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8:50 PM ET, June 23, 2016

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Corey Lewandowski to join CNN  —  Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is joining CNN as a political commentator, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.  —  It's a salaried position and will make Lewandowski exclusive to CNN, effective immediately.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump forgives $50 million in loans to his campaign: Trump finance chief  —  Steve Mnuchin, Trump national finance chair, discusses Donald Trump's fundraising strategy, including online donations.  —  Donald Trump has forgiven $50 million in loans he made to his campaign …
CNN:
Trump reportedly raised at least $11 million since Tuesday  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and his joint fundraising committee have raised at least $11 million since Tuesday morning, Republicans said Wednesday, a tremendously quick haul that comes amid concerns about his fundraising ability.
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
In move to reassure donors, Trump converts $50 million of campaign loans into donations
Discussion: The Baffler
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Donor Says Trump Campaign Voiced Support for Super PAC
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Fail: Self-Righteous Publicity Stunt Ends with Voteless Whimper, Raised Cash  —  As Matt covered earlier, House Democrats abruptly ‘abandoned the victims of gun violence’ this afternoon, canceling their courageous anti-civil rights “sit-in” after one grueling night of air conditioning …
Discussion: Breitbart, Daily Wire and alan.com
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Democrats: Guns sit-in just a taste of guerrilla tactics to come
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and ABC News
Ross K. Baker / USA Today:
Democrats launch a toddler-ocracy: Column
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
House drops Confederate Flag ban for veterans cemeteries
Discussion: The Atlantic and Hullabaloo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court deadlocks, thwarting Obama's immigration actions  —  The Supreme Court has thwarted President Barack Obama's drive to expand his executive actions on immigration by making as many as five million immigrants currently in the U.S. illegally eligible for quasi-legal status and work permits.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't revive Obama plan to shield illegal immigrants from deportation
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court upholds University of Texas affirmative-action admissions
New York Times:
Supreme Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona  —  in Arizona, where a Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state only once in the last 64 years.  —  A survey by Phoenix-based OH Predictive Insights found Clinton taking 46.5 percent support over Trump at 42.2 percent.
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Mike Sunnucks / Phoenix Business Journal:
Surprise poll: Clinton leads Trump in Arizona
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
About 70% of voters say Trump should cut business ties while running for president
Discussion: Vox and AOL
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Exclusive: Prominent GOP Neoconservative to Fundraise for Hillary Clinton  —  A prominent neoconservative intellectual and early promoter of the Iraq War is headlining an official campaign fundraiser for Hillary Clinton next month, Foreign Policy has learned.
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Several GOP Business Leaders Are Backing Clinton
Discussion: The Week
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
What is Left Hand Enterprises and why did the Trump campaign pay it $730,000?  —  On April 25, a new company called Left Hand Enterprises LLC was formed in Delaware, listing its address at an incorporation service provider in Wilmington.  —  A few days later, the firm received …
Discussion: Mediaite
Bloomberg:
The ‘Anti-Business’ President Who's Been Good for Business  —  Obama on free trade, regulating banks, and why his daughters won't work for Wall Street. … BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK: The stock market has tripled.  Profits are very high.  And yet you still have this label of being an anti-business figure.
Baltimore Sun:
Freddie Gray case: Judge to issue verdict in Officer Caesar Goodson trial  —  (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun video) … A Baltimore judge is expected to issue a verdict in the second-degree murder trial of police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr. on Thursday morning.
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Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
CNN's Tom Foreman Caught Lying in Trump-Refugees ‘Fact Check’  —  In a segment that was billed as CNN's “fact check” of Donald Trump's anti-Hillary speech, CNN gave a demonstrably false presentation of U.S. immigration policy in an effort to undermine Trump's factually correct statements.
Discussion: Mediaite
The Local:
Geneva to get ‘café fellatio’ by end of year  —  A firm in Geneva plans to open a café where customers can enjoy oral sex while they sip their morning coffee.  Not everyone is happy with the idea.  —  The idea for the sex café has been brewing for several months …
Discussion: Althouse
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
FBI investigators say they have found no evidence that Orlando shooter had gay lovers  —  Shown is the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where Omar Mateen opened fire last week, killing 49.  (John Raoux / Associated Press)  —  Since the shooting at an Orlando nightclub last week that left 49 people dead …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Carson: Let's put Second Amendment ‘on the table’  —  Ben Carson on Thursday said lawmakers should reconsider how the Second Amendment works amid a raging debate over guns.  —  “Let's put on the table — what is the reason for the Second Amendment?” he said on MSNBC.
Discussion: alan.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's ‘great’ memory draws fire in Trump U deposition  —  During sworn testimony in the Trump University lawsuit, Donald Trump repeatedly said he couldn't recall specific claims, documents or events related to the case, prompting a lawyer for the plaintiffs to ask if the real estate mogul considered himself …
Discussion: RedState, NBC News and Mediaite
Matthew Piper / Salt Lake Tribune:
Charges: Utah head of militia tried to detonate bomb at BLM facility in Arizona  —  A Tooele County man has been charged by federal prosecutors with attempting to use an explosive device at a BLM facility along the Arizona Strip that he had scouted with Robert LaVoy Finicum in October 2015 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
BBC:
Counting under way in UK's historic referendum on EU membership  —  Counting is under way in a referendum that will decide whether the UK remains a member of the European Union.  —  The counting is taking place at centres around the UK in a vote widely seen as too close to call.
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Kaine rises to top of Clinton's veep list  —  Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine is emerging as the leading candidate atop Hillary Clinton's vice presidential short list, according to Democratic allies and operatives close to the campaign.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren and HUD Secretary Julian Castro …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell quashes Senate effort on guns  —  (R-Ky.) on Thursday cut the legs out from a bipartisan effort to keep suspected terrorists from buying guns.  —  In doing so, McConnell, a master of the Senate's arcane rules, provided cover for vulnerable Republicans who wanted to be seen …
 
 
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Unable To Cite Evidence That Clinton's Email Server Was Hacked (VIDEO)
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Obama Wants to Stop Subsidizing Israel's Defense Industry
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Mark Davis / Dallas Morning News:
Questions about Trump shouldn't drive conservatives into Clinton's arms
Discussion: The Resurgent
Tom McGhee / Denver Post:
One-time person of interest in JonBenet Ramsey case held in Boulder on child porn charges
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and New York's PIX11
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Top Clinton aide mocks donor's appointment to board
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Bai / Yahoo:
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Presidential Race Knotted in NC; Senate Race Close
Discussion: Politicus USA
Bernie Sanders / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders: Here's what we want
Discussion: Grist and Shakesville
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Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
Trump's Speech About Hillary Was Terrifyingly Effective