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12:15 PM ET, June 18, 2017

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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — An attorney for President Trump was adamant on Sunday that the president is not under investigation, despite the president's tweets this week referring to one as a “witch hunt.”  —  “Let me be clear here,” …
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Associated Press:
Trump tweets his frustration with Russia investigation  —  President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a stream of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the election.  —  In a two-part tweet posted before 7 a.m. Sunday, Trump wrote …
Discussion: Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Pence will soon become the president if Trump fires Mueller  —  The top ethics lawyer to former President George W. Bush warned on Saturday that if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller, Vice President Pence “will soon become the 46th President.”
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Raw Story
Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
Trump's tough-talking outside counsel Mark Kasowitz may do him more harm than good
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Help wanted: Why Republicans won't work for the Trump administration  —  The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency have compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government.  —  Trump's firing of FBI Director James B. Comey …
Thomas Healy / The Atlantic:
Who's Afraid of Free Speech?  —  Middlebury College's decision to discipline 67 students who participated in a raucous and violent demonstration against conservative author Charles Murray brings closure to one of several disturbing incidents that took place on college campuses this semester.
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Newt Gingrich says Trump has a ‘compulsion to counterattack’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Trump's tweet asserting that he's under investigation for firing FBI Director James Comey wasn't helpful to the president.  —  “Trump has a compulsion to counterattack …
Discussion: Politico
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-18-17: Newt Gingrich, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Douglas Lute
Discussion: Politicus USA
ABC News:
Book excerpt: Newt Gingrich's ‘Understanding Trump’
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election  —  ATLANTA — Taking the stage in a half-filled airplane hangar to rally supporters of Republican candidate Karen Handel, Health Secretary Tom Price could not help but point to the record-shattering surge of liberal money …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish
Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and WSB-TV
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
USS Fitzgerald Collision Update (10:33am JST June 18, 2017)  —  YOKOSUKA, Japan — A number of Sailors that were missing from the collision between USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and a merchant ship have been found.  As search and rescue crews gained access to the spaces that were damaged during …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post  —  Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Unedited Putin Interview Reveals A Missed Opportunity For Megyn Kelly and America  —  The footage obtained by HuffPost shows a nervous Kelly who failed to press Putin on obvious issues.  —  As Megyn Kelly and NBC News face a firestorm over her interview with InfoWars' Alex Jones …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
The Danger of Ignoring Alex Jones
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Fox News:   Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones: NBC News under fire for ‘botched’ rollout of Kelly on eve of interview
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP shifts focus to Lynch  —  Senate Republicans are clamoring to hear from Loretta Lynch after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton  —  email investigation.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seizing …
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Russia Renewed Unused Trump Trademarks in 2016  —  Amid a broadening investigation of Russian contacts with his associates and his own role in trying to stop it, President Trump fired off another angry tweet this past week repeating his assertion that he has no business interests in Russia.
Discussion: Raw Story
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Got Their Blood, Will It Be Enough?  —  When I wrote two weeks ago about how liberals would not stop until someone got killed, I was hoping it was more of a warning than a prophecy.  Unfortunately, it was not.  —  But the actions and words of leftists in the wake of the attempted slaughter …
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Six People Have Resigned From Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He “Doesn't Care”  —  “We have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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Scott A. Schoettes / Newsweek:
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
 
 
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John Bowden / The Hill:
ICE chief doubles down: Undocumented immigrants ‘should be concerned’
Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Ex-politician admits he groped 103-year-old mother-in-law's breasts
Discussion: Fusion and Raw Story
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban centers
Discussion: Axios
Emily Jashinsky / Washington Examiner:
Caitlyn Jenner on congressional baseball tragedy: 'Liberals can't even shoot straight'
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Swedish Police Attacked By 100 Masked Migrant Youths
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miamiherald:
‘We are better than this,’ impassioned Biden tells Florida Democrats
Discussion: Political Wire
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump's silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Only Mass Deportation Can Save America
Discussion: Instapundit and Balloon Juice
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Cerebral Palsy Didn't Stop This College Junior. Obamacare Repeal Might.
Discussion: The Hill and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Hospital says Scalise showing ‘signs of improvement’ after additional surgery
Discussion: ABC News
David French / National Review:
The Philando Castile Verdict Was a Miscarriage of Justice
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

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

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
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