10 things you need to know today: June 10, 2016

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1. President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton after meeting with Bernie Sanders

President Obama endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Thursday, saying in a web video, "I don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office." Earlier in the day, Obama met with Clinton's primary rival, Bernie Sanders, who has vowed to keep fighting into the July Democratic convention. Sanders left the White House pledging to "work together" with Clinton, who clinched the Democratic nomination this week, to beat GOP standard-bearer Donald Trump. Leading progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren also endorsed Clinton, calling Trump a "thin-skinned, racist bully."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.