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8:25 AM ET, June 24, 2017

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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.
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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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: Politico, ABC News, IJR and The Daily Caller
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pro-Trump group to target GOP Sen. Heller over health care bill
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
How The Senate O'Care Repeal Is Even More Radical Than The House's
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Michael Bodley / San Francisco Chronicle:
California attorney general adds 4 states to state travel ban  —  The Attorney General of California is blocking state funded travel to Texas, Alabama, South Dakota and Kentucky for passing legislation that will discriminate against the LGBT Community.  Veuer's Jose Sepulveda(@josesepulvedatv) has more.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
California restricts state travel to Texas, other states over LGBT laws
Chuck Grassley:
Judiciary Committee Probes Reported Lynch Assurances to Stifle Clinton Email Investigation  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse sought information …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why Hasn't Trump Actually Nominated an FBI Director? … Attorney Christopher Wray is on deck to become the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if the president ever gets around to nominating him.  —  President Donald Trump tweeted Wray was his pick on June 7, more than two weeks ago.
Discussion: Raw Story and Just Security
Sally Q. Yates / Washington Post:
Making America scared again won't make us safer  —  Sally Q. Yates served in the Justice Department from 1989 to 2017 as an assistant U.S. attorney, U.S. attorney, deputy attorney general and, briefly this year, as acting attorney general.  —  In today's polarized world …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Cannabist
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Gowdy won't use Oversight gavel to probe Russia  —  Newly minted House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy  —  (R-S.C.) said Friday he has no plans to call fired FBI Director James Comey before his panel or demand the bureau hand over memos that Comey wrote detailing his interactions with President Trump.
Discussion: RedState
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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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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
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
How Twitter Pornified Politics  —  This is the column in which I formally forswear Twitter for good.  I'll keep my Twitter handle, and hopefully my followers, but an editorial assistant will manage the account from now on.  I'll intercede only to say nice things about the writing I admire, the people I like and the music I love.
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Pence meets with Koch brother in Colorado  —  Vice President Pence held an unannounced meeting with conservative political activist Charles Koch on Friday, the day before the Koch brothers network kicks off a donor meeting in Colorado Springs.  —  Pence, in town to headline a banquet celebrating …
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
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 …
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.
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's core voters could suffer most under GOP health bill, but they may not punish him for it  — A study says that Trump's victory was propelled more by racial solidarity than his views on trade or entitlements.  — Trump's core voters are more likely to rely on Medicaid …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Our Fake Democracy  —  We tell ourselves stories in order to live, as Joan Didion said.  We do this as a nation, as individuals, as families — even when that construct is demonstrably false.  For the United States, the biggest institutional lie of the moment is that we have a government of the people, responding to majority will.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Christopher Burbach / Omaha World-Herald:
Nebraska Democratic Party chair removes official after offensive remarks about congressman's shooting  —  Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb removed a party official from his post Thursday after a recording surfaced of him making offensive remarks about the shooting of U.S. Rep Steve Scalise.
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Paul Gutierrez / KHGI-TV:
Nebraska Democratic Party official caught on tape saying he's glad Scalise got shot
 
 
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Victoria Friedman / Breitbart:
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House names Trump hotel employee to be chief usher
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Paul Rodzinka / WDTN-TV:
Thunderbirds will not fly Saturday, will evaluate Sunday
Nada Bakos / Washington Post:
President Trump's Twitter feed is a gold mine for foreign spies
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Jury deadlocks in second trial of former University of Cincinnati officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose
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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
White House frustration grows with Tillerson over jobs for Trump allies
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Political Wire
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
The banquet business was booming at Mar-a-Lago. Then Trump became president.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘Fox & Friends’ propagates the most astounding piece of pro-Trump propaganda yet
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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