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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The brutal numbers behind a very bad month for Donald Trump — Supporters of Donald Trump got an unexpected plea on Saturday: a request to send the billionaire money. — It was an “emergency” request, the Hill reported, representing an urgent need for an infusion of $100,000 to put ads on the air in battleground states.
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Outside the Beltway, Associated Press and The Hill
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump: I can win without support of GOP leaders — Donald Trump wants remaining Republicans to get on board with his campaign, but the presumptive GOP nominee says he doesn't need them to win. — Several prominent Republican leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority …
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RedState, USA Today, Bloomberg.com, The Week, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
RNC's Hispanic spokeswoman won't say whether she has difficulty defending Trump — The Republican National Committee's top Hispanic media spokeswoman declined to say Sunday whether she's uncomfortable defending her party's presumed presidential nominee, Donald Trump, despite previously critical comments about him.
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Raw Story
Matt Canham / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah Republican chairman talks with Donald Trump about state's unusual tossup status
Utah Republican chairman talks with Donald Trump about state's unusual tossup status
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NPR, New York Magazine and Booman Tribune
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ryan: I have to support Trump
John Siciliano / Washington Examiner:
Ryan: Whether to support Trump or not is up to delegates
Ryan: Whether to support Trump or not is up to delegates
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Washington Free Beacon
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton, Democrats Dominate 2016 Battleground Airwaves
Clinton, Democrats Dominate 2016 Battleground Airwaves
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The Right Scoop
TMZ.com:
Dead After Freak Accident — Actor Anton Yelchin, known for his roles in “Star Trek” and “Alpha Dog,” was killed early Sunday morning after getting pinned by his own car ... TMZ has learned. — Yelchin's friends became alarmed because he was supposed to meet them hours earlier for a rehearsal.
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Guardian, Liberal Values, Mediaite, Independent Journal …, Raw Story, Washington Post, NBC News, FOX6Now.com, AOL and Towleroad
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Lynch: “Partial Transcript” Of Orlando 911 Calls Will Have References To Islamic Terrorism Removed — In an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd, Attorney General Loretta Lynch says that on Monday, the FBI will release edited transcripts of the 911 calls made by the Orlando nightclub shooter to the police during his rampage.
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Liberty Unyielding, Pamela Geller and Washington Free Beacon
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch
‘This Week’ Transcript: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch
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Politicus USA, Althouse and Towleroad
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Gun store owner: FBI was contacted about Orlando shooter a month ago
Gun store owner: FBI was contacted about Orlando shooter a month ago
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Washington Monthly, Politico and Hot Air
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Lynch: Authorities to release limited transcripts of calls with Orlando shooter
Lynch: Authorities to release limited transcripts of calls with Orlando shooter
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Independent Journal …, ABC News, Washington Post and The Week
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Lynch: FBI did ‘everything it could’ when interviewing Orlando shooter
Lynch: FBI did ‘everything it could’ when interviewing Orlando shooter
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Hot Air
Greg Clary / CNN:
Man tries to pull gun from officer at Trump rally — (CNN)Police arrested a 19-year-old man Saturday inside a Las Vegas theater where presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was holding a campaign rally after the man attempted to pull a police officer's gun from its holster during the event.
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Vickiie Oliphant / Reuters:
Arrest at Donald Trump rally after man tries to snatch police officer's GUN
Arrest at Donald Trump rally after man tries to snatch police officer's GUN
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Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Liberty Unyielding and BizPac Review
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
End of conservative Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas may be next to leave — Justice Clarence Thomas, a reliable conservative vote on the Supreme Court, is mulling retirement after the presidential election, according to court watchers. — Thomas, appointed by former President George H.W. Bush …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
CBS News:
Donald Trump: U.S. must “start thinking about” racial profiling — Donald Trump said Sunday that in the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, it's time for the United States to start looking at racial profiling as a preventative tactic. — “Well I think profiling is something that we're …
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New York Times, Washington Post and CBS New York
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Bill Scher / Politico:
Think You've Got It Locked, Hillary? Meet Jill Stein. — After an anxiety-inducing and divisive primary, Democrats are starting to breathe easier. Bernie Sanders, while not formally conceding to Hillary Clinton, has turned his fire on Donald Trump. Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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Business Insider
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Donald Trump's path to victory — Donald Trump has vowed to remake the electoral map by winning states that have been reliably blue in recent cycles — but the GOP's best pollsters say his bluster is a long way from aligning with reality. — Trump, who has been slow to campaign in swing states …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's path to victory
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump in the Dumps — Washington — HE won't pivot. So I have to. — Having seen Donald Trump as a braggadocious but benign celebrity in New York for decades, I did not regard him as the apotheosis of evil. He seemed more like a toon, a cocky huckster swanning around Gotham …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Daniel Halper / New York Post:
Lewinsky allegedly freaked out after Clinton's affair with VP's daughter — President Bill Clinton had an affair with former Vice President Walter Mondale's daughter — while multitasking with at least two mistresses in the White House — according to a tell-all by a Secret Service officer who guarded the Oval Office.
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The Talking Dog, MichelleMalkin.com and Althouse
John Wagner / Washington Post:
An expensive reminder that Sanders still hasn't dropped out: His Secret Service detail — BURLINGTON, Vt. — When Sen. Bernie Sanders, the now-vanquished Democratic presidential candidate, returns to Capitol Hill to vote on Monday, he is expected to be accompanied by his constant traveling companions …
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Slate, Outside the Beltway and CNN
David H. Freedman / The Atlantic:
The War on Stupid People — as recently as the 1950s, possessing only middling intelligence was not likely to severely limit your life's trajectory. IQ wasn't a big factor in whom you married, where you lived, or what others thought of you. The qualifications for a good job …
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Washington Monthly and Althouse