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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Favorability of Trump's GOP Lowest in Bloomberg Poll's History — Just 32 percent of Americans view the Republican Party favorably as it prepares to formally nominate Donald Trump for president, the latest Bloomberg Politics national poll shows, the lowest level recorded since the poll's inception in September 2009.
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CBS News:
Clinton maintains lead after claiming nomination - CBS News poll — State of the race — With the presidential primary season now officially at a close, Hillary Clinton (43 percent) holds a six-point lead over Donald Trump (37 percent) - the same margin she led Trump by a month ago.
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Politico, CBS New York and Political Wire
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Negative views of Donald Trump just hit a new campaign high: 7 in 10 Americans
Negative views of Donald Trump just hit a new campaign high: 7 in 10 Americans
Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton, Feingold leading; majorities have negative views of presidential candidates
New Marquette Law School Poll finds Clinton, Feingold leading; majorities have negative views of presidential candidates
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Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly and Washington Times
Leslie Odom Jr / CBS News:
Gauging Americans' views on Orlando mass shooting
Gauging Americans' views on Orlando mass shooting
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Matthew DeFour / madison.com:
New Marquette poll: Clinton leads Trump, Feingold leads Johnson in Wisconsin
New Marquette poll: Clinton leads Trump, Feingold leads Johnson in Wisconsin
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Malia Zimmerman / Fox News:
Orlando terrorist's chilling Facebook posts from inside club revealed — EXCLUSIVE: In the hours after he blasted his way into an Orlando gay nightclub, and with his victims lying dead or wounded around him, Omar Mateen took to Facebook to pledge his loyalty to ISIS and threaten more attacks …
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Jihad Watch, Mediaite, Independent Journal … and The Last Refuge
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Scott Fais / mynews13.com:
Mateen to News 13 producer: 'I'm the shooter. It's me.' — Matthew Gentili, a producer at News 13, took a call from someone who claimed to be Omar Mateen, 45 minutes after the shooting at Pulse had begun. — ORLANDO — In the midst of the chaos early Sunday morning at Pulse nightclub …
Jeff Goldblum / CBS News:
Documentary shows Orlando gunman six years before nightclub massacre — Footage from a 2012 award-winning documentary, “The Big Fix,” has emerged showing Orlando gunman Omar Mateen working as a security guard contracted to the security company G4S following the 2010 BP oil spill.
Gawker:
This Looks Like the DNC's Hacked Trump Oppo File — A 200+ page document that appears to be a Democratic anti-Trump playbook compiled by the Democratic National Committee has leaked online following this week's report that the DNC was breached by Russian hackers.
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Guardian:
Donald Trump claims DNC itself, not Russians, masterminded hack
Donald Trump claims DNC itself, not Russians, masterminded hack
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
DNC Hacker Releases Trump Oppo Report
DNC Hacker Releases Trump Oppo Report
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Hope dims for Senate action on guns after frenzied day — As Sen. Chris Murphy and his Democratic allies held the Senate floor and filibustered into Wednesday evening to force a debate on gun control, negotiations on legislation to prevent suspected terrorists from buying firearms were breaking down behind closed doors.
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BostonGlobe.com:
Warren warns of ‘blood on our hands’ if nothing done on guns
Warren warns of ‘blood on our hands’ if nothing done on guns
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dems take over floor to protest Senate inaction on gun control
Dems take over floor to protest Senate inaction on gun control
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump to meet with NRA about banning gun sales for terror watch list
Trump to meet with NRA about banning gun sales for terror watch list
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Exclusive: Rubio friend greenlights reelection bid — Friends for 20 years, Marco Rubio and Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera were at the scene of the Orlando massacre on Sunday when they had an unusually frank conversation about their political futures.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio says he will reconsider leaving Senate
Marco Rubio says he will reconsider leaving Senate
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Patrick Howley / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Received Secret Memo Stating Obama Admin ‘Support’ for ISIS — WASHINGTON, DC — Hillary Clinton received a classified intelligence report stating that the Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State.
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Donald Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory That Obama Supports ISIS
Donald Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory That Obama Supports ISIS
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump tweets story claiming ‘secret memo’ shows Obama supports ISIS
Trump tweets story claiming ‘secret memo’ shows Obama supports ISIS
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump tells GOP leaders to ‘get tougher’ — Donald Trump on Wednesday singled out Republican leaders, explicitly telling them to get tougher, sharper, smarter and quiet. — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee during an Atlanta rally threatened to win in November with or without …
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Talking Points Memo, Reuters, ABC News, Hot Air, RedState, New York Magazine, Washington Post, NBC News, The Week and Drudge Retort
Maria Satira / WNCT-TV:
Female veteran responds to note left on car — CONCORD, N.C. (WNCT) - A woman's social media post goes viral when she responds to a note left on her car after she parked in a space dedicated to veterans. — Rebecca Landis Hayes was parked at a Harris Teeter in Concord this week and walked outside to find a note left on her car.
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Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Gov. Larry Hogan says he doesn't plan to vote for Donald Trump — Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said emphatically Wednesday that he does not plan to vote for Donald Trump, his party's presumptive — and divisive — presidential nominee. — Although the first-term governor has repeatedly said he does …
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Top conservatives meet at secret dinner to discuss Cruz's future — attended a confidential dinner with more than 20 top conservatives on Tuesday night to plan his comeback as a movement leader in the mold of Ronald Reagan. — The dinner was at the Virginia home of conservative activist Brent Bozell …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump to be deposed in lawsuit against chef — will be deposed Thursday in his lawsuit against a celebrity chef regarding a development property in Washington, D.C. — The presumptive GOP presidential nominee will face a deposition at the offices of the attorneys representing his opponent, chef Geoffrey Zakarian, CNN reported.
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
How to defeat the Islamist fanatics — MORE FROM: — Since 9/11, our leaders have chosen not to defeat Islamist terrorism. — Their sins have been those of omission, of essential actions avoided and crippling self-delusion. — Consistently, they have denied the nature and scope of the threat.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
What Obama Actually Thinks About Radical Islam
What Obama Actually Thinks About Radical Islam
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WOR 710:
Florida AG Pam Bondi Responds To CNN's Anderson Cooper Deceptive Interview — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is accusing CNN's Anderson Cooper of editing an interview with her concerning the Orlando terror attack. — Bondi told WOR's “Len Berman and Todd Schnitt in the Morning” …
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NRA-ILA:
NRA Statement on Terror Watchlists — Fairfax, Va.— The executive director of the National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action, Chris W. Cox, released the following statement regarding terror watchlists: — We are happy to meet with Donald Trump. The NRA's position on this issue has not changed.
Weekly Standard:
Three GOP Senators Condemn Trump's Comment that U.S. Soldiers Stole Money in Iraq — Graham, Ayotte, and Sullivan hit Trump, while others run away from the GOP nominee's controversial remark. — Three GOP senators sounded off Wednesday on Donald Trump's comment that American soldiers stole money intended for Iraqi reconstruction.
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The Daily Caller:
FBI's Probe Of Clinton Email Server Is A ‘Criminal Investigation,’ Judge Says — The FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server is “criminal” in nature, U.S. District Court judge Emmet Sullivan said in a court filing on Tuesday. — Sullivan was responding to a plea …
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Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Not Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is among a group of Democratic officials being considered — Hillary Clinton's campaign isn't considering primary rival Bernie Sanders as her running mate, but is actively looking …
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Guardian
CNN:
Alligator grabs toddler, drags him into lagoon at Disney hotel, police say — Lake Buena Vista, Florida (CNN)An alligator grabbed a 2-year-old boy and dragged him into a lagoon Tuesday night at a Disney hotel near Orlando as his father desperately tried to save him.