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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton's new reality: A dogfight with Trump — LOS ANGELES — Staring at national polls showing Hillary Clinton in a statistical dead heat with Donald Trump, Democrats are settling into a new reality: a race against the most untraditional political foe is shaping up to be a conventional, 2012-style battle.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hillary's summer of scandal — A flurry of events set to unfold in the coming days and months could push back into the headlines the controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state, providing plenty of fodder for Donald Trump and his “Crooked Hillary” attack line.
Randy Yeip / Wall Street Journal:
Polls: Clinton's Drop Has Magnified Trump's Rise — May has been a very merry month for Donald Trump, with recent polls showing him narrowing the gap with Hillary Clinton, or in some cases overtaking her, in a general-election matchup. But while Mr. Trump has seen his support tick up recently …
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Washington Examiner and New York Times
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren
Clinton has a new weapon against Trump: Elizabeth Warren
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Politico, ABC News, MLive.com and Political Wire
Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
Why ‘Crooked Hillary’ is likely to stick
Why ‘Crooked Hillary’ is likely to stick
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Baltimore Sun, Business Insider and naked capitalism
Bloomberg:
Ryan Said to Tell Confidants He's Ready to End Trump Standoff — House speaker could end weeks-long split with nominee — Move would follow series of policy meetings with Trump aides — House Speaker Paul Ryan has begun telling confidants that he wants to end his standoff with Donald Trump …
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Washington Post, The Hill and Political Wire
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Brian McBride / ABC News:
Paul Ryan to Endorse Donald Trump, According to Senior Campaign Sources
Paul Ryan to Endorse Donald Trump, According to Senior Campaign Sources
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The American Conservative and The Week
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Trump's Campaign Manager Drops Hint About VP
Trump's Campaign Manager Drops Hint About VP
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Independent Journal … and TPNN
Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Is Donald Trump's Hair a $60,000 Weave? A Gawker Investigation — Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of his persona …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems discuss dropping Wasserman Schultz — Democrats on Capitol Hill are discussing whether Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz should step down as Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairwoman before the party's national convention in July. — Democrats backing likely presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
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Talking Points Memo, Infowars, Hot Air and Booman Tribune
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Donald Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theories, Right-Wing Media Gets Its Wish — WASHINGTON — Ever since talk radio, cable news and the Internet emerged in the 1990s as potent political forces on the right, Republicans have used those media to attack their opponents through a now-familiar two-step.
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Althouse
Denise de la Cruz / OC Weekly:
Univision's María Elena Salinas Gets Booed at Cal State Fullerton Grad Speech — Racial tension was in the air yesterday at Cal State Fullerton's commencement ceremonies, specifically where keynote speaker and renowned Univision broadcast journalist María Elena Salinas addressed graduating Titans, including myself.
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Fox News, BizPac Review and Daily Mail
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Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
‘Get off the stage!’ Crowd yells at commencement speaker after she uses Spanish, mentions Trump — Some people in the crowd at a graduation ceremony at California State University, Fullerton, shouted at the commencement speaker after she talked about presidential candidate Donald Trump …
Forbes:
This Silicon Valley Billionaire Has Been Secretly Funding Hulk Hogan's Lawsuits Against Gawker — One of Silicon Valley's best-known investors has been footing a former wrestler's legal bills in lawsuits against a shared enemy. — Peter Thiel, a PayPal cofounder and one of the earliest backers …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Peter Thiel Is Said to Bankroll Hulk Hogan's Suit Against Gawker
Peter Thiel Is Said to Bankroll Hulk Hogan's Suit Against Gawker
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The Week
CNN:
Trump protesters smash door, break through barriers — (CNN)Protesters lit fires, smashed a door and threw rocks outside a Donald Trump rally Tuesday night in New Mexico — the latest scuffle to follow the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign. — The scene outside Albuquerque's convention center …
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Dan Boyd / Albuquerque Journal:
Gov. Martinez won't attend Trump rally in Albuquerque
Gov. Martinez won't attend Trump rally in Albuquerque
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CNN, The Last Tradition and The Resurgent
Josh Zeitz / Politico:
Why Bernie's Bros Might Go for Trump — One of the great unknowns of the current presidential election cycle—a cycle without recent precedent in its unusual twists and turns—is whether the fall campaign will see a convergence of the populist Left and the populist Right.
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The Week
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Four months later, Donald Trump says he gave $1 million to veterans group — Almost four months after saying he would give $1 million of his own money to veterans' causes, Republican candidate Donald Trump moved to fulfill that pledge on Monday evening — promising the entire sum to a single charity.
David French / National Review:
Mitt Romney, Run for President — You're the only man who can save us from future calamity. — Let's be clear about our nation's plight: At this moment, American voters face a choice between two historically corrupt, dishonest, and incompetent politicians.
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alicublog and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Steve Birr / The Daily Caller:
Illegal Immigrants Sue After Landlord Demands Documentation For Housing — Four Latino families filed papers to sue their Virginia landlord Monday after he threatened eviction due to illegal family members living on the premises. — The civil rights lawsuit filed by families living …
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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Undocumented Latinos and their families sue after evictions
Undocumented Latinos and their families sue after evictions
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Hot Air
Literary Hub:
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE — Because, as writers, we are particularly aware of the many ways that language can be abused in the name of power; — Because we believe that any democracy worthy of the name rests on pluralism, welcomes principled disagreement, and achieves consensus through reasoned debate;
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Feeling Let Down and Left Behind, With Little Hope for Better — In a moment riddled with economic and social worries, an e-cigarette shop in Wilkes County, N.C., is an oasis for some young Appalachians. — NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — Kody Foster had finished his Wednesday afternoon shift …
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Baylor refuses to respond to reports of President Kenneth Starr's firing — Baylor declined to respond to reports Tuesday that President and Chancellor Kenneth Starr, best known for his investigation of the Clinton administration, has been fired by the Board of Regents in the wake …
Robin Holmes / Around the O:
UO issues statement on national forest incident in California — In response to an incident on the weekend of May 21 in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California, the University of Oregon issued the following statement from Robin Holmes, vice president for student life:
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Willamette Week, Washington Post, KTLA, Slantpoint, FOX6Now.com, KOIN-TV and Mashable
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
RNC official: We won't go full Trump on party platform — A top Republican National Committee (RNC) official sought to soothe business leaders worried about Donald Trump — 's influence on the party, saying at a private meeting on Tuesday that its presumptive presidential nominee would not dictate the party's platform.
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
What's driving Silicon Valley to become ‘radicalized’ — SAN FRANCISCO — Like many Silicon Valley start-ups, Larry Gadea's company collects heaps of sensitive data from his customers. — Recently, he decided to do something with that data trove that was long considered unthinkable: He is getting rid of it.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Secret History of the Iran-Deal ‘Echo Chamber’ — A network of advocates, experts and messaging specialists the White House says helped it sell the Iran nuclear deal in 2015 actually began to campaign for such an accord four years earlier, before the real negotiations started.
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Power LinePower Line and New York Post
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In Vietnam, Obama delivers subtle message on the role of women — HO CHI MINH CITY — President Obama stopped in front of a gold Buddha statue inside the ornate Jade Emperor Pagoda, where a guide explained that Vietnamese often portray the symbol of enlightenment as a female.