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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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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.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Clinton camp leverages Rubio ‘con man’ hit on Trump
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New York Times:
Testimony From Ronald Schnackenberg, a Former Employee of Trump University
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Dead Heat in California: Clinton, Sanders Tied in New Poll — Hillary Clinton is clinging to a narrow two-point lead over Bernie Sanders in California ahead of the state's June 7 primary, according to results from a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll.
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Douglas E. Schoen / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Might Not Be the Nominee
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton
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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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Bloomberg:
Obama Urges Social Security Increase in Preview of Campaign Role — Reversal from 2011 Obama support for cuts in benefit growth — Unifies Obama Social Security stance with Sanders and Clinton — President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an increase in Social Security benefits …
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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.
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Click2Houston.com:
Aldine ISD teacher accused of sexual relationship with 13-year-old released from jail — Report says teacher became pregnant with student's baby — HOUSTON - The Aldine Independent School District Middle School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student …
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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 …
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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 …
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Pete Kasperowicz / Washington Examiner:
State Dept. admits intentionally altering video of Iran press conference
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton tech aide plans to take the Fifth at deposition — A former information technology adviser to Hillary Clinton plans to exercise his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a deposition next week and wants to prevent any video recording being made of the session.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton IT aide to plead Fifth in email case
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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
A warning left on a nanny's car. License plates stolen. And a top Pentagon official in big trouble. — The mystery that for weeks unnerved this quiet Capitol Hill neighborhood began with a warning placed on a nanny's windshield. — “I know you are misusing this visitor pass to park here daily,” the April 4 note read.
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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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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
GOP Voters Are Rallying Behind Trump As If He Were Any Other Candidate
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
In campaign mode, Obama defends his economic stewardship, blasts Republicans and Trump — ELKHART, Ind. — President Obama on Wednesday used this manufacturing city, which he visited during the depths of the Great Recession, as the backdrop to defend his economic policies …
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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.
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Rachel Feltman / Washington Post:
New praying mantis honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg, equality and frilly neckwear — For the first time, scientists have used the genitals of female praying mantises to formally distinguish one species from another. And using this novel technique, they've identified a previously unknown creature: Ilomantis ginsburgae.
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Mother Jones:
Trump Has a Conflict-of-Interest Problem No Other White House Candidate Ever Had — In his most recent financial disclosure statement, Donald Trump notes he has billions of dollars in assets. But the presumptive GOP nominee also has a tremendous load of debt that includes five loans each over $50 million.
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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Queens man unaware of $2 bail, spends nearly 5 months at Rikers Island — He could have been free for the cost of a cup of coffee. — A Queens man spent nearly five months at Rikers Island — from November 2014 to April 2015 — without knowing his bail was just $2, according to records and his lawyers.
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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.
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