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New York Times:
Trump Pondered Firing Mueller; His Aides Pushed Back  —  WASHINGTON — Last month's appointment of Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia enraged President Trump.  Yet, at least initially, he holstered his Twitter finger and publicly said nothing.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? A friend says maybe — but Washington warns against it.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why Chris Ruddy floated the idea of firing Bob Mueller
Alan Fram / AP News:
AP sources: Trump tells senators House health bill ‘mean’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told Republican senators Tuesday that the House-passed health care bill he helped revive is “mean” and urged them to craft a version that is “more generous,” congressional sources said.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans crack down on press access  —  Senate Republicans on Tuesday shocked the Capitol with a crackdown on media access that immediately drew criticism from reporters and Democrats.  —  Reporters were told they would no longer be allowed to film or record audio of interviews …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump knocks House health care bill as too harsh  —  President Donald Trump directed Senate Republicans to pass a generous health care bill at a meeting with more than a dozen GOP senators on Tuesday, arguing that the austere House health care bill is difficult to defend, according to people familiar with the meeting.
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump calls House healthcare bill ‘mean’
Discussion: Politicus USA
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Senate suddenly bars reporters from filming senators in Capitol hallways
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Democrats plan offensive to try to save Obamacare
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Trump administration map of Obamacare failures is riddled with inaccuracies
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Former RNC chair Ed Gillespie projected to win; Northam wins Democratic gubernatorial primary in Virginia  —  Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam won the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia Tuesday by an unexpectedly wide margin while Republican Ed Gillespie narrowly beat back a surprisingly strong challenge …
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New York Times:
Live Election Results: Virginia Primaries  —  Ralph S. Northam, the current lieutenant governor has won the Democratic primary to replace Gov. Terry McAuliffe.  He defeated Tom Perriello, a former congressman who counts Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as big-name backers.
Discussion: Vox
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting on Tuesday …
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Yahoo! Finance:
LEAKED AUDIO: Uber's all-hands meeting had some uncomfortable moments  —  Uber held an all-hands meeting on Tuesday, during which the board announced that CEO  —  Travis Kalanick would take a leave of absence.  Furthermore, management shared  —  recommendations from the law firm Covington & Burling …
USA Today:
Trump property buyers make clear shift to secretive LLCs  —  Since President Trump won the Republican nomination, the majority of his companies' real estate sales are to secretive shell companies that obscure the buyers' identities, a USA TODAY investigation has found.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Death and Taxes
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sessions's testimony highlights Trump's deep lack of interest in what Russia did in 2016  —  Sen. James E. Risch (R-Idaho) made a comment during the Senate Intelligence Committee's questioning of Attorney General Jeff Sessions that has an obvious exception.  —  “I don't think there's any American …
Discussion: Power Line
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Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Why Did Jeff Sessions Really Meet With Sergey Kislyak?
Dan Feldman / NBCSports.com:
EXCLUSIVE: NBA championship winning Warriors decide unanimously as a team they will boycott White House invitation to meet President Trump. pic.twitter.com/cTQoOKdiLw — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) June 13, 2017  —  Shaun Livingston said months ago, if the Warriors won the title, he wouldn't visit Donald Trump's White House.
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Garrett Ellwood / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Warriors unanimously decline White House visit, per reports
William Wan / Washington Post:
America's new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn't  —  MARTINSVILLE, VA. — After decades of lawsuits, public campaigns and painful struggles, Americans have finally done what once seemed impossible: Most of the country has quit smoking, saving millions of lives and leading to massive reductions in cancer.
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea  —  In this Feb. 29, 2016 photo, American student Otto Warmbier speaks to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea.  Secretary of State Tillerson said Tuesday that North Korea has released the jailed U.S. university student.
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ProPublica:
Trump's Personal Lawyer Boasted That He Got Preet Bharara Fired  —  Marc Kasowitz, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer in the Russia investigation, has boasted to friends and colleagues that he played a central role in the firing of Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Few Thoughts on the Sessions' Hearing  —  Let me share a few quick thoughts on today's Sessions hearing.  —  The big and overriding takeaway from this hearing is that Sessions declined to answer almost all the pertinent questions - in most cases because they involved his discussions …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Mahablog
Bloomberg:
Russian Breach of 39 States Threatens Future U.S. Elections  —  Hackers said to take measure of voting systems, databases  —  A ‘red phone’ warning to the Kremlin from Obama White House  —  Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread …
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Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
CONFIRMED: Obama Had His Own ‘Back Channel’ To Moscow
Discussion: Washington Post and Glenn Beck
Rachael Pells / The Independent:
Cambridge University examiners told it is sexist to use the word ‘genius’ to describe students  —  History faculty academic claims the department wants to use more ‘transparent’ language to help eradicate gender inequality  —  Cambridge University examiners have been warned against using words such as …
Discussion: TheBlaze and RedState
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Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Don't call students ‘genius’ because word is associated with men, Cambridge lecturers told
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
Patrick Ryan / USA Today:
‘Broad City’ will bleep Donald Trump's name in Season 4  —  4.9k Shares  —  In the months since Donald Trump's election, countless TV shows have rejiggered their new episodes to reflect the tumultuous political climate.  —  Broad City joins the ranks when it returns to Comedy Central for its fourth season …
Carol Vaughn / Delmarva Daily Times:
President Trump chats on phone with Tangier mayor  —  The President of the United States took time out of his schedule on Monday afternoon to place a telephone call to Tangier Island Mayor James “Ooker” Eskridge, after viewing a CNN report about the island that aired last week.  —  “It was unreal,” said Eskridge.
Discussion: The Week
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Vets Group Blocked By Trump Describes 'Tweet That Broke The Snowflake's Back'  —  The progressive veterans group VoteVets was in the middle of what one member called a regular activity Tuesday morning — calling out the President of the United States on Twitter — when it suddenly hit a virtual wall.
Discussion: Vox, Lawfare and NBC News
The Daily Beast:
Trump ‘Aggressively Courted’ Cindy McCain for State Dept Job … For months, President Donald Trump has been trying to convince Cindy McCain—a respected voice on refugees and other humanitarian issues and wife of Sen. John McCain, a Trump critic—to join his administration.
Media Matters for America:
Here is exactly what Alex Jones has said about the Sandy Hook massacre  —  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is calling for his upcoming interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly not to air because he says Kelly misrepresented his views on the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
 
 
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James Delingpole / Breitbart:
A global warming research study in Canada has been cancelled because of “unprecedented” thick summer ice.
John Bowden / The Hill:
Aetna reverses course, may offer ObamaCare policies in Nevada
Discussion: CNNMoney
John Crudele / New York Post:
When is the New York Times going to take Comey's criticism seriously?
Discussion: IJR and Power Line
Reuters:
U.S. ‘not winning’ in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary tells Congress
Discussion: TheBlaze and NPR
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
ICE chief: All illegals ‘should be worried, no population off the table’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: DNC Hackers Targeted Conservative Heritage Foundation Before Election
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi predicts Trump will ‘self-impeach’
Discussion: abc7.com, Mediaite and Axios
Ari Berman / New York Times:
The Man Behind Trump's Voter-Fraud Obsession
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What stops Republicans from behaving rationally
Discussion: CNN
Jeff Blehar / New York Post:
How the beasts of prog-rock went extinct
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Sammy Gecsoyler / The Guardian:
BBC presenter Liz Bonnin's likeness was used in an ad after the company running the campaign was tricked by a fake, likely AI-generated, version of her voice

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

 
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