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11:10 PM ET, June 20, 2017

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Karen Handel / New York Times:
Live Election Results and Estimates: Georgia's Sixth Congressional District  —  Dem.  —  63,302  —  9% reporting (19 of 208 precincts)  —  The race between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel is largely seen as a referendum on the first months of Donald J. Trump's presidency.
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New York Times:
Who Financed the Georgia Sixth, the Most Expensive House Election Ever  —  Tuesday's special election in Georgia is the most expensive in history, with candidates and outside groups spending roughly $55 million in the battle for the longtime Republican-held district in suburban Atlanta.
Discussion: Vox, The Gateway Pundit and TheStreet
Tamar Hallerman / Political Insider blog:
Live updates: Handel celebrates following win in Georgia's 6th District  —  Georgia is sending its first Republican woman to Congress.  —  News outlets began declaring Karen Handel the winner of Georgia's 6th District U.S. House seat at roughly 10 p.m. Tuesday evening …
The Hill:
Georgia special election runoff: live coverage  —  Election Day is finally here in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, the closely watched special election runoff to fill the House seat left open by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.  Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel …
New York Times:
Georgia's Special Election Comes to a Nail-Biting Finish  —  ATLANTA — Tuesday's runoff between Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District will decide what has become the most expensive House campaign in history — and quite possibly the most consequential special election since Watergate.
Brian O'Shea / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Follow the Georgia 6th District runoff results  —  Latest results: Click here if you do not see election results above this line.  —  On MyAJC: Precinct map with vote totals as they are posted  —  Most polls closed at 7 p.m. in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, but the voting may continue at some precincts.
Wall Street Journal:
GOP's Karen Handel Beats Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Politico:   Georgia 6th District Congressional Special Election: Jon Ossoff v. Karen Handel
CBS News:
Trump's handling of Russia investigations weighs on approval ratings
John Wagner / Washington Post:
‘He loves rallies’: Trump looks beyond Washington to get a boost
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: Most Polls Close in Georgia House Race
YouTube:
Squad dashcam video - Yanez case (WARNING: Graphic content)  —  Squad dashcam video of July 6, 2016 traffic stop of Philando Castile.  —  WARNING: Graphic content.  —  Evidence presented by Ramsey County Attorney's Office in State of Minnesota versus Jeronimo Yanez.
Discussion: The Guardian, WPMT FOX43 and The Week
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Video footage shows Minn. traffic stop that ended with Philando Castile's death
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Video of Police Killing of Philando Castile Is Publicly Released
Discussion: IJR
Brent Lang / Variety:
Shocker!  Daniel Day-Lewis Quits Acting (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang  —  Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.  —  The 60-year-old star …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump said to plan announcement on Comey tapes  —  The Latest on the investigation into Russia's actions in the U.S. election and possible ties to Trump campaign associates (all times EDT):  —  A Washington lawyer has confirmed that he's representing Attorney General Jeff Sessions but is not offering any more specifics.
Discussion: Politico and Liberal Values
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The White House Press Briefing Is Slowly Dying  —  Over the course of the Trump administration, the White House's daily press briefings have been pared progressively further back; they are now shorter, less frequent, and routinely held off-camera.  —  The daily briefing is a venerable …
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions retains private lawyer
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Andrew Romano / Yahoo:
Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance — and mulls a presidential campaign of his own … LOS ANGELES — More than two years after leaving the Obama administration, former Attorney General Eric Holder is reentering the political fray.  —  His goal: to lead the legal resistance …
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans Haven't Seen Their Health Bill Either  —  Collins, Flake and Toomey not ready to offer support for plan  —  McCain says he hasn't ‘met any American’ who has seen the bill  —  Senate Republicans may be asked to vote on a controversial health-care bill next week …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Health plans slam Medicaid cuts in emerging Senate bill
Discussion: Politico
Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:
Former Patriots and Chiefs tackle Ryan O'Callaghan comes out as gay  —  O'Callaghan had always planned to commit suicide after football, until Kansas City Chiefs staffers stepped in.  —  Editor's note: This story contains conversation and description of suicide.
New York Times:
Despite Concerns About Blackmail, Flynn Heard C.I.A. Secrets  —  WASHINGTON — Senior officials across the government became convinced in January that the incoming national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, had become vulnerable to Russian blackmail.  —  At the F.B.I., the C.I.A. …
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
William Turton / The Outline:
Leaked recording: Inside Apple's global war on leakers  —  SECRECY AT APPLE  —  Former NSA agents, secrecy members on product teams, and a screening apparatus bigger than the TSA.  —  A recording of an internal briefing at Apple earlier this month obtained by The Outline sheds new light …
New York Times:
'I'm Right Here!'  Sean Spicer Says While Toiling to Find Successor  —  WASHINGTON — The opportunity to take over behind the White House briefing room lectern would be the apex of a political operative's career in any other presidency, a path to riches, fame and power.
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Secret Government Report: Chelsea Manning Leaks Caused No Real Harm  —  Prosecutors said WikiLeaks' disclosures about Iraq and Afghanistan posed a major threat to US national security.  But it turns out the classified document they cited — newly obtained by BuzzFeed News — said almost the exact opposite.
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Tim Cook told Trump tech employees are ‘nervous’ about immigration  — Tech employees are “nervous” about the Trump administration's approach on immigration, Tim Cook says.  —  Behind the scenes at the White House tech CEO meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump …
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Trump seeks sharp cuts to housing aid, except for program that brings him millions  —  President Trump's budget calls for sharply reducing funding to programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness — with a notable exception: It leaves intact the type of federal housing subsidy that is paid directly to private landlords.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
David Brooks Didn't Do the Reading.  Look What Happened.  —  And now he's rewriting the Whitewater history to absolve himself.  —  Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo-op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, searched the Young Fogies Club in midtown Manhattan …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP hangs on to South Carolina House seat  —  Republican Ralph Norman is projected to win the South Carolina House special election, keeping the seat in Republican hands.  —  The Associated Press projected that Norman, a former state lawmaker, will win against Democrat Archie Parnell, according to the Associated Press.
Discussion: Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Bodyguard for well-known alt-right figure stabbed several times in Santa Monica  —  A man who works as a bodyguard for a nationally known figure popular among the alt-right was stabbed multiple times in Santa Monica on Saturday night following a dispute in a parking lot, police said.
Suzanna Caldwell / Alaska Dispatch News:
In a Bering Sea battle of killer whales vs. fishermen, the whales are winning  —  In the Bering Sea, near the edge the continental shelf, fishermen are trying to escape a predator that seems to outwit them at every turn, stripping their fishing lines and lurking behind their vessels.
Discussion: The Verge and The Week
Adam Boult / Telegraph:
‘A magical experience’: Beautiful images capture rare bioluminescent plankton off the coast of Wales  —  Photographer Alyn Wallace captured these stunning images of rare bioluminescent plankton in the sea at Three Cliffs Bay in Swansea this week.  —  “I had to pinch myself this morning,” he wrote on Facebook.
 
 
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Google expands its SynthID watermark imprinting system to AI-generated video and text; the tool can already attempt to detect AI-generated images and audio

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
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