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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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Mediaite, Daily Kos, Jewish Insider, Politico, The Gateway Pundit and NBC News
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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.
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Politico
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
A Look At What's Behind Donald Trump's Climb in New National Poll — The latest national ABC News/Washington Post poll has Donald Trump in the tightest race yet with Hillary Clinton in the probable matchup between the two likely presidential nominees. — Forty-six percent of respondents favor Trump …
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Politico and Daily Wire
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Republicans Paying More Attention to Election Than Democrats
Republicans Paying More Attention to Election Than Democrats
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Washington Monthly, Politicus USA and Politico
Fox News:
Drum roll: Clinton unveils ‘stronger together’ slogan
Drum roll: Clinton unveils ‘stronger together’ slogan
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Scott Adams Blog, Taylor Marsh and AOL
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
RNC Spox: Trump ‘Very Clear’ We're Going With ‘Aggressive’ Clinton Attacks
RNC Spox: Trump ‘Very Clear’ We're Going With ‘Aggressive’ Clinton Attacks
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Breitbart and The Last Refuge
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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NBC News, Hot Air, The Resurgent, No More Mister Nice Blog and Shadowproof
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sanders pushes Dems to reject Puerto Rico debt deal
Sanders pushes Dems to reject Puerto Rico debt deal
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Sanders picks pro-Palestinian activist for Democratic platform committee — Sen. Bernie Sanders has been given highly unusual say over the drafting of the Democratic Party platform this year even if, as expected, he loses the primary contest to Hillary Clinton.
Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero found not guilty of all charges … Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams on Monday acquitted Officer Edward Nero of all counts for his role in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray. — The judgment, following a five-day bench trial, is the first in the closely-watched case.
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Courtney Pomeroy / CBS Baltimore:
Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
Freddie Gray Arresting Officer Edward Nero Found Not Guilty On All Charges
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Daily Wire, Joe.My.God. and CBS San Francisco
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
One Of The Most Aggressive Gerrymanders In The Country Just Lost In The Supreme Court — Nearly two years ago, a federal court struck down Virginia's congressional maps, finding that state lawmakers engaged in an unconstitutional racial gerrymander when they packed tens of thousands …
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Associated Press:
Supreme court dismisses GOP appeal over Virginia districts
Supreme court dismisses GOP appeal over Virginia districts
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Washington Post and ACS Blog
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court finds jury tainted by race in murder case
Supreme Court finds jury tainted by race in murder case
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Washington Post
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama dining with Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam — President Barack Obama has no reservations about dining with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. — During his visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, Obama is taping a segment for a forthcoming episode of Bourdain's CNN program “Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown …
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CNN:
Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam
Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam
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USA Today, Politico, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NPR, Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Clash Daily
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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New York Times and Washington Times
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
VA secretary: Disney doesn't measure wait times, so why should VA? — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Monday compared the length of time veterans wait to receive health care at the VA to the length of time people wait for rides at Disneyland, and said his agency shouldn't use wait times …
The Local:
Left-winger van der Bellen wins Austrian presidential election — With just a few votes left to be counted, it appears Austria has chosen the former Green leader Alexander van der Bellen to be the country's next president, in what was one of the tightest presidential election races seen in Austria.
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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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Salon, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, RedState, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, Political Wire, twitchy.com and The Slot
Emily E. Smith / Oregonian:
‘Something needs to be done’: Parents say they want justice for baby's bruises — A Sherwood couple say they came home from a date night a couple of months ago to find their 1-year-old son, Jacob, screaming and the babysitter asleep on the couch. The next morning, they awoke to find him covered in bruises.
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TheBlaze.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal … and Raw Story
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: ‘Hell no’ to VP pick from state with a Republican governor — must not pick a senator from a Republican-controlled state as her vice president, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid — (D-Nev.) warned Monday. — “If we have a Republican governor in any of those states …
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
New Trump Video Mixes Bill Clinton Rape Allegation, Hillary Clinton Laughing — Donald Trump released a new Instagram video on Monday featuring audio from interviews with women who've accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault. The accompanying text asks if Democratic presidential …
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Sky Dancing, Daily Wire, Breitbart and The Slot
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Michael Walsh / New York Post:
How corporate America bought Hillary Clinton for $21M
How corporate America bought Hillary Clinton for $21M
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The American Spectator and The Last Tradition
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
In Trump's World, Newt Gingrich Is King — and Maybe VP — The two men are kindred spirits in more ways than one. — He has an uncanny ability to dominate the media and shape a narrative, and he harnessed the anger and anxiety of lower-middle-class whites to reshape the Republican party.
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Raw Story, Media Matters for America, The Resurgent and Political Wire
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Ryan: Trump could win, but I'm not ‘betting’ on it — Paul Ryan loves the word “unity,” but his definition of that term differs sharply from Donald Trump's vision of a smiling speaker at his side, mouth shut and domesticated — just like Chris Christie. — Ryan, who made peace with Trump earlier …
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RedState, Daily Mail and Politicus USA
Patrick Maines / The Hill:
The civil war within conservative media — Though it's not been well analyzed by mainstream reporters, the so-called conservative media have been split down the middle by the Donald Trump — phenomenon. Outlets like the Drudge Report, Breitbart and The Washington Times have been in loud …
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Daily Wire and The Resurgent
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
The New York Times of the future is beginning to take shape — An ambitious effort to overhaul The New York Times is beginning to come into focus. — In a memo sent to staffers Friday, New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet outlined several steps in a project, announced in February …
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Washington Post and Don Surber, more at Mediagazer »
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Refusal to release tax returns emerging as a big liability for Trump — THE BIG IDEA: — Donald Trump bests Hillary Clinton by 2 points among registered voters in the new Washington Post/ABC poll. While within the margin of error, this represents an 11-point swing in his direction since March.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and BizPac Review