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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Is Said to Plan Large Layoff From Campaign Staff — UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Senator Bernie Sanders plans to lay off at least half his campaign staff Wednesday as his battered presidential bid continues on despite Hillary Clinton's being declared the presumptive Democratic nominee …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Inside the bitter last days of Bernie's revolution — There's no strategist pulling the strings, and no collection of burn-it-all-down aides egging him on. At the heart of the rage against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the campaign aides closest to him say, is Bernie Sanders.
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Wins California, Bolstering Claim to Nomination — Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night after decisive victories in the California, New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, and she quickly appealed to supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders …
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Political Wire, New York Magazine, The Week, NPR, Business Insider, Sky Dancing, The Last Tradition, Independent Journal …, Hit & Run, Mediaite, The Mahablog and Salon
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM! Hillary Clinton CAUGHT COLLUDING With AP to Announce Delegate Win Before California! — On Monday night - the day before California's primary election - the Associated Press announced Hillary Clinton had finally secured enough delegates to win the Democratic Party nomination.
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The Hill and Liberty Unyielding
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Hillary Clinton's victory speech: “Don't let anyone tell you that great things can't happen” — It was a historic and emotional night for Hillary Clinton. The first woman presumptive nominee for a major political party, Clinton claimed her victory in front of a cheering crowd of supporters in Brooklyn, New York.
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ABC News:
Transcript: Hillary Clinton's Interview with ABC News Anchor David Muir
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Made History, but Bernie Sanders Stubbornly Ignored It
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Politico, CANNONFIRE and Vox
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The last domino: Hillary Clinton will definitely win more pledged delegates than Bernie Sanders
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Guardian, The Week and New York Magazine
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Clinton launches ‘Republicans Against Trump’ campaign
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton: Becoming Presumptive Democratic Nominee Will ‘Send a Signal Around the World’
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Politico, Bloomberg and Sky Dancing
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: 'We've reached a milestone'
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Boing Boing, Outside the Beltway and WTVR-TV
Paul Colford / The Definitive Source:
AP statement on Hillary Clinton
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Donald J. Trump / Donald J Trump for President:
DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT REGARDING TRUMP UNIVERSITY — It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage. I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent. The American justice system relies on fair and impartial judges.
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Paola Chavez / ABC News:
Donald Trump Says He's ‘Honored’ to Lead GOP After More Primary Wins
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Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
Live Coverage of the California and New Jersey Primaries
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Scott calls Trump's comments ‘racially toxic’
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senator: 'I can't see myself voting for Donald Trump'
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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Iowa state senator is first elected official to leave Republican party over Trump
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Sen. Mark Kirk withdraws support for Trump
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Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham Wants Republicans To Unendorse Donald Trump
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Catherine Ho / Washington Post:
Renee Ellmers loses North Carolina GOP primary — Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) lost her bid for reelection Tuesday, becoming the first GOP congressional incumbent to lose their seat in 2016. — Ellmers, who was elected in 2010 amid the tea party takeover of the House …
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Justin Quesinberry / WNCN:
Ellmers called ‘mean girl on steroids’ after NC Congresswoman remarks on woman's weight — DUNN, N.C. (WNCN) - After Republican Congresswoman Renee Ellmers got out of her car to vote Tuesday, she greeted a woman by name and then told the woman she had “gained some weight.”
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The Hill, Politico, Raw Story, Mediaite and Heat Street
WOOD-TV:
5 bicyclists dead after crash north of Kalamazoo — COOPER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Five bicyclists were killed and four more were hurt Tuesday evening when they were hit by a pickup truck north of Kalamazoo. — The crash happened around 6:35 p.m. in the 5500 block of N. Westnedge Avenue south of F Avenue in Cooper Township.
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New York Times, The Last Tradition and NBC News
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dump the G.O.P. for a Grand New Party — If a party could declare moral bankruptcy, today's Republican Party would be in Chapter 11. — This party needs to just shut itself down and start over — now. Seriously, someone please start a New Republican Party! — America needs a healthy two-party system.
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Pirate's Cove
BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump tried — to raise money from the regime of Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi two years before a 2011 revolution toppled the brutal leader, according to four people with knowledge of the effort. Trump even tried to set up a meeting with the tyrant himself, three of the sources say …
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Daily Wire and The Week
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Detroit Free Press Editor Calls For Murder Of GOP Lawmakers — The Pulitzer prize-winning editorial page editor of the Detroit Free Press has called for the murder of Michigan lawmakers with whom he disagrees. — The reason? The lawmakers voted for legislation that would give parents …
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Shot in the Dark, The Daily Caller and Watchdog.org
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The taunt Clinton supporters think will haunt Trump gets airtime in new ad — The scene of Donald Trump mocking a New York Times reporter with a congenital disability garners the presumed Republican nominee some of his highest negative ratings among focus groups, POLITICO has learned.
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