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2:05 PM ET, June 26, 2016

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Washington Post:
In new poll, support for Trump has plunged, giving Clinton a double-digit lead  —  Support for Donald Trump has plunged as he has alienated fellow Republicans and large majorities of voters overall in the course of a month of self-inflicted controversies, propelling Democrat Hillary Clinton …
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CBS News:
Poll: Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton in tight races in battleground states  —  Battleground states are called battlegrounds for a reason: They're often close, and 2016 looks like no exception.  —  Hillary Clinton holds narrow leads over Donald Trump across a number of key states of Florida …
ABC News:
Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased (POLL)  —  Hillary Clinton surged to a broad advantage against Donald Trump in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, capitalizing on Trump's recent campaign missteps.  Two-thirds of Americans see him as biased against groups …
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bad month just got worse, because Sanders backers just rallied to Clinton  —  Donald Trump would like for Bernie Sanders supporters to ditch the Democratic Party and support him.  There is very little evidence that they will do that, mind you, but it's certainly possible …
Washington Post:
Clinton leads as Dems unite, Trump weathers criticism  —  Poll Questions  —  Q: I'd like you to rate the chances that you will vote in the presidential election in November: Are you absolutely certain to vote, will you probably vote, are the chances 50-50, or less than that?  —  Hide Results
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Elena Schneider / Politico:
McConnnell hedges on whether Trump is qualified  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell hedged on whether he considered Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, as qualified for the job, saying he would “leave that to the American people to decide.”  —  “You know, he won the Republican [nomination] fair and square.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Mitch McConnell Won't Say That Trump Is Qualified To Be President  —  In an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos Sunday morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell twice refused to say that his party's presidential candidate is qualified to be president.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Hot Air and LawNewz
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   Sanders: Hillary Can Win Over More of My Supporters ‘If She Does the Right Thing’
Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Conservative columnist George Will says he's leaving GOP over Trump
Holly Bailey / Yahoo:
Aberdeen journal: Mr. Trump, who won't be taking questions, spends the afternoon talking to reporters anyway  —  ABERDEEN, Scotland — Before Donald Trump arrived at his golf course here on the shore of the North Sea, a staffer at the facility told the several dozen reporters waiting …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Bill Maher Warns Audience: Brexit is ‘Harbinger’ of President Trump (Video)
Discussion: The Daily Beast
David Goldstein / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   Could a Brexit sentiment sweep Trump into office?
New York Daily News:
Texas mother killed by police after fatally shooting her two daughters during ‘family argument’  —  The woman who was killed by police after she fatally shot her two daughters at their Texas home has been identified as an outspoken gun advocate.  —  Christy Sheats, 42, shot and killed …
Discussion: LawNewz
NBC New York:
4-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Shot and Killed by Older Brother: Authorities  —  A 6-year-old boy playing with a gun accidentally shot and killed his 4-year-old brother in their New Jersey home Saturday morning, authorities said.  —  The child's mother, Itiyanah Spruill, 22 …
Discussion: AOL and CBS New York
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates  —  The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee are moving quickly and aggressively to head off the fledgling effort to stage a revolt at their convention next month in Cleveland, hoping to spare the party an embarrassing spectacle …
Luke Heighton / Telegraph:
Second referendum petition: At least 77,000 ‘fake’ signatures removed hours after inquiry launched  —  Parliamentary authorities have moved swiftly to remove around 77,000 allegedly fake signatures from an online petition which calls for a re-run of the Brexit referendum.
WESH-TV:
Sanford mayor carjacked at gunpoint  —  The mayor of Sanford was carjacked while he was standing outside of a home early Saturday morning, police said.  —  Mayor Jeff Triplett was standing in front of a home on Chapman Avenue in Sanford about 2:15 a.m. when three men approached him.
Discussion: BizPac Review and NBC News
Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:
Barack Obama, the President of Black America?  —  What the haters and the hagiographers get wrong.  —  IT was a crucial speech, high-stakes even for a man used to giving important speeches: The first black president of the United States had to acknowledge, and then bind up, the nation's racial wounds.
Observer:
Jeremy Corbyn sacks Hilary Benn from shadow cabinet  —  Shadow foreign secretary says he was dismissed in middle of night after telling party leader there was ‘no confidence in his ability to win the next election’  —  Jeremy Corbyn has sacked Hilary Benn in the early hours of Sunday morning …
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Daniel Boffey / Observer:
Hilary Benn seeks shadow cabinet backing to oust Corbyn
 
 
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez
Discussion: Politicus USA
Associated Press:
China on schedule for launch this year of 2nd space station
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Secret Campaign Cash Gushes Into U.S. State and Local Elections
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Jack Daniel's Embraces a Hidden Ingredient: Help From a Slave
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Daily Mail:
Look who's coming to dinner: Trump dines with Rupert Murdoch and wife Jerry Hall at posh Scottish …
Discussion: Althouse
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Embattled Whiteness Gave Us Brexit. It Won't Give Us President Trump.
Politico:
How to solve Europe's migration crisis
Discussion: Politico
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats plan ‘day of action’ to keep spotlight on guns
 Earlier Items: 
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Draft of Dems' policy positions reflects Sanders' influence
Laurie Penny / New Statesman:
I want my country back  —  This was never a referendum on the EU.
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Power Line and Slate
Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
‘Hamilton’ to take center stage at Clinton fundraiser
Discussion: CNN and The Week
Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
‘The sun goes blank again during the weakest solar cycle in more than a century’
Rich Tucker / Breitbart:
Obama Invites 18.7 Million Immigrants to Avoid Oath of Allegiance, Pledge to Defend America
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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