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10:20 AM ET, May 23, 2016

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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Electoral map looks grim for Trump  —  is getting good news in the polls.  —  Last week, a Fox News poll saw him take a 3-point lead over Hillary Clinton  —  in a national survey.  That's within the margin of error.  —  But step back and take the long view.  Clinton led by seven points in April.
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Defends His National Security Positions as Hillary Clinton Attacks  —  Clinton is working to stoke fears that Trump fails the  —  Hillary Clinton is leveling a withering attack on Donald Trump's temperament and judgment when it comes to national security, calling him unqualified …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Lags Behind Hillary Clinton in Organizing Key State  —  The presumptive GOP nominee's slow start in Ohio could undermine his chances of winning the White House  —  PLAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio—Though Donald Trump dispensed with his last primary opponent months before Hillary Clinton will …
CBS News:   CBS Battleground Tracker Poll: Ohio and Florida show tight races
Bill Scher / Politico:
Bernie Loses His Halo  —  Is the left turning on its darling, Bernie Sanders?  On Friday, Netroots titan Markos Moulitsas, namesake of the liberal Daily Kos, dropped a rhetorical bomb on the Bern, blaming the candidate for doing too little to denounce death threats received by the Nevada Democratic Party …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Guardian
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New York Times:
Do Sanders Supporters Favor His Policies?  —  Bernie Sanders is widely credited with pulling Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to the left on major issues like health care, trade, financial regulation and the minimum wage.  Now he says he will battle all the way to the convention on behalf of …
CNN:
Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam  —  Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN)President Barack Obama announced Monday that the United States is fully lifting a decades-long ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam.  —  In a joint news conference in Hanoi with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Obama Lifts Decades-Old Arms Ban in His 1st Visit to Vietnam
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Vietnam Arms Embargo to Be Fully Lifted, Obama Says in Hanoi
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
In historic move, U.S. lifts arms sales embargo to Vietnam
Discussion: Washington Times
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Graham privately urges Republicans to support Trump  —  (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics, is now calling on Republicans to support their presumptive nominee.  —  Graham urged GOP donors at a private fundraiser Saturday in Florida to unite behind Trump's campaign …
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Alex Swoyer / Breitbart:
Sean Spicer: Donald Trump ‘Made It Very Clear We Are Going to Be Aggressive’
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
I was just another reporter sent to cover radicalization in Minneapolis.  Then 2 local Somalis took me on a tour  —  Haqhawo Qaasim holds a photo of Guled Ali Omar, a defendant in an Islamic State recruitment trial, while standing in front of the courthouse in Minneapolis.  (Elizabeth Flores / Star Tribune)
Discussion: Power LinePower Line
John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders supporters sue to have California's voter registration extended until election day  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses supporters during a rally on May 21, 2016, in National City.  (Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images)  —  A federal lawsuit alleging …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Facebook's Troubling One-Way Mirror  —  If you bothered to read the fine print when you created your Facebook account, you would have noticed just how much of yourself you were giving over to Mark Zuckerberg and his $340 billion social network.  —  In exchange for an admittedly magical level …
Discussion: Washington Post
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Death of Taliban Leader Mansur  —  Today marks an important milestone in our longstanding effort to bring peace and prosperity to Afghanistan.  With the death of Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansur, we have removed the leader of an organization that has continued …
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Reuters
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Michelle Fields to resume covering Donald Trump - for Huffington Post  —  Michelle Fields, the conservative reporter who had Donald Trump's campaign manager charged with battery, has a new job.  —  Fields is heading to the Huffington Post, where she will cover the 2016 campaign with a specific focus on Trump and the Republican Party.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump acknowledges climate change — at his golf course  —  Donald Trump says he is “not a big believer in global warming.”  He has called it “a total hoax,” “bulls**t” and “pseudoscience.”  —  But he is also trying to build a sea wall designed to protect one of his golf courses from “global warming and its effects.”
Discussion: Political Wire and twitchy.com
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
How corporate America bought Hillary Clinton for $21M  —  “Follow the money.”  That telling phrase, which has come to summarize the Watergate scandal, has been a part of the lexicon since 1976.  It's shorthand for political corruption: At what point do “contributions” become bribes …
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
The scandal in Washington no one is talking about  —  The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.  But newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the case …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
Snowden calls for whistleblower shield after claims by new Pentagon source  —  Accusations that Pentagon retaliated against a whistleblower undermine argument that there were options for Snowden other than leaking to the media  —  Edward Snowden has called for a complete overhaul …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Sweden pays parents for having kids — and it reaps huge benefits.  Why doesn't the US?  —  Basic income is all the rage these days.  The idea — which calls for the government to give everyone in a given city/state/country/whatever enough money to live in, no strings attached …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Recalling Hillary Clinton's claim of ‘landing under sniper fire’ in Bosnia  —  One of our all-time great fact checks was The Fact Checker's March 21, 2008, report on Hillary Clinton's false claim that she arrived in Bosnia “under sniper fire.”  The article, written by our former colleague Michael Dobbs …
Discussion: the daily howler
 
 
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An agent of his own demise: How de Blasio keeps the public in the dark on his 'agents of the city …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Proposed national park is a multimillion-dollar gift wrapped up in distrust
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Rat Pack vs. the hippie: Trump and Clinton are from opposite ends of same decade
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Patrick Collinson / Guardian:
Cashless Britain advances as contactless and debit cards thrive
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Runaway Train  —  Yes, it's a con. In the three weeks since …
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Annie Shalvey / WPRI-TV:
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FLASHBACK VIDEO: HIllary Clinton Threatens Bill Clinton's Accusers on Today Show
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Isil carrying out chemical experiments on its prisoners as it moves labs into residential neighbourhoods
Discussion: Power LinePower Line and RedState
Daily Mail:
Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood says Hollywood is gripped by a powerful pedophile ring …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump camp quietly courts Muslims