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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Parts Ways With Corey Lewandowski, His Campaign Manager — Donald J. Trump is parting ways with his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, a move that comes as the presumptive Republican nominee faces challenges as it moves toward the general election.
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Olivia Nuzzi / GQ:
The Mystifying Triumph of Hope Hicks, Donald Trump's Right-Hand Woman — One day you're just a smiley PR lackey; the next, you're a major operative in the nuttiest campaign in decades. Such is the strange year in the life of Hope Hicks, the 27-year-old accidental press secretary for Donald Trump.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Holding Meeting With Advisers to Reassess Strategy — After a rough campaign stretch, the presumptive Republican nominee is gathering his top lieutenants and members of his family to plot a path forward. — kevcirilli — michaelcbender — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Real News Is Trump is Broke — As you can see, the news of the day is Donald Trump's firing of war-time campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Lewandowski never actually functioned as a campaign manager - more like what the modern campaign calls a body man or traveling press secretary.
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Donald Trump fires embattled campaign manager Corey Lewandowski — Donald Trump fired his embattled campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, on Monday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee struggled to pivot to the general election and his political operation became at times paralyzed by internal feuding.
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg:
Trump Removes Corey Lewandowski as Campaign Manager
Trump Removes Corey Lewandowski as Campaign Manager
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BNOnews:
FBI provides investigative update on Orlando nightclub massacre — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has provided the following update regarding the shooting in Orlando. The text below, which includes a partial transcript of comments made by shooter Omar Mateen, are as provided by the FBI.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Republicans rip Orlando 911 transcript redactions — Republicans on Monday assailed the Justice Department's decision to redact the Orlando shooter's declaration of allegiance to the Islamic State in transcripts of 911 calls from the June 12 shooting as another example “of not focusing on the evil here …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Justice Department Replaces ‘Allah’ With ‘God’ in Censored Orlando Terrorist Transcript
Justice Department Replaces ‘Allah’ With ‘God’ in Censored Orlando Terrorist Transcript
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Speaker Ryan Calls on Administration to Release Complete Orlando 911 Transcript
Speaker Ryan Calls on Administration to Release Complete Orlando 911 Transcript
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
In Searing Dissent, Sotomayor Calls Out Police Practices That Target Minorities — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a searing — and at times, wrenching — dissent in a Supreme Court illegal-stop-and-search case in which she accused the conservative majority of giving …
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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 …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Connecticut's ban on ‘assault weapons’ — The Supreme Court declined Monday to review bans on a lengthy list of firearms that Connecticut classified as “assault weapons,” the latest example of the court's reluctance to be drawn into an emotional national debate on gun control.
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state assault weapon bans
Supreme Court rejects challenge to state assault weapon bans
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Justices Are About To Hand Down The Most Important Abortion Case In A Quarter Century
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to Connecticut Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons
Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge to Connecticut Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Moody's Analysis: Trump's Policy Plans Would Trigger A ‘Lengthy Recession’ — Donald Trump's proposed plans to cut taxes, engage in trade wars, and deport millions of undocumented immigrants would hurt the U.S. economy and send the country into a recession, according to new report by Moody's Analytics.
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Analysis: Trump's plans would cause ‘lengthy recession,’ cost jobs
Analysis: Trump's plans would cause ‘lengthy recession,’ cost jobs
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Would Be ‘Diminished’ Under Trump's Economic Plan, New Analysis Says
U.S. Economy Would Be ‘Diminished’ Under Trump's Economic Plan, New Analysis Says
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NBC News:
United States of Trump — An inside look at the voters who took over the Republican Party — A year after Donald Trump launched his presidential bid, and against all expectations, the business mogul is the presumptive GOP nominee. Who supported him? How did he take over a Republican …
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Mohammed A. Malik / Washington Post:
I reported Omar Mateen to the FBI. Trump is wrong that Muslims don't do our part. — We love America, too, and we're horrified by what our neighbor did. — Donald Trump believes American Muslims are hiding something. — “They know what's going on. They know that [Omar Mateen] was bad,” he said after the Orlando massacre.
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Ben White / Politico:
Wall Street donors seek to block Warren VP pick — NEW YORK — Big Wall Street donors have a message for Hillary Clinton: Keep Elizabeth Warren off the ticket or risk losing millions of dollars in contributions. — In a dozen interviews, major Democratic donors in the financial services industry …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
The Unabomber Claims Letters Written In His Name Are A Hoax — Ted Kaczynski, the notorious American domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber, wrote in a letter received by BuzzFeed News on Monday that “some creep” is impersonating him in letters to journalists.
Teresa Boeckel / York Daily Record:
Pastor harassed over sign supporting Muslims — A Dallastown pastor said his church has received hangup phone calls after a Spring Grove Area school board member took issue with the church's sign wishing a blessed Ramadan to its Muslim neighbors and posted a photo of the sign on social media.
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
Activists plan 'world's largest fart-in' during Hillary's DNC speech — Far-left activists aren't going away quietly — or with a pleasant aroma. — Cheri Honkala, head of Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, is organizing the world's largest ‘fart-in’ to be held on July 28 …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘God will finish the job’: Texas pastor prays for injured Orlando survivors to die — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — In the wake of the attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida last week, many right-wing Christian religious leaders have celebrated the shooter's actions …
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