Obama’s trade agenda losing critical support as McConnell calls TPP passage unlikely; Clinton is vetting retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis for VP; Interior chief: ‘Culture’ of sexual harassment probably pervades the National Park Service; U.K.’s next leader banned a prominent white nationalist from visiting; House won’t debate guns before heading home for the summer; Donald Trump has no interest in apologizing to John McCain; Eric Trump said his charity received ‘hundreds of thousands’ from his father. Now, he’s not sure.; Jesse Jackson praises Sanders for working to ‘expand the party rather than split it’; Dubious constitutional effort to cut due process for top civil servants spreads across government; Why the race is still Hillary Clinton’s to lose; Are most job-related deaths of police caused by traffic incidents?;
 
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I found proof that Donald Trump gives to charity. I had the wrong Donald Trump.
The first time Donald Trump was asked to donate to help the other Donald Trump, he said no.
Obama’s trade agenda losing critical support as McConnell calls TPP passage unlikely
Both Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, are opposed to the trade deal involving 12 Pacific-rim nations.
 
Clinton is vetting retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis for VP
The former supreme allied commander of NATO is a lesser-known figure than most of the politicos that are known to be considered by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
 
Interior chief: ‘Culture’ of sexual harassment probably pervades the National Park Service
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, in her first public comments on a sexual misconduct crisis roiling the National Park Service, says she expects to uncover a culture that must be stopped.
 
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U.K.’s next leader banned a prominent white nationalist from visiting
Richard Spencer, a self-described "identitarian" who leads a white nationalist think tank, received an envelope last month marked "On Her Britannic Majesty's Service."
 
House won’t debate guns before heading home for the summer
Congress leaves at the end of the week for a seven week summer recess.
 
Donald Trump has no interest in apologizing to John McCain
Instead of apologizing for saying Vietnam vet wasn't a hero, the presumptive GOP nominee attacked the senator's record on veteran affairs.
 
Eric Trump said his charity received ‘hundreds of thousands’ from his father. Now, he’s not sure.
Eric Trump now says that he he could not name a single instance when Donald Trump had given such a gift.
 
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Jesse Jackson praises Sanders for working to ‘expand the party rather than split it’
The veteran civil rights activist said he saw parallels to his own insurgent campaign in 1988.
 
Dubious constitutional effort to cut due process for top civil servants spreads across government
 
Why the race is still Hillary Clinton’s to lose
 
Are most job-related deaths of police caused by traffic incidents?
Traffic-related incidents are a leading cause of police deaths, but police also face a risk that is not really comparable to other industries: ambush attacks.
 
 
     
 
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