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| Trump says he has raised at least $5.6m for veterans groups – campaign live | Trump says he has raised at least $5.6m for veterans groups – campaign live |
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| Clinton proposal to 'support military families' | |
| As Trump held his news conference detailing donations to veterans’ groups, the Hillary Clinton campaign released a new policy paper describing ways she would support military families as president. | |
| Clinton’s paper lists six bullet points: | |
| In his appearance, Trump said that “politicians” had failed to care for military families, while he, in contrast, had coordinated a fundraising effort and was making direct donations. | |
| “Find out how much Hillary Clinton’s given to the veterans,” Trump said. “Nothing.” | |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a union challenge seeking to restore health and pension benefits for more than 1,000 workers at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, the AP reports: | |
| The justices let stand lower court rulings in favor of the former Trump Entertainment Resorts, once run by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. | |
| But the union indicated it will continue to picket the casino, which is now owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn. | |
| The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2014 and a federal bankruptcy judge imposed cost savings sought by the company. They included terminating health insurance and pension benefits for unionized workers. | |
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| Sanders pooh-poohs Clinton’s Jerry Brown endorsement, saying he prefers the support of health care workers to political professionals: | |
| . @BernieSanders back to lobby, re @JerryBrownGov, says he'd rather have nurses union support than 'establishment' pic.twitter.com/ipldgbjRby | |
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| Donald Trump has argued that he will be able to turn states that have been falling Democrat in presidential years – New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania – Republican (update: Clinton leads Trump in a new Siena College poll of New York by 21 points, 52-31). So far that’s just a claim by Trump, but we’ll keep reporting and watching the polls. | |
| Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, has her own dreams about swiping a state from the other side – specifically, Texas, which will award 38 electoral votes. | Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, has her own dreams about swiping a state from the other side – specifically, Texas, which will award 38 electoral votes. |
| The following passage is from a thorough new Clinton profile by Rebecca Traister: | The following passage is from a thorough new Clinton profile by Rebecca Traister: |
| Not just Trump who harbors unrealistic dreams of expanding map (from @rtraister HRC piece) https://t.co/tPtJHRW4ZN pic.twitter.com/54oh0QC93m | Not just Trump who harbors unrealistic dreams of expanding map (from @rtraister HRC piece) https://t.co/tPtJHRW4ZN pic.twitter.com/54oh0QC93m |
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| Sanders to speak on health care | Sanders to speak on health care |
| Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to hold a news conference shortly on the topic of health care. Here’s a live video stream: | Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to hold a news conference shortly on the topic of health care. Here’s a live video stream: |
| .@BernieSanders says US health care system is "inhumane & insane," renews call for single-payer with @NationalNurses pic.twitter.com/9rnutmk6tC | .@BernieSanders says US health care system is "inhumane & insane," renews call for single-payer with @NationalNurses pic.twitter.com/9rnutmk6tC |
| Sanders "press conference" = he gives a speech, takes no questions. Organizer asks if there are any Qs "about single payer" for nurses. Nope | Sanders "press conference" = he gives a speech, takes no questions. Organizer asks if there are any Qs "about single payer" for nurses. Nope |
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| Clinton leads Sanders in California polling | Clinton leads Sanders in California polling |
| Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders in the three latest polls of California voters, one week out from the primary. | Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders in the three latest polls of California voters, one week out from the primary. |
| A SurveyUSA/KABC/SCNG poll of 803 Democratic likely voters conducted from 19-22 May has Clinton up 57-39 on Sanders. | A SurveyUSA/KABC/SCNG poll of 803 Democratic likely voters conducted from 19-22 May has Clinton up 57-39 on Sanders. |
| A Public Policy Institute of California poll of 552 Democratic likely voters conducted from 13-22 May has Clinton up 46-44 on Sanders. | A Public Policy Institute of California poll of 552 Democratic likely voters conducted from 13-22 May has Clinton up 46-44 on Sanders. |
| A YouGov/Hoover Institution poll of 694 Democratic likely voters conducted from 4-16 May has Clinton up 51-38. | A YouGov/Hoover Institution poll of 694 Democratic likely voters conducted from 4-16 May has Clinton up 51-38. |
| The HuffPost pollster average of polls in the race has Clinton up by 12 points: | The HuffPost pollster average of polls in the race has Clinton up by 12 points: |
| FiveThirtyEight’s forecasting tool has Clinton the 97% favorite to win the state (but the tool has missed badly for example in Indiana). | FiveThirtyEight’s forecasting tool has Clinton the 97% favorite to win the state (but the tool has missed badly for example in Indiana). |
| Turning to the latest general election polling in New Jersey, a Monmouth University poll detects a slight-ish advantage for Clinton, held in check by robust support for Trump among white voters. Strikingly, the poll detects an inversion of the usual home-court-advantage logic of politics, which holds that local associations benefit nonlocal candidates. Trump would lose significant support in the state, the polls finds, if he chose New Jersey governor Chris Christie as a running mate: | Turning to the latest general election polling in New Jersey, a Monmouth University poll detects a slight-ish advantage for Clinton, held in check by robust support for Trump among white voters. Strikingly, the poll detects an inversion of the usual home-court-advantage logic of politics, which holds that local associations benefit nonlocal candidates. Trump would lose significant support in the state, the polls finds, if he chose New Jersey governor Chris Christie as a running mate: |
| Amazing stat: Picking Christie for VP would make 42% of NJ voters LESS likely to vote Trump. Just 8% say more likely. Per @MonmouthPoll. | Amazing stat: Picking Christie for VP would make 42% of NJ voters LESS likely to vote Trump. Just 8% say more likely. Per @MonmouthPoll. |
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| David Smith | David Smith |
| Donald Trump’s campaign chairman took a “mercenary” approach to lobbying the US government on behalf of international clients accused of killings, rapes and other atrocities, according to one of his former colleagues, writes Guardian Washington correspondent David Smith: | Donald Trump’s campaign chairman took a “mercenary” approach to lobbying the US government on behalf of international clients accused of killings, rapes and other atrocities, according to one of his former colleagues, writes Guardian Washington correspondent David Smith: |
| Manafort was a principal at the lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, which had close links to the Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush administrations, as well as senior Republicans in Congress. | Manafort was a principal at the lobbying firm Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly, which had close links to the Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush administrations, as well as senior Republicans in Congress. |
| In that role, in 1989, he had no qualms about doing business with the “murderous dictator” of Somalia, Washington lobbyist Riva Levinson recalls in a new memoir,Choosing the Hero: My Improbable Journey and the Rise of Africa’s First Woman President, which focuses on her work with Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. | In that role, in 1989, he had no qualms about doing business with the “murderous dictator” of Somalia, Washington lobbyist Riva Levinson recalls in a new memoir,Choosing the Hero: My Improbable Journey and the Rise of Africa’s First Woman President, which focuses on her work with Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. |
| “Arrogant, narcissistic, egotistical, brilliant – all of that I can handle in Paul,” Levinson writes. “But it is Paul’s mercenary attitude that puts us at odds.” | “Arrogant, narcissistic, egotistical, brilliant – all of that I can handle in Paul,” Levinson writes. “But it is Paul’s mercenary attitude that puts us at odds.” |
| Read the full piece here: | Read the full piece here: |
| Related: Trump chair Paul Manafort: 'mercenary' lobbyist and valuable asset | Related: Trump chair Paul Manafort: 'mercenary' lobbyist and valuable asset |
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| At his news conference, Trump called Tom Llamas of ABC News a “sleaze” for Llamas’ having pointed out that Trump lied back in January about having raised $6m at a charity event for veterans: | At his news conference, Trump called Tom Llamas of ABC News a “sleaze” for Llamas’ having pointed out that Trump lied back in January about having raised $6m at a charity event for veterans: |
| The exchange that led Trump to call me a "sleaze." 👇 pic.twitter.com/dDwsjR4IlF | The exchange that led Trump to call me a "sleaze." 👇 pic.twitter.com/dDwsjR4IlF |
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| The group Veterans against Trump is holding a news conference outside Trump tower, reports Lauren Gambino from the scene: | The group Veterans against Trump is holding a news conference outside Trump tower, reports Lauren Gambino from the scene: |
| Veterans against Trump hold press conference outside trump tower pic.twitter.com/jByRH6t2Oo | Veterans against Trump hold press conference outside trump tower pic.twitter.com/jByRH6t2Oo |
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| A Texas road sign was hacked to make fun of Trump: | A Texas road sign was hacked to make fun of Trump: |
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| The Hillary Clinton campaign has released a new installment in its “A message from your possible next president” series highlighting things Donald Trump has said. Today’s edition is on prisoners of war: | The Hillary Clinton campaign has released a new installment in its “A message from your possible next president” series highlighting things Donald Trump has said. Today’s edition is on prisoners of war: |
| .@realDonaldTrump doesn't like prisoners of war—but he wants to be your Commander-in-Chief.https://t.co/Xuk3OOcvIB | .@realDonaldTrump doesn't like prisoners of war—but he wants to be your Commander-in-Chief.https://t.co/Xuk3OOcvIB |
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| Trump’s list of charitable donations to veterans’ groups adds up to $5.5m. He said donations are still coming and he expects to top $6m. | Trump’s list of charitable donations to veterans’ groups adds up to $5.5m. He said donations are still coming and he expects to top $6m. |
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| Trump: 'You think I'm gonna change? I'm not gonna change' | Trump: 'You think I'm gonna change? I'm not gonna change' |
| Trump says that the Republican party is unifying, but he’s not required to be nice to party figures who are holdouts. | Trump says that the Republican party is unifying, but he’s not required to be nice to party figures who are holdouts. |
| “Why should I be nice to that person? If I have a person that’s not going to support me, I have no obligation,” he says. “I may choose to hit them back.” | “Why should I be nice to that person? If I have a person that’s not going to support me, I have no obligation,” he says. “I may choose to hit them back.” |
| So how about... 2012 nominee Mitt Romney? | So how about... 2012 nominee Mitt Romney? |
| I’m not a fan of Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney lost an election that he should have run...If you read the front page of the Wall Street Journal this weekend, he looks like a fool. He let us down. | I’m not a fan of Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney lost an election that he should have run...If you read the front page of the Wall Street Journal this weekend, he looks like a fool. He let us down. |
| New Mexico governor Susana Martinez? | New Mexico governor Susana Martinez? |
| She was not nice. You think I’m gonna change? I’m not going to change, not for her. | She was not nice. You think I’m gonna change? I’m not going to change, not for her. |
| 1996 nominee Bob Dole? | 1996 nominee Bob Dole? |
| Bob Dole is a fan of mine. Don’t tell me about Bob Dole. | Bob Dole is a fan of mine. Don’t tell me about Bob Dole. |
| Former New Mexico governor and now Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson? | Former New Mexico governor and now Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson? |
| It’s a total fringe deal. He’s a fringe candidate, if you want to know the truth. | It’s a total fringe deal. He’s a fringe candidate, if you want to know the truth. |
| Trump closes by saying the political press is “unbelievably dishonest.” Exeunt. | Trump closes by saying the political press is “unbelievably dishonest.” Exeunt. |
| trump press conference pic.twitter.com/QfF0kUrbfC | trump press conference pic.twitter.com/QfF0kUrbfC |
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| Trump on 'loser' Bill Kristol: 'he's not a smart person' | Trump on 'loser' Bill Kristol: 'he's not a smart person' |
| “Bill Kristol is a loser,” Donald Trump says of conservative columnist, talking head and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol. “Bill Kristol’s a loser. His magazine is failing. He’s getting some free publicity.” | “Bill Kristol is a loser,” Donald Trump says of conservative columnist, talking head and Weekly Standard editor William Kristol. “Bill Kristol’s a loser. His magazine is failing. He’s getting some free publicity.” |
| Trump is steamed because Kristol has been calling for a third-party candidate to run against Trump and Clinton. | Trump is steamed because Kristol has been calling for a third-party candidate to run against Trump and Clinton. |
| “It’s too late,” Trump says. “Texas is out. What happens is, you will not have Supreme Court justices. You will lose... now, Kristol... he said ‘Donald Trump will never run.’ He’s not a smart person. | “It’s too late,” Trump says. “Texas is out. What happens is, you will not have Supreme Court justices. You will lose... now, Kristol... he said ‘Donald Trump will never run.’ He’s not a smart person. |
| “I actually blame you [the media]. Why do you put this guy on television. He looks like such a fool. | “I actually blame you [the media]. Why do you put this guy on television. He looks like such a fool. |
| “These people are losers.” | “These people are losers.” |
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| I gather Donald Trump said I'm a loser. I've won some and I've lost some, but one thing I've always tried not to be is a roaring jackass. | |
| Trump says Republicans should not support a third-party candidate, because “You lose the election for Republicans, and therefore you lose the Supreme Court.” | Trump says Republicans should not support a third-party candidate, because “You lose the election for Republicans, and therefore you lose the Supreme Court.” |
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| Trump would consider senator Sessions as veep | Trump would consider senator Sessions as veep |
| Trump says he would consider Alabama senator Jeff Sessions for as a running mate. “He’s a fantastic person.” | Trump says he would consider Alabama senator Jeff Sessions for as a running mate. “He’s a fantastic person.” |
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| Trump supports killing of 'beautiful' gorilla | Trump supports killing of 'beautiful' gorilla |
| A boy fell into a gorilla enclosure in the Cincinnati zoo at the weekend and the zoo killed a big gorilla that was deemed a threat to the boy. You may have seen the video on the Internet. | A boy fell into a gorilla enclosure in the Cincinnati zoo at the weekend and the zoo killed a big gorilla that was deemed a threat to the boy. You may have seen the video on the Internet. |
| Trump’s asked about it. | Trump’s asked about it. |
| “It was almost like a mother holding a baby. It looked so beautiful and calm,” he said. | “It was almost like a mother holding a baby. It looked so beautiful and calm,” he said. |
| “I don’t think they had a choice... it’s too bad there wasn’t another way. I thought it was so beautiful to watch that powerful, almost 500-lb gorilla, how he dealt with that young boy. [But] It just takes one second” for the gorilla to hurt the boy. | “I don’t think they had a choice... it’s too bad there wasn’t another way. I thought it was so beautiful to watch that powerful, almost 500-lb gorilla, how he dealt with that young boy. [But] It just takes one second” for the gorilla to hurt the boy. |
| .@realDonaldTrump on #gorilla shooting at Cincinnati Zoo: “Probably they didn't have a choice." | .@realDonaldTrump on #gorilla shooting at Cincinnati Zoo: “Probably they didn't have a choice." |
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