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Trump escalates attack on Bill Clinton — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is reviving some of the ugliest political chapters of the 1990s with escalating personal attacks on Bill Clinton's character — centered on past accusations of sexual assault — amid a concerted effort …
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Sanders: Democratic convention could be ‘messy’ — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders predicted Monday that the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could be “messy” as he pushed the party to adopt his progressive agenda, but added: “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle.”
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Sanders wins greater say in Democratic platform; names pro-Palestinian activist — Sen. Bernie Sanders has chosen a well-known advocate for Palestinian rights to help draft the Democratic Party platform this year, after party leaders gave the longshot but deeply popular candidate unusual …
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HILLARY CLINTON POISED TO DEFEAT BERNIE SANDERS IN CALIFORNIA'S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, SURVEYUSA POLL SHOWS — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are seen in undated file images. — KABC — Hillary Clinton is well positioned to defeat Bernie Sanders in California's presidential primary …
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Sanders names Cornel West, Keith Ellison to DNC platform committee — supporters Dr. Cornell West and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will be among those on the Democratic Party's important Platform Drafting Committee after the Vermont senator won a key concession as he looks to leave his mark on the party's platform.
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Clinton Declines To Participate In Fox News Dem Debate
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Donald Trump's New Attack Ad Features Bill Clinton Accuser Juanita Broaddrick
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Analysis Two white-haired politicians — Bernie Sanders and Bill Clinton — call a California truce
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Trump video raises sexual assault charges against Bill Clinton
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under federal investigation for campaign contributions — Washington (CNN)Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and prosecutors from the Justice Department's public integrity unit, U.S. officials briefed on the probe say.


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 …
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Long wait times for vets? VA secretary says that's the wrong question.


Response to Chairman John Thune's letter on Trending Topics — Last week we met with Chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee John Thune to describe our investigation in response to anonymous allegations of political bias in our Trending Topics feature and to discuss the preliminary results of our work.
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Woman trying to prove ‘vegans can do anything’ among three dead on Everest. Two more missing and thirty sick or frostbitten. — 29,029. — That's how many feet in the air the peak of Mount Everest towers over Nepal, and the world, in its gleaming white brilliance.
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4 climbers die in 4 days on Mount Everest
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Bernie Sanders' Campaign Drops Tommy Chong as Intro Speaker Hours Before L.A. Rally — EMAIL ME — “It was an insult,” the comic actor says. — Tommy Chong is in disbelief after he was disinvited by the Bernie Sanders campaign from introducing the presidential hopeful hours before a rally in East Los Angeles.
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Poll: Majority of Americans Dislike Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — Trump and Clinton in Dead Heat, New NBC News Poll Shows 2:31 — While there are still several months between now and the general election in November, attention is rapidly moving to the hypothetical match-up between Donald Trump …


The Opinion Pages — AS President Obama visits Vietnam, we are struck by the fact that most citizens of both countries have no living memory of a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 58,000 Americans and upward of a million Vietnamese. — As Americans who fought in that war, we are frequently asked about its lessons.
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Bernie insults voters: He must drop notion that everyone who disagrees with him is corrupt or a dupe — Sanders refuses to admit he lost, instead sticking to the idea that he wasn't given a fair shot by the voters — The Bernie Sanders campaign has injected a lot of welcome aspects …
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Obama Hits Highest Job Approval Since Second Inauguration — As the race to succeed President Barack Obama rages around him, the man who currently sits in the Oval Office has hit his highest approval rating since his second inauguration, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows.
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Trump ‘Christian Policy’ Adviser Is A ‘Prophet’ Who Stopped A Tsunami, Says AIDS Is Result Of ‘Unnatural Sex’ — Mario Bramnick, an official with the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, told Time magazine last week that Donald Trump has taken on Frank Amedia of Touch Heaven Ministries …
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Machine Bias — There's software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it's biased against blacks. — ON A SPRING AFTERNOON IN 2014, Brisha Borden was running late to pick up her god-sister from school when she spotted an unlocked kid's blue Huffy bicycle and a silver Razor scooter.


Sorry, There's Nothing Magical About Breakfast — I don't eat breakfast. It's not that I dislike what's offered. Given the choice of breakfast food or lunch food, I'd almost always choose eggs or waffles. It's just that I'm not hungry at 7:30 a.m., when I leave for work.


Donald Trump is going to win: This is why Hillary Clinton can't defeat what Trump represents — People are rising up against neoliberal globalization. Trump represents capital, but also understands this reality — The neofascist reaction, the force behind Trump, has come …
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Judge halts Ohio law that blocked funds for Planned Parenthood — A federal judge in Cincinnati temporarily blocked the implementation of a state law that would have effectively de-funded 28 Ohio Planned Parenthood clinics, in a ruling on Monday. — U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett granted …
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D.C.'s worst May ever, explained. — So far this May, D.C. has had a record number of rainy days (19 of 23) and the coolest high temperatures since 1882. This May's afternoon highs are running an incredible 15 degrees cooler than last May's. And we still haven't hit 80 degrees.


Getting a photo ID so you can vote is easy. Unless you're poor, black, Latino or elderly. — HOUSTON — In his wallet, Anthony Settles carries an expired Texas ID card, his Social Security card and an old student identification card from the University of Houston, where he studied math and physics decades ago.


Donald Trump Meets With Woody Johnson, Jets Owner and G.O.P. Fund-Raiser — Donald J. Trump met privately on Monday with Woody Johnson, the New York Jets owner and a top Republican fund-raiser, as the presumptive nominee looks to secure the support of some of the party's largest financial backers …


Liberal Advocacy Group Comes Out Against Obama's Big Overtime Rule — U.S. PIRG says it will face a choice between paying staffers more or working them less. Which is the whole idea. — Labor Reporter, The Huffington Post — A network of left-leaning public-interest groups has come …
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