph:
Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’  —  Hollywood is in the grip a child sexual abuse scandal similar to that of Jimmy Savile in Britain, Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has claimed.  —  The 35-year-old former child actor said paedophiles …
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Daily Mail:
Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood says Hollywood is gripped by a powerful pedophile ring and Tinseltown is covering up a ‘seedy’ underbelly full of predatory ‘vipers’  —  Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood claims that young actors in Hollywood are being sexually abused by predatory high-powered ‘vipers’ working in the industry..
John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders supporters sue to have California's voter registration extended until election day  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses supporters during a rally on May 21, 2016, in National City.  (Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images)  —  A federal lawsuit alleging …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: I Don't Want Guns In Classrooms, But Some Teachers Should Have Guns  —  GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump said Sunday that he doesn't want guns to be in classrooms, but that “some teachers” should have guns.  —  Trump was asked to respond on Fox & Friends to criticism …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Donald Trump: 'I'm not advocating guns in classrooms' but ‘teachers should have guns in classrooms’
Discussion: NBC News
Mike Miller / Independent Journal Review:
‘Never Trump Guy’ Locks Horns With Fox News' Eric Bolling-Let's Just Say It Doesn't End Well
Discussion: RedState
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Michelle Fields to resume covering Donald Trump - for Huffington Post  —  Michelle Fields, the conservative reporter who had Donald Trump's campaign manager charged with battery, has a new job.  —  Fields is heading to the Huffington Post, where she will cover the 2016 campaign with a specific focus on Trump and the Republican Party.
Meg Gatto / WVUE-TV:
Five-year-old shoots, kills self while playing with gun  —  A five-year-old in Laplace gets her hands on a gun, and accidentally shoots and kills herself.  The accident happened Saturday at 9:45 a.m. at the girl's home on Country Club Drive.  —  Many residents on Country Club Drive …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jennifer Crockett / WDSU-TV:
St. John sheriff: 5-year-old kills self with father's gun
Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Washington state GOP convention backs Cruz over Trump  —  Donald Trump may be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but Washington state's GOP convention awarded 40 out of 41 elected delegate slots to Ted Cruz.  However, delegates are bound by party rules to cast national-convention ballots based …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and RedState
Associated Press:
CLINTON SHRUGS, SEES BENEFITS IN TRUMP'S PERSONAL ATTACKS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton has a message for Donald Trump: keep on talking.  —  She's just weeks away from wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination, and friends, aides and supporters describe a candidate …
Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
POLICE, SOLDIERS SWARM MEXICO'S ACAPULCO, KILLINGS CONTINUE  —  ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Along with beach towels or sandals, there's a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men.
NBC News:
Meet the Press - May 22, 2016  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday, now it's the Democrats who are fighting in public.  —  SEN. BERNIE SANDERS:  —  Before we will have the opportunity to defeat Donald Trump, we're going to have to defeat Secretary Clinton.  —  CHUCK TODD:
Discussion: Althouse and Balloon Juice
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
Mark Cuban: I'd listen if Clinton wanted to talk about VP — but she needs ‘to go more to center’
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Washington Post
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Bernie World Debates What's Next  —  Bernie Sanders may be focused on the road to June 7.  But inside and outside his presidential campaign, some supporters, former aides, and current staffers are already moving on to the next big question: What happens to his “political revolution”?
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Graham privately urges Republicans to support Trump  —  (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics, is now calling on Republicans to support their presumptive nominee.  —  Graham urged GOP donors at a private fundraiser Saturday in Florida to unite behind Trump's campaign …
 
 
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
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David Cay Johnston / Politico:
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Donald J. Trump: Hillary Clinton's Plans for More Illegal Immigration Into America …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP Hispanic leaders open to reconciling with Trump
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Biden at West Point: Diversity on battlefield an ‘incredible asset’
Erik Brady / USA Today:
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Salon:
We beat Donald Trump by mocking Donald Trump: What Bill Maher and Barack Obama understand about whipping a bully
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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