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6:45 PM ET, May 9, 2016

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Ryan says he would step down as convention chair if Trump asks  —  Related Coverage  —  By Mary Spicuzza and Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel  —  Janesville — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday that if Donald Trump wants him to step down as a co-chairman of the GOP convention, he will respect his wishes.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
‘I think he could come apart’  —  Mark Salter, the most prominent and most defiant Republican to announce his support of Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, thinks the 2016 campaign could literally — no joke — drive the billionaire developer insane.  —  Salter, one of Sen. John McCain's top aides during …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Warning to Paul Ryan Signals Further G.O.P. Discord
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
William Bennett, a close friend of Paul Ryan, hints at plans for Trump meeting
Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News  —  Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network's influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project.
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Is Facebook Suppressing RedState Content?
Discussion: Mashable, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Joshua Berlinger / CNN:
Showdown looms over North Carolina's bathroom bill  —  (CNN)It's deadline day for North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory.  —  The U.S. Justice Department sent his office a letter Wednesday claiming that the state's controversial bathroom law is in violation of the Civil Rights Act.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Sues To Block North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Bill
Discussion: NBC News and Daily Kos
Bobby Jindal / Wall Street Journal:
I'm Voting Trump, Warts and All  —  I stand by all my criticisms of the New Yorker, but the stakes for the country are too great to elect Clinton.  —  Some of my fellow Republicans have declared they will never, under any circumstances, vote for Donald Trump.
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Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Pat Toomey Says He Might Not Be Able To Back Trump
Discussion: Philly.com, Vox and Business Insider
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Americans Don't Trust Trump on Supreme Court Vacancy; 65% Want Hearings
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump bristles when pressed on Bill Clinton infidelity attacks … Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  on Monday morning bristled when questioned about his attacks on former President Bill Clinton  —  's past infidelity.  —  CNN host Chris Cuomo jumped …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Talking Points Memo
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T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:   MSNBC whitewashes Clinton sex scandals as ‘allegations’
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:   Democrats, don't celebrate Trump's nomination. Fear it.
Victoria McGrane GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Alarmed by Trump, could Wall Street turn to Clinton?  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's appeal, for many voters, lies in his supposed business savvy.  But America's business community, typically a crucial pillar of support for Republicans, still is not convinced.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Guardian
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Jeff Stein / Vox:   Donald Trump is now accepting the kind of big-money donations he thinks corrupts politicians
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump enlists Christie to head White House transition team  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will serve as the chairman of Donald Trump's transition team should he win the presidency, the presumptive Republican nominee's campaign announced Monday.  —  “Governor Christie is an extremely knowledgeable …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama itches for Trump fight
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Heat Street
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
State Dept.: No emails from Clinton IT aide  —  The State Department has no emails to or from the man believed to have set up and maintained Hillary Clinton's private email server during the four years she served as secretary, it said on Monday.  —  The department has found archived emails …
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:   Emails From Hillary Clinton's IT Director at State Department Appear to Be Missing
Jason Richwine / Center for Immigration Studies:
The Cost of Welfare Use By Immigrant and Native Households  —  Jason Richwine, PhD, is an independent public policy analyst in Washington, D.C., and a contributing writer at National Review.  —  In September 2015, the Center for Immigration Studies published a landmark study of immigration and welfare use …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Cashing in: Illegal immigrants get $1,261 more welfare than American families, $5,692 vs. $4,431
Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
Jon Stewart goes on rant against ‘man-baby’ Trump  —  Jon Stewart may no longer be hosting his show known for biting takedowns of political figures, but that didn't stop him Monday from going on an epic rant against Donald Trump.  The former “Daily Show” host told David Axelrod at the University …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politicus USA
Ben White / Politico:
Trump's empty administration  —  Top Republican political leaders aren't the only ones shunning their party's presidential nominee — a vast number of highly skilled managers and policy experts, veterans of recent GOP administrations who would normally be expected to fill key positions for a new White House …
Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Wealthy Cruz Donor Pours Millions Into Clinton Campaign  —  Such a swift transition illuminates what we knew all along: Hillary will do anything to get elected  —  Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund founded by billionaire James Simons, donated over $13 million to Sen. Ted Cruz's failed presidential campaign.
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Bloomberg:
Clinton's Bid for Democratic Unity a Tough Sell Among Some Sanders Supporters
Discussion: BillMoyers.com
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
Ben Rhodes and the ‘Retailing’ of the Iran Deal  —  Several days ago, I received an email from Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of a Washington think tank called the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.  Dubowitz is an expert on sanctions, and has been one of the most ardent …
Tim Carman / Washington Post:
Servers trash customers in private note on check — then forget to delete it  —  Four diners, three of them wearing plaid, were ready to enjoy a meal Saturday night at Peter Chang in Arlington, the authentic Sichuan outpost opened by the Chinese embassy chef turned serial restaurateur.
Discussion: Eater and WTVR-TV
Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Now Trump Is Just Openly Attacking The Religious Right  —  Businessman and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is now openly attacking leaders of the Religious Right who are critical of him, using Twitter to blast the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's political arm as “a nasty guy with no heart.”
Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
She Spoke Up About Cooked ISIS Intel.  They Booted Her—for Cursing.  —  An employee at CENTCOM's Joint Intelligence office says she was reassigned, supposedly for cursing at work, after speaking out about cherry-picked ISIS war intel.  —  TAMPA, Florida — She worked on and off …
 
 
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