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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Email story won't end for Clinton — The FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton — 's email is this election's never-ending story. — Just weeks before the Democratic National Convention, the FBI has yet to issue a report on its findings. — It's been nearly a year since inspectors general …
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Christopher Sign / KNXV:
Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meet privately in Phoenix — PHOENIX - Amid an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of email and hours before the public release of the Benghazi report, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch met privately with former President Bill Clinton.
CBS News:
Bill Clinton, AG Loretta Lynch meet on tarmac in Phoenix — As his wife is under federal investigation for her use of a private email server, former President Bill Clinton met privately with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the Phoenix Airport Monday evening in what both sides say was an unplanned encounter.
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Loretta Lynch Privately Meets With Bill Clinton Aboard Personal Plane
Loretta Lynch Privately Meets With Bill Clinton Aboard Personal Plane
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Washington Free Beacon
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
GOP Senator Mike Lee Goes Off On Radio Host Who Asks Why He Hasn't Endorsed Trump — Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah delivered a forceful response when asked on Wednesday why he hasn't endorsed Donald Trump. — Lee chastised Trump for parroting conspiracy theories about Ted Cruz's father …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Fox targeted by FEC Dems in first-ever vote to punish debate sponsorship — Finally making good on long-harbored anger at conservative media, Democrats on the Federal Election Commission voted in secret to punish Fox News' sponsorship of a Republican presidential debate …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Clinton up by 6 points, 89 percent say ‘hot-headed’ describes Trump — Donald Trump has had a few rocky weeks on the campaign trail, and it shows in the latest Fox News Poll. Just over half of Republicans would rather have someone besides Trump as their nominee …
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BBC:
Boris Johnson rules himself out of Conservative leader race — Ex-London mayor Boris Johnson has ruled himself out of the race to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister. — In a speech in London - billed as his campaign launch - Mr Johnson said he did not believe he could provide the leadership or unity needed.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Obama shares awkward handshake with Canada's and Mexico's leaders … President Obama on Wednesday shared an awkward handshake with the Canadian prime minister and Mexican president when meeting in Canada. — Obama, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met …
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Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Obama: Trump's rhetoric is xenophobic, not populist
Obama: Trump's rhetoric is xenophobic, not populist
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump: Rivals who don't back me shouldn't be allowed to run for office — on Wednesday hammered his former primary rivals for going back on a pledge to back the eventual GOP presidential nominee. — Trump said his primary opponents who now refuse to support his candidacy should not be allowed …
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NBC News:
After Saying He Forgave Loans to Campaign, Trump Won't Release Proof — When Donald Trump said last Thursday he was forgiving over $45 million in personal loans he made to his campaign, the announcement drew plenty of coverage. Many even reported Trump's statement as if the deal was done.
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Max J. Rosenthal / Mother Jones:
The Trump Files: When Donald Was “Principal for a Day” and Confronted by a Fifth-Grader — Until the election, we're bringing you “The Trump Files,” a daily dose of telling episodes, strange-but-true stories, or curious scenes from the life of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Kaine accepted clothes, vacation as gifts — Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine took advantage of the state's lax gift laws to receive an $18,000 Caribbean vacation, $5,500 in clothes and a trip to watch George Mason University play in the NCAA basketball Final Four during his years as lieutenant governor and governor …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Elizabeth Warren Is Hillary Clinton's Most Rational Choice for VP
Elizabeth Warren Is Hillary Clinton's Most Rational Choice for VP
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Ugh* Mitch McConnell Says Trump Is Not Yet a “Credible Candidate” (VIDEO) — Donald Trump shattered the GOP primary record this year by more than a million votes. — He was running against 16 challengers - another record. — Despite this fact GOP elites continue to trash the Republican nominee.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Meet the Man Who Will Make Sure Trump or Clinton Can Govern on Day 1
Meet the Man Who Will Make Sure Trump or Clinton Can Govern on Day 1
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Irene / Judicial Watch:
Law Enforcement Sources: Gun Used in Paris Terrorist Attacks Came from Phoenix — One of the guns used in the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks came from Phoenix, Arizona where the Obama administration allowed criminals to buy thousands of weapons illegally in a deadly and futile …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Presidential Race Shaping Up Similarly to 2012 — PPP's newest national poll continues to find the Presidential race shaping up pretty similarly to how the 2012 contest played out, with Hillary Clinton holding a 4 point lead that matches Barack Obama's final margin of victory last time around.
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Political Wire
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
‘Never Trump’ plots its last stand — are plotting a last-ditch effort to deny him their party's nomination at the convention in Cleveland. — A coalition of delegates, lawyers, rules experts and PACs has formed in what participants say is the most coordinated effort to date to dump Trump from the Republican ticket.
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Raw Story
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
New York Times reports plagiarism in Trump textbooks — 's textbooks for real estate and wealth seminars were plagiarized from another book written 10 years earlier, according to The New York Times. — The Times compared an an excerpt from the Trump Institute's 2006 book …
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Daily Mail:
Scroll down for video — Author Jerome Corsi claims in his upcoming book, Partners in Crime, the Bill and Hillary Clinton used money donated to the Clinton Foundation to feather their own nest — The Clinton Foundation is ‘a philanthropic foundation the Clintons appear to use as a personal piggy bank’ …
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The Huffington Post:
As A Poor Kid From The Rust Belt, Yale Law School Brought Me Face-to-face With Radical Inequality — “I have never felt out of place in my entire life. But I did at Yale.” — Author, ‘Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis’ — This post is excerpted from Hillbilly Elegy …