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10:40 AM ET, May 13, 2016

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New York Times:
U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is planning to issue a sweeping directive telling every public school district in the country to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama administration to instruct schools to accommodate transgender students
Associated Press:   US gives directive to schools on transgender bathroom access
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Donald Trump masqueraded as a spokesman to brag about himself  —  The voice is instantly familiar; the tone, confident, even cocky; the cadence, distinctly Trumpian.  The man on the phone vigorously defending Donald Trump says he's a media spokesman named John Miller, but then he says …
Yahoo:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business' (ABC News)  —  What Really Happened in Trump's Capitol Hill Meeting  —  Anti-Trump Forces Build Shadow Third-Party Campaign  —  “I don't have Swiss bank accounts,” he said.  “I don't have offshore accounts.”
Discussion: Political Wire and Towleroad
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren Is On An Anti-Trump Tweetstorm.  The Clinton Campaign Has Noticed.  —  And a buried 2015 focus group hints at why she might just be the VP pick.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  Twice this past week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) …
Jeff Sessions / USA Today:
Sen. Sessions: Election offers a simple choice  —  In Donald Trump, we have a forceful advocate for America.  —  For the first time in a long time, this November will give Americans a clear choice on perhaps the most important issue facing our country and our civilization …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
John Santucci / ABC News:
Donald Trump Refuses to Reveal His Tax Rate: 'It's None of Your Business'
Discussion: Hot Air
Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Clinton charity gave $2M to company owned by Bill's ‘friend’  —  More On:  —  Bill Clinton's foundation doled out $2 million to a power company partly owned by a wealthy blond divorcée about whom questions have been raised as to whether she is the frequent visitor to his home nicknamed “Energizer.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Charity Aided Clinton Friends  —  A $2 million commitment arranged by the nonprofit Clinton Global Initiative in 2010 went to a for-profit company part-owned by friends of the Clintons  —  HASTINGS, Neb.—The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world's problems …
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics.  —  Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice.  We believe the world is better when people from different backgrounds and with different ideas all have the power to share their thoughts and experiences.  That's what makes social media unique.
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Justin Osofsky / Facebook:
Information About Trending Topics
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Trump accuses Bezos of using the Washington Post to avoid taxes  —  Donald Trump is done with Jeff Bezos.  —  In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Thursday night, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee alleged that the Amazon founder uses the Washington Post to secure tax benefits for his company.
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Fox News:
Trump says Washington Post owner Bezos has ‘huge antitrust problem’
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
It's On! TRUMP Goes After Jeff Bezos: He's Using Washington Post for Power - It's Wrong (VIDEO)
Discussion: WND
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sanders crashes into Democratic Party wall  —  Now it's the Democratic convention that's promising to get messy.  —  After piling up millions of votes and wins in 19 states, Bernie Sanders and his supporters are beginning to lay out their expectations for the Democratic National Convention …
Discussion: The Hill
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Never (Again) Trump’ sets sights on 2020
David Corn / Mother Jones:
On Facebook, Trump's Longtime Butler Calls for Obama to Be Killed  —  Anthony Senecal, who worked as Donald Trump's butler for 17 years before being named the in-house historian at the tycoon's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, has repeatedly published posts on his Facebook page …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump campaign eyes #NeverTrump blacklist  —  Donald Trump's campaign is considering hitting his Republican enemies where it hurts: Their wallets.  —  As Trump moves to work in closer concert with the Republican National Committee apparatus, some campaign aides and allies are pushing …
Sheldon G. Adelson / Washington Post:
Sheldon Adelson: I endorse Donald Trump for president  —  Sheldon G. Adelson is chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp.  —  At the outset of the 2016 election, the GOP primary field was nearly as large as that of last weekend's Kentucky Derby.
Discussion: Vox, CNN, BillMoyers.com and Politico
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Sarah Palin: Paul Ryan, Donald Trump meeting ‘makes me ill’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin continued her attacks against House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, saying his highly publicized meeting Thursday with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., made her “ill.”
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David Catanese / US News:
Hillary's Glaring Weakness
Discussion: WBUR and CNN
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Everything I say now is a suggestion  —  To hear Donald Trump explain his various proposals on Friday, including a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States—with exceptions, the presumptive Republican nominee made one thing clear: As of right now, they are all just suggestions.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Donald Trump Won't Alter Tax Plan, Spokeswoman Says as Confusion Reigns  —  WASHINGTON — After days of confusion over Donald J. Trump's hints that he would change his tax plan to reduce its budget-busting cost and make it less generous to the rich, his spokeswoman on Thursday sought to clear things up …
David Petraeus / Washington Post:
Anti-Muslim bigotry aids Islamist terrorists  —  David Petraeus, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, is a retired U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq from 2007 to 2008 and Afghanistan from 2010 to 2011 and served as CIA director from 2011 to 2012.
Discussion: Just Security and Economist
 
 
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Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg:
Yellen Doesn't Rule Out Negative Rates in Letter to Congressman
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Calling it ‘disgusting,’ congressional candidate renounces fundraising
Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Trump's about-face on fund-raising seems unlikely to dent his popularity
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton abandoned secure line to use home phone, new email shows
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and twitchy.com
Rana Foroohar / TIME:
American Capitalism's Great Crisis
Discussion: RedState and American Power
Daily Mail:
Quarter of ‘straight’ young women admit to having a same-sex fling while HALF believe gender …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Dinesh D'Souza's 'Hillary's America' Docu Set To Open Just Before GOP Convention
 Earlier Items: 
Philip Wegmann / The Daily Signal:
Senate Appropriations Bill Spends More Than Obama Requested
Rachel Feltman / Washington Post:
A bit of debris chipped the International Space Station.  That's just one piece of a much bigger problem.
Discussion: Mashable, The Verge and Gizmodo
Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo: ‘Trump Is So Stupid, My God’
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Boehner wouldn't be surprised if Clinton ‘has to withdraw’
Discussion: Politicus USA and BizPac Review
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The GOP's top Colorado Senate candidate just had a Marco Rubio moment
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Microsoft plans to add the latest installment of Call of Duty to Xbox Game Pass at launch this fall, a major shakeup of its video game sales strategy

Will Knight / Wired:
OpenAI's entire Superalignment team, which was focused on the existential dangers of AI, has either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups

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