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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
After Months of Loyalty, Trump Finally Decided to Fire His Campaign Manager After a Bad Answer at a Meeting — “What's your plan here?” the candidate asked Corey Lewandowski. — At around 9:30 Monday morning, Donald Trump and his adult children gathered for a regular strategy meeting at Trump Tower.
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CNN:
First on CNN: Trump adviser resigns after mocking Lewandowski on Twitter — (CNN)A top adviser to Donald Trump resigned Monday after sending a mocking tweet about just-fired campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, a campaign source tells CNN. — Michael Caputo, a Trump adviser and head …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump Starts Summer Push With Crippling Money Deficit — Donald J. Trump enters the general election campaign laboring under the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any major party nominee in recent history, placing both his candidacy and party in political peril.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Trump reboots flailing campaign — For months, senior adviser Paul Manafort spearheaded the effort urging Donald Trump to dial it back a little and pursue a more conventional tack that would keep campaign drama and controversy at a minimum. — Campaign manager Corey Lewandowski …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Real News Is Trump is Broke
The Real News Is Trump is Broke
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Chris Murphy: ‘Republicans have decided to sell weapons to ISIS’ — The leader of last week's 15-hour Senate filibuster to force action on guns said Monday that Democrats need to make gun control an “integral” part of their national security policy as they try to build a political movement to rival the National Rifle Association.
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Senate Blocks Gun Control Measures And Accomplishes Nothing After Orlando Shooting — When Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) stood on the Senate floor for 15 hours last week, joined by nearly 40 of his colleagues who recounted stories of six-year-olds gunned down by assault weapons …
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CNN:
Senate rejects series of gun measures — Washington (CNN)Senators couldn't muster enough bipartisan support to pass a series of gun control measures Monday, the latest in a long string of failed attempts at enacting tighter curbs on firearms in the United States.
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Donovan Slack / USA Today:
Senate blocks gun measures offered in wake of Orlando shooting
Senate blocks gun measures offered in wake of Orlando shooting
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate rejects gun control background check measures
Senate rejects gun control background check measures
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Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senate votes down gun control proposals in wake of Orlando shootings
Senate votes down gun control proposals in wake of Orlando shootings
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Howard Dean / CNN:
How Clinton can redraw the map — Hillary Clinton launching general election strategy — Howard Dean is a former governor of Vermont and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He is supporting Hillary Clinton's campaign for president. The views expressed in this commentary are his.
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Alana Abramson / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Clobbers Donald Trump in Fundraising, Reports Show
Hillary Clinton Clobbers Donald Trump in Fundraising, Reports Show
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Clinton to paint Trump as reckless and misguided in economy speech
Clinton to paint Trump as reckless and misguided in economy speech
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
A Tale of Two Parties — Do you remember what happened when the Berlin Wall fell?
A Tale of Two Parties — Do you remember what happened when the Berlin Wall fell?
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Trump entered June with just $1.3 million in the bank, while Clinton sat on $42 million war chest
Trump entered June with just $1.3 million in the bank, while Clinton sat on $42 million war chest
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Rich Noyes / NewsBusters:
TV News Feasts on Trump Controversies While Ignoring Hillary's Scandals
TV News Feasts on Trump Controversies While Ignoring Hillary's Scandals
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Associated Press:
Authorities: Man at Vegas rally said he wanted to kill Trump — LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal officer says a man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas told authorities he tried to grab an officer's gun so he could kill the candidate. — A complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
UPDATE=> ILLEGAL ALIEN ARRESTED - Overstayed Visa - Tried to KILL DONALD TRUMP at Vegas Rally (VIDEO) — Anti-Trump protester Michael Sandford was arrested Saturday at Donald Trump's Las Vegas rally at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. — Sandford tried to grab a cop's gun.
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
19-year-old man tried to kill Trump at Las Vegas rally, officials say
Nick Gass / Politico:
Authorities: Man at Las Vegas rally said he wanted to kill Trump
Authorities: Man at Las Vegas rally said he wanted to kill Trump
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Joint Statement From Justice Department and FBI Regarding Transcript Related to the Orlando Terror Attack — The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued the following statement regarding the FBI's release of the transcript related to the Orlando shooting:
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Read Sonia Sotomayor's Atomic Bomb of a Dissent Slamming Racial Profiling and Mass Imprisonment — The Supreme Court issued an extraordinarily disappointing 5-3 decision on Monday in Utah v. Strieff, a Fourth Amendment case about police searches. Yet the terrible ruling came with a bright spot …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Secret Service Agent Book: Raging Hillary Clinton Threw Bible at Agent's Colleague — Hillary Clinton once threw a Bible at the back of a Secret Service agent's head, part of a pattern of unhinged rage that the now-presumptive Democratic nominee exhibited, as exposed …
New York Post:
Why did the White House just humiliate Loretta Lynch? — Idiotic: That's the only word for the Obama administration's move to scrub references to Islam or ISIS from the transcripts of Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen's calls. — Under an avalanche of ridicule, the Justice Department on Monday relented and released the full transcripts.
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
How American Politics Went Insane — It's 2020, four years from now. The campaign is under way to succeed the president, who is retiring after a single wretched term. Voters are angrier than ever—at politicians, at compromisers, at the establishment. Congress and the White House seem incapable …
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