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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 …
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Washington Free Beacon
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 …
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 …
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Washington Post, The Moderate Voice and Politicus USA
Elena Schneider / Politico:
McConnell hedges on whether Trump is qualified — Sen. Mitch McConnell hedged on whether he considers 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.
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
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Business Insider and Politico
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton Leads Trump By 5 Points — Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a five-point advantage over Republican Donald Trump after becoming her party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to the latest national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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New York Times, Mediaite, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo, Politico and AOL
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump Weathers Stormy Month, Loses Only 2 Points Versus Hillary Clinton
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’
Clinton Surrogate Tom Perez Calls Donald Trump a ‘Chaos Candidate’
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Politico and Associated Press
Rachael Bade / Politico:
White House refuses Benghazi questions for Obama — The White House and the House Select Committee on Benghazi are at a standoff over whether President Barack Obama should answer a series of questions about the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya that left four Americans dead.
Tegna / KXTV:
Protests taking place at Capitol turn violent — Protesters by the Traditionalist Worker Party were called Nazis by counter-protesters in demonstrations June 26, 2016 that led to clashes with police. … Protests turned violent at the Capitol Sunday afternoon.
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Little Green Footballs and Raw Story
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Shelby Grad / Los Angeles Times:
Multiple people stabbed at neo-Nazi event outside Capitol in Sacramento — Multiple people were stabbed Sunday outside the Capitol in Sacramento after clashes between neo-Nazis and counter-demonstrators, officials said. — The Sacramento Fire Department described the incident as a …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and KTLA
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
'She's an amazing employee': Wife of Maine governor takes waitressing job to make ends meet — That Ann LePage — the the wife of Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage — snagged her latest job using her family “connections,” is hardly surprising. — What is surprising is that those connections …
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Hot Air
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 …
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LawNewz
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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Police Killed A Texas Mom After She Shot Dead Her Daughters In The Street
Police Killed A Texas Mom After She Shot Dead Her Daughters In The Street
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Hullabaloo
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Says He Knows Nothing About Hank Paulson, Whom He Praised By Name In 2008 — Donald Trump reacted to the news that former Bush administration Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has endorsed Hillary Clinton with a familiar retort. — “Don't know anything about him,” Trump told reporters in Scotland …
NBC News:
Meet the Press - June 26, 2016 — CHUCK TODD: — This Sunday, Brexit, Trump, and Clinton. The Brits are getting out and immigration was the main cause. What might it mean for the U.S. Presidential election this November? — DONALD TRUMP: — There was great similarities between what happened here and my campaign.
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Politicus USA and Political Wire
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 …
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AOL and CBS New York
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.
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Rising GOP star Love skipping party convention — Washington (CNN)Utah Rep. Mia Love joined the ranks of Republican leaders and lawmakers who will be skipping their party's convention next month, saying that she would instead visit Israel with a congressional delegation.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, RedState, Politico and Salt Lake Tribune
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.
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BizPac Review and NBC News