memeorandum: Sanders pledges to work with Clinton after meeting with Obama (Jordan Fabian/The Hill)

3:40 PM ET, June 9, 2016

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MJ Lee / CNN:

Sanders meets with Obama, Reid ahead of final contest — (CNN)Hillary Clinton became the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee this week — but for her challenger Bernie Sanders, the fight is not quite over. — The Vermont senator declared Tuesday night that he intends …

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Sanders supporters warn Obama: Don't try to stop Bernie — Bernie Sanders' supporters have some advice for President Barack Obama: Back off. — Thursday morning in the Oval Office, Obama will take his not-so-subtle campaign to ease Sanders out of an active campaign directly to the senator himself.

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Ron Fournier / The Atlantic:

Hillary Clinton's Truth Problem — The day after she sealed the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton took a victory lap of the nation's top newsrooms and delivered the most predictable and practiced comments. She honored her mother. She trashed Donald Trump. She wooed Bernie Sanders' supporters.

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:

Obama offers a formal endorsement of Clinton; president also meets with Sanders — President Obama offered his formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton with a video Thursday and plans to campaign with the former secretary of state in Wisconsin next week, efforts aimed at speeding …

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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:

Bernie Sanders to Campaign Through DC Primary, but Vows to Work With Hillary Clinton

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Annie Karni / Politico:

President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton — President Barack Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton on Thursday, saying, “I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.” — The forceful show of support, which came after Obama met with Sen. Bernie Sanders for more than an hour …

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Nick Gass / Politico:

Sanders signals the end is near — Bernie Sanders on Thursday gave the strongest signals yet that he will soon bow out of the presidential race, telling reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama that he will ally himself with Hillary Clinton in the fight against Donald Trump.

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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Clinton Welcomes Obama's Support, Saying ‘It Just Means So Much’

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Warren has concerns about being Clinton's VP: report

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Sanders pledges to work with Clinton after meeting with Obama

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Stuart Rothenberg / Washington Post:
Trump continues to Violate Campaign Rule No. 1

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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders to Campaign Through DC Primary but Vows to Work With Hillary Clinton

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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg: Obama Meets Sanders as President Nears Clinton Endorsement

Scott Wong / The Hill: Gingrich: Trump ‘totally virtuous’ compared with Clintons

CNN:

Donald Trump's ground game — (CNN)Donald Trump — who made a fortune in part by lending his name to business ventures on which he left a light touch — appears poised to take a similar approach to building his ground game. — The presumptive GOP nominee has argued he can put as many as 15 states …

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Today in 'Donald Trump's Campaign Is a Garbage Fire' — I love the smell of garbage in the morning. Smells like <s>victory</s> massive defeat. — If Donald Trump were an otherwise normal candidate — with a reasonable knowledge of public policy and no pronounced affection for authoritarian rulers …

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Matt Bai / Yahoo:

The black hole within Donald Trump — I'm no advice columnist, and normally I wouldn't use this space for relationship counseling, but here's a small bit of wisdom that I've offered to a few friends over the years and that might be useful to Republicans in Washington.

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Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
There's a GOP delegate challenge brewing over a Trump nomination

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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Elizabeth Warren to Call Donald Trump A “Loud, Nasty, Thin-Skinned Fraud” in Upcoming Speech

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Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
Why Republicans Won't Renounce Trump

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Advice to Panicked Republicans: Man Up

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
PAUL RYAN To Campaign for Hillary Clinton on “Face the Nation” - Trash Trump as Racist

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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Agony of the Trump Endorsers

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Warren: Trump is a ‘loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud’

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CNN:
Inside Donald Trump's crisis response

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:

There Are More White Voters Than People Think. That's Good News for Trump. — One of the biggest reasons Donald Trump is considered to be a long shot to win the presidency is the diversity of the country. — As Joe Scarborough of MSNBC put it, “There are not enough white voters in America …

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Christian Gollayan / New York Post:

Turns out dating is really hard if you support Trump — Lifelong Republican David Goss, 35, was hanging out with his conservative friends in February when he came up with the idea of TrumpSingles.com, a dating website for supporters of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:

Morning Joe dishes on Trump, Zucker — Joe Scarborough is mastering the art of dealing Donald Trump the derision Trump loves to rain on others. — The “Morning Joe” co-host, former Florida congressman and longtime Friend of Donald found himself under fire during the early months …

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Ryan Browne / CNN:

What was Elon Musk doing at the Pentagon? — Washington (CNN)Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, met with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Wednesday as the Pentagon looks to raise its technology game. — The focus of the closed-door get together was “innovation,” …

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Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
CIA and Pentagon Bicker While Russia Wipes Out U.S.-Backed Rebels

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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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Christopher Ketcham / The Daily Beast:

Anarchists for Donald Trump—Let the Empire Burn — The left-contrarian arsonist crowd is larger and wider-spread than the cubicled creatures in the Clinton campaign have accounted for. — The historic opportunity of the 2016 election is one which Bernie Sanders likely will not have the courage …

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Bloomberg:

Welcome to Larry Page's Secret Flying-Car Factories — With Zee.Aero and Kitty Hawk, the Google co-founder looks to the skies. — Three years ago, Silicon Valley developed a fleeting infatuation with a startup called Zee.Aero. The company had set up shop right next to Google's headquarters …

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:

Roseanne Barr: ‘We would be so lucky’ if Trump won — Comedian Roseanne Barr is rooting for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump — to win the general election over likely rival Hillary Clinton — “I think we would be so lucky if Trump won,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.

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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.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Stockbridge man shot by police on life support — A Stockbridge man shot by police who had been dispatched to the wrong house is clinging to life at an Atlanta hospital, a relative told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday. — Brother-in-law Clifton Worn said William David Powell, 63, is on life support.

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