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4:25 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
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
For some Republicans, Trump-Clinton matchup is ‘nightmare’
Discussion: Mother Jones and Associated Press
Megan Cassella / Reuters:
Speaker Ryan says he would step down as Republican convention chair if Trump asks: report
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   He'll Do It His Way  —  Don't expect a New Trump.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Americans Don't Trust Trump on Supreme Court Vacancy; 65% Want Hearings
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Pat Toomey Says He Might Not Be Able To Back Trump
Discussion: Vox, Philly.com and Business Insider
CNN:
Poll: 6-in-10 oppose bills like the North Carolina transgender bathroom law  —  Washington (CNN)Americans broadly oppose laws that would require transgender people to use facilities that correspond with their gender at birth rather than their gender identity, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll …
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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.
WNCN:
US attorney general blasts NC, files suit against HB2
Discussion: KSNG-TV, WLNS-TV and LawNewz
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: Politico and Heat Street
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 …
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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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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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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: U.S. can never default because it prints money  —  Donald Trump assailed the media on Monday for what he said was a misrepresentation of his comments on debt, rejecting the notion that he would have the United States default on his debt.  —  “I said if we can buy back government debt as a discount.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   Trump's Dangerous National Debt Plan Is Also Unconstitutional
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
David Horowitz / Breitbart:
The ‘Never Trump’ Pouters  —  The conservatives who have declared war on the primary victor are displaying a myopia that could be deadly in November when Donald Trump will lead Republicans against a party that has divided the country, destroyed its borders, empowered its enemies …
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 …
Los Angeles Times:
High school yearbook misidentifies Muslim student as ‘Isis Phillips’  —  A high school yearbook is supposed to be a keepsake, but for a Muslim student in Rancho Cucamonga it will be a painful reminder of being misidentified as “Isis Phillips” in a photo that showed her smiling and wearing a hijab.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Cashing in: Illegal immigrants get $1,261 more welfare than American families, $5,692 vs. $4,431  —  Illegal immigrant households receive an average of $5,692 in federal welfare benefits every year, far more than the average “native” American household, at $4,431, according to a new report on the cost of immigration released Monday.
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: Politicus USA
 
 
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Tim Carman / Washington Post:
Servers trash customers in private note on check — then forget to delete it
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Mark Leftly / TIME:
Exclusive: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Religious Extremism, Brexit, and Donald Trump
Discussion: Guardian and Washington Times
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Be nice to Hillary Clinton online — or risk a confrontation with her super PAC
James Endrst / New York Times:
William Schallert, 93, Dies; Prolific Actor Was Father on ‘The Patty Duke Show’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Althouse
Ben White / Politico:
Trump's empty administration
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Bloomberg:
Clinton's Bid for Democratic Unity a Tough Sell Among Some Sanders Supporters
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Study: Sanders' economic plan piles $18T on federal debt
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
State Judge Strikes Down New Florida Death Penalty Law
USA Today:
Uber, Lyft to halt Austin service after losing vote
Discussion: CNET, Hot Air, Heat Street and Hit & Run
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Biographer: Trump Had Me Change Cover Photo Because It Made Him Look Fat
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Philippine mayor ahead in unofficial count for president
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Rapper Azealia Banks Endorses Trump - Says Hillary Talks to Black People “Like We're Pets”
Breitbart:
London's Iconic Red Buses To Declare ‘Glory To Allah’
Dara Lind / Vox:
The reasons Americans want to move to Canada are the reasons it's really hard to do it
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