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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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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 …, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and mynews13.com
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, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, 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
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
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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The Week, AOL, Politicus USA, Political Wire, Politico, Hullabaloo, Salon and Business Insider
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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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Washington Post, Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Washington Times
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Warren Is Top V.P. Pick for Clinton Supporters, Gingrich for Trump
Warren Is Top V.P. Pick for Clinton Supporters, Gingrich for Trump
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Little Green Footballs
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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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democrats end filibuster, announce GOP to hold gun votes
Democrats end filibuster, announce GOP to hold gun votes
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Political Insider blog, Hot Air, The Truth About Guns, Towleroad, Morning Consult, Washington Post, The Daily Signal, TPNN, New York Times, The Week, Raw Story, FOX 61, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, DCist, Townhall.com, The Atlantic, Fox News Insider, ABC News, RedState, Talking Points Memo, RELEVANT Magazine and The New Civil Rights Movement
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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Talking Points Memo, The Smoking Gun, CANNONFIRE, New York Magazine, Politico, The Hill, Hot Air, Washington Post, Mediaite, The Week, The Verge, Mother Jones, JustOneMinute and New Atlanticist
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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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The Week
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
How to defeat the Islamist fanatics
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 …
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, The Week, Political Wire, New York Magazine and Guardian
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.
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.
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, Politico and CBS New York
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 …
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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Instapundit and The Resurgent
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Tom Teodorczuk / Heat Street:
Milo Yiannopoulos has been suspended from Twitter.
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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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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Raw Story
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.
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 …
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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Independent Journal …, KRQE-TV and Fox News
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.
London Evening Standard:
Most Brits DO want to leave the EU, shock poll finds with a week to go — The campaign to quit the European Union has surged into a six-point lead with exactly a week to go, a sensational Ipsos MORI poll reveals today. In a dramatic turnaround since May, some 53 per cent now want to leave …
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