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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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Bloomberg, Vox, New York Magazine, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Heat Street and NBC News
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
NBC News:
Inside the Ouster of Trump's Right-Hand Man — Donald Trump: If I have to, I'll self-fund my general election campaign 6:08 — Allies of Donald Trump celebrated campaign manager Corey Lewandowski's firing, hoping it would clear the way for a more professional operation and remove a voice …
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, 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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Political Wire
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump getting crushed by Clinton money machine
Trump getting crushed by Clinton money machine
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MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Real Clear Politics, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Raw Story and Washington Post
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Speech: What You Missed So Far
Hillary Clinton's Speech: What You Missed So Far
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CBS New York
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
Trump shrugs off campaign money woes
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Althouse, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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, No More Mister Nice Blog, Associated Press and CNN
Christopher Good / ABC News:
Donald Trump on Pace to Raise Less Money Than Almost Any Presidential Candidate in Modern Era
Donald Trump on Pace to Raise Less Money Than Almost Any Presidential Candidate in Modern Era
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Politico
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's May fundraising totals are disastrously bad
Donald Trump's May fundraising totals are disastrously bad
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The Columbus Dispatch, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
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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Plain Dealer, Outside the Beltway and The Week
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump's Campaign Paid Trump Companies More Than $1 Million In May
Donald Trump's Campaign Paid Trump Companies More Than $1 Million In May
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Wire and Hot Air
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 — 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 …
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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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CNN, This ain't Hell …, Los Angeles Times, Patterico's Pontifications, Outside the Beltway, New York Times and Politico
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CNN:
Poll: Clinton tops Trump, but neither prompts excitement
Poll: Clinton tops Trump, but neither prompts excitement
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The Right Scoop, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run, Washington Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air
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
CNN:
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 …
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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
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
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
White House: Senate gun votes ‘a shameful display of cowardice’ — The White House on Tuesday blasted the Senate's “cowardice” for rejecting four separate gun control measures. — “What we saw last night in the United States Senate is a shameful display of cowardice,” press secretary Josh Earnest said on CNN.
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MichelleMalkin.com and The Week
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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
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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