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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.
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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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Family of AR-15 Inventor Eugene Stoner: He Didn't Intend It for Civilians — Once Banned, These Assault Rifles Are Hugely Popular in the U.S. 0:52 — The AR-15 is the most talked about gun in America. — But the AR-15's creator died before the weapon became a popular hit and his family has never spoken out.
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The N.R.A.'s Complicity in Terrorism
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Dems end Senate takeover after nearly 15 hours
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Jo Cox MP critically injured amid shooting reports — An MP is in a critical condition after suffering serious injuries in an apparent shooting and stabbing attack in her constituency. — Unconfirmed reports suggest Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was shot and stabbed.
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Labour MP Jo Cox in critical condition after being shot and stabbed — Fifty-two-year-old man arrested after incident in Birstall, near Dewsbury, in which a second person is also hurt — Jo Cox, the MP for Batley and Spen, has been shot and stabbed in her West Yorkshire constituency.
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Mother Jones, The Atlantic, West Yorkshire Police, The Jawa Report and Mediaite

Jo Cox shot: Latest updates after Labour MP is stabbed and gunned down outside Birstall library
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Guardian, Common Dreams and Vox Popoli

Exclusive: Armitage to back Clinton over Trump — Richard Armitage, the deputy secretary of state under George W. Bush, says he will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, in one of the most dramatic signs yet that Republican national security elites are rejecting their party's presumptive nominee.
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Political Wire
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Clinton maintains lead after claiming nomination - CBS News poll
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Trump: DNC Faked Oppo Research Hack To Divert Attention From Clinton
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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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It seems that Donald Trump doesn't really like being called ‘The Donald’
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An out-of-the-way site in Paradise Valley — Trump's insurgent GOP run has invited numerous comparisons with Goldwater's doomed bid. Like Trump, Goldwater upended the Republican establishment in the primaries but faced a difficult general-election landscape.
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Donald Trump, Chasing Campaign Cash, Veers From Battleground States — Donald J. Trump's campaign schedule is being driven by his fund-raising needs, prompting him to appear in heavily Republican states like Georgia and Texas and diverting his attention from battlegrounds where Hillary Clinton is spending her time.
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Political Wire

First Read: Clinton Begins Battleground Ad Blitz
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Kasich on Trump: 'I just can't do it' — John Kasich is in agony over his decision last year to support the eventual Republican nominee and the current reality that Donald Trump is his party's presumptive standard-bearer. — “You know, it's painful. It's painful. You know, people even get divorces, you know?
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Kasich blames media for Trump
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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.
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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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Letter from Sen. Ron Johnson to Facebook regarding Orlando shooter's posts
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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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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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RedState, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The American Conservative, Washington Post and Taylor Marsh


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 …


Upton not endorsing Trump: The train is ‘off the track’ — Republican U.S. Rep. Fred Upton says he is not planning to endorse Donald Trump for president, deepening the divide in Michigan's GOP congressional delegation about supporting the party's presumptive nominee.
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Political Wire


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 …


WATCH: Mizzou race activist hijacks Orlando vigil as gay community rebukes her — UPDATED — ‘Multicultural’ official scolds whites who preach unity — A vigil Monday planned by several University of Missouri student organizations was supposed to honor victims of Sunday morning's deadly shooting rampage …
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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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House to Vote on Curbing NSA Surveillance in Wake of Orlando — Massie amendment requires court orders for certain searches — Opponents argue it would prevent searches for Orlando shooter — An internal Republican fight is emerging over an anti-surveillance amendment passed by the House each …
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Hit & Run

Trump steps up fight to keep Trump University deposition videos secret — Lawyers for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are intensifying their drive to make sure the public doesn't see videos of Trump's recent testimony in connection with class-action fraud lawsuits …
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