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Trump's campaign cycles $6 million into Trump companies — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign likes to keep it in the family. — When Trump flies, he uses his airplane. When he campaigns, he often chooses his properties or his own Trump Tower in New York City, which serves as headquarters.
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Vox, Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Daily Kos and Obsidian Wings
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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.

Trump Said He Had ‘More Cash Than Any Campaign In The History Of Politics.’ That Was A Huge Lie. — Just over three weeks ago, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted that his campaign “has perhaps more cash than any campaign in the history of politics.”


First Read: A Trump Campaign in Critical Condition
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Real Clear Politics, Bloomberg, Vox, New York Magazine and Taylor Marsh

Trump getting crushed by Clinton money machine
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Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, National Review, Mediaite and Daily Kos

Trump: If GOP Doesn't Support Me, Fine, ‘I Have A Lot Of Cash’
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Reuters and Political Wire

Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
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Althouse, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Trump's Dead Broke Campaign has Been Paying Trump's Companies (and Trump's Family) a Lot of Money
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New York Times, Heat Street and New York Magazine

Trump entered June with just $1.3 million in the bank, while Clinton sat on $42 million war chest
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Plain Dealer, Outside the Beltway and The Week

Donald Trump on Pace to Raise Less Money Than Almost Any Presidential Candidate in Modern Era
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Politico


Hillary Clinton's Speech: What You Missed So Far — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Clinton planned on Tuesday to disparage the economic record and policy acumen of Donald J. Trump in a speech here, suggesting his ideas were ill-considered and scrutinizing his own checkered business history.
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Clinton: U.S. can't allow Trump's ‘hands on the economy’ — Just as Donald Trump shouldn't have his finger on the nuclear button, the real estate mogul shouldn't have his hands on America's economy, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday, warning that Trump would drive the U.S. economy into a recession …
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The Week

Hillary Clinton Clobbers Donald Trump in Fundraising, Reports Show
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Politico, Post On Politics, Associated Press, No More Mister Nice Blog and CNN

Secret Service veterans denounce anti-Clinton tell-all book — The author of a new tell-all book about Hillary Clinton could never have seen any of what he claims — he was too low-ranking — say several high-level members of Secret Service presidential details, including the president …
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Media Matters for America, Hot Air, Daily Wire and BizPac Review
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Exclusive — Secret Service Agent Book: Raging Hillary Clinton Threw Bible at Agent's Colleague
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Heat Street and John Hawkins' Right Wing News


Democrats Tanked Gun Control To Up Their Election Chances — On Monday evening, Senate Democrats put party over principle in rejecting common-sense, reasonable gun control measures. After the mass murder at Orlando gay club Pulse, Sen. Chris Murphy and his colleagues staged a flashy talk …
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CNN, This ain't Hell …, Patterico's Pontifications, Outside the Beltway, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Politico
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Poll: Clinton tops Trump, but neither prompts excitement
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The Right Scoop, Hit & Run, Talking Points Memo, Washington Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air

National poll: Clinton lead narrows in 4-way race
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Washington Post


Hillary Clinton's VP search moves into more intense phase — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's search for a running mate is moving into a more intense phase, according to several Democrats, as aides contact a pared-down pool of candidates to ask for reams of personal information and set …
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Washington Monthly, Vox, LifeNews.com and Politico
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Clinton closing in on running mate search — Candidates hope Latino VP will win Hispanic vote — Columbus, Ohio (CNN)Hillary Clinton is narrowing her choices for a running mate, intently focusing on a handful of potential candidates as her team closes in on the final weeks of vetting …

Will Trump Swallow the G.O.P. Whole? — Inside the identity crisis roiling the Republican Party. — Every week or so during the spring, I met with Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, at the party headquarters on Capitol Hill. We fell into a familiar routine.
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Daily Wire


The Weird Story Behind The Trump Campaign's $35,000 Payment To ‘Draper Sterling’ — On Monday night, the Trump campaign filed its monthly Federal Election Commission campaign disclosure report for May. The headline was that his fundraising was anemic and he finished the month with just $1.3 million …
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Political Wire

I read in the paper that my brothers are being thrown from rooftops blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs for violating sharia law. I heard the crowds stone these fallen men if they move after they hit the ground. I heard it's in the name of God.
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LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story, Mediaite, AOL and PinkNews

Clinton seeks rock-star convention lineup — Democratic operatives planning next month's national convention in Philadelphia have reached out to Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Award-winning writer and star of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” about performing at the Wells Fargo Center, sources told POLITICO.
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New York Magazine, Heat Street, Mediaite and The Week


Another race hoaxer punished — A Kean University graduate was sentenced to 90 days in jail, followed by five years probation and an agreement to repay more than $80,000 in damages caused by her fake tweets threatening to kill black students. — Kayla McKelvey, an African-American activist …
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Front Page Magazine and Independent Journal …

Fattah convicted on corruption charges — Longtime Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah (Pa.) was found guilty Tuesday on federal corruption charges. — Fattah, 59, had been charged with bribery, racketeering, money laundering, bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, and filing false statements as part …
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The Atlantic and Washington Free Beacon


PG&E agrees to close Diablo Canyon in 2025 — Utility will not pursue relicensing with the NRC to renew operating licenses until 2045 — PG&E will replace Diablo Canyon's energy with renewable power — Diablo Canyon is California's last nuclear plant after San Onofre closed in 2012
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