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10:10 AM ET, June 1, 2016

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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Records: Hillary Clinton Has Donated $70,000 To Veterans  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill Clinton have donated $70,000 to veterans and military groups from their personal Clinton Family Foundation in recent years, according to public records.
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Associated Press:
Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Under pressure to account for money he claimed to raise for veterans, an irritated Donald Trump lambasted the news media Tuesday for pressing the issue and listed charities he said have now received millions of dollars from a fundraiser he held in January.
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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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Donald Trump Appears Unfamiliar With Term ‘Brexit’  —  During a discussion on pockets of anti-immigrant beliefs in Europe, interviewer Michael Wolff asked Trump, “And Brexit?  Your position?”  —  “Huh?”  Trump asked in response, according to the Hollywood Reporter.  —  “Brexit,” Wolff then repeated.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony  —  In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Half of voters think Clinton's private email server use was illegal  —  Half of all voters think that Hillary Clinton  —  's use of a private email server during her time as secretary of State was illegal, according to a new Morning Consult poll released Wednesday.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Emails block Clinton's pivot to positive
Discussion: ABC News
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lawyers clashed at Clinton aide's deposition
Discussion: Hot Air
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:   Poll: Voters Uneasy About Hillary Clinton's Private Email Usage
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Whither Jerry Brown Goes, So Will Many Democrats  —  When an endorsement is as tepid as Jerry Brown's—call it a non-endorsement endorsement—does it really make any difference at all?  Perhaps not—except as a bellwether.  The California governor's eleventh-hour announcement on Tuesday …
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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 …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:   Clinton launching national security case against Trump in California speech
Bloomberg:
Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer for Independent Presidential Run  —  Bill Kristol is considering recruiting David French to run against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, two Republicans tell Bloomberg Politics.  —  MarkHalperin  —  jheil  —  Two Republicans intimately familiar …
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
How the GOP effort to oust IRS chief could backfire  —  For over a year, House conservatives have been clamoring to remove IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.  But now that the impeachment process is moving forward, they face a delicate decision: Are they willing to toss 200-plus years of precedent to bring him down?
Discussion: Politicus USA
Media Matters for America:
Rush Limbaugh Baffled By Evolution  —  RUSH LIMBAUGH (HOST): This woman obviously has not read Genesis, and even if she did it wouldn't have any impact on her.  But human beings travel all over the world to gawk at animals precisely because they're unusual, they're interesting, some are cute, some are deadly.
Discussion: Friendly Atheist
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David Edwards / Raw Story:   Confused Rush Limbaugh thinks evolution is a hoax because Cincinnati gorilla never became human
London Evening Standard:
A group of asylum seekers sexually assaulted women at a music concert in the German city of Darmstadt, said police.  —  Three Pakistani men are already under arrest after 18 women filed complaints that they had been improperly touched, fondled and groped during the festival in the city of Darmstadt.
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The Local:
3 asylum seekers arrested for sexual assaults at music fest
Agence France-Presse:
Dalai Lama says ‘too many’ refugees in Europe  —  BERLIN: Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama said in an interview published that Europe has accepted “too many” refugees, and that they should eventually return to help rebuild their home countries.  —  “When we look into the face of every single refugee …
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Max Bearak / Washington Post:   The Dalai Lama says ‘too many’ refugees are going to Germany
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Inside Democrats' Trump-fueled scramble to take back the House  —  Vice President Biden stood on a stage at a Democratic retreat in Baltimore in late January and made a bold prediction: Democrats could win back control of the House of Representatives this year.  —  “It's been a tough last couple of cycles,” he said.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:   McCarthy raises big money for House Republicans
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
Suspected Tattoo on Iranian Actress Creates a Commotion  —  TEHRAN — A popular Iranian actress whose latest movie won two awards at the recent Cannes Film Festival threw her native country into an uproar on Tuesday after images emerged suggesting that she had a feminist tattoo on her arm.
Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:
Obama: Prepare to Flee Climate-Caused Hurricane Devastation  —  Pres. Obama called for every American to put together a disaster supply kit and evacuation plan because climate change is bringing “more powerful and more devastating” hurricanes to the U.S. - even though the U.S. hasn't been hit …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
MSNBC interrupts Libertarian candidate to talk to Clinton  —  MSNBC interrupted an interview with Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson and running mate William Weld on Tuesday evening for a phone interview with Hillary Clinton  —  “Governors, I want to pause here for a second …
Charles D. Ellison / The Hill:
How Clinton can own her email scandal  —  Somehow, somewhere along the campaigning way, badly placed emails became a political “thing.”  —  Without belaboring how we got to that point and altogether glossing over the boring details of the FBI's ongoing digital probe, what once seemed …
CNNMoney:
Donald Trump's ‘sleaze’ attack on reporter hits new level of media animosity  —  Donald Trump's criticism of the media has reached Nixonian levels — only Trump isn't doing the name-calling in private.  He's doing it right to reporters' faces.  —  On Tuesday, Trump pointed out ABC News reporter Tom Llamas and called him “a sleaze.”
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Hannity tells Trump: I'm voting for you in November  —  Fox News anchor Sean Hannity told Donald Trump  —  in an interview Tuesday night that he'll be voting for the Republican presidential candidate in November.  —  “I'm an opinion show and I don't hold back that I'll be voting …
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Larry Pratt: If Conservatives Lose The Supreme Court, We May ‘Have To Resort To The Bullet Box’  —  Larry Pratt, the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, said on his “Gun Owners News Hour” radio program this weekend that if a Democrat wins the White House …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Richard C. Paddock / New York Times:
Thailand Officials Find 40 Dead Tiger Cubs in Temple Freezer  —  BANGKOK — Thai wildlife authorities found 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer on Wednesday at the Tiger Temple, a controversial tourist attraction in western Thailand, and were investigating whether the carcasses are evidence …
Discussion: The Week
 
 
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Ariana Figueroa / Tampa Bay Times:
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is splitting the white vote in ways we've never seen before
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Bloomberg:
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Joshua Miller / BostonGlobe.com:
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Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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