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Nick Gass / Politico:
Kasich on Trump: 'I just can't do it' — John Kasich is in agony over his decision last year to support the Republican nominee and the reality that Donald Trump is his party's presumptive nominee. — “You know, it's painful. It's painful. You know, people even get divorces, you know?
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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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Reuters, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine, Hot Air, RedState, The Week, Washington Post and NBC News
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Gov. Larry Hogan says he doesn't plan to vote for Donald Trump
Gov. Larry Hogan says he doesn't plan to vote for Donald Trump
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, DCist, The Hill, The Last Tradition, The Resurgent, Washington Times and Outside the Beltway
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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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Omar Mateen, American Monster
Jeff Goldblum / CBS News:
Documentary shows Orlando gunman six years before nightclub massacre
Documentary shows Orlando gunman six years before nightclub massacre
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Pamela Geller, Daily Mail, Salon, KFOR-TV, myfox8.com, CNN, Fox News Insider, Independent Journal …, mynews13.com and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
NBC News:
Filibuster Ends After GOP Agrees to Allow Gun Control Votes: Senator — Murphy Ends Filibuster With Reminder of Sandy Hook Teacher's Bravery 7:40 — Senate Democrats ended a nearly 15-hour filibuster early Thursday after Republican Party leaders reportedly agreed to allow votes on two proposed gun control measures.
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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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Washington Times, Religion News Service, Politico and CBS New York
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John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Favorability of Trump's GOP Lowest in Bloomberg Poll's History
Favorability of Trump's GOP Lowest in Bloomberg Poll's History
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The Week, AOL, Politicus USA, Political Wire, Politico, Hullabaloo, Salon and Business Insider
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's relationship with RNC sours — Donald Trump is relying heavily on the Republican Party to bolster his skeletal operation, but his campaign's relationship with the Republican National Committee is increasingly plagued by distrust, power struggles and strategic differences, according to sources in both camps.
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Political Wire, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh
Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg:
Christie's Position Stage-Right to Trump Brings Harsh Spotlight — New Jersey governor on defensive over Trump's judge comments — His approval is at an all-time low after endorsing billionaire — Chris Christie's June 10 walk along a Jersey Shore boardwalk to kick off the tourism season …
Reuters:
U.S. officials say American Muslims do report extremist threats — Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning to extremism, law enforcement officials say, contrary to a claim by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week.
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
How to defeat the Islamist fanatics
Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Is Donald Trump's Endgame the Launch of Trump News? — The candidate is considering starting his own cable empire. — Every election cycle has its own breakout media star. In 1992, it was CNN. A few years later, it would be an e-mail blast called the Drudge Report.
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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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, The Week, Political Wire, New York Magazine, Bloomberg and Guardian
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump's campaign hits a wall — 's campaign for the White House is teetering amid dismal poll numbers, racially tinged controversies and a rising chorus of criticism from within the GOP. — After knocking Sen. Ted Cruz — (R-Texas) out of the primary in May, Trump picked up momentum and made strides in unifying the party.
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Zach Seemayer / Entertainment Tonight:
EXCLUSIVE: Oprah Winfrey Endorses Hillary Clinton in Upcoming Election: 'It's a Seminal Moment for Women' — Oprah Winfrey is throwing her support behind Hillary Clinton. — Winfrey spoke with ET's Nancy O'Dell at the premiere of her new OWN drama, Greenleaf, and the media mogul opened …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump calls her ‘Crooked Hillary,’ but his fans just say ‘b— ’ — GREENSBORO, N.C. — As thousands of Donald Trump supporters streamed out of an evening rally here this week, they walked past a handful of vendors from Ohio selling simple white T-shirts featuring Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky and a vulgar joke.
Kelly Ayotte / BostonGlobe.com:
AMERICAN RETIREES ARE LIVING OFF OF GUN SALES. — Some of the largest investors in gun companies are average Americans who own index funds in their workplace retirement plans. If you have a 401(k) plan with Vanguard Group, in all likelihood you own gun stocks — and you've done well off it.
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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KGTV-TV:
Craigslist ad threatens Orlando-style massacre in San Diego — SAN DIEGO - Police are investigating an online threat of violence to San Diego's LGBT community that read: “You're next.” — On Tuesday evening, a 10News viewer saw the post in the men-seeking-men section of the Craigslist San Diego personal ads.
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
House votes to ban all Gitmo transfers — A defense spending bill would prevent transferring any detainees out of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility under an amendment passed Wednesday. — The proposal to tighten restrictions comes after a report that at least a dozen former detainees …
Tom Teodorczuk / Heat Street:
Milo Yiannopoulos Slams Twitter For Being ‘Sharia-Compliant,’ Credits Drudge With Reinstatement — Milo Yiannopoulos has hit out at Twitter after they suspended his account earlier today, accusing the social networking service of being “Sharia-compliant” and in financial freefall.
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The Daily Caller:
Global Warming Skeptic Responds To Massachusetts AG's Subpoena: ‘F**k Off, Fascist’ — Alex Epstein had a terse response to a subpoena sent by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey Wednesday. — Healey demanded the oil giant ExxonMobil hand over 40 years of documents …
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Reuters, Instapundit, Pirate's Cove, The Daily Signal and Liberty Unyielding
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Clinton's Progressive Beacon Is a Former Goldman Sachs Banker and Bob Rubin Protégé — Over tea at Hillary Clinton's Washington home in late 2014, Elizabeth Warren warned her host that when it comes to Wall Street, what mattered most was the people Clinton surrounded herself with.
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
Navy SEAL arrested in Santa Monica slaying — Theo Andrew Krah, 28 (Santa Monica Police Department) — A Navy SEAL has been arrested on suspicion of beating and stabbing a man to death not long after the pair were involved in a fistfight on the Santa Monica Pier, police said.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton to unleash TV hell on Trump — Hillary Clinton is opening her wallet and seizing the moment. — Just hours after the votes were cast in the final Democratic primary, the Clinton campaign started reserving advertising blocks in eight battleground states on Wednesday …
The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Accused of Using His Charity as a Political Slush Fund — When the presumptive GOP nominee doled out money to veterans' groups over the past few months, he did so using the Trump Foundation—which, according to FEC rules, is not allowed. — The Trump Foundation …
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