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Associated Press:
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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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.
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
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.”
NBC News:
First Read: A Trump Campaign in Critical Condition — First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — A Trump campaign in critical condition — Here's the good news for Donald Trump …
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Real Clear Politics, Bloomberg, Vox, New York Magazine and Taylor Marsh
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump getting crushed by Clinton money machine
Trump getting crushed by Clinton money machine
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MarketWatch, Daily Wire, Real Clear Politics, The Atlantic, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Hot Air, Raw Story and Washington Post
NBC News:
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, National Review, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: If GOP Doesn't Support Me, Fine, ‘I Have A Lot Of Cash’
Trump: If GOP Doesn't Support Me, Fine, ‘I Have A Lot Of Cash’
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Reuters and Political Wire
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
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Raw Story, Althouse and Joe.My.God.
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Trump's Dead Broke Campaign has Been Paying Trump's Companies (and Trump's Family) a Lot of Money
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
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
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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CNN and CBS New York
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
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
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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Politico, Post On Politics, Associated Press, No More Mister Nice Blog and CNN
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
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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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Secret Service Agent Book: Raging Hillary Clinton Threw Bible at Agent's Colleague
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
Gabriel Malor / The Federalist:
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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Louis Nelson / Politico:
National poll: Clinton lead narrows in 4-way race
National poll: Clinton lead narrows in 4-way race
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Washington Post
Associated Press:
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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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
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
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
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
frank ocean:
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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The Atlantic, LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story, Mediaite, AOL and PinkNews
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Fattah convicted on corruption charges — Longtime Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah (Pa.) was found guilty Tuesday on federal corruption charges, a stunning fall from grace for a one-time power player in the City of Brotherly Love. — Fattah, 59, had been charged with bribery, racketeering …
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The Atlantic, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
Annie Karni / Politico:
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
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
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 …
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Trump now needs lukewarm Ohio GOP to woo voters — In yet another example of how the 2016 presidential campaign has become news of the weird, Donald Trump is now entrusting the Republican establishment he bashed for months to catch up to Hillary Clinton's dominant ground game in Ohio and other key battleground states.
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Washington Post, Plain Dealer and Real Clear Politics
David Sneed / San Luis Obispo Tribune:
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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