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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.
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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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Wall Street Journal
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on campaign funding: There's ‘unlimited’ cash
Trump on campaign funding: There's ‘unlimited’ cash
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Mediaite, Mother Jones and ABC News
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: If GOP Doesn't Support Me, Fine, ‘I Have A Lot Of Cash’ — Frustrated by flagging donations and criticism from GOP leaders on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he “may go a different route” in funding his general election campaign if need be.
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NBC News:
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump Said He Had ‘More Cash Than Any Campaign In The History Of Politics.’ That Was A Huge Lie.
NBC News:
First Read: A Trump Campaign in Critical Condition
First Read: A Trump Campaign in Critical Condition
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Mike Murphy / MarketWatch:
20% of Donald Trump's campaign spending goes to Trump businesses, filing says
20% of Donald Trump's campaign spending goes to Trump businesses, filing says
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
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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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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Clinton: Trump would cause an ‘economic catastrophe’
Clinton: Trump would cause an ‘economic catastrophe’
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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
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump vows to hammer Clinton in Wednesday speech
Jeremy Roebuck / Philly.com:
Fattah convicted of federal corruption charges — U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D., Pa.) was convicted Tuesday in a federal racketeering case likely to send him to prison. — The verdict - announced by a jury of eight women and four men - comes after a four-week trial in which prosecutors alleged …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Chaka Fattah found guilty on corruption charges
Rep. Chaka Fattah found guilty on corruption charges
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Fattah convicted on corruption charges
Fattah convicted on corruption charges
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Washington Free Beacon, The Atlantic and Mediaite
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
Caroline Howe For / Daily Mail:
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky embraced, made out and had sex in just about every nook and cranny of the Oval Office. — Secret Service officer Gary Byrne should know. He's the man who stood guard outside Bill Clinton's Oval Office, was the last obstacle to Monica Lewinsky's access to the President.
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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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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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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 …
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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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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Political Wire and Daily Wire
Full Feed:
Mark Cuban Sounds Off on Donald Trump: 'It's Rare That You See Someone Get Stupider' — Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban recently was with “Extra's” Renee Bargh on the set of his hit ABC show “Shark Tank,” where he is never afraid to share his honest opinions when contestants pitch their ideas to him.
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Politico, Raw Story and Political Wire
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
GOP leaders alarmed by Trump's ‘devastating’ fundraising start — As top Republicans expressed astonishment and alarm over Donald Trump's paltry campaign fundraising totals, the presumptive nominee on Tuesday blamed party leaders and threatened to rely on his personal fortune instead of helping the GOP seek the cash it needs.
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The Week and Political Wire
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Now we know what happens to teens when you make pot legal — Rates of marijuana use among Colorado's teenagers are essentially unchanged in the years since the state's voters legalized marijuana in 2012, new survey data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shows.
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Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Clinton Foundation Said to Be Breached by Russian Hackers — Trump, Democratic camps said briefed on effort to steal data — Democrats hire security firms to confirm ID of attackers — The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached …
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CNN:
Orlando gunman visited club on night of attack, left and returned — (CNN)The Orlando gunman went to the Pulse nightclub earlier Saturday night and then left before returning to carry out his attack as the gay club prepared to close early Sunday morning, law enforcement officials say.
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Towleroad and The Last Refuge