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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Corey Lewandowski to join CNN — Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement. — It's a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump forgives $50 million in loans to his campaign: Trump finance chief — Steve Mnuchin, Trump national finance chair, discusses Donald Trump's fundraising strategy, including online donations. — Donald Trump has forgiven $50 million in loans he made to his campaign …
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CNN:
Trump reportedly raised at least $11 million since Tuesday — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and his joint fundraising committee have raised at least $11 million since Tuesday morning, Republicans said Wednesday, a tremendously quick haul that comes amid concerns about his fundraising ability.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
In move to reassure donors, Trump converts $50 million of campaign loans into donations
In move to reassure donors, Trump converts $50 million of campaign loans into donations
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
CNN hires Corey Lewandowski as political commentator
CNN hires Corey Lewandowski as political commentator
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donor Says Trump Campaign Voiced Support for Super PAC
Donor Says Trump Campaign Voiced Support for Super PAC
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Media Matters for America
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fail: Self-Righteous Publicity Stunt Ends with Voteless Whimper, Raised Cash — As Matt covered earlier, House Democrats abruptly ‘abandoned the victims of gun violence’ this afternoon, canceling their courageous anti-civil rights “sit-in” after one grueling night of air conditioning …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Democrats: Guns sit-in just a taste of guerrilla tactics to come
Democrats: Guns sit-in just a taste of guerrilla tactics to come
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Democrats launch a toddler-ocracy: Column
Democrats launch a toddler-ocracy: Column
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
House drops Confederate Flag ban for veterans cemeteries
House drops Confederate Flag ban for veterans cemeteries
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Sen.: I'd Arrest Dems Who Held Sit-In On House Floor
GOP Sen.: I'd Arrest Dems Who Held Sit-In On House Floor
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court deadlocks, thwarting Obama's immigration actions — The Supreme Court has thwarted President Barack Obama's drive to expand his executive actions on immigration by making as many as five million immigrants currently in the U.S. illegally eligible for quasi-legal status and work permits.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't revive Obama plan to shield illegal immigrants from deportation
Supreme Court won't revive Obama plan to shield illegal immigrants from deportation
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court upholds University of Texas affirmative-action admissions
Supreme Court upholds University of Texas affirmative-action admissions
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona — in Arizona, where a Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state only once in the last 64 years. — A survey by Phoenix-based OH Predictive Insights found Clinton taking 46.5 percent support over Trump at 42.2 percent.
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Mike Sunnucks / Phoenix Business Journal:
Surprise poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona
Surprise poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona
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Washington Monthly
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: Prominent GOP Neoconservative to Fundraise for Hillary Clinton — A prominent neoconservative intellectual and early promoter of the Iraq War is headlining an official campaign fundraiser for Hillary Clinton next month, Foreign Policy has learned.
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Several GOP Business Leaders Are Backing Clinton
Several GOP Business Leaders Are Backing Clinton
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The Week
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
What is Left Hand Enterprises and why did the Trump campaign pay it $730,000? — On April 25, a new company called Left Hand Enterprises LLC was formed in Delaware, listing its address at an incorporation service provider in Wilmington. — A few days later, the firm received …
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Bloomberg:
The ‘Anti-Business’ President Who's Been Good for Business — Obama on free trade, regulating banks, and why his daughters won't work for Wall Street. … BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK: The stock market has tripled. Profits are very high. And yet you still have this label of being an anti-business figure.
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Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Judge to issue verdict in Officer Caesar Goodson trial — (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video) … A Baltimore judge is expected to issue a verdict in the second-degree murder trial of police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr. on Thursday morning.
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
CNN's Tom Foreman Caught Lying in Trump-Refugees ‘Fact Check’ — In a segment that was billed as CNN's “fact check” of Donald Trump's anti-Hillary speech, CNN gave a demonstrably false presentation of U.S. immigration policy in an effort to undermine Trump's factually correct statements.
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The Local:
Geneva to get ‘café fellatio’ by end of year — A firm in Geneva plans to open a café where customers can enjoy oral sex while they sip their morning coffee. Not everyone is happy with the idea. — The idea for the sex café has been brewing for several months …
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
FBI investigators say they have found no evidence that Orlando shooter had gay lovers — Shown is the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where Omar Mateen opened fire last week, killing 49. (John Raoux / Associated Press) — Since the shooting at an Orlando nightclub last week that left 49 people dead …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carson: Let's put Second Amendment ‘on the table’ — Ben Carson on Thursday said lawmakers should reconsider how the Second Amendment works amid a raging debate over guns. — “Let's put on the table — what is the reason for the Second Amendment?” he said on MSNBC.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's ‘great’ memory draws fire in Trump U deposition — During sworn testimony in the Trump University lawsuit, Donald Trump repeatedly said he couldn't recall specific claims, documents or events related to the case, prompting a lawyer for the plaintiffs to ask if the real estate mogul considered himself …
Matthew Piper / Salt Lake Tribune:
Charges: Utah head of militia tried to detonate bomb at BLM facility in Arizona — A Tooele County man has been charged by federal prosecutors with attempting to use an explosive device at a BLM facility along the Arizona Strip that he had scouted with Robert LaVoy Finicum in October 2015 …
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BBC:
Counting under way in UK's historic referendum on EU membership — Counting is under way in a referendum that will decide whether the UK remains a member of the European Union. — The counting is taking place at centres around the UK in a vote widely seen as too close to call.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Kaine rises to top of Clinton's veep list — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is emerging as the leading candidate atop Hillary Clinton's vice presidential short list, according to Democratic allies and operatives close to the campaign. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren and HUD Secretary Julian Castro …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell quashes Senate effort on guns — (R-Ky.) on Thursday cut the legs out from a bipartisan effort to keep suspected terrorists from buying guns. — In doing so, McConnell, a master of the Senate's arcane rules, provided cover for vulnerable Republicans who wanted to be seen …