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Sara Murray / CNN:
First on CNN: Priebus probes state GOP leaders over anti-Trump push — (CNN)Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has been quietly having conversations with state party leaders to discuss the latest push by convention delegates to nominate anyone other than Donald Trump.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump — Dozens of Republican convention delegates are hatching a new plan to block Donald Trump at this summer's party meetings, in what has become the most organized effort so far to stop the businessman from becoming the GOP nominee.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Several GOP delegates working to block Trump's nomination: report
Several GOP delegates working to block Trump's nomination: report
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
GOP stirs Clinton-Sanders tensions — The Republican National Committee is promoting a report that accuses the Democratic Party of conspiring to nominate Hillary Clinton — in the early days of the presidential primary. — In an email, the RNC sent to reporters a story published …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
A Sanders endorsement of Clinton could come ahead of the Philadelphia convention
A Sanders endorsement of Clinton could come ahead of the Philadelphia convention
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The Huffington Post, The New York Observer, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Guardian, Outside the Beltway and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
One sentence from Bernie Sanders's speech last night that really enrages Democratic leaders
One sentence from Bernie Sanders's speech last night that really enrages Democratic leaders
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, National Review and Slate
Marisa Schultz / New York Post:
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
Leaked document shows the DNC wanted Clinton from start
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Washington Free Beacon
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Sanders' Long Refusal to Endorse Clinton Hurts His Leverage
Sanders' Long Refusal to Endorse Clinton Hurts His Leverage
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Shakesville, ABC News, Politico and NBC News
Tampa Bay Times:
LGBT pride flag raised after Orlando shooting ‘unbearable’ for Christian employee, Hillsborough commissioner says — TAMPA — A pride flag waving outside the Hillsborough County center was meant to be a sign of respect and remembrance for the victims of the shooting at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals — Noise and controversy aside, Donald Trump is making two arguments about immigration. The first is that the U.S. admits too many immigrants. The second is that, given nearly two decades of Islamic terrorism, the government should take special measures …
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Clinton's lead over Trump slips after Florida shooting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Clinton's lead over Trump slips after Florida shooting: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Neal Ascherson / New York Times:
From Great Britain to Little England — London — IT was Queen Elizabeth's official 90th birthday celebration last Sunday, and tables for 10,000 guests were set along the Mall in central London. Steadily the rain fell, dripping out of the tubas of the bands and softening the sandwiches …
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Guardian, Al Jazeera English and Washington Post
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Cristiana Moisescu / CNN:
Grandmother's Google search goes viral — London (CNN)Step aside, cute baby videos — there's now a special funny place on the internet for the less tech-savvy. Like these grandparents working out how a webcam works. Or all of these grandparents figuring out Facebook.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: It would've been ‘beautiful’ for Fla. clubgoer to kill shooter — argued again that the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., could have been less deadly had people in the gay nightclub been able to shoot back. — At a rally in The Woodlands, Texas, Friday night, Trump theatrically …
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Federal Agency Approves New, Higher Fence Surrounding White House — The federal Commission of Fine Arts has given its preliminary approval for a taller White House fence to better protect the presidential mansion after a rash of fence-hopping incidents. — The commission on Thursday voted …
Hurriyet Daily News:
A Turkish call to massacre LGBT community … At a time when the world is mourning the massacre of 49 people at a gay night club in Orlando, a new massacre is being brewed by Islamists and a far-right nationalist group in Istanbul. — One day after a group called the Anatolia Muslim Youth Association …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Muslim Youth League Calls for Massacre at Gay Rights Parade
Muslim Youth League Calls for Massacre at Gay Rights Parade
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Omar Mateen's brother-in-law REFUSES to say if he knew about terror plot as it is revealed gunman sold him the deed to his $165k home just two months before club massacre - for only $100 — Mustafa Abasin, 43, refused to comment when asked if he knew about his brother-in-law Omar Mateen's attack ahead of time
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WESH-TV:
Assistant state attorney suspended over Facebook comments on Pulse shooting — Assistant State Attorney Kenneth Lewis was suspended Friday for violating the State Attorney's Office's social media policy, according to Angela Starke, public information officer for the State Attorney's Office, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
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Fox News, Raw Story and Associated Press
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Clinton email lawsuit zeroes in on Kennedy, Koh — A conservative group pressing for more answers about Hillary Clinton's private email set-up is training its fire on two of her former aides: Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy and former State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump, Seeing Himself Behind in Polls, Says He Hasn't ‘Started Yet’ — Donald J. Trump rarely, if ever, acknowledges he might be losing at anything. He expressed bewilderment at a poll during the primary race that showed him behind in the Iowa caucuses.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Thanks To Apple's Influence, You're Not Getting A Rifle Emoji — No realm of modern life is immune to the contentious national debate over guns, including emojis. — You can currently purchase a semi-automatic rifle in a major U.S. city in just seven minutes, but don't expect to text someone a rifle emoji anytime soon.
Click2Houston.com:
Multiple people detained at Donald Trump's rally in The Woodlands — HOUSTON - A man was taken into custody by police at the Donald Trump rally in The Woodlands on Friday. — Sources tell Channel 2 they found him on the fourth floor of the parking garage with a pistol.
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New York Daily News and Trail Blazers Blog
Olivier Knox / Yahoo:
Condi Rice says no to being Trump's VP — Condoleezza Rice, who served George W. Bush as national security adviser and then secretary of state, has zero interest in being Donald Trump's running mate, her chief of staff said Friday. — “Dr. Rice has repeatedly said in past cycles as well as this one …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
A Week for All Time — They will remember, a century from now, who stood up to the tyrant Donald Trump and who found it expedient to throw out the most basic American values — the “Vichy Republicans,” as the historian Ken Burns called them in his Stanford commencement speech.
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump appears to have paid no taxes for two years in early 1990s — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump appears to have paid zero, or near-zero, in personal income taxes in at least two more years in the early 1990s, according to records from New Jersey's gambling authorities reviewed by POLITICO.
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NBC News:
U.S. Officials Fear Saudi Collapse If New Prince Fails — The Saudi prince who seems to have won a family power struggle is meeting with U.S. officials this week — some of them the same officials who are concerned his reign could be ruinous and hurt the regional security U.S. officials crave.