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7:05 PM ET, June 1, 2016

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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump Campaign Releases a Video Defending Trump University... that is Itself a Scam  —  So the Trump campaign has released a video with purported testimonials from Trump University students which I guess is supposed to show that Trump University was not a scam.
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Judge in Trump University reseals some documents  —  The judge who ordered the release of hundreds of documents related to the lawsuit over Donald Trump  —  's Trump University real estate program has now resealed some of the documents.  —  The move comes a day after 381 documents …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge tries to reseal Trump University documents  —  Just as documents unsealed in a class-action lawsuit over Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's Trump University real estate program made a huge splash in the media, the judge who ordered the release of the information is trying to put some of it back under wraps.
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
The Art of the Swindle
Discussion: Common Dreams and Guardian
New York Times:
Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony
Los Angeles Times:
Two dead in shooting at UCLA, campus on lockdown  —  Joseph Serna , Richard Winton , Hailey Branson-Potts , James Queally and Kate Mather Contact Reporters  —  Two people were killed in a shooting at UCLA on Wednesday morning, prompting a massive response from local and federal law enforcement, the LAPD confirmed.
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UCLA:
Campus reopens after apparent murder-suicide, classes canceled for the day  —  At a news conference, UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh characterized the events as “tragic” and provided updates about how the shooting would affect campus operations.
Fox News:
2 dead after murder-suicide on UCLA campus
Douglas E. Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Might Not Be the Nominee  —  A Sanders win in California would turbocharge the mounting Democratic unease about her viability.  —  There is now more than a theoretical chance that Hillary Clinton may not be the Democratic nominee for president.  —  How could that happen …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   Politicians and the Lies That Matter
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton launching national security case against Trump in California speech
Michael Wolff / Hollywood Reporter:
The Donald Trump Conversation: Politics' “Dark Heart” Is Having the Best Time Anyone's Ever Had  —  At home in Beverly Hills, the candidate talks Murdoch, what he's reading, how he'll redo electoral math and Ari Emanuel's offer to script his convention.  —  The long day is ending for Donald Trump …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump apparently stumped by ‘Brexit’ question
Discussion: The Atlantic and Vox
USA Today:
Exclusive: Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee  —  Our project found about 3,500 legal actions involving Trump, including 1,900 where he or his companies were a plaintiff and about 1,300 in which he was the defendant.  Due to his branding value, Trump is determined to defend his name and reputation.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Guardian
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump involved in 3,500 lawsuits: report  —  could become the most litigious commander in chief ever elected, according to a new analysis that found an unprecedented number of lawsuits involving a presidential candidate.  —  Trump and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions …
Discussion: The Right Scoop and alan.com
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mark Cuban Questions Whether Trump Is Actually A Billionaire  —  “I'm not so sure Donald knows what he's not good at.”  —  Ezra Shaw / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on Wednesday questioned whether Donald Trump is actually a billionaire …
Kevin Litten / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Louisiana begins enrolling 375,000 people into Medicaid  —  Gov. John Bel Edwards unveils “Healthy Louisiana,” the replacement for Bayou Health, during a news conference at CareSouth Center in Baton Rouge. … Department of Health and Hospitals will begin the massive task Wednesday (June 1) …
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Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:   Obamacare Breaks Through in Louisiana
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Cory Booker laces into Trump in VP tryout  —  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday fueled speculation that he could be Hillary Clinton  —  's vice presidential pick with an all-out assault on Donald Trump  —  at a campaign event in New Jersey.  —  “The issues we hear Donald Trump talking …
ESPN:
PGA Tour to move tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City  —  DUBLIN, Ohio — The longtime PGA Tour event at Miami's Trump Doral resort is leaving South Florida and heading to Mexico City in 2017, with an official announcement scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at the Memorial Tournament.
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miamiherald:
Golf tournament leaving Trump's Doral course for Mexico
Matthew Herper / Forbes:
From $4.5 Billion To Nothing: Forbes Revises Estimated Net Worth Of Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes  —  Last year, Elizabeth Holmes topped the FORBES list of America's Richest Self-Made Women with a net worth of $4.5 billion.  Today, FORBES is lowering our estimate of her net worth to nothing.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Has Solid Lead Over Clinton in Georgia  —  PPP's new Georgia poll finds that the prospect of Democrats flipping the state blue in the Presidential race may have diminished with the unification of Republican voters around Donald Trump in the last month.
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cmnh.org:
Scientists Pioneer New Method to Identify Mantises  —  Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History have pioneered a new method to identify praying mantises.  They described a new species of leaf-dwelling mantis by establishing a female genitalia character system.
Mercatus Site Feed:
SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS  —  The financial health of each state can be analyzed through the states' own audited financial reports.  By looking at states' basic financial statistics on revenues, expenditures, cash, assets, lia­bilities, and debt, states may be ranked according to how easily …
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Holds 2-Point Lead Ahead of California Primary, Poll Finds  —  Outcome on June 7 could give Sanders confidence to carry campaign to party's convention  —  Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in California ahead of next week's high-stakes primary …
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Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Nurses Seek Democratic Showdown
ESPN:
Kenneth Starr stepping down as Baylor chancellor  —  Kenneth Starr is resigning as chancellor at Baylor in the wake of a huge shakeup at the university, but he will continue to teach in the law school, the former school president told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday.
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
President Obama Proposes Expanding Social Security Benefits  —  President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an expansion of Social Security benefits, saying that the program was more necessary than ever to support an aging population.  —  Speaking at a high school in Elkhart, Indiana …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Fox News:
State Department admits briefing footage on Iran deal intentionally deleted  —  The State Department, in a stunning admission, acknowledged Wednesday that an official intentionally deleted several minutes of video footage from a 2013 press briefing, where a top spokeswoman seemed …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Anti-P.C. Vote  —  We know that resentment is driving much of Donald Trump's success — resentment of elites, of the political class, of illegal immigrants, of protesters, of the media — and perhaps most particularly of changes in the demographic makeup of the country that Trump and his followers find unwelcome.
 
 
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John Whitesides / Reuters:
Thousands of voters in limbo after Kansas demands proof they're American
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Norm Ornstein / Politico:
How Trump Is Using the Presidency to Sell Trump Inc.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton tech aide plans to take the Fifth at deposition
USA Today:
Sen. Mitch McConnell lauds voting rights law in memoir, opposes update
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ed Rensi / Fox News:
Ex-McDonald's CEO: A $15 minimum wage destroys critical career opportunities
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Queens man unaware of $2 bail, spends nearly 5 months at Rikers Island
Discussion: The Root and ThinkProgress
National Geographic:
Your Top 10 Questions About the Pluto Flyby Answered
Discussion: Washington Monthly and NBC News
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
‘Her blood was drained’: Graphic novelist charged with killing girlfriend in Hollywood
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, LAist, Newser and Jezebel
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Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
The Lament of the Anti-Trump Republican Women
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Conservative Tennessee attorney David French is urged to enter presidential race as independent
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The XCOR Lynx Spaceplane Might Be Down for the Count
Kara O'Neill / Mirror.co.uk:
Secret apocalypse bunker ‘buried beneath Denver airport as US government prepares for end of days’
Anya / People.com:
House Speaker Paul Ryan Reveals the ‘Hardest Question’ He Gets (and It's Not About Donald Trump)
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
Stacey Burling / Philly.com:
Study: More Americans are having gay sex
 

 
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: ~100 NYT Tech Guild members cross the picket line to work on Election Day; NYT engineer and union steward Benjamin Harnett says the figure is under 50

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

 
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