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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway  —  Multiple FBI investigations are underway involving potential corruption charges against the Clinton Foundation, according to a former senior law enforcement official.  —  The investigation centers on New York City …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump demanded Obama's records. But he's not releasing his own.
Discussion: ABC News
Ivan Levingston / CNBC:
Clintons made $10.6 million in 2015, paid federal rate of 34%
Reuters:
Clintons earned $10.75 million in 2015, paid 34.2 percent federal tax rate
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and AOL
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump warns GOP he could stop fundraising  —  on Thursday issued a threat to stop fundraising for the Republican Party after a report emerged that party officials could focus resources on down-ballot candidates.  —  “I mean, if it is true, that's OK too because all I have to do is stop funding …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP insiders: Trump can't win  —  Republican insiders are more convinced than Democrats that Donald Trump is so far behind Hillary Clinton that he can't win in November.  —  Roughly half of Republican members of The POLITICO Caucus — activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and The Week
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump team, RNC to meet at pivotal moment
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Priebus on Trump: 'Don't believe the garbage you read'
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Clinton Running the Table in Key Battlegrounds  —  Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states - including by double digits in two of them - according to four brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Clinton well ahead in several battlegrounds, new poll shows
Discussion: ABC News
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Widens Lead Over Donald Trump in Battleground States
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Post:
A massive new study debunks a widespread theory for Donald Trump's success  —  Economic distress and anxiety across working-class white America have become a widely discussed explanation for the success of Donald Trump.  It seems to make sense.  Trump's most fervent supporters tend to be white men without college degrees.
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Jonathan T. Rothwell / SSRN:   Explaining Nationalist Political Views: The Case of Donald Trump
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump NY Co-Chair: Khan Doesn't Deserve Gold Star Title  —  Carl Paladino, the co-chair for Donald Trump's campaign in New York, defended the Republican nominee's attacks on Khizr Khan, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, saying Khan doesn't deserve the title of a Gold Star parent because he's shown himself to be …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Surrogate Declares Obama Is a Muslim: ‘If It Acts Like a Duck...’
Discussion: Balloon Juice and alan.com
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump Explains His Obama-Founded-ISIS Claim as ‘Sarcasm’  —  Donald J. Trump tried to quash the latest controversy engulfing his campaign, suggesting on Friday that he was not serious when he said that President Obama and Hillary Clinton were the “founders” of the Islamic State terrorist group.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2007 Radio Hit, Trump Said He Wanted Friend Hillary To Be The Democratic Nominee
Discussion: RedState and alan.com
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Now Says Claim That Obama Was ‘Founder Of ISIS’ Was ‘Sarcasm’
CBS News:
Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake Israeli opponent's hand  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Pieces of Silver  —  By now, it's obvious to everyone with open eyes that Donald Trump is an ignorant, wildly dishonest, erratic, immature, bullying egomaniac.  On the other hand, he's a terrible person.  But despite some high-profile defections, most senior figures in the Republican Party …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump,
Hannah Jeffrey / Tampa Bay Times:
Pinellas sheriff: 2-week-old infant beaten to death by 6-year-old brother (w/video)  —  Kathleen Steele, 62, loaded her three young children into a minivan on Monday afternoon and drove to a cellphone repair shop in St. Petersburg.  —  3 Months Ago 2 Months Ago
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Trump closes up shop in New Jersey  —  Donald Trump and his supporters claimed, once the Republican nomination was wrapped up, that traditionally blue New Jersey could be in play come November.  —  With great fanfare, Trump's campaign opened a New Jersey office on May 3 in Edison …
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite, RedState and alan.com
The Daily Beast:
A Note From the Editors  —  Today, The Daily Beast took an unprecedented but necessary step: We are removing an article from our site, “The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping.”  —  The Daily Beast does not do this lightly.  As shared in our editor's note earlier today …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rupert Murdoch announces new leadership for Fox News  —  Rupert Murdoch named Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine co-presidents of Fox News on Friday, while also announcing other leadership changes.  —  Abernethy was Fox Television Stations CEO while Shine was senior executive vice president.
Martin Rogers / USA Today:
American Simone Manuel speaks out on police brutality, race after earning Olympic gold  —  RIO DE JANEIRO - American swimmer Simone Manuel spoke out about the United States' police brutality controversy after claiming a historic gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem accuses Trump of sabotaging own campaign  —  Facing friendly fire from GOP critics and lagging in the polls, Donald Trump  —  is trying to sink his own campaign, Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) contended Thursday.  —  “It appears as if he knows he will not be the next president of the United States …
Discussion: Washington Times
Liz Crokin / The New York Observer:
Tech Companies Apple, Twitter, Google, and Instagram Collude to Defeat Trump  —  There is no such thing as Pro-Trump free speech as Clinton corporate allies serve up a carefully curated view of the campaign  —  My dad always told me that conservative candidates have to work twice as hard …
Discussion: BizPac Review
ThinkProgress:
The NRA's Favorite Gun “Academic” Is A Fraud  —  The journalistic quest for neutrality has led to a sacrifice of intellectual integrity.  —  By Devin Hughes and Evan DeFilippis  —  The United States seems to be in a perpetual cycle mourning mass shootings in the country.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
6 Problems With Media's Hysterical Reaction To Trump's ISIS Comments
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Appeals Court Denies Request To Allow Mississippi To Enforce Anti-LGBT Law During Appeal
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama facing pressure to rip up his lobbyist rules
Barack Obama / The White House:
Asked and Answered: “This country needs more spunk”
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and WKRN-TV
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Obama puts Congress on notice: TPP is coming
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A 6-Year-Old Girl Was Handcuffed At School For Taking Candy
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Brandon George / Dallas Morning News:
NFL won't allow Cowboys to wear decal supporting Dallas police on their helmets
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Gannett and N.Y. Times ask court to unseal 1990 Trump divorce records
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
NEW NARRATIVE: TRUMP, Republicans concede they could lose election …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Clinton's press problem
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Fred Trump Taught His Son the Essentials of Showboating Self-Promotion
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