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Trump falls back on racist ‘Pocahontas’ attack on Warren — after stewing all night

It took all night, but presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump slapped back at Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Twitter Friday morning after the Massachusetts Democrat harshly criticized him is a devastating speech Thursday night.

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McConnell thinks Trump should be president even though 'it's pretty obvious he doesn't know a lot'

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is supporting Donald Trump for president, but he really isn't happy about it. In a very candid interview with Bloomberg, McConnell said that Trump needs to do two things: Pick a highly qualified vice-presidential nominee and learn how to read from scripts. Why? Because McConnell thinks he's just plain ignorant about public policy.

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Stephen Colbert wonders if a white supremacist will pick Trump's VP 'and he'll just retweet it'

Now that both parties appear to have presidential nominees, Stephen Colbert wondered whom those candidates would choose as their running mates.

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Obama mops the floor with Trump on 'The Tonight Show': 'Orange is not the new black'

President Barack Obama took some shots at the Republican Party and their likely presidential nominee during an appearance Thursday on "The Tonight Show."

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WATCH: Elizabeth Warren turns Trump into an albatross for Ryan and McConnell

The following is a partial transcript of a speech by Sen. Elizabeth Warren on June 9, 2016:

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'Delete your account': Clinton and Trump trade snipes on Twitter

The U.S. presidential election battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has barely begun but their Twitter war is on.

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WATCH LIVE: Bernie Sanders to address supporters in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is scheduled to speak at an event in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

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New poll shows Penn. voters think 'Philly Phanatic' is more qualified than Trump

A recent survey found that Donald Trump may have difficulty winning over the Philadelphia Phillies fan demographic.

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WATCH: Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson predicts half of Bernie’s supporters will vote for Trump

Donald Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson went on CNN on Thursday to talk about President Obama's endorsement of Hillary Clinton, and she was asked about all of the Bernie Sanders supporters who were going to switch sides and vote for her boss. It turns out she thinks 50 percent of them will.

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Revealed: Hundreds of claimants say deadbeat Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

Hundreds of former employees and business associates say that former reality TV star and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is a grifter and a deadbeat who never paid them for their work.

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Clinton thrilled Obama 'has my back' in U.S. election

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday welcomed President Barack Obama's endorsement, telling Reuters in an interview that it "means the world" to her that her former rival has her back in the 2016 campaign.

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President Obama formally endorses Clinton for president

U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton for president on Thursday, describing himself as eager to get out and campaign for her, days after she gained the delegates needed to secure the party's White House nomination.

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Florida Republicans ignore calls to investigate reports Trump bribed GOP attorney general

A Democratic lawmaker is asking the Justice Department to intervene and investigate whether a donation given to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump influenced her to drop out of a lawsuit against him, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

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