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7:15 AM ET, May 28, 2016

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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Tech Company: We Will Put Up $10 Million For Bernie-Trump Debate  —  WASHINGTON — A technology investment company has offered to put up the $10 million for charity that Donald Trump said on Thursday would be needed to hold a debate with Bernie Sanders.  —  [Update at 4:38 p.m. …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders  —  Donald Trump will not participate in a debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said Friday.  —  In a statement, Trump slammed Sanders, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and the Democratic nominating process …
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Donald Trump Says No, He Won't Debate Bernie Sanders  —  Ending nearly 48 hours of speculation  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will not debate Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, he announced Friday, as he decided it would be “inappropriate” …
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘Mr. Trump, What Are You Afraid Of?’ Sanders Responds After Donald Backs From Debate
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Fellow Liberals, Let's Stop Doing These Things
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sanders camp: Maybe Trump is ‘chickening out’ of debate
Discussion: Comedy Central
Mark Plotkin / The Hill:   Why Wasserman Schultz must go
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Raised $6 Million in First Joint Fundraiser With RNC  —  Event kicked off newly invigorated fundraising effort as presumptive nominee prepares for general election  —  LOS ANGELES—Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump raised $6 million for his joint fund with the Republican National Committee …
Discussion: The Hill
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Nominee or not, why is Trump still smacking Republicans around?
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attacks Federal Judge in Trump U Case  —  The presumptive GOP nominee devotes 12 minutes of a 58-minute address to the suit  —  SAN DIEGO-In one of his most personal attacks against an apolitical figure since becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee …
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ABC News:
35 Arrested After Pro-Trump and Anti-Trump Groups Clash in San Diego  —  Police in riot gear were called in to separate Donald Trump protesters and supporters Friday afternoon after they clashed outside a rally for the presumptive Republican nominee in San Diego, California.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Feds fight to prevent Clinton deposition in email case  —  The Obama administration is trying to prevent former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton  —  from being deposed in an ongoing open records case connected to her use of a private email server.  —  Late Thursday evening …
Discussion: BizPac Review and Hot Air
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Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
Welp... Hillary doesn't know how to use a computer  —  We're told that Hillary Clinton is the smartest, most qualified and most capable person to ever run for President.  Ever. … Let's face it, we're lucky that she's even lowering herself to the demeaning process of having to earn votes in the presidential election.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Libertarian ‘dream ticket’ in peril as Weld bombs in Orlando  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — It was supposed to be a stroke of genius: Gary Johnson, the 2012 Libertarian nominee for president and the party's leading contender in 2016, announced that William Weld, the two-term former Republican governor of Massachusetts …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNNMoney:
Donald Trump under oath: Trump University's promises crumble  —  The ads for his university were classic Donald Trump — Trump stares into the camera and proclaims:  —  “We're going to have professors and adjunct professors that are absolutely terrific people, terrific brains, successful.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Carson: Trump starting to believe in ‘greater power’  —  is starting to believe in “a greater power” and is praying more often.  —  Trump's former presidential rival, a key surrogate and possible vice presidential pick, told The Hill on Friday that he believes Trump is becoming more spiritual.
Discussion: RedState and The Right Scoop
Jodi Guglielmi / People.com:
Amber Heard Accuses Johnny Depp of Domestic Violence with Graphic Photo of Bruise: ‘This Was Not an Isolated Event,’ Says Source  —  Amber Heard has filed a domestic violence restraining order against Johnny Depp, as a source tells PEOPLE “this was not an isolated event.”
bioRxiv:
Report of Partial findings from the National Toxicology Program Carcinogenesis Studies of Cell Phone Radiofrequency Radiation in Hsd: Sprague Dawley® SD rats (Whole Body Exposure)  —  Abstract  —  The US National Toxicology Program (NTP) has carried out extensive rodent toxicology …
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Trump's California Drought Plan: “We're Going To Start Opening Up The Water”  —  The Republican presidential candidate suggested California should stop “taking the water and shoving it out to sea.”  The comment suggests he'd divert water away from wetlands and toward farms.  —  Chris Carlson / AP
Discussion: Slantpoint
Tom Phillips / Guardian:
World's scariest school run?  Chinese children tackle 800-metre cliff  —  Children as young as six from Atuler village in Sichuan province have to scale a huge rockface using rickety ladders  —  Authorities in south-west China have vowed to come to the aid of an isolated mountain village …
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Ashley May / USA Today:
15 Chinese children make deadly climb to school
Discussion: Slantpoint
Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
Brian Williams: U.S. Is ‘The Only Nation to Have Used’ Nuclear Weapons ‘In Anger’  —  MSNBC breaking news host and ex-NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was allowed out on MSNBC's airwaves early Friday afternoon to discuss President Obama's visit to Hiroshima so he could resurrect …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Withheld Alimony From Marla Maples When She Threatened His Presidential Ambitions  —  “Our purpose was to send a message that she was playing close to the fire.  That should slow her down,” Trump's lawyer said at the time.  —  Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images
Peter Sterne / Politico:
The fall of Salon.com  —  A Facebook page dedicated to celebrating the 20th anniversary of digital media pioneer Salon is functioning as a crowdsourced eulogy.  —  Dozens of Salon alumni have, over the past several months, posted their favorite stories from and memories …
Mac Aoidh / The Hayride:
VIDEO: Democrat State Rep Barbara Norton Attacks Declaration Of Independence On House Floor  —  HB 1035, a bill by Rep. Valarie Hodges that would have mandated that schoolchildren in Louisiana be taught the Declaration of Independence, sailed through the House Education Committee with a 6-2 vote.
 
 
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Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
English, Spanish Networks Refuse to Cover Katie Couric Gun Control Editing Scandal
Discussion: Townhall.com
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Why the president needs to be white, male and Republican: Glenn Reynolds
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Kentucky governor joins lawsuit over White House bathroom guidance
Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Free Beacon Poll: Paul Ryan Leads GOP Challenger by 73 Points
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
McConnell On Trump: Our System Will Prevent ‘Big Mistakes’ (VIDEO)
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Bernie Sanders Gets In Snippy Exchange With California Radio Hosts
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
David S. Bernstein / Politico:
How Hillary Loses  —  It's a terrifying moment for Democrats …
Telegraph:
Elderly couple who cut wealthy neighbour's grass verge for 12 years given land in ‘squatters’ rights' ruling
Discussion: Newser
Kevin Grasha / Cincinnati.com:
At 96, Dr. Heimlich finally uses his life-saving technique
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads
 
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