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David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Get Carried Away  —  I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal.  We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal business) about the nefarious things the Clintons were thought to have done back in Arkansas.
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CBS News:
Trump's handling of Russia investigations weighs on approval ratings  —  President Trump's job approval rating has dipped in recent weeks, pushed down by negative reaction to his handling of the Russia investigations, and he's seen some slippage among Republicans as well.
NBC News:
Once Champions of Sunlight, GOP Pens Health Care Plan In the Dark  —  First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Democrats stage overnight protest of Republican health care bill 2:15
Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:   Democrats Block Witnesses from Testifying in House Intel Probe
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 …
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Gabrielle Levy / Associated Press:
Sean Spicer Out as Press Secretary
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:   Why you should care about increasing secrecy in White House and Senate
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
What Will It Take to Dump Trump?  —  President Donald Trump walks …
Discussion: HuffPost
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Georgia special election: 7 things to watch  —  It's Election Day in Georgia, where a House special election has put President Donald Trump's popularity back on the ballot, turned suburban Atlanta into a battleground for the first time in a generation and obliterated campaign finance records.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:   If Liberals Voted ...  If liberals voted at the same rate …
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Women Are Leading the Charge in Georgia's 6th Congressional District
Discussion: Boing Boing
Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
RSC warns Senate: Healthcare changes may ‘jeopardize’ bill  —  The Republican Study Committee (RSC) is sending up a warning flare to Senate Republicans over changes to the ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill, warning that the alterations “may jeopardize final passage in the House.”
Discussion: Politico, The Federalist and Axios
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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 …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
FBI Director nominee removed reference to case involving Russian government from law firm bio  — Christopher Wray represented an American energy executive in 2006 who was being criminally investigated by the Russian government.  — The detail, which was included on Wray's biography …
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
Zachary Hansen / USA Today:
It's so hot in Phoenix, they can't fly planes … PHOENIX — The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix on Tuesday has caused the cancellation of 20 American Airlines flights out of Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  According to a statement from American Airlines, the American Eagle regional flights use …
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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.
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 …
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Tour group says no more Americans to North Korea after Warmbier's death  —  The travel company that took University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier to North Korea said Monday that it is wrangling with the 22-year-old's death and will no longer take Americans to North Korea.
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U.S. Central Command:
Coalition shoots down armed UAV in Syria  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  SOUTHWEST ASIA — A U.S. aircraft shot down an armed pro-Syrian regime Unmanned Aerial Vehicle advancing on Coalition forces in Southern Syria, June 20.  —  The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Franken: Impeaching Trump could lead to ‘zealot’ Pence  —  (D-Minn.) is cautioning his Democratic colleagues that if President Trump is impeached, Vice President Pence would become president and he “would be worse” on domestic issues.  —  “He's ideological, I consider him a zealot,” …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Jill Stein Isn't Sorry  —  Had a few thousand votes in key Midwestern states gone to Hillary Clinton instead of Jill Stein, many on the left believe, America might be having a very different conversation today.  —  Instead, Democrats are still fuming about the role the Green Party nominee …
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Armed Russian jet comes within 5 feet of US recon jet  —  An armed Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in the Baltic Sea on Monday, two U.S. officials told Fox News.  —  The Russian Su-27 jet had air-to-air missiles under its wings and approached …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration  —  the myth, which liberals like myself find tempting, is that only the right has changed.  In June 2015, we tell ourselves, Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator and pretty soon nativism, long a feature of conservative politics, had engulfed it.
Discussion: Power Line and Viking Pundit
Bloomberg:
China Invites Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to Visit Beijing  —  Latest sign of first family's influence on foreign policy  —  Trip later this year could pave way for president's visit  —  China has invited President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law to visit later this year …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate Medicaid spending limits may lose moderate Republicans  —  A key moderate Senate Republican says she's uncomfortable with the emerging Senate health care plan, which is likely to cap Medicaid spending and shift it to a lower growth rate in 2025.  “I think that's a problem.
Tony Mauro / National Law Journal:
Mueller Recruits Another Lawyer from Solicitor General's Office to Russia Probe  —  Elizabeth Prelogar, a former law clerk to Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, appears to be fluent in Russian.  She formerly worked in private practice at Hogan Lovells.
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.
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.  —  PIN  —  Editor's note: This story contains conversation and description of suicide.
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Architecture of Regime Change  —  The ‘Resistance’ is using any and all means — lies, leaks, lawbreaking, and violence — to overturn the results of the 2016 election.  —  The problem with the election of President Donald J. Trump was not just that he presented a roadblock to an ongoing progressive revolution.
John Binder / Breitbart:
Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Muslim Teen  —  A young illegal alien is accused of brutally murdering a Muslim teenager in Fairfax County, Virginia near a mosque.  —  Darwin Martinez Torres, a 22 of El Salvador, is responsible for the beating death of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen, according to police, NBC Washington reported.
Sean Adams / PennLive:
Bruce Bond has quit WTPA due to Trump comments ban  —  Bruce Bond in 2002 after he stopped working on WNNK-FM and was hosting a show on Carlisle's FM102.  —  sadams@pennlive.com  —  Bruce Bond has quit his position at WTPA.  —  “I certainly didn't want to leave,” Bond said.
 
 
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Greg P. / twitchy.com:
BOMBSHELL: New independent report suggests murder of Seth Rich not random or a robbery, possible ‘hired killer’
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
Four more cadets arrested as investigation of stolen LAPD cruisers continues
Discussion: KTLA
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Ryan and Pence promise sweeping tax reform in 2017
Discussion: Politico
media.ford.com:
FORD INVESTS IN KY. PLANT TO BUILD NEW EXPEDITION, NAVIGATOR; SMART, SPACIOUS NEW FOCUS FOR N.A. TO BE GLOBALLY SOURCED
Discussion: Axios, New York Times and Politicus USA
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Source Says Megyn Kelly ‘Would Not Be Welcomed Back’ at Fox News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Illinois careens into financial meltdown - and not even the lottery is safe
Matt Katz / WNYC News:
Trump's FBI Pick Billed Taxpayers $2 Million As Christie's Bridgegate Lawyer
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Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Makes ACA Payments to Health Insurers for June
Discussion: Axios
Josh Saul / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP, FELIX SATER AND THE MOB: LAWYERS PUSH TO UNSEAL COURT DOCUMENTS THEY SAY COULD SHOW FRAUD BY PRESIDENT
Discussion: TheStreet
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Democrats' chairman ready to resign over racial remarks
Paul Barrett / Bloomberg:
The New Face of Trump's Legal Team Is the Christian Right's Pitbull
 

 
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