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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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Michelle Moons / Breitbart:
Death Threat to Trump at Protest: 'He'll Be Dead Within a Week' — SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of protesters gathered outside a Donald Trump rally on Friday, chanting “f**k Donald Trump” and holding obscene signs — including one that included a death threat against Trump should he win the presidency in November.
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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 backs out of debate with Bernie Sanders
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Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON DEBATING BERNIE SANDERS
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON DEBATING BERNIE SANDERS
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘Mr. Trump, What Are You Afraid Of?’ Sanders Responds After Donald Backs From Debate
‘Mr. Trump, What Are You Afraid Of?’ Sanders Responds After Donald Backs From Debate
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Fellow Liberals, Let's Stop Doing These Things
Fellow Liberals, Let's Stop Doing These Things
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USA Today:
Donald Trump tells Californians there is no drought — 6.1k Shares — California had one of its driest years in 2015. In fact, last year marked the driest four-year period in the state's history. — But Donald Trump isn't sold. Six months later, the presumptive GOP nominee told supporters …
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Devin Henry / The Hill:
Trump pledges to ‘open up the water’ to solve Calif. drought — told a Fresno, Calif., audience on Friday he would help relieve the lingering drought in the state by “opening up the water” once elected president. — “If I win, we're going to start opening up the water so you can have your farmers survive …
Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Trump's California Drought Plan: “We're Going To Start Opening Up The Water”
Trump's California Drought Plan: “We're Going To Start Opening Up The Water”
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Trump's Intellectuals — They're out there—beyond the Beltway. — Inside the Beltway and along the Washington-to-Boston corridor, #NeverTrump has won the hearts and minds of conservative intellectuals and the high-toned media. The dissenters—yes, there are some—make a lot less noise.
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 …
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Larry O'Connor / Hot Air:
Welp... Hillary doesn't know how to use a computer
Welp... Hillary doesn't know how to use a computer
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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 …
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Andrew Freedman / Mashable:
Trump on climate: He's even worse than we thought — No one expected Donald Trump to give a single energy speech and suddenly pivot to the left on global warming, after a record of expressing skepticism that global warming exists on several prior occasions.
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Reihan Salam / Slate:
The Dark Future of Whitewashing — Asian Americans are increasingly overrepresented among our society's elite. Will the U.S. succumb to anti-Asian prejudice? — Over at ye olde New York Times, Slate alumna Amanda Hess has a new article on the insane difficulties Asian Americans face …
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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.
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New York Times:
The World Reaps What the Saudis Sow — Saudi Arabia has frustrated American policy makers for years. Ostensibly a critical ally, sheltered from its enemies by American arms and aid, the kingdom has spent untold millions promoting Wahhabism, the radical form of Sunni Islam that inspired …
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.
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Fox News:
Family of Kate Steinle files lawsuit over deadly shooting on San Francisco pier — Relatives of the woman shot to death on a San Francisco pier last year filed a lawsuit Friday saying the illegal immigrant accused in the killing should have been in custody if not for a series of mistakes by city and federal workers.
Tom Holland / New York Times:
When the Barbarous Brits First Quit Europe — London — CLOSE by Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, there stands the statue of a woman brandishing a spear. Erected in 1902, it portrays Boudicca, the warrior queen who, in the words of the inscription on the statue's plinth …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Campaign Stumbles as It Tries to Go Big — BISMARCK, N.D. — A constant stream of changes and scuffles are roiling Donald J. Trump's campaign team, including the abrupt dismissal this week of his national political director. — A sense of paranoia is growing among …
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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
15 Chinese children make deadly climb to school
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