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Sanders wins W. Va. primary
Bernie Sanders won the West Virginia primary on Tuesday night, capturing support in the predominantly white, blue-collar state. But he remains far behind Hillary Clinton in the Democratic delegate count. Although only two polls were conducted in the state going in to the May 10 primary, they showed Sanders leading Hillary Clinton by a 46-40 percent count, according to RealClearPolitics averages. In the weeks leading up to the vote Sanders spent $22,000 on television and radio ads in West Virginia, whereas the Clinton campaign didn't spend a single dollar.
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Trump, now unopposed, racks up two more primary victories
Donald Trump easily won two more Republican primaries Tuesday night after all of his opponents in the GOP primary had exited the presidential race.
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Trump meets with Ryan tomorrow, Ben Carson will phone him first
House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to talk by phone with Dr. Ben Carson before Thursday's planned meeting with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. A Ryan aide told the Washington Examiner the call would take place some time prior to Thursday, when Ryan, Trump and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus huddle at party headquarters near the Capitol.
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David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner senior congressional correspondent 
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Vox still trying to make the 'gender gap' a thing
The wage gap is back, with a new slick video from Vox attempting to prove that women are oppressed and systematically underpaid in America. Only problem is, it's not supported by any solid evidence or data. In fact, women make nearly the same as men when you control for obvious differences like hours worked, industry, and type of job.
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Ex-Obama staff chuckle over 'you can keep your plan' pledge
Charlie Rose and a trio of former Obama speechwriters laughed it up this week at the mention of the president's infamous promise that that under the Affordable Care Act, "if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan." This promise, which was used to sell Obamacare and pass it into law, was dramatically broken as millions of people with individual plans saw them cancelled in 2013 and 2014. The issue became a real problem for Democrats in the 2014 midterm election.
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| Twenty years ago today, ValuJet Flight 592 crashed on its way to Atlanta, killing all 110 people aboard. Among the dead were San Diego Chargers running back Rodney Culver (who had been drafted from Notre Dame four years earlier) and Miami Hurricanes offensive lineman Robert Woodus, who had only just graduated. The crash, caused by a fire due to improperly stored oxygen generators, brought new scrutiny to cut-rate airlines. ValuJet went out of business when it merged with AirTran, which was purchased in 2014 by Southwest Airlines. |
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Flint mayor accused of diverting water crisis funds to her PAC, firing whistleblower
A former Flint, Mich., city administrator is alleging Mayor Karen Weaver funneled funding that was meant to help fix that city's lead water crisis to her political action committee instead. In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, Natasha Henderson said a city employee informed her in February that Weaver was directing donations from Safe Water/Safe Homes, a donation fund for families impacted by the lead water crisis, to her Karenabout Flint PAC.
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Bernie Sanders won a fairly convincing victory last night in West Virginia. This comes on the heels of his victory in Indiana. Are Democrats really conflicted about Hillary Clinton, or will they easily unite to stop Donald Trump after their convention?
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Editorial: Does no one genuinely care about Flint?
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, a Democrat elected last year, had been praised for her role in advocating for Flint and its residents. The city's water supply had already been poisoned by the time of her election. She hosted Hillary Clinton earlier this year, when the Democratic candidate promised not to forget Flint and its problems if she became president. This week, she hosted President Obama on his visit to Flint and praised him for being on the "same page" as city authorities in managing the crisis. If the new allegations against the mayor are true, the people of Flint, already having suffered the tainting of their water supply, will be justified in wondering if anyone in power is untainted by corruption.
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Massive die-off of honey bee hives in 2015
America's beekeepers, professionals and hobbyists, suffered a record year of colony deaths in the last year, a huge sting that eliminated 44 percent of the colonies, according to an annual survey released Tuesday. The Bee Informed Partnership, with support from the Apiary Inspectors of America and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said that for the second year in a row colony loss numbers were above 40 percent. The survey was from April 2015 to last month.
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Obama to sign trade secrets bill in public
President Obama will publicly sign into law a bipartisan bill making it easier for U.S. companies and inventors to protect trade secrets Wednesday afternoon, underscoring its importance to the administration. With corporate cyber-espionage on the rise, lawmakers have struggled with how to successfully counter it. The Defend Trade Secrets Act, which Congress approved late last month, simplifies the legal process for aggrieved parties to seek damages. Plaintiffs will be able to seek monetary compensation for proprietary information theft in federal court.
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CIA interrogator's identity was spilled at 9/11 court hearing
Classified information about the CIA's interrogation of terrorism suspects was accidentally shared during a February Guantanamo Bay military commission hearing for the 9/11 attacks. A new report found the defense lawyers, prosecutors and judge were given information that named at least one of the federal agents who took part in the interrogations of the defendants on trial.
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Czech man tries to enter U.S. by swimming across the Niagara River
U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended a Czech Republic man who attempted to swim across the Niagara River from Ontario to New York, according to a Tuesday press release. Jindrich Koudelka, 38, was rescued April 30 by boaters in the lower section of the Niagara River, just miles north of the waterfall. The boaters spotted the Czech man hanging on to a log in the river and brought him aboard. They immediately called police in Lewiston, N.Y., who then reached out to the Border Patrol for assistance.
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EPA gets 'welcome rebuke' in Wyoming
The Environmental Protection Agency received a "welcome rebuke" in a Monday court settlement that the GOP says shines a light on the agency's far-reaching agenda. Andy Johnson, a Wyoming land owner, sued the EPA after it began fining him nearly $200,000 a day for building a pond on his property. The EPA and Johnson settled the dispute Monday night without going to trial, freeing him from a $16 million fine. His lawyers said the EPA had no grounds to enforce the Clean Water Act for the pond he constructed to water his livestock.
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