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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
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 …
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
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
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, and Republican Ed Gillespie held off a surprising challenge from Donald Trump acolyte Corey A. Stewart for that party's nomination.
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
Vice:
Arctic Climate Change Study Canceled Because of Climate Change  —  Isn't it ironic?  Don't you think?  —  A multi-million dollar study on the impact of climate change which was set to take place in the Hudson's Bay had to be cancelled due to, you guessed it, climate change.
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James Delingpole / Breitbart:
A global warming research study in Canada has been cancelled because of “unprecedented” thick summer ice.
Discussion: New York Times
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
NBC holding crisis meetings over Megyn Kelly … As families of the Sandy Hook victims continue to pressure NBC to ax Megyn Kelly's Sunday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, the network has been holding crisis meetings about how to handle the backlash.
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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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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.
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
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
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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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats to file emoluments lawsuit against Trump  —  Nearly 200 Democratic members of Congress agreed to file a lawsuit Wednesday against President Trump alleging that by retaining interests in a global business empire he has violated constitutional restrictions on taking gifts and benefits from foreign leaders.
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, RedState and The Daily Caller
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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
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 …
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
Daily Mail:
Latimer Road fire: Huge blaze engulfs London tower block  — Blaze has engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road in White City on Wednesday morning  — Horrifying pictures emerged on social media showing massive flames licking up the side of the block
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
 
 
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Rebecca Taylor / Daily Mail:
Paedophile, 19, who fantasised about raping babies and bragged online of 'killing 25 newborns …
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
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Vets Group Blocked By Trump Describes 'Tweet That Broke The Snowflake's Back'
Discussion: Vox, Lawfare and NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Real Madrid Soccer Star Ronaldo Charged With Tax Fraud by Spanish Prosecutors
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

Karen Weise / New York Times:
Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet disclosed that they had spent $32B+ combined on data centers and other capital expenses in Q1, as they accelerate AI spending

 
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