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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.
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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
Trump, the Judiciary and Identity Politics
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Chicago Boyz
Ezra Klein / Vox:
A Republican senator just prayed that Obama's “days be few.” This is how the GOP got Trump.
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,’ Not ‘Thinking’
Carson Defends Trump Judge Attacks: He Was ‘Talking Out Loud,’ Not ‘Thinking’
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Politico, The Resurgent and Business Insider
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,” …
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Raw Story
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Dueling Speeches in DC
The Note: Dueling Speeches in DC
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump
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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?
ABC: Did Hillary sell access to key national-security board for foundation donor?
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Daily Wire
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 …
The Unity Illusion — Paul Ryan says it's time for Republicans …
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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
Gingrich: Sanders staying in race because of Clinton FBI probe
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
The Sanders wind-down begins
The Sanders wind-down begins
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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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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.
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Shakesville
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.”
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Shot in the Dark and Bearing Arms
Dan Springer / Fox News:
Minimum wage, maximum mess in Oregon — When Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a minimum wage bill into law in March, it was the highest statewide wage floor in the U.S. It was also the most convoluted, setting three different wages and raise schedules depending on the area's population.
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Townhall.com
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.
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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.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senator David Perdue Jokes About Praying for Obama's Death — The Georgia freshman quoted Scripture at a right-wing Christian confab to say the president's days should be short. — At a major event for conservative Christians this morning, a Republican senator joked about praying for President Obama's “days to be short.”
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Green Party candidate: Trump says ‘terrible things,’ Clinton does them — Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein blasted Hillary Clinton — as not being much different than Donald Trump — , saying that while Trump “says scary things,” Clinton actually does them.
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