DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession and other top stories.

• DNC to offer Sanders a convention concession

  

  In an attempt to head off an ugly conflict at its convention this summer, the Democratic National Committee plans to offer a concession to Sen. Bernie Sanders — seats on a key convention platform committee — but it may not be enough to stop Sanders from picking a fight over the party’s policy positions. Allies of both Clinton and Sanders have urged Democratic leaders to meet some of Sanders’s more mundane demands for greater inclusion at the Philadelphia convention. Their decision to do so is e..

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• Trump helps Chris Christie pay off his campaign debt

  

  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, stands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at a campaign event Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Lawrenceville, N.J. (Mel Evans/Associated Press) By Jill Colvin and Michael Catalini | AP May 20 at 2:32 AM LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, delivered a thank-you gift Thursday to the man who arguably risked the most to endorse him: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Trump held a fundraiser that h..

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• The Military Isn't Fully Tracking Sexual Assault Reports

  

  More than two-thirds of military service members who reported sexual assaults and were later discharged were let go without proper documentation of alleged non-disability mental conditions, the Pentagon watchdog found in a new report. Subscribe Receive daily email updates: Subscribe to Defense One Today. Be the first to receive updates. Author Charlie Clark joined Government Executive in the fall of 2009. He has been on staff at The Wash..

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• Transgender Woman Claims Assault In Bathroom Of DC Giant

  

  WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Verbally and physically assaulted. That’s what a transgender woman says happened when she tried using the women’s bathroom at a busy grocery store. The case is being investigated as a possible hate crime, and a security guard is facing charges. Rick Ritter reports it is adding to the growing national debate about transgender people, and which restrooms they can use. Ebony Belcher, 32, was a Baltimore City Community College student and suffers from Parkinson’s Disease. She say..

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• Cousin and girlfriend arrested for Feb. murder of Chicago family

  

  Two people have been arrested in Connection to the murders of a Chicago family. Police have charged a 22-year-old man and his 19-year-old girlfriend with six counts of first-degree murder. WGN - Chicago. Two Charged In Murders of 6 Members of Chicago ...

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• San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr Resigns At Mayor Ed Lee's Request

  

  San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr resigned on Thursday after losing the support of Mayor Ed Lee, who had backed him despite several racially-charged incidents in the department. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr resigned on Thursday after losing the support of Mayor Ed Lee, who had backed h..

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• House Passes $81 Billion Measure for Veterans and Military Construction

  

  Photo Members of the House on Thursday after approving a spending measure for veterans affairs and military construction programs by a vote of 277 to 147. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved an $81.6 billion spending measure for veterans affairs and military construction programs after hours of contentious floor debate that at times focused on cultural disputes, including efforts to restrict the flying of the Confederate..

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• Teen dad fatally shot his own stepson because toddler wouldn't stop jumping on the bed, authorities say

  

  George Coty Wayman is accused of fatally shooting his stepson. (Clay County Sheriff) A Texas teenager fatally shot his own stepson because the toddler wouldn’t stop jumping on the bed, authorities said. George Coty Wayman, 18, was arrested on a charge of capital murder, according to a Clay County warrant. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon inside a trailer home in the tiny town of Bellevue, near the border with Oklahoma. Wayman’s three-year-old stepson, Dominic Tra’Juan Castro, was bou..

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