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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
With cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing  —  The White House has been prohibiting cameras at some press briefings, so on Friday CNN got creative and sent a sketch artist.  —  Bill Hennessy, the network's regular sketch artist for Supreme Court proceedings …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump loses patience with his White House counsel  —  White House counsel Don McGahn has largely stepped back from managing Donald Trump's response to the expanding Russia investigation, but that hasn't stopped the president from lashing out at him about it anyway.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump is struggling to stay calm on Russia, one morning call at a time  —  President Trump has a new morning ritual.  Around 6:30 a.m. on many days — before all the network news shows have come on the air — he gets on the phone with a member of his outside legal team to chew over all things Russia.
David Frum / The Atlantic:
What Happens When a Presidency Loses Its Legitimacy?  —  Day by day, revelation after revelation, the legitimacy of the Trump presidency is seeping away.  The question of what to do about this loss is becoming ever more urgent and frightening.  —  The already thick cloud of discredit …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
CNN brings courtroom sketch artist to White House press briefing
Washington Post:
Don't make things worse  —  The secrecy extended into the White House.  —  Rice , Haines and White House homeland-security adviser Lisa Monaco convened meetings in the Situation Room to weigh the mounting evidence of Russian interference and generate options for how to respond.
John Bowden / The Hill:
Pro-Trump group launches seven-figure ad buy against GOP senator opposing repeal bill  —  The pro-Trump group “America First Policies” is preparing a massive seven-figure ad buy against Sen. Dean Heller  —  (R-NV), just hours after the GOP senator announced Friday that he would not support …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Fifth GOP senator announces opposition to ObamaCare repeal bill  —  (R-Nev.) announced Friday that he is opposed to the Senate GOP's ObamaCare repeal bill in its current form, making him the fifth GOP senator to come out against the plan.  —  “I'm announcing today that in this form I will not support it …
Discussion: ABC News, IJR and The Daily Caller
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Dean Heller of Nevada becomes fifth GOP senator to come out against health-care bill
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group to target GOP Sen. Heller over health care bill
New York Times:
T r u m p ' s L i e s  —  Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump's lies.  But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them.  So we have catalogued nearly every outright lie he has told publicly since taking the oath of office.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: More Americans Believe Comey Over Trump  —  By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say they are more likely to believe former FBI Director James Comey than President Donald Trump when it comes to their differing accounts of events that led up to Comey's firing, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Voters grow weary of Russia probes
Paul Gutierrez / KHGI-TV:
Nebraska Democratic Party official caught on tape saying he's glad Scalise got shot  —  FILE - In this March 8, 2017 file photo, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Scalise was shot Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., congressional officials say.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Fox & Friends’ propagates the most astounding piece of pro-Trump propaganda yet  —  Merely placing sweet little questions before President Trump isn't enough anymore, apparently.  These days, the treatment dished out by the “Fox & Friends” crew to Trump needs to include a bit of slander for the opposition.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
CNN anchor: ‘Fox and Friends’ is ‘state TV’
Discussion: Raw Story
Ale Russian / People.com:
Johnny Depp Apologizes for Joking About Trump Assassination: ‘I Intended No Malice’  —  Johnny Depp is apologizing for his comments about President Donald Trump.  —  The actor issued a statement exclusively to PEOPLE apologizing for the remarks he made Thursday in England at the Glastonbury Festival …
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - June 2017: ACA, Replacement Plan, and Medicaid  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Liz Hamel, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — As the Senate prepares to hold a vote on a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) …
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Nicholas Bagley / Vox:
Crazy waivers: the Senate bill invites states to gut important health insurance rules
Jocelyn Kiley / Pew Research Center:
Public support for ‘single payer’ health coverage grows, driven by Democrats  —  A majority of Americans say it is the federal government's responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage.  And a growing share now supports a “single payer” approach to health insurance …
Discussion: American Power
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Baxter Oliphant / Pew Research Center:
Bipartisan support for some gun proposals, stark partisan divisions on many others
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
White House frustration grows with Tillerson over jobs for Trump allies  —  The White House is becoming increasingly frustrated with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and a close-knit circle of aides over the slow pace of hiring and a chokehold on information and access to Tillerson …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Gowdy: Oversight panel won't pursue Russia, obstruction probes  —  Newly-elected House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy does not plan to investigate Russia's meddling in the 2016 election or questions of whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice.
Fox Business:
Joe Biden's beef with Bill Ackman sparks heated exchange and presidential chatter  —  Some say former Vice President Joe Biden is too old to run for president in 2020, but he still knows how to throw a verbal punch — just ask financier Bill Ackman.  —  Continue Reading Below
Harry Jaffe / Politico:
Jane Sanders Lawyers Up  —  Bernie Sanders was in the midst of an interview with a local TV reporter early last month when the senator fielded an unexpected question about an uncomfortable matter.  —  “There's an implication, and from at least one individual, an explicit argument …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
The banquet business was booming at Mar-a-Lago.  Then Trump became president.  —  For eight straight years, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society held its Palm Beach fundraiser gala at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club.  —  But then Trump became president.  —  And, at this year's gala, his security put a damper on the silent auction.
Philly.com:
Cosby juror says he didn't believe ‘well-coached’ Constand  —  PITTSBURGH — A juror in Bill Cosby's sex assault trial said Thursday that he did not believe the testimony of accuser Andrea Constand because she willingly went alone to the entertainer's home and brought him gifts on more than one occasion.
Victoria Friedman / Breitbart:
Sadiq Khan Slammed for Refusing to Support Hezbollah Ban  —  London Mayor Sadiq Khan refused to confirm if he will petition the home secretary to proscribe the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel terror organisation Hezbollah, saying he will need to consider if it is the “right thing to do”.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:
Aftermath Of Alexandria Shooting Showed The Left's Cultural Bullying At Its Worst  —  The behavior of many on the Left this week sent a message that not only do they not ‘get’ the other half of the country, they don't want to.  That's a recipe for losing elections.
Discussion: Daily Wire, alicublog and RedState
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigating Deals Involving Paul Manafort and Son-in-Law  —  Federal investigators are examining financial transactions involving Paul Manafort and his son-in-law, who embarked on a series of real estate deals in recent years fueled by millions of dollars from Mr. Manafort, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Clare Foran / The Atlantic:
Why Do Democrats Keep Losing in 2017?  —  Kansas.  Montana.  Georgia.  South Carolina.  A string of special election defeats in each state, and with each one, a missed opportunity to take over a Republican House seat, has left Democrats facing the question: Why does the party keep losing elections, and when will that change?
 
 
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California restricts state travel to Texas, other states over LGBT laws
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Paul Rodzinka / WDTN-TV:
Thunderbirds will not fly Saturday, will evaluate Sunday
Discussion: NBC News
Nada Bakos / Washington Post:
President Trump's Twitter feed is a gold mine for foreign spies
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New York Daily News:
Brooklyn baby allegedly beaten into coma by dad on Father's Day dies
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
Grenfell Tower fire: police considering manslaughter charges
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 Earlier Items: 
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Republicans divided on seeking budget deal with Democrats
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CBS News:
Investigators probe whether Trump associates got info from hacked voter databases
Discussion: Washington Times
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
OPINION: Trump's bluff: Perfectly legal
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
An Intriguing Link Between the Mueller Investigation, Trump, and Alleged Money Laundering
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Prominent Democratic Fundraisers Realign to Lobby For Trump's Agenda
BuzzFeed:
Memo Shows Preet Bharara Was Concerned After Phone Call From White House
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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