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May 23, 2016
by Greg Krieg
Welcome to the CNN Politics Nightcap and good evening from New York. Hot off the presses! CNN scoops that Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe -- a longtime Clinton ally -- is the subject of a federal probe into donations received by his gubernatorial campaign. Your bartender is Greg Krieg (https://twitter.com/GregJKrieg) , keeping the ice cubes cold for Eric Bradner (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/eric-bradner?cid=nl_pol_071915_profile?sr=nl_pol_072215_bradner) . The tip jar: [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]) .

** What does it mean for Hillary?
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Officials say that while the time frame of the investigation does cover Gov. Terry McAuliffe's work as a board member with the Clinton Global Initiative, the foundation is not alleged to have done anything wrong.

CNN's Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz and Pamela Brown broke the story, which found that, "Among the McAuliffe donations that drew the interest of the investigators was $120,000 from a Chinese businessman, Wang Wenliang, through his U.S. businesses. Wang was previously a delegate to China's National People's Congress, the country's ceremonial legislature." Here's the latest (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/terry-mcauliffe-fbi-doj-federal-investigation-campaign-contributions/index.html) .

** Trump clarifies his position on guns in schools
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A day after his head-scratching assertion (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/21/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-nra/index.html)  that he doesn't want guns in classrooms except in the cases that he does, Trump called up CNN's Jeremy Diamond to clarify his position (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/donald-trump-guns/index.html) .

On Monday, he told Diamond that only "school resource officers" or trained teachers should be able to carry those weapons.

Trump also stood by his criticism of gun-free zones but inched back from a blanket call to remove them entirely from schools, saying they would only be eliminated "in some cases."

** VA secretary eats his Mickey Mouse hat
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald today compared wait times for war veterans lining up to see doctors to the "experience" of standing in a bottleneck at Disneyland.

Here's the full quote, from a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington: "When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line? Or what's important? What's important is what's your satisfaction with the experience?"

CNN's Drew Griffin has the details on the blowback and back-tracking (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/veterans-affairs-secretary-disneyland-wait-times/index.html) .
Buzzing
President Barack Obama joined celeb chef Anthony Bourdain for dinner and drinks in Vietnam on Monday. Their meal, at Hanoi barbecue joint Bún chả Hương Liên, set the eater/adventurer back $6 -- he picked up the tab (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/barack-obama-anthony-bourdain-vietnam/index.html) -- and will feature in a September episode of CNN's "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown."

The President earlier in the day announced the end of a long arms embargo on Vietnam (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/obama-vietnam-trip/) . Next up on his trip, a visit to Ho Chi Minh City and, later in the week, a stop in Hiroshima, Japan.
Last Call

** A new chapter in the 2016 saga?
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It was political war and peace on the campaign trail today, as Clinton took some potshots at Donald Trump over his businesses' past bankruptcies, while her campaign and the DNC were in treaty-drawing mode with Bernie Sanders and his backers.

First up: In Detroit today, Clinton took a swing at Trump's strengths, casting shade on his business  acumen by highlighting his most public failures. "I mean ask yourself, how could anybody lose money running a casino? Really?" CNN's Dan Merica was there -- here's his report (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-bankrupt-casinos/) .

On the primary front, Clinton and co. seek to halt the blowback from Nevada's post-caucus fracas. Today, both campaigns signaled their OK at a deal that would guarantee that Sanders loyalists "occupy one-third of all seats on the Democratic Party's 2016 platform committee."

Key point here: The DNC was not required to give Sanders any say in the matter. According to its bylaws, Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz gets to pick every member. This deal could be the first step in mending what's become an unexpectedly cranky Democratic primary contest.

(Not that the candidates will be talking it over in public anytime soon. The Clinton campaign late Monday put out a statement formally declining a Fox News invitation to debate ahead of the California primary.)

** Ch-ch-changes to everything you know about partisan politics
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That's what Ron Brownstein posits in this bird's-eye view (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/an-election-in-negative/483905/)  of the 2016 race and a slowly, then all at once-style rejiggering of the core demographics of both major parties. If you're on board with his thesis, then it becomes really tough to envision Trump edging out Clinton this fall.

Pour a cold one and ponder the imminent demise of a decades-old political paradigm, but first read the story (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/an-election-in-negative/483905/) .

** Getting to know you ...
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Bob Corker visited Trump in New York today. The Tennessee senator is one of the few upper chamber Republicans to say nice things about the presumptive nominee, so his visit wasn't a shock, but its high-profile nature definitely created some room for colleagues to follow suit.

So what did they talk about?

CNN's Manu Raju spoke with Corker (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/bob-corker-donald-trump-meeting/index.html) , who said he was not angling for a running mate gig.  Just as interesting: what they didn't discuss. There was no talk about immigration reform. Corker backed the "Gang of Eight" bill, which puts him a ways away from Trump's less nuanced plans for the border.

** Head trauma drama on Capitol Hill
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A congressional report out today said the NFL waged an improper campaign to influence a government study on brain injuries. The top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce committee accused the league of trying to use its ostensibly strings-free $30 million donation to the National Institutes of Health as leverage to meddle with the research process.

“The NFL’s troublesome interactions with NIH fit a longstanding pattern of attempts to influence the scientific understanding of degenerative diseases and sports-related head trauma," New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone Jr. said in a statement.

In December, ESPN reported (http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/14417386/nfl-pulls-funding-boston-university-head-trauma-study-concerns-researcher) that the league effectively diverted its money away from an ambitious Boston University study investigating the relationship between football and brain disease because the doctor charged with leading it had been "critical of the league."
Straight Up

** "It's only a matter of time before they accuse me of both cannibalism and necrophilia."
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-- Florida Rep.Alan Grayson talking about his fellow Democrats (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/florida/floridas-grayson-at-least-theyre-not-calling-me-hi/nrRTS/) . They're not big fans and haven't been shy about letting him know it (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/harry-reid-alan-grayson-democrats/) .
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Tipsy

Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher begins her journey tonight(!), but odds are she won't find a suitor (http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette/news/updates/the-bachelorette-2016-season-12-contestants-revealed) as compelling as this gent -- James Buchanan, the 15th president and only lifelong bachelor to occupy American politics' prime fantasy suite. So was Buchanan there for the right reasons? CNN's Brenna Williams tells all. (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/the-bachelor-president/index.html)

Closing Time

The Supreme Court, in a 7-1 decision, today ruled (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/supreme-court-black-jurors-death-penalty-georgia.html?_r=0)  that prosecutors in Georgia broke the law by seeking an all-white jury in a murder case against an African-American man. ... As the #NeverTrump movement unravels, Mic's Luke Brinker takes a look at some of the most high-profile flip-floppers (https://mic.com/articles/144137/7-trump-hating-republicans-who-now-support-donald-trump#.GBubiagSa) . ... Is Hillary Clinton "the Jeb Bush of the left"? The Daily Beast's Betsy Woodruff makes the case (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/23/hillary-clinton-is-the-jeb-bush-of-the-left.html) .
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