The DNC confirms its list of candidates for the first debates, plus a list of which candidates will appear on which nights, key moments from Julián Castro’s Fox News town hall, Schultz takes a break from his independent run, and a profile of Gabbard’s childhood.

Links:

• Tweet confirming list of June debate candidates (Twitter/The Democrats)
• Here’s How the Candidates Will Be Divided for the Democratic Debates (NYT)
• Back surgery sidelines Howard Schultz’s exploratory campaign (Politico)
• Julián Castro in Fox News town hall: Let’s talk about me, not Hillary (Politico)
• Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 1 (YouTube/Fox News) 
• Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 2 (YouTube/Fox News) 
• Town Hall with Julián Castro | Part 3 (YouTube/Fox News) 
• People First Policing (Julián for the Future)
• Tulsi Gabbard Had a Very Strange Childhood (NY Mag) 

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