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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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Hillary Clinton rolled out the anti-Trump argument that could deliver a landslide — Hillary Clinton's campaign apparently workshopped the idea of trying to tag Donald Trump with the nickname “Dangerous Donald.” It was a bit of a lame idea. But in her foreign policy speech this afternoon …
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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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Washington Post:
Mr. Ryan's endorsement of Trump is sad day for the GOP — and America — AS DONALD Trump was building a campaign on lies, bigotry, insults, fearmongering and unreason, a few Republican leaders of apparent principle offered some resistance. Foremost among them was House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.).
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump calls for Clinton to be jailed — San Jose, California (CNN)Donald Trump on Thursday called for his likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to be imprisoned. — “I will say this, Hillary Clinton has got to go to jail,” Trump told supporters here as he slammed Clinton's foreign policy speech earlier …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
CNN has finally figured out how to cover Donald Trump's constant lying
CNN has finally figured out how to cover Donald Trump's constant lying
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Hillary Clinton just made her best case against Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton just made her best case against Donald Trump
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Frank Schultz / GazetteXtra:
Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump
Paul Ryan endorses Donald Trump
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Washington Post:
Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump supporters outside rally — SAN JOSE, Calif. —Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in downtown San Jose spun out of control Thursday night when some demonstrators attacked the candidate's supporters.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump security removes POLITICO reporter from rally — SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A Donald Trump campaign staffer and a private security guard removed a POLITICO reporter from a campaign rally here on Thursday evening for reporting at the event without the campaign's permission.
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Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
Protesters punch, throw eggs at Trump supporters in San Jose — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A group of protesters attacked Donald Trump supporters who were leaving the presidential candidate's rally in San Jose on Thursday night. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person …
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel — The Republican's charge of a ‘conflict’ in case over his university draws criticism from some legal observers — Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attacks on the federal judge presiding over civil fraud lawsuits against Trump University …
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Robert Nott / The Santa Fe New Mexican:
Trump shifts tactics to woo Martinez endorsement — In a stunning reversal of rhetoric and tone, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday said he respects New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and wants her endorsement. Trump's comments in a phone interview with The New Mexican came …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say — WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump's blustery attacks on the press, complaints about the judicial system and bold claims of presidential power collectively sketch out a constitutional worldview that shows contempt for the First Amendment …
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Gil Troy / Politico:
How an Outsider President Killed a Party — It was summer, and a major U.S. political party had just chosen an inexperienced, unqualified, loutish, wealthy outsider with ambiguous party loyalties to be its presidential nominee. Some party luminaries thought he would help them win the general election.
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Rich Calder / New York Post:
The de Blasio's are strapped for cash — Mayor de Blasio seems to be having a hard time paying the bills. — With a second kid heading off to college last year, the mayor took out a loan of between $5,000 and $48,000 from HSBC Bank, according to his financial disclosure forms for 2015 released Thursday.
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
De Blasio Defends Fund-Raising and Stokes Feud With Cuomo
De Blasio Defends Fund-Raising and Stokes Feud With Cuomo
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders jabs at Clinton's foreign policy credentials following speech — 's foreign policy credentials on Thursday in the wake of her speech attacking Donald Trump — 's proposals. — “I agree with Secretary Clinton that Donald Trump's foreign policy ideas are incredibly reckless and irresponsible,” Sanders said in a statement.
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Cathleen Decker / Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a tight race in California as the campaign batters her popularity — California's primary outcome remains difficult to predict, precisely because of the untested nature of Bernie Sanders¿ following. (Noah Berger (left) / John Locher / Associated Press)
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Clinton leads Trump by 3 in new Florida poll
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Staten Island teen dies from asthma fleeing racist crew waving gun; 'I'm gonna shoot you, n— !' — Dayshen McKenzie died while running for his life. — The black Staten Island teen, fleeing what witnesses described as a mostly white crew shouting racial epithets and waving a gun …
Manu Raju / CNN:
Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out — Bernie or bust: a revolution in Philadelphia — Democratic leaders are trying to avoid a combative convention with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton — Washington (CNN)Democrats in Washington have begun discussing how to encourage …
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Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Jake Tapper goes off on State Dept. over edited video — CNN's Jake Tapper slammed the State Department on Thursday after it admitted that a video of a 2013 press briefing was intentionally edited to remove part of a conversation about the Iran nuclear deal.
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Aungelique Proctor / WAGA-TV:
Police: Woman in Burka attacks Lawrenceville family with American flag — LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - A family in Lawrenceville said they were attacked by a total stranger just because they were flying an American Flag. — Amina Ahra, 30, was arrested on two counts of simple battery after being accused …
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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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Wkrn Web / WKRN-TV:
Pilot killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna
Pilot killed after U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet crashes in Smyrna
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Added Only 38,000 Jobs in May — Fewest jobs created since September 2010, dimming prospects for Fed interest-rate increase this month — WASHINGTON—U.S. companies slowed their hiring drastically in May and unemployment fell as people dropped out of the labor force …
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rick Perry: Trump will ‘peel her skin off’ when debating Clinton — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says Hillary Clinton — would be torn apart in a debate with Donald Trump — “Donald Trump will peel her skin off in a debate setting and actually, he'll peel it off this evening out in San Jose as well …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
At Odds Publicly, Donald Trump and Karl Rove Hold a Private Meeting — Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's victorious presidential campaigns and founder of a constellation of political fund-raising groups, has called Donald J. Trump “a complete idiot.” He has described him as “graceless and divisive.”
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