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Rep. Paul Ryan / GazetteXtra:
Paul Ryan: Donald Trump can help make reality of bold House policy agenda — When Donald Trump became the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president one month ago, many Republicans like me faced a big question. — Six months earlier, in October, as I was taking the job as House speaker …
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Frank Schultz / GazetteXtra:
Paul Ryan says he will vote for Donald Trump — The speaker of the House of Representatives says he will vote for Donald Trump. — Rep. Paul Ryan made that statement in a column submitted Thursday for publication in The Gazette, his hometown newspaper. — The statement at least partially answers …
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
The RNC's New Hispanic Media Director Bashed Trump Nonstop For Months — After the Republican National Committee Hispanic Media Director left Wednesday because of discomfort with working to elect Donald Trump, the RNC moved quickly to announce a replacement: commentator and journalist Helen Aguirre Ferré.
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Detroit News:
Snyder decides against endorsing Trump for president
Snyder decides against endorsing Trump for president
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Paul Ryan Says He'll Vote for Donald Trump
Paul Ryan Says He'll Vote for Donald Trump
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New York Times:
Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump
Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump
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Katie Reilly / TIME:
Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Donald Trump and National Security — “Donald Trump's ideas aren't just different - they are dangerously incoherent” — Hillary Clinton tore into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump during a speech on national security Thursday, casting him as …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
CNN has finally figured out how to cover Donald Trump's constant lying — Covering Donald Trump is great for ratings, and Trump is unusually willing to appear on cable television at basically all times, which is convenient for the cable networks. But cable news has often struggled …
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The Moderate Voice, The Hill and The Diplomat
Dan Merica / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ to be president
Hillary Clinton: Trump is ‘temperamentally unfit’ to be president
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Portray Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Positions as Dangerous
Hillary Clinton to Portray Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Positions as Dangerous
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton warns electing Trump would be ‘historic mistake’
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump Leads Clinton on Top-Ranking Economic Issues
Trump Leads Clinton on Top-Ranking Economic Issues
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Wkrn Web / WKRN-TV:
1 killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna — News 2 is on air with the latest on the Blue Angels jet crash in Smyrna. Click here to watch on your mobile device. — SMYRNA, Tenn. - At least one person was killed after a U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashed Thursday afternoon …
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Tennessean.com:
Fire chief: 1 dead after Navy Blue Angel jet crash in Smyrna … This photo was taken moments after the crash of a Blue Angel jet outside the Smyrna Airport on Thursday afternoon. Becca Cullison-Burgess / FOR THE TENNESSEAN — 1 of 4 — Last Slide — Next Slide
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Bill Clinton delivers a sharp message to Donald Trump and his base — CRANFORD, N.J. — President Bill Clinton dismissed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's policies as “divisive” and ineffective at a Wednesday campaign event for his wife, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Donald Trump warns Barack Obama he'll ‘hit him’ like Bill Clinton — Presumptive Republican nominee rallies crowd in sweltering heat in Sacramento — Trump's remarks come after Obama waded into campaign — Trump says Obama 'doesn't have a clue' — Donald Trump, lashing back at Barack Obama …
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Jon Reid / Morning Consult:
Most Voters: Trump's Not Worth $10 Billion
Most Voters: Trump's Not Worth $10 Billion
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Los Angeles Times:
UCLA gunman had accused slain professor of stealing his computer code, sources say — Police respond to the UCLA campus after a shooting Wednesday. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) — The gunman who shot and killed a UCLA professor Wednesday has been identified as Mainak Sarkar …
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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Woman on UCLA Murder-Suicide Suspect's ‘Kill List’ Found Shot to Death in Minnesota: LAPD Chief Beck — Android users, if the above player does not work, please click here. — The man suspected in an apparent murder-suicide on the UCLA campus had a “kill list,” and a second victim named …
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Claire Landsbaum / New York Magazine:
Why Hillary Clinton Is Avoiding Press Conferences — She's playing to her strengths, as any politician would. — Pin It — Hillary Clinton hasn't held a press conference in 180 days. That fact hasn't been lost on reporters who cover her, nor has it escaped the notice of her Republican opponent.
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Matthew Balan / NewsBusters:
Daily Mail Editor: ‘A Lot’ of the Reporters Covering Hillary Are ‘Fans,’ ‘In Awe’
Daily Mail Editor: ‘A Lot’ of the Reporters Covering Hillary Are ‘Fans,’ ‘In Awe’
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Philip Klinkner / Vox:
The easiest way to guess if someone supports Trump? Ask if Obama is a Muslim. — You can ask just one simple question to find out whether someone likes Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton: Is Barack Obama a Muslim? If they are white and the answer is yes, 89 percent of the time that person …
Michael Tarm / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Official says Prince died of opioid overdose — CHICAGO (AP) — Tests show that Prince died of an opioid overdose, a law-enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. — The 57-year-old singer was found dead April 21 at his Minneapolis-area estate.
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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Delegate Says Current US Leaders May Need to Be “Killed” — Last December, Donald Trump's presidential campaign approved David Riden to be a delegate candidate on the Tennessee ballot, and when the state held its primary in March, voters selected Riden to go to the Republican National Convention.
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Trump's aversion to data puts RNC on the hot seat — 's apparent uninterest in using data and analytics in his campaign is putting pressure on the Republican National Committee (RNC), which could be forced to fill the gaps in the general election. — The RNC says it is ready for the challenge …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitch McConnell: Trump's Insults Need To Stop, Add No Value — “It is something about him that I don't care for.” — Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a radio interview on Thursday that he is bothered by Donald Trump's use of personal insults.
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Reid on Sanders: ‘Sometimes you just have to give up’ — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bernie Sanders needs to recognize that “sometimes you just have to give up,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday. — Reid said his fellow senator should not carry his presidential campaign through …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Reid unloads: McConnell ‘cuddled up’ with Trump
Reid unloads: McConnell ‘cuddled up’ with Trump
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Dan Rather / Facebook:
I felt a shudder down my spine yesterday watching Donald Trump's fusilade against the press. This is not a moment to be trifled with. It wasn't his first tirade and it won't be his last. — I was reminded of my college journalism professor, the late Hugh Cunningham …
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Seanna Adcox / Associated Press:
Haley talks of Trump, Confederate flag ahead of anniversary — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday she wishes Donald Trump communicated differently because bad things result from divisive rhetoric, as evidenced by last June's massacre in Charleston.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Some officials worry about briefing Trump, fearing spilled secrets — Some U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that Donald Trump's “shoot from the hip” style could pose national security risks as they prepare to give him a routine pre-election briefing once he is formally anointed as the Republican presidential nominee.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Secret Weapon: Letters of Love, Flattery and Revenge — In one letter, Donald J. Trump ranted about the crisis of unsightly hot dog vendors on his beloved Fifth Avenue. “Having ketchup and mustard splattered all over the sidewalk,” he wrote, “is disgraceful.”
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Landmark California bill would allow prosecution of climate-change skeptics — A landmark California bill gaining steam would make it illegal to engage in climate-change dissent, clearing the way for lawsuits against fossil-fuel companies, think-tanks and others that have “deceived or misled the public on the risks of climate change.”
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Geoffrey R. Stone / The Huffington Post:
The Senate Republicans, Merrick Garland and the Lessons of History — Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago — On February 13, the very day of Justice Antonin Scalia's untimely death, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stunningly announced that the Senate …
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Media Matters for America and Daily Kos
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Zombie time at campaign Hillary: Camille Paglia on Trump's real strength and Clinton's fatal sleepwalking — The media covers for Hillary on her email scandal while Trump gallops through the non-stop artillery barrage — It's zombie time at campaign Hillary. Behold the dead men walking!
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