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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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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
Warren to meet with Clinton this morning, fueling VP speculation — Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton will meet privately Friday morning, according to two knowledgeable Democrats. — The sit-down, coming just hours after the Massachusetts senator formally endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee …
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
The Primary Is Over. Here's What Hillary Clinton Needs to Do Next. — Hillary Clinton enters the general election with considerable advantages over Donald J. Trump: She has a stronger and better-funded organization, and the electoral map is tilted in her favor.
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Hillary Clinton on Rachel Maddow Show
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Hillary Clinton on Rachel Maddow Show
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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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Eric Bradner / CNN:
President Barack Obama endorses Hillary Clinton in video
President Barack Obama endorses Hillary Clinton in video
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Larry Pratt: Gun Owners Keeping Hillary Clinton From Imposing Tyranny — Larry Pratt, the former executive director of Gun Owners of America, added Hillary Clinton this week to the list of public officials who he has warned will face violence from gun owners if they impose regulations on guns.
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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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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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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.
New York Times:
Where to, Hillary? How Clinton Is Relying on President Obama's Help — WASHINGTON — After President George W. Bush twice carried the New Hampshire county that includes vote-rich Manchester and Nashua, President Obama turned the tables and won it in both his elections by similar margins.
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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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding Iran's Military Expansion — One of the unexpected results of President Barack Obama's new opening to Iran is that U.S. taxpayers are now funding both sides of the Middle East's arms race. The U.S. is deliberately subsidizing defense spending for allies like Egypt and Israel.
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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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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