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Washington Post:
Clinton's inexcusable, willful disregard for the rules — HILLARY CLINTON'S use of a private email server while secretary of state from 2009 to 2013 has been justifiably criticized as an error of judgment. What the new report from the State Department inspector general makes clear is that it also was not a casual oversight.
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Clouds loom for Clinton — Things could be worse for Hillary Clinton — 's presidential candidacy, perhaps an indictment pending in her email scandal, but these are still awful days in her campaign. While there are many threats to her prospects she cannot control, like an FBI investigation …
Associated Press:
Clinton email use broke federal rules: inspector's report
Clinton email use broke federal rules: inspector's report
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz fights to keep her job
Wasserman Schultz fights to keep her job
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
What does the new Inspector General report actually tell us about Hillary Clinton's emails?
What does the new Inspector General report actually tell us about Hillary Clinton's emails?
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Nick Gass / Politico:
The 9 biggest revelations in the State IG report on Clinton's emails
The 9 biggest revelations in the State IG report on Clinton's emails
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's email problems just got much worse
Hillary Clinton's email problems just got much worse
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump fires top aide — Donald Trump's presidential campaign on Wednesday night announced it had parted ways with its national political director, Rick Wiley — a move that appears to stem in part from an ongoing turf war atop the campaign. — Wiley was the first high-profile hire by Paul Manafort …
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Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Parts Ways With National Political Director — Rick Wiley's duties in the Sunshine State have been shifted to another staffer. — michaelcbender — Rick Wiley, Donald Trump's national political director, has left the Republican's presidential campaign following a decision …
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John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump to Jimmy Kimmel: My Past Pro-Clinton Comments Were “A Little Bit” Insincere — During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday night, Donald Trump admitted that he wasn't sincere when he made glowing comments about Bill and Hillary Clinton prior to his bid for the presidency.
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Bernie Sanders / CBS News:
Trump tells Kimmel he'd be willing to debate Sanders for charity — Before hitting a private fundraiser in Los Angeles, Donald Trump taped a guest appearance on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” where he fielded questions from the late-night host on a range of topics — including transgender bathrooms, and whether he'd debate Bernie Sanders.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Peter Thiel, Tech Billionaire, Reveals Secret War With Gawker — A billionaire Silicon Valley entrepreneur was outed as being gay by a media organization. His friends suffered at the hands of the same gossip site. Nearly a decade later, the entrepreneur secretly financed a lawsuit to try to put the media company out of business.
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Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump's Top Adviser: ‘This Is Not A Hard Race’ — Paul Manafort explains why his boss is “gonna win,” no prob. — Global Editorial Director, The Huffington Post — Donald Trump “sees himself more as the chairman of the board” of the country. — ALEXANDRIA, Va. …
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Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:
Audio Shows Katie Couric Documentary Deceptively Edited Interview with Pro-Gun Activists — The makers of a new Katie Couric documentary on gun violence deceptively edited an interview between Couric and a group of gun rights activists in an apparent attempt to embarrass the activists, an audio recording of the full interview shows.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Audiotape: Katie Couric documentary falsely depicts gun supporters as ‘idiots’
Audiotape: Katie Couric documentary falsely depicts gun supporters as ‘idiots’
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Nell Frizzell / Guardian:
The men who live as dogs: 'We're just the same as any person on the high street' — Ahead of a new documentary, Spot, Bootbrush and Kaz open up about their community — t's easy to laugh at a grown man in a rubber dog suit chewing on a squeaky toy. Maybe too easy, in fact …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton Gets Into 30-Minute Debate With A 24-Year-Old Bernie Fan — SANTA FE, N.M. — Five different times, aides tried to drag him away from the booth where Josh Brody, a 24-year-old supporter of Bernie Sanders, was holding forth about all that had gone wrong in the 1990s: welfare, NAFTA, Wall Street.
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New York Times:
States Sue Obama Administration Over Transgender Bathroom Policy — AUSTIN, Tex. — The Obama administration on Wednesday faced the first major court challenge to its guidance about the civil rights of transgender students in public schools, as officials from 11 states filed a lawsuit testing …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump: Romney ‘walks like a penguin’ — cut into a handful of prominent Republican figures during a Wednesday rally, even lightly chiding those who ultimately came around to endorsing him for president. — The presumptive GOP nominee lashed out at 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, saying he “walks like a penguin.”
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump returns to campaign trail with new taunts, big promises
Trump returns to campaign trail with new taunts, big promises
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
How to Get Trump Elected When He's Wrecking Everything You Built — A day in the life of Reince Priebus, reluctant GOP peacemaker. … When Donald Trump wrapped up the Republican presidential nomination on May 3 by winning Indiana and forcing Ted Cruz from the race, it fell to Reince Priebus …
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton's Home — A donation to the Clinton Foundation followed weeks later — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe invited the Chinese businessman whose donations to him have been named as a focus of Justice Department investigators …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Clinton Beats Trump With Middle-Income Rust Belt Voters: Bloomberg Poll — Donald Trump trails Hillary Clinton by 7 percentage points among middle-income voters in the Rust Belt, a key demographic he almost certainly needs to become president. — Likely voters with annual family incomes …
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Roots’ Reborn: How a Slave Saga Was Remade for the Black Lives Matter Era — Forty years after the original gripped half the nation (literally), a more violent and more accurate remake is here, gambling on big stars including Forest Whitaker and Anna Paquin and the unresolved emotional core …
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Bloomberg:
Google Steps Up Pressure on Partners Tardy in Updating Android — Web giant creates rankings that could shame ecosystem laggards — Friendly tactics also used to unify top phone operating system — Getting phone makers and carriers to update to the latest version of Android …
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Will Trump's convention be safe? — Fears of chaos inside the Republican National Convention have subsided as Donald Trump has tightened his grip on the party's presidential nomination. But outside the arena, a mishmash of planned demonstrations and marches is raising safety concerns …
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