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2:25 PM ET, May 11, 2016

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Associated Press:
AP Interview: Trump narrows VP list as he moves into general  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Shifting swiftly to the general election, Donald Trump says he's narrowed his list of potential running mates to “five or six” people and doesn't want to accept public money to finance a fall campaign against likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump surges in support, almost even with Clinton in national U.S. poll  —  Donald Trump's support has surged and he is now running nearly even with Democrat Hillary Clinton among likely U.S. voters, a dramatic turnaround since he became the Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee …
New York Times:
Donald Trump, Bucking Calls to Unite, Claims ‘Mandate’ to Be Provocative  —  Donald J. Trump's behavior in recent days — the political threats to the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan; the name-calling on Twitter; the attacks on Hillary Clinton's marriage — has deeply puzzled Republicans who expected …
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton is unraveling quickly  —  MORE FROM:  —  A liberal friend is very concerned about the Republican Party.  He tells me that Donald Trump will make it impossible for anybody anywhere running under the “R” column to win election.  Even a dogcatcher in Podunk is doomed!
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Paul Ryan is stuck in a Trump trap
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump May Ask Ex-NY Mayor to Study Muslim Ban
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan Plans to Talk With Donald Trump on How to Unify GOP
Discussion: NBC News
Ronan Farrow / Hollywood Reporter:
My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked (Guest Column)  —  EMAIL ME  —  Despite Dylan Farrow's damning allegations of sexual abuse, the director of Cannes' opening film today remains beloved by stars, paid by Amazon and rarely interrogated by media as his son, Ronan Farrow …
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump pins a nickname on Bernie Sanders  —  Touting his Tuesday night victories, Donald Trump unveiled a new moniker for yet another political adversary: “Crazy Bernie.”  —  “Big wins in West Virginia and Nebraska,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee tweeted Wednesday morning.
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Ben Wolfgang / Washington Times:
Sanders: Nominating Clinton would be ‘disaster’ for party, nation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Wins West Virginia, Prolonging Race With Hillary Clinton
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Donald Trump Supporters Boost Bernie Sanders in West Virginia
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Here's the Real Reason Everybody Thought Trump Would Lose  —  We thought Republicans were less, well, dumb.  —  Why did almost everybody fail to predict Donald Trump's victory in the Republican primaries?  Nate Silver blames the news media, disorganized Republican elites, and the surprising appeal of cultural grievance.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump launches tax plan rewrite  —  Donald Trump's campaign has enlisted influential conservative economists to revise his tax package and make it more politically palatable by slashing the $10 trillion sticker price.  Their main targets: Lifting the top tax rate from Trump's original plan …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Economists revising Trump's plan could make more people pay taxes
Discussion: RedState
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House buys doughnuts for press  —  The White House extended a sugary olive branch to the press corps on Wednesday after a top aide's derisive comments angered members of the media.  —  Chief of staff Denis McDonough  —  , alongside press secretary Josh Earnest …
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Steve Thomma / Politico:
'You Can Try to Lock Us Out, But We're Not Going Away'
Discussion: Slantpoint
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Senate votes down Iran amendment to energy spending bill  —  The Senate on Wednesday did not approve a controversial Iran measure that has for weeks held up work on an energy and water funding package.  —  The 57-42 vote, which fell short of the 60 votes needed to pass, clears the way for passage of the $37.5 billion spending bill.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Instapundit
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Burgess Everett / Politico:   Senate kills Cotton's Iran amendment - and rescues spending bill
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: I Don't Regret McCain Comments, My Poll Numbers Went Up  —  “And what I said, frankly, is what I said.  And some people like what I said, if you want to know the truth.”  —  Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Wednesday …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump takes credit for Budweiser name change  —  Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  early Wednesday took credit for Anheuser-Busch rebranding its Budweiser beer as “America” for the summer.  —  “Mr. Trump, do you think you had something to do with Budweiser changing …
Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller:
About That Woman Dana Loesch Called Flat-Chested... Whoops.  —  Conservative radio host Dana Loesch may want to bury her head in sand for a day or two.  —  Not that she wasn't entitled to trash CNN commentator Kayleigh McEnany for saying anyone who doesn't support Donald Trump isn't really conservative.
Margaret Chadbourn / ABC News:
Joe Biden: ‘I Would Have Been the Best President’  —  Vice President Joe Biden says he “would have been the best president” if he had mounted a successful campaign in the 2016 election, but that forgoing the race was the right decision for his family.  —  Speaking with “Good Morning America” …
Tony Lombardo / Army Times:
West Point: Cadet photo was inappropriate, but not political  —  The 16 black female cadets who posed for a photo with their fists raised and sparked a nationwide debate will face no punitive action, West Point officials announced Tuesday.  The women will, however, receive additional counseling prior to graduating this month.
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
West Point Clears Cadets Who Raised Fists in Controversial Photo
Discussion: Vox and AOL
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI's Comey: I feel ‘pressure’ to quickly finish Clinton email probe  —  FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday he feels “pressure” to complete the federal investigation into Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server competently and quickly.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump's Miss Universe Foreign Policy  —  O.K., it's easy to pick on Donald Trump's foreign policy.  But just because he recently referred to the attack on the World Trade Center as happening on “7/11” — which is a convenience store — instead of 9/11, and just because he claimed that …
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Divine intervention?  Indian Hindus ask gods to help Trump  —  NEW DELHI (AP) — Donald Trump may find it tough to get Republican leaders behind his campaign, but he's got some faraway fans trying to get the gods on his side.  —  Around a dozen members of a right-wing Indian Hindu group lit …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Andrew Knapp / Post and Courier:
Michael Slager charged with federal civil rights violation, obstruction in Walter Scott shooting  —  A federal grand jury this week indicted former North Charleston officer Michael Slager on charges of a violating civil rights law and misleading investigators in Walter Scott's death …
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
How Many People Support Trump but Don't Want to Admit It?  —  No one is more perplexed by Donald Trump than the leaders of the Republican Party.  On May 5, after Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, Paul Ryan famously asked:  —  As the speaker of the Republican-dominated House …
Discussion: American Prospect and Vox
Rich Miller / Bloomberg:
Recession May Loom for Next U.S. President No Matter Who That Is  —  Obama, Bush faced contractions in first year in office  —  Summers sees significant chance of downturn within three years  —  Talk about a poisoned chalice.  No matter who is elected to the White House in November …
Tampa Bay Times:
Tampa Bay Walmarts get thousands of police calls.  You paid the bill.  —  Design and graphics by MARTIN FROBISHER and ELI MURRAY  —  Police come to shoo away panhandlers, referee parking disputes and check on foul-mouthed teenagers.  —  They are called to arrest the man who drinks …
 
 
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