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John Brennan / Washington Post:
I will speak out until integrity returns to the White House  —  John Brennan served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 to January 2017.  —  My first visit to the Oval Office came in October 1990, when I was a 35-year-old CIA officer.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Antidote to Trump Is Decency  —  Start with what you already know: It's hypocritical in the extreme for President Trump to denounce entertainers for using language demeaning to women.  When he complains that Samantha Bee has spoken insultingly of his favorite daughter …
Washington Post:
EPA's Pruitt spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens from Washington jewelry store  —  The account manager at the Tiny Jewel Box, which calls itself Washington's “premier destination for fine jewelry and watches,” had promised to expedite the order of a dozen customized silver fountain pens …
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump breaks protocol, sends markets a clear signal on jobs report before numbers are released  —  President Trump on Friday broke with decades of protocol and commented publicly about the highly anticipated jobs report data 69 minutes before they were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
The Outrage Over Trump's Market-Shaking Tweet
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The black unemployment rate has never been closer to the white unemployment rate
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Kim's Letter to Trump Expresses Interest in Nuclear Summit  —  North Korean official aims to hand-deliver the letter to Trump on Friday  —  WASHINGTON—One of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's top lieutenants is expected to hand-deliver a letter to President Donald Trump in the White House …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:   Trump announces summit with North Korea is back on
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Announces That North Korea Summit Meeting Is Back On
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Billionaire Koch brothers' network launches digital ad blitz supporting Democrat Heidi Heitkamp as midterms near  — Americans for Prosperity is unleashing a digital advertising campaign on Friday thanking North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp for cosponsoring the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protect Act.
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
The Tiff Over Samantha Bee Has Made C*nts of Us All … I love the word “cunt.”  It's so direct, sharp, and mean, with an acrid finish like a lick of whisky that leaves the roof of one's mouth feeling disinfected and the eyes watering.  In my mind, I use “cunt” on everything—men, women …
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Michael Schneider / IndieWire:
Samantha Bee Addresses Controversy: ‘We Spent the Day Wrestling With the Repercussions of One Bad Word’
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's tariffs on US allies will shrink the savings Americans gained from tax cuts  — The U.S. says it will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from allies such as Canada, Mexico and the European Union.  — While the White House acknowledges that these measures will lead to higher prices …
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Scott Gilmore / Macleans.ca:
Trade sanctions against America won't work. Sanctioning Trump himself might.
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNNMoney
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Signs of sophisticated cellphone spying found near White House, U.S. officials say  —  A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Prepares Lifeline for Money-Losing Coal Plants  — Energy Department is weighing emergency electricity reserve  — Move would be unprecedented intervention in energy markets  —  Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
White House prepares bailout of coal and nuclear plants
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Orders Action to Stem Coal, Nuclear Plant Shutdowns
Discussion: The Daily Caller
HuffPost:
Congressional Candidate In Virginia Admits He's A Pedophile  —  Nathan Larson also ran online forums for pedophiles and misogynists.  —  Nathan Larson, a 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia, is running for Congress as an independent candidate in his native state.
Seth A. Richardson / Plain Dealer:
New poll shows Sherrod Brown leading Senate race, Mike DeWine on top in governor's  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new poll released Friday shows U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, up big in his race against GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci while Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine leads Democratic …
Brian Contreras / Stanford Daily:
Leaked emails show Hoover academic conspiring with College Republicans to conduct ‘opposition research’ on student  —  Emails between the Hoover Institution's Niall Ferguson and well-known Republican student activists John Rice-Cameron '20 and Max Minshull '20 reveal coordination on …
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Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Niall Ferguson wanted opposition research on a student.
Bridget Bowman / Roll Call:
Democratic Poll: Mike Levin Ahead in California's 49th District  —  A Democratic poll shows a tight contest in the crowded race for California's 49th District, with Democrat Mike Levin narrowly ahead of Republican Diane Harkey .  —  The district is one of three in Southern California …
NBC News:
Jared Kushner close friend Rick Gerson now under scrutiny from Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — A close friend of Jared Kushner has come under scrutiny by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for his proximity to some key meetings between Trump associates and foreign officials, according to five people familiar with the matter.
John Solomon / The Hill:
London ‘bridges’ falling down: Curious origins of FBI's Trump-Russia probe  —  The bridge to the Russia investigation wasn't erected in Moscow during the summer of the 2016 election.  —  It originated earlier, 1,700 miles away in London, where foreign figures contacted Trump campaign advisers …
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels's Lawyer Sought Help From Democrats in Fight With Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film actress who says she had a sexual encounter with President Trump, has sought help for his legal battle against Mr. Trump from leading Democratic operatives.
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Stormy Daniels lawyer Michael Avenatti tested legal boundaries as his firm maneuvered into bankruptcy
Discussion: New York Magazine
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Here's the Email Russian Hackers Used to Try to Break Into State Voting Systems  —  Just days before the 2016 presidential election, hackers identified by the National Security Agency as working for Russia attempted to breach American voting systems.  Among their specific targets were the computers …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Raw Story
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump Ran as a Renegade.  Now He's Trying to Keep Them at Bay.  —  IUKA, Miss. — When Chris McDaniel first ran for Senate four years ago, his campaign became a cause for disaffected and restless Republicans across the country.  Activists waving “Don't Tread on Me” flags flooded Mississippi.
Discussion: Hot Air, National Review, Mediaite and CNN
The Real Deal New York:
Kushner, unfiltered  —  In an extensive interview, the Kushner Companies boss gets candid about 666 Fifth, federal investigations, tenant-harassment allegations and his son in the White House  —  Charlie Kushner has a few things he wants to get off his chest.
Chicago Tribune:
Why Trump should leave Blagojevich in prison  —  Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, with his wife, Patti, waves at the end of his statement to reporters and supporters gathered outside his home on his last full day of freedom March 14, 2012.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Post and Politico
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Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:   President Trump, cut the celebrity shenanigans and commute the sentences that actually matter
People.com:
Santa Fe Victim's Mom Challenged President Trump in Private Meeting for Calling Shooter ‘Wacky’  —  The mother of a teenage girl killed earlier this month in a massacre at Santa Fe High School in Texas tells PEOPLE she challenged President Donald Trump's views on gun violence during …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump meets with families affected by Texas shooting
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The World As It Wasn't  —  Column: Barack Obama's revealing reaction to Donald Trump's victory  —  Maybe you can help me out.  I'm puzzling over a line in a New York Times story on The World As It Is, the forthcoming memoir from Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes.
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
How it feels to be called a monkey  —  About US is a new initiative by The Washington Post to cover issues of identity in the United States.  Sign up for the newsletter.  —  The first time I was called a monkey was in high school.  I was groggily emerging from a nap in the auditorium during …
Michael Kruse / Politico:
‘He Pretty Much Gave In to Whatever They Asked For’  —  Trump says he's a master negotiator.  Those who've actually dealt with him beg to differ.  —  In 1985, Tony Schwartz, a writer for New York magazine, was sitting in Donald Trump's office in Trump Tower interviewing him for a story.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Mediaite
 
 
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Alexander Stern / Attorney IO:
BREAKING: Trump May Already Be Indicted Under Seal
Discussion: Raw Story
Anti-Defamation League:
Louis Farrakhan Delivers Yet Another Sermon Laced With Anti-Semitic Tropes
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
May Boom: Number of Employed Americans Sets 9th Record Under Trump
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Illegal border crossings remained high in May despite Trump's crackdown
Katy Murphy / Mercury News:
People are fleeing Silicon Valley for Nevada, Texas and Idaho, report finds
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
UN: US inequality reaching a dangerous level due to Trump's ‘cruel’ measures
Discussion: Shakesville
CBS News:
Georgia couple loses custody of son after giving him marijuana to treat seizures
 Earlier Items: 
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Another Shocking Opioid Statistic
Kate Andersen Brower / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton's ‘ass-covering’ on bin Laden raid ‘rattled’ Biden
The Daily Beast:
Maria Bartiromo's Strange Trip From ‘Money Honey’ to One of Trump's Top Boosters
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's trade policy is stuck in the '80s — the 1680s
Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Week and HeraldScotland
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
US gains 223K jobs; unemployment at 18-year low of 3.8 pct.
Discussion: Sean Hannity
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Curious Case of Mr. Downer