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5:25 PM ET, May 10, 2016

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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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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
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:
Amy Chozick / New York Times:   Hillary Clinton, the First ‘E.T. Candidate,’ Has U.F.O. Fans in Thrall
Nick Gass / Politico:
Dead heat: Trump, Clinton tied in 3 swing-state polls
NBC News:
Clinton Sounds Off on ‘Loose Cannon’ Trump 0:49
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Vice President Joe Biden ‘Confident’ Hillary Clinton Will Be Democratic Nominee
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.
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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.
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.
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AP Interview: Donald Trump says he's narrowed VP shortlist
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch Phil Robertson says he'll back Donald Trump despite endorsing …
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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Michelle Moons / Breitbart:   Trump Surprises with Celebrities on California Delegates List
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 …
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
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
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
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” …
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 …
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 …
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Hillary Rakes in Nearly $75,000 From Justice Department Employees  —  Hillary Clinton has received nearly $75,000 in political contributions from employees at the Department of Justice, the agency that would decide whether or not to act if the FBI recommended charges against Clinton …
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
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz: I won't make third-party run  —  (R-Texas) ruled out a third-party run for president as he returned to the Senate on Tuesday.  —  Cruz reiterated that he could restart his campaign if he wins Tuesday night's Nebraska primary, but conceded that was nearly impossible.
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Rhodes / Medium:
The First Sitting U.S. President to Visit Hiroshima  —  President Obama will visit Hiroshima, Japan after the conclusion of the G-7 Summit later this month.  —  There has been intense interest on both sides of the Pacific in the possibility of a presidential visit to Hiroshima …
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Paul Ryan Says U.S. Must Admit Muslim Migrants, Sends Kids to Private School that Screens Them Out  —  After the Paris terrorist attack, House Speaker Paul Ryan declared that the United States cannot turn away the hundreds of thousands of Islamist migrants now being approved for visas to enter the United States.
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
Katherine Long / The Seattle Times:
‘Trump wall’ draws crowd and controversy at UW  —  A group of University of Washington students showed their support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by building a “Trump wall” on the school's Red Square.  —  Two days after Donald Trump made his first campaign visit to Washington state …
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.
 
 
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Gromer Jeffers Jr / Trail Blazers Blog:
Controversial mailer claims Texas GOP chairman promotes ‘disgusting homosexual agenda’
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Emma Roller / New York Times:
The Women Who Like Donald Trump
Discussion: Politico
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
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Jason Wilson / Guardian:
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
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