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Clinton launching national security case against Trump in California speech — Retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor plans to vote for Hillary Clinton for president this year, but not because the longtime Republican and former top aide to then-Gen. David Petraeus has had a political conversion.
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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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Washington Examiner and RedState

Emails block Clinton's pivot to positive — Close allies of Hillary Clinton are encouraging the Democratic front-runner to spend less time honing her attacks on Donald Trump — and more time focusing on a clear and positive message about her own campaign. — But the State Department …


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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Leading liberals begin new push to unify Democrats around Clinton
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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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Trump involved in crafting controversial Trump University ads, executive testified
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Donald Trump, bully in chief
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The Art of the Swindle
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Inside The Trump University ‘Playbook’
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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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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.
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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 …
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Where the money went: Trump details fundraising for vets
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Play — NOTABLES —WHO IS DAVID FRENCH?
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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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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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Guess Who Else Paid Out Big Bucks For Clinton Speeches?
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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?
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Politicus USA

Tigers closer Francisco Rodriguez says he battled Zika in offseason — ANAHEIM, Calif. — As someone who has experienced Zika firsthand, Detroit Tigers pitcher Francisco Rodriguez would give this advice to any athletes traveling to the 2016 Rio Olympics: Do your homework.
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Girl With Zika Virus Is Born at a New Jersey Hospital
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Jeff Bezos slams Peter Thiel's funding lawsuit against Gawker — Amazon CEO says at Code Conference that the billionaire shouldn't be using his fortune “to fund a lawsuit to kill Gawker.” — by , Steven Musil — Jeff Bezos believes that billionaire investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel …
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Jeff Bezos on Gawker vs. Peter Thiel: ‘Develop a thick skin.’
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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 …
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Million-dollar super-PAC donation coming for Libertarian ticket
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Study: More Americans are having gay sex — A growing number of Americans are having gay sex, or at least admitting to it. And that's OK with more and more of us. — “People over time are reporting more same-sex sexual experiences than ever before,” said Brooke Wells …

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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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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The Hayride

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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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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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.
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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 …
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