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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
The Sanders wind-down begins — The walls are crumbling, and Bernie Sanders knows it. — Barack Obama made his support for Hillary Clinton official on Thursday. So did Vice President Joe Biden and liberal hero Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The major political groups surrounding Sanders are saying it's time to unify.
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton: Warren is ‘qualified’ to be my VP — Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she has no doubt that Sen. Elizabeth Warren would be qualified to serve as her vice president — but she refused to say the same of Bernie Sanders. — “I have the highest regard for Sen. Warren,” she said in an interview with POLITICO.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
How Bernie Sanders's day in Washington got eclipsed by Democratic unity — It had been billed as Bernie Sanders's big day in Washington. Making a last stand as a Democratic presidential candidate, the senator from Vermont was set to meet with President Obama and other leading Democrats …
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren endorses Clinton — WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren ended months of neutrality in the Democratic primary Thursday and endorsed Hillary Clinton, urging supporters of Bernie Sanders to get behind the presumptive nominee and help defeat Donald Trump.
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
With Obama's Endorsement of Hillary Clinton, He Should Appoint a Special Prosecutor
With Obama's Endorsement of Hillary Clinton, He Should Appoint a Special Prosecutor
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton, and Urges Democrats to Unite
Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton, and Urges Democrats to Unite
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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:
Hillary Clinton's Truth Problem
Hillary Clinton's Truth Problem
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Sanders meets with Obama, Reid ahead of final contest
Sanders meets with Obama, Reid ahead of final contest
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Warren has concerns about being Clinton's VP: report
Warren has concerns about being Clinton's VP: report
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders signals the end is near
Sanders signals the end is near
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Annie Karni / Politico:
President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton
President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders to Campaign Through DC Primary but Vows to Work With Hillary Clinton
Bernie Sanders to Campaign Through DC Primary but Vows to Work With Hillary Clinton
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Steve Reilly / USA Today:
USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn't pay his bills — Donald Trump casts himself as a protector of workers and jobs, but a USA TODAY NETWORK investigation found hundreds of people - carpenters, dishwashers, painters, even his own lawyers - who say he didn't pay them for their work.
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Hundreds Claim Donald Trump Doesn't Pay His Bills in Full — Retired piano dealer Michael Diehl says he has 30,000 reasons not to vote for Donald Trump for president. — The small businessman said he won a bid in 1989 to supply $100,000 worth of grand pianos to Trump's Taj Mahal casino …
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Business Plan Left a Trail of Unpaid Bills
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Republican Senator Susan Collins Says She Might Support Hillary Clinton — This week, after Donald Trump said that Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge in a case against Trump University, had a conflict of interest because of his Mexican heritage, many Republicans distanced themselves from Trump and condemned the candidate's remarks.
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CBS News:
David Duke: “Jewish tribal nature” is behind Trump opposition — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is once again interjecting himself into Donald Trump's campaign amid an onslaught of criticism over the candidate's treatment of the judge presiding over a class action lawsuit against Trump University.
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German Lopez / Vox:
Watch: Elizabeth Warren calls Donald Trump “a thin-skinned, racist bully”
Watch: Elizabeth Warren calls Donald Trump “a thin-skinned, racist bully”
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Alex Seitz-Wald / MSNBC:
Elizabeth Warren: Trump is ‘a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud’
Elizabeth Warren: Trump is ‘a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud’
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Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal:
Appeals Court Upholds ‘Concealed Carry’ Restrictions — Federal court in California says Americans have no guaranteed right to carry concealed guns in public — Americans have no Second Amendment right to carry concealed guns in public, a federal appeals court in California ruled on Thursday …
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Appeals court rules Americans don't have right to carry concealed guns
Appeals court rules Americans don't have right to carry concealed guns
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Says No Right to Concealed Gun Carry
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Says No Right to Concealed Gun Carry
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Appeals Court: No 2nd Amendment Right To Public Concealed Carry
Appeals Court: No 2nd Amendment Right To Public Concealed Carry
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Fox News:
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump drops, now trails Clinton — Most voters feel the upcoming election matters more than ones in the past. At the same time, majorities dislike the presumptive nominees — and think they lack the integrity to hold the nation's highest office.
Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:
Joe Biden Writes An Open Letter To Stanford Survivor — The vice president, in an open letter sent to BuzzFeed News, said “a lot of people failed” the Stanford sexual assault survivor and that she will “save lives” thanks to the powerful message she read to her assailant in court.
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Wall Street Journal:
Emails in Clinton Probe Dealt With Planned Drone Strikes — Some vaguely worded messages from U.S. diplomats in Pakistan and Washington used a less-secure communications system — At the center of a criminal probe involving Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information is a series …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Rubio: I Still Believe Trump Can't Be Trusted with America's Nuclear Weapons Codes — One month after announcing his support for Donald Trump, Marco Rubio still believes that the presumptive GOP nominee is unfit to be commander-in-chief. “I stand by everything I said during the campaign …
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Tegna / WFAA-TV:
High school valedictorian reveals undocumented status in speech … McKINNEY, Texas — There is no easy way to prepare for what Larissa Martinez did last week. — The valedictorian at McKinney Boyd High School crafted her words and sentences carefully before making the speech at her graduation.
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Los Angeles / Associated Press:
Gruesome hot spring death highlights problem of tourists breaking the rules at Yellowstone — The Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. (Beth Harpaz / Associated Press) — The grisly death of a tourist who left a boardwalk and fell into a high-temperature …
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Alirjaafar / Deadline:
Jennifer Lawrence Boarding Adam McKay Theranos Medical Drama Project — EXCLUSIVE- Jennifer Lawrence is attaching herself to Adam McKay's drama about medical company Theranos and its 32-year-old founder Elizabeth Holmes. Theranos is the blood testing start-up that once …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Mel Gibson Planning ‘Passion of the Christ’ Sequel (Exclusive) — EMAIL ME — ‘Braveheart’ screenwriter Randall Wallace says he is writing a follow-up to the Biblical blockbuster that will focus on the resurrection of Jesus. — Mel Gibson and writer Randall Wallace are working on a sequel …
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