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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Defends His National Security Positions as Hillary Clinton Attacks — Clinton is working to stoke fears that Trump fails the — Hillary Clinton is leveling a withering attack on Donald Trump's temperament and judgment when it comes to national security, calling him unqualified …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans Paying More Attention to Election Than Democrats — PRINCETON, N.J. — Republicans continue to follow the news of the presidential election more closely than Democrats. In mid-May, 47% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they are following election news …
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Politicus USA and Politico
CNN:
Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam — Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN)President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States is fully lifting a decades-long ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam. — In a joint news conference in Hanoi with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang …
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New York Times:
Vietnam Arms Embargo to Be Fully Lifted, Obama Says in Hanoi
Vietnam Arms Embargo to Be Fully Lifted, Obama Says in Hanoi
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Outside the Beltway and Political Wire
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In historic move, U.S. lifts embargo on arms sales to Vietnam
In historic move, U.S. lifts embargo on arms sales to Vietnam
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Washington Times
Bill Scher / Politico:
Bernie Loses His Halo — Is the left turning on its darling, Bernie Sanders? On Friday, Netroots titan Markos Moulitsas, namesake of the liberal Daily Kos, dropped a rhetorical bomb on the Bern, blaming the candidate for doing too little to denounce death threats received by the Nevada Democratic Party …
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New York Times:
Do Sanders Supporters Favor His Policies? — Bernie Sanders is widely credited with pulling Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to the left on major issues like health care, trade, financial regulation and the minimum wage. Now he says he will battle all the way to the convention on behalf of …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Lags Behind Hillary Clinton in Organizing Key State — The presumptive GOP nominee's slow start in Ohio could undermine his chances of winning the White House — PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio—Though Donald Trump dispensed with his last primary opponent months before Hillary Clinton will …
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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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Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Sean Spicer: Donald Trump ‘Made It Very Clear We Are Going to Be Aggressive’
Sean Spicer: Donald Trump ‘Made It Very Clear We Are Going to Be Aggressive’
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Talking Points Memo and The Last Refuge
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Electoral map looks grim for Trump — is getting good news in the polls. — Last week, a Fox News poll saw him take a 3-point lead over Hillary Clinton — in a national survey. That's within the margin of error. — But step back and take the long view. Clinton led by seven points in April.
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
I was just another reporter sent to cover radicalization in Minneapolis. Then 2 local Somalis took me on a tour — Haqhawo Qaasim holds a photo of Guled Ali Omar, a defendant in an Islamic State recruitment trial, while standing in front of the courthouse in Minneapolis. (Elizabeth Flores / Star Tribune)
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The White House:
Statement by the President on the Death of Taliban Leader Mansur — Today marks an important milestone in our longstanding effort to bring peace and prosperity to Afghanistan. With the death of Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansur, we have removed the leader of an organization that has continued …
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Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
Taliban Chief Targeted by Drone Strike in Pakistan, Signaling a U.S. Shift
Taliban Chief Targeted by Drone Strike in Pakistan, Signaling a U.S. Shift
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The Daily Signal, The Long War Journal and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Facebook's Troubling One-Way Mirror — If you bothered to read the fine print when you created your Facebook account, you would have noticed just how much of yourself you were giving over to Mark Zuckerberg and his $340 billion social network. — In exchange for an admittedly magical level …
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Washington Post
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump acknowledges climate change — at his golf course — Donald Trump says he is “not a big believer in global warming.” He has called it “a total hoax,” “bulls**t” and “pseudoscience.” — But he is also trying to build a sea wall designed to protect one of his golf courses from “global warming and its effects.”
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Political Wire and twitchy.com
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
How corporate America bought Hillary Clinton for $21M — “Follow the money.” That telling phrase, which has come to summarize the Watergate scandal, has been a part of the lexicon since 1976. It's shorthand for political corruption: At what point do “contributions” become bribes …
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The American Spectator and The Last Tradition
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.
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Paul Sperry / New York Post:
The scandal in Washington no one is talking about — The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance. But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case …
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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..
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Henry Bodkin / Telegraph:
Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’
Elijah Wood: ‘Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile’
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