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12:40 PM ET, June 10, 2016

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Bloomberg:
McConnell: Donald Trump 'Doesn't Know a Lot About the Issues'  —  Despite his reservations, the Senate majority leader says he is still “comfortable” with Trump at the top of the GOP ticket.  —  haddadmedia  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Donald Trump needs …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Carson says Trump knows judge attack was wrong  —  In public, Donald Trump insists his racial attacks on an Indiana-born judge of Mexican descent have been “misconstrued.”  But in private, Trump concedes he made a mistake, according to Ben Carson, a top advisor and former rival for the Republican presidential nomination.
Mark Davis / Townhall.com:
This Time, Trump's Not the Problem  —  When Republicans have a severe communications mishap, all conservatives should be concerned about getting the situation righted as soon as possible.  —  If someone seeking to speak for all Republicans commits a seething unforced error …
The Hill:
Ryan under GOP fire for Trump remarks  —  is coming under criticism from Senate Republicans, many of whom prefer the way their leader, Mitch McConnell  —  , deals with the unconventional candidate.  —  McConnell, the Senate majority leader from Kentucky, has steadfastly declined …
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, the Judiciary and Identity Politics
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,’ Not ‘Thinking’
Pat Buchanan / Townhall.com:
Why Trump Must Not Apologize
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Warren met with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation  —  Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton met privately Friday morning, according to two knowledgeable Democrats, just hours after the Massachusetts senator formally endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders surrogate blasts Warren: 'You don't get brownie points from me'  —  is lashing out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren  —  after her endorsement of Hillary Clinton  —  , saying the senator hasn't done enough for progressives.  —  During a radio interview on SiriusXM's “Steele and Unger,” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Dueling Speeches in DC
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I hope Clinton picks ‘Goofy’ Warren as VP
Discussion: ABC News
John Wagner / Washington Post:
How Bernie Sanders's day in Washington got eclipsed by Democratic unity
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, TalkLeft and Sky Dancing
Matthew Mosk / ABC News:
How Clinton Donor Got on Sensitive Intelligence Board  —  Newly released State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton Foundation donor was placed on a sensitive government intelligence advisory board even though he had no obvious experience in the field, a decision that appeared to baffle the department's professional staff.
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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 …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   ABC: Did Hillary sell access to key national-security board for foundation donor?
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton hires Sanders' top student organizer  —  Hillary Clinton's team is moving to shore up an area where she urgently needs help — the campaign has hired Bernie Sanders' director of student organizing to serve as her national campus and student organizing director, a Clinton official confirmed to POLITICO.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Gingrich: Sanders staying in race because of Clinton FBI probe
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
The Sanders wind-down begins
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
What Hillary Clinton's To-Do List Might Look Like Now
Discussion: Boing Boing
Reihan Salam / Slate:
The Wall Street Journal Has Lost Its Mind  —  The advice it's giving Paul Ryan and the Republican Party is transparently absurd.  —  On June 2, Paul Ryan said he was backing Donald Trump because he believed the presumptive Republican nominee would help turn Ryan's policy ideas into reality.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Unity Illusion  —  Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Majority thinks Clinton is lying about emails  —  American voters think Hillary Clinton put national security at risk by mishandling classified emails — and that she's lying about it.  —  By a 60-27 percent margin, they think she's lying about how her emails were handled …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
For Liberals, All's Fair When Starting a ‘Conversation’  —  Liberals go to extremes to start a dialogue.  —  C  —  onversations!  Glorious conversations!  What more can you ask for?  —  The other day, former CBS News darling Katie Couric was speaking at an event organized by something called “TheWrap.”
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and Bearing Arms
Zeke J. Miller / TIME.com:
Hillary Clinton's general-election wakeup call came suddenly in May, when loud cursing erupted from her Brooklyn headquarters.  —  She had just begun a speech to union leaders in Las Vegas when every major cable network had decided to go live to an empty podium in North Dakota, where Donald Trump would soon appear.
Discussion: Shakesville
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Canada's highest court has just ruled that some sex acts between humans and animals are legal.  —  In a quixotic ruling, the country's high court ruled that a man who was on trial for raping and sexually exploiting his own daughters wasn't guilty of “bestiality.”
Steven Shepard / Politico:
4-in-10 GOP insiders want to derail Trump at the convention  —  After a rocky start to his general-election campaign, a sizable number of GOP insiders want the party to change the rules to short-circuit Donald Trump's nomination at the July national convention.
Discussion: CNN
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump doesn't have a national campaign.  So the GOP is trying to run one for him.  —  Katie Walsh, the Republican National Committee's chief of staff, was just a few hours from meeting with Donald Trump's new political director this week when the television outside her office blared the latest news breaking out of the Trump orbit.
 
 
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Scott W. Johnson / Weekly Standard:
‘Minnesota Men’ on Trial
Discussion: Power LinePower Line
Hope King / CNNMoney:
Facebook will delete a secret group of photos from your profile soon
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Dan Springer / Fox News:
Minimum wage, maximum mess in Oregon
Discussion: Townhall.com
Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine:
If Hillary Clinton Wins the Election, Women Really Could Run the World
Discussion: AOL
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Democrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie
 Earlier Items: 
Select Committee on Benghazi:
After Curious DOD Delays, Benghazi Committee Interviews ‘John from Iowa’
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Leftists for Trump: What Is to Be Done About These Insufferable Nihilists?
Discussion: Coffee House and Mother Jones
Nicole Auerbach / USA Today:
Former Stanford swimmer won't be eligible for USA Swimming events
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton BlackBerry photo led to State official's query about email account
Discussion: The Verge and Instapundit