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6:30 PM ET, May 10, 2016

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Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones:
Trump Selects a White Nationalist Leader as a Delegate in California  —  On Monday evening, California's secretary of state published a list of delegates chosen by the Trump campaign for the upcoming Republican presidential primary in the state.  Trump's slate includes William Johnson …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will oversee the vice-presidential search  —  Political adviser Beth Myers headed up the process for Mitt Romney.  Washington lawyer A.B. Culvahouse managed the selection for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).  Now, Corey Lewandowski will have that responsibility for Donald Trump.
Michelle Moons / Breitbart:
Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List  —  The Donald Trump campaign named 169 California delegates on Monday, including such high-profile names as billionaire Peter Thiel, conservative leader David Horowitz, and several legislators.  —  The somewhat reclusive Thiel …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
U.S. ELECTIONS:
AP Interview: Donald Trump says he's narrowed VP shortlist
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's delegate ineptitude stumbles into white nationalism
Discussion: Mother Jones and Guardian
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Ben Carson Is Off Trump's VP Vetting Team
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Clinton Has a Weakness.  That's Trump's Only Hope.  —  There are two ways that Donald Trump can become president.  Either he must become significantly more popular among general-election voters.  Or his likely opponent, Hillary Clinton, must become significantly more unpopular.
Discussion: AOL
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, the First ‘E.T. Candidate,’ Has U.F.O. Fans in Thrall
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton tests general-election messages in final stretch of primary contests
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Clinton Sounds Off on ‘Loose Cannon’ Trump 0:49
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Takes a Step to the Left on Health Care
Discussion: Bloomberg.com
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
GOP Quickly Unifies Around Trump; Clinton Still Has Modest Lead  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Republicans have quickly unified around Donald Trump, making the Presidential race more competitive than it has previously been perceived to be.  —  Hillary Clinton leads Trump 42-38 …
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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
TIGHT CLINTON-TRUMP POLLS!  START FREAKING OUT NOW!  (OR MAYBE NOT.)  (updated)  —  Here's a tweet written last week by Ross Douthat, who's not a Trump fan and who's certain Trump is doomed: … And, well, he's right.  Last night, Rachel Maddow previewed a new Public Policy Polling survey showing ... Trump within four:
Nick Gass / Politico:
Dead heat: Trump, Clinton tied in 3 swing-state polls
Tom Stocky / Facebook:
My team is responsible for Trending Topics, and I want to address today's reports alleging that Facebook contractors manipulated Trending Topics to suppress stories of interest to conservatives.  We take these reports extremely seriously, and have found no evidence that the anonymous allegations are true.
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Michael Nunez / Gizmodo:
Senate GOP Launches Inquiry Into Facebook's News Curation  —  The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication—has sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting answers to questions it has on its trending topics section.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Cruz floats restarting campaign if he wins Nebraska primary  —  on Tuesday floated the possibility of restarting his presidential campaign if he wins Nebraska's GOP primary, as he avoided saying whether he supports Donald Trump  —  's bid for president.  —  Cruz, who ended his White House run …
Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
Budweiser Renames Its Beer “America”  —  Until the November election, Budweiser is swapping out everything on its can—including its own name—to be as patriotic as possible.  —  With the backdrop of the Olympics and a comically botched election, this summer is bound to be what Ricardo Marques …
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Heidi Cruz Likens Husband's Campaign to Efforts to End Slavery … Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.  —  Drawing a parallel between the long-term efforts of her husband's supporters and the fight to end slavery, Heidi Cruz said Tuesday that it took “a lot longer than four years” …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch Phil Robertson says he'll back Donald Trump despite endorsing Ted Cruz in January: 'I'll be enthusiastically behind him'  — The long-bearded eccentric told DailyMail.com that 'I'll definitely be there for him' since Trump will likely face Hillary Clinton in November
Cathy Young / The Daily Beast:
Ann Coulter's Anti-Semitism Runs Deeper Than You Know  —  The Trump cheerleader shares his habit of promoting ethnic nationalists and their ugly ideas.  —  The white nationalists of the so-called alternative right, an extremist movement that rejects mainstream conservatism as too gutless …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
State Department Appears to Edit Briefing Video to Remove Admission of Falsehood  —  Fox News's James Rosen called out the State Department Monday, accusing them of deleting a damaging exchange from their archive video of a December 2013 press briefing.  —  In 2012, Rosen had the following exchange …
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump In 2006: Clinton Should Be Forgiven For Iraq Vote “Based On Lies Given To Her”  —  “She's very smart and has a major chance to be our next president,” Trump said.  —  Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images  —  Donald Trump is already going after Hillary Clinton for her vote to authorize …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
North Carolina GOP Reps To The Feds: Don't You Dare Defund The Tarheels!  —  In a Monday letter to the Department of Education, all 10 GOP members of North Carolina's congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Education Secretary John King demanding that he not cut off education funding …
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WCBD News 2:
American Muslim Citadel student requests to wear hijab; President, Commandant, Board deny request  —  Lt. Gen. John Rosa, Citadel President, has released a statement regarding an American Muslim Citadel student's religious request to wear a hijab at the South Carolina military college.
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Susan Svrluga / Washington Post:
The Citadel will not allow an exception to the uniform to let a Muslim student wear her hijab
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Top GOP senators urge unity on Trump  —  Several influential Senate Republicans are urging their colleagues to rethink their opposition to Donald Trump, arguing that the presumptive nominee's malleable ideology is a superior alternative to Hillary Clinton.  —  In a series of media gaggles …
Discussion: Business Insider and Hot Air
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ABC News:
Congressional Republicans Grapple With New Trump Reality
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
CNN:
Flint mayor diverted water-crisis money to political PAC, suit says  —  (CNN)The former city administrator of Flint, Michigan, filed a federal lawsuit against the current mayor's office, claiming she was fired after raising concerns about donors being directed away from a charity for victims …
Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:
The Scariest Reason Trump Won  —  There are many reasons why Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.  The four most-often cited reasons are the frustrations of white working-class Americans, a widespread revulsion against political correctness, disenchantment …
Discussion: American Spectator
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
From playboy to president?  Trump's past crude sex talk collides with his White House bid.  —  Over 15 years, radio shock jock Howard Stern and his buddy Donald Trump periodically carried on like towel-snapping “bros” in a locker room, rating women's tops and bottoms, debating whether oral sex is …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Bundy Accuses Obama Of Conspiracy To Snatch His Land In Bizarre Lawsuit  —  Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, jailed for his role in instigating an armed standoff with federal authorities in 2014, alleges a vast conspiracy to violate his civil rights in a federal lawsuit expected to be filed Tuesday.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee: Trump Hasn't Thought Through Every Issue And Won't Have To As President  —  “I think a lot of people are expecting him to be this professional at politics where he has thought through the details of every issue.  He hasn't.”  —  Christopher Furlong / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
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Discussion: Political Wire
Great Falls Tribune:
Woman receives husband's autopsy photos mailed from jail
Emma Roller / New York Times:
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Discussion: Politico
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 Earlier Items: 
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Says U.S. Must Admit Muslim Migrants, Sends Kids to Private School that Screens Them Out
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
Trump expands the battleground...to Utah?
Discussion: Washington Monthly and AOL
Ben Rhodes / Medium:
The First Sitting U.S. President to Visit Hiroshima
James Barron / New York Times:
A Secret Section of Central Park Reopens
Discussion: Gothamist and Associated Press
Katherine Long / The Seattle Times:
‘Trump wall’ draws crowd and controversy at UW
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Democrats see Clinton and Warren as dream team