VA Secretary Disneyland-wait time comparison draws ire and other top stories.

• VA Secretary Disneyland-wait time comparison draws ire

  "When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line? Or what's important?" McDonald told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington. "What's important is what's your satisfaction with the experience?"American Legion National Commander Dale Barnett excoriated McDonald: "The American Legion agrees that the VA secretary's analogy between Disneyland and VA wait times was an unfortunate comparison because people don't die while waiting to go on Space Mou..

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• The VP pick that would make Judd Gregg back Donald Trump

  

  Story highlightsA former New Hampshire senator has praise for Bob Corker "I'd vote for Donald Trump is Bob Corker were on the ticket," Judd Gregg saidJudd Gregg, a longtime Republican politician in New Hampshire, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that Corker commands so much of his respect that he would not hesitate to back his party's nominee should the pair run on a ticket."I'd vote for Donald Trump is Bob Corker were on the ticket," Gregg said, saluting the Tennessee senator and the chairman of the S..

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• Sanders vs. Clinton: Electability and the Future of the Democratic Party

  

  If Democrats agree on one thing, it is on the urgency of defeating Donald Trump this November. Now, as the primary season is nearing its end and Bernie Sanders's chances of winning a majority of pledged delegates are increasingly remote, the Sanders campaign has put forward a provocative argument: If Democrats truly wish to avoid a Trump presidency, they should nominate him rather than Hillary Clinton. There is an obvious philosophical problem: The candidate calling for a political revolution i..

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• First on CNN: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe under federal investigation for campaign contributions

  

  The investigation dates to at least last year and has focused, at least in part, on whether donations to his gubernatorial campaign violated the law, the officials said.McAuliffe wasn't notified by investigators that he is a target of the probe, according to the officials. "The Governor will certainly cooperate with the government if he is contacted about it," said Marc Elias, attorney for McAuliffe campaign, in a statement to CNN.As part of the probe, the officials said, investigators have scru..

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• Freddie Gray verdict: Officer Edward Nero not guilty

  

  But to hear the families of Nero and of Freddie Gray, the young black man who Nero was accused of assaulting, both lauding the judge who handed down the decision? Surely no one saw that coming. While Nero released a statement saying he and his family were "elated" with the ruling, Gray family attorney Billy Murphy, too, applauded the decision, saying, "You can't convict people unless you know the evidence," and that Judge Barry Williams had followed the law as he saw it. After a bench trial, Wi..

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• 5 dead after skydiving plane crashes on Kauai - Honolulu Star

  

  Five people died after a sky-diving airplane crashed near Port Allen Airport, also known as Burns Field, in Hanapepe, this morning, Kauai County officials said. Officials said the “fiery plane crash” occurred at about 9:30 a.m. Four people were ...

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