Sponsored by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | K Street mans hotlines, forms task forces following Brexit; Clinton tech agenda would forgive student debt, expand broadband; Zika funding stalls in the Senate amid partisan rift; Federal agents, prosecutors to be trained on recognizing implicit bias; Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to rule that pharmacies dispense emergency contraception; Trump lawyer tweets image saying Hillary Clinton ‘murdered’ ambassador; The Daily 202: Gun control group to attack several vulnerable Republican senators; When will GOP Senate campaigns throw Trump under the bus?; Why Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’; ‘Still Sanders’ activists cling to hope of ‘flipping’ California; Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic restrictions; U.S., Canada and Mexico vow to get half their electricity from clean power by 2025; Trump adds former top Cruz aide Jason Miller in latest round of hirings; U.S. reopens investigation into bombing that killed at least 11 Iraqi civilians; The heroin epidemic was once mostly immune from politics. Not anymore.; After court ruling, both sides of abortion debate brace for a political fight; Supreme Court overturns corruption conviction of former Va. governor McDonnell; Big Labor makes peace with Hillary Clinton on trade; Trump, casting aside ‘pivot,’ lashes out once again at Elizabeth Warren; Many victims of OPM background investigation files theft still not notified; Clinton says she understands many people don’t trust her, promises to earn it;
 
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Trump promised millions to charity. We found less than $10,000 over 7 years.
A review also shows he donated less than a third of $8.5 million pledged since 2001.
Trey Gowdy defends two-year Benghazi probe that was riddled with partisan conflict
Perhaps the most enduring legacy of this Benghazi panel was its unearthing of emails it requested, which brought to light the existence of a private email server that Clinton used as secretary of state.
 
K Street mans hotlines, forms task forces following Brexit
"The hotline's been hot," said one lawyer.
 
Clinton tech agenda would forgive student debt, expand broadband
Putting off loan payments would allow greater latitude for some of those most likely to drive the innovation economy, Clinton said.
 
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Zika funding stalls in the Senate amid partisan rift
Senate Republicans said a failure to advance the legislation would mean that Congress will likely be unable to address the threat posed by Zika for weeks because of the upcoming congressional recess.
 
Federal agents, prosecutors to be trained on recognizing implicit bias
The Justice Department on Monday said it will train its law enforcement agents and prosecutors to recognize and address how their own implicit bias affects their workplace decisions.
 
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to rule that pharmacies dispense emergency contraception
Alito and other conservative justices say it is ’ominous sign’ for religious freedom.
 
Trump lawyer tweets image saying Hillary Clinton ‘murdered’ ambassador
The tweet came the same day as a much-anticipated report on the deadly Benghazi attacks.
 
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The Daily 202: Gun control group to attack several vulnerable Republican senators
Kelly Ayotte, Marco Rubio and Heidi Heitkamp are just some of the group's targets
 
When will GOP Senate campaigns throw Trump under the bus?
“We all believe that Trump will be a drag on the rest of the ticket. The only question is whether he’ll be bad or horrific,” said one highly regarded GOP strategist.
 
Why Donald Trump calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’
We provide for our readers a refresher of this issue from four years ago.
 
‘Still Sanders’ activists cling to hope of ‘flipping’ California
For a small group of Sanders diehards, California's ridiculously slow count of mail-in and provisional ballots is a source of hope.
 
 
     
 
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