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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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The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Washington Free Beacon
Scott Thistle / The Portland Press Herald:
Maine voters dissatisfied with presidential options — Many view Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton unfavorably, and neither enjoys a clear advantage in the early days of the campaign for the White House. — Most Mainers who are likely to vote in November have a poor opinion of Hillary Clinton, but even fewer like Donald Trump.
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RedState
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's bad month just got worse, because Sanders backers just rallied to Clinton
ABC News:
Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased (POLL)
Clinton Opens 12-Point Lead on Trump as Two-Thirds See Him as Biased (POLL)
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Washington Post, twitchy.com, The Moderate Voice and Politicus USA
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
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton Leads Trump By 5 Points
NBC/WSJ Poll: Clinton Leads Trump By 5 Points
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Politico, New York Times, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, Politicus USA and AOL
Washington Post:
Clinton leads as Dems unite, Trump weathers criticism
Clinton leads as Dems unite, Trump weathers criticism
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Hit & Run, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Politico, Business Insider and ABC News
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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Hit & Run, Fox News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mashable and Hullabaloo
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Tegna / KXTV:
Protests taking place at Capitol turn violent
Protests taking place at Capitol turn violent
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Los Angeles Times, Little Green Footballs and Raw Story
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Jan Brewer goes berserk on CNN: 'I'm fed up' with being treated like a ‘bigot’ for backing Trump — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — During an explosive CNN segment on Sunday, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) lashed out at President Barack Obama because she said she was tired of being called a …
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The Last Tradition, CNN and Business Insider
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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.
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RedState, LawNewz and Weasel Zippers
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
White House spars with Benghazi panel — The House Select Committee on Benghazi and the White House are at a standstill over whether President Obama should answer questions about the 2012 attack, according to Politico. — The committee sent Obama a list of questions …
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump: Cruz, Kasich shouldn't speak at convention without endorsement — won't invite former rivals Sen. Ted Cruz — (R-Texas) and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio to speak at the Republican National Convention without endorsements from both, he told The New York Times.
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RedState
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Rising GOP star Love skipping party convention
Rising GOP star Love skipping party convention
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and RedState
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates
Donald Trump and R.N.C. See Common Foe: Rogue Delegates
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Guardian
Associated Press:
Pope Says Gays and Others Marginalized by Church Deserve Apology — Pope Francis says gays — and all the other people the church has marginalized, such as the poor and the exploited — deserve an apology. — Francis was asked Sunday en route home from Armenia if he agreed with one of his top advisers …
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Friendly Atheist and New York Magazine
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope says Church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment — ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them. — Speaking to reporters aboard …
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Towleroad
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Police Killed A Texas Mom After She Shot Dead Her Daughters In The Street — “It was a family argument that turned into a shooting,” the local sheriff said. “But we're still trying to put the pieces together.” — A mother fatally shot her two daughters on a public street near Houston …
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Hullabaloo
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Supplied Black Market, Officials Say — AMMAN, Jordan — Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants …
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NO QUARTER USA NET and Al Jazeera English
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
Fox News:
Mayor carjacked at gunpoint in city where Trayvon Martin was killed — Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett in 2012. — The mayor of a central Florida city was carjacked while standing outside his home, according to police who said Sunday they were hunting for a third suspect. — The incident unfolded in Sanford.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Fox News Insider and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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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