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9:10 PM ET, June 18, 2016

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Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple won't aid GOP convention over Trump  —  Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party's 2016 presidential convention, as it's done in the past, citing Donald Trump's controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump accuses Jeb Bush of mounting convention coup  —  on Saturday accused Jeb Bush of mounting a convention coup against him, after reports that Republican delegates who don't personally support Trump are looking for ways to avoid voting for him this summer.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and TruthFeed
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
November is fast becoming what the GOP fears: A referendum on Trump. … The hole that Donald Trump has dug for himself keeps getting deeper.  On nearly every front, his position continues to deteriorate.  Unless he reverses course, Republicans are heading toward a wrenching week …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Would Donald Trump really drop out for $150 million?  —  How much would it cost to get Donald Trump to give up his presidential run and walk away?  —  “I bet if someone offered him $150 million to drop out, he would,” one former Trump adviser told POLITICO, unprompted, during an interview Friday.
Kristen East / Politico:
Trump: Reports of delegates organizing against him are media ‘hoax’  —  Donald Trump says he isn't worried about delegates organizing against him at the Republican National Convention next month — but he spent a large part of his rally in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon insisting that it won't happen.
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Trump battleground plan relies on skeptical GOP leaders
Nicola Slawson / Guardian:
Jo Cox murder suspect tells court his name is ‘death to traitors, freedom for Britain’  —  Thomas Mair, 52, of Birstall, appears in Westminster magistrates court on multiple charges over killing of MP  —  Thomas Mair has given his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain” …
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Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
Exclusive poll: EU support falls after Jo Cox murder
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Britain's Elites Can't Ignore the Masses
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Why Can't the Left Distinguish Conservative Christians from Islamic Terrorists?  —  It desperately wants the Orlando tragedy to fit its pre-existing narrative.  —  EDITOR'S NOTE:  —  The following is Jonah Goldberg's weekly “news"letter, the G-File.  Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays.
Los Angeles Times:
Suspect in fire that killed 5 was here illegally, fought with another transient before slayings  —  The scene of a vacant building where five homeless people died in a fire that authorities say was deliberately set by a man who was in the country illegally.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Discussion: Fox News and Associated Press
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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Suzanne Nossel / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed How Hillary Clinton went from loser to winner  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Circuit Center in Pittsburgh on June 14.  (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press)  —  Before she won this year's Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton was a loser.
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Bill Bartel / Virginian-Pilot:
Sen. Warner said he's not in the running to be Hillary Clinton's vice president
Discussion: Politico
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
The Unhinged Home that Raised Orlando Killer Omar Mateen  —  Long before his rampage in the Pulse nightclub, there was deep trouble in the home of Omar Mateen.  —  A mother accused of domestic abuse and described as “paranoid.”  A father became a supporter of the Taliban.
Discussion: alan.com, Fox News and Portside
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:   Troubled. Quiet. Macho. Angry. The volatile life of the Orlando shooter.
James Queally / Los Angeles Times:
Oakland loses third police chief in nine days, will operate under civilian control  —  Acting Oakland Police Chief Paul Figueroa, talking to reporters earlier in the week, has left the post.  His departure marks the third time in eight days the city has seen its top police official depart.
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump campaign calls for $100K in donations by the end of the day  —  campaign has sent its first “emergency” fundraising email to supporters Saturday, seeking to raise at least $100,000 by the end of the day.  —  That request follows a multimillion dollar ad blitz launched by likely general election rival Hillary Clinton
Discussion: RedState
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Donald Trump: Those With ‘Even an Inclination Toward Terrorism’ Shouldn't Buy Guns  —  Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is reaffirming his stance on potentially restricting individuals on the terror watch list from being able to purchase firearms, a week after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
Discussion: The Hill and The Right Scoop
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Words of Obama's Father Still Waiting to Be Read by His Son  —  Letters written long ago by Barack Obama Sr. shed new light on a young Kenyan whose ambitions helped change the course of U.S. history.  But for the president, they may also revive old pain.  —  The archivist stumbled across …
Discussion: Washington Post
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The Trump effect: Could Arizona go blue for the first time in 20 years?  —  PHOENIX — If there is one place where the dramas and subplots of Campaign 2016 collide, it is across the sprawling and scorching desert state of Arizona.  —  Here lives Donald Trump's restive base of white voters unsettled …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death  —  CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Discussion: Al Jazeera English
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Egyptian court sentences two journalists to death
 
 
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Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Virginia pulls 132 confined sex offenders from list of eligible voters
Discussion: Associated Press
Lisa Ferdinando DoD / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Carter Announces ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Program Results
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Flashback Interview: Trump Defends Gays from Clintons in 2000
Discussion: Prntly
New York Times:
A Saudi Imam, 2 Hijackers and Lingering 9/11 Mystery
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Iraqi forces driving ISIS further out of Fallujah
Discussion: Washington Post
Ian Wishart / Bloomberg:
Belgium Arrests 12 Amid Reports of Plot to Attack Soccer Fans
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Del Quentin Wilber / Orlando Sentinel:
Pulse nightclub security video recovered by agents
 Earlier Items: 
Philly.com:
Police: Parents admit ‘gifting’ teen to Bucks man; all 3 arrested
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Greg Howard / New York Times:
Why ‘Transcending Race’ Is a Lie
Discussion: The Atlantic
Alex Roarty / Roll Call:
House GOP to Jolly: We're Not Sure We Want You Back
Discussion: The Atlantic, Hot Air and Politico
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A rational reading of Trump's Muslim proposals
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: It would've been ‘beautiful’ for Fla. clubgoer to kill shooter
Discussion: Hullabaloo
NBC News:
U.S. Officials Fear Saudi Collapse If New Prince Fails
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
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