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7:40 PM ET, June 14, 2018

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James Comey / New York Times:
This Report Says I Was Wrong.  But That's Good for the F.B.I.  —  The Department of Justice's independent watchdog, the inspector general, has released a report that is critical of my decisions as F.B.I. director during the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email account.
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Comey Broke From FBI Procedures in Clinton Probe, Watchdog Finds  — Inspector general probed an array of FBI, Justice decisions  — The findings may give Trump fresh grounds for criticism  —  Former FBI Director James Comey “deviated” from FBI and Justice Department procedures …
Washington Post:
IG report criticizes Comey's handling of Clinton probe, includes anti-Trump exchanges among FBI personnel  —  A highly anticipated report from the Justice Department's inspector general criticizes former FBI director James B. Comey for his actions during the Hillary Clinton email investigation …
New York Times:
Comey Cited as Insubordinate, but Report Finds No Bias in F.B.I. Decision to Clear Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — The former F.B.I. director James B. Comey was insubordinate in his handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election, a critical Justice Department report …
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
12 Things You Need To Know About The Inspector General's DAMNING Report on The FBI's Hillary/Trump Conduct  —  The Department of Justice Inspector General's report on the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation is a damning indictment.  Despite its attempt to paint …
Discussion: neo-neocon
Fox News:
‘Foreign actors’ accessed Hillary Clinton emails, documents show  —  “Foreign actors” obtained access to some of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails — including at least one email classified as “secret” — according to a new memo from two GOP-led House committees and an internal FBI email.
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Top Agent Said F.B.I. Would Stop Trump From Becoming President
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Hot Air and Vox
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Comey Often Thought He Knew Best. That May Have Hurt the F.B.I.
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
James Comey Used Personal Email For FBI Business, Inspector General Finds
Discussion: IJR and Political Wire
New York Times:   The Report on the F.B.I.'s Clinton Investigation Is 500 Pages. Our Experts Broke It Down.
Madeline Osburn / The Federalist:
Inspector General Put Together An Insane FBI Leak Chart Upon Finding Rules ‘Widely Ignored’
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
New York files suit against President Trump, alleging his charity engaged in ‘illegal conduct’  —  The New York attorney general on Thursday filed suit against President Trump and his three eldest children alleging “persistently illegal conduct” at the president's personal charity …
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation After 2-Year Investigation  —  The New York State attorney general's office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit on Thursday taking aim at the Donald J. Trump Foundation, accusing the charity and the Trump family of sweeping violations of campaign finance laws …
ag.ny.gov:
Attorney General Underwood Announces Lawsuit Against Donald J. Trump Foundation And Its Board …
Axios:
Scoop: Classified Israeli report raises doubts over Trump-Kim summit  —  A classified report from Israel's foreign ministry raises doubts over President Trump's optimistic statements about his summit with Kim Jong-un, and determines the U.S. retreated from its positions on several issues relating to North Korea's nuclear program.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:   Trump's North Korea Summit Is One Of The Most Popular Things He's Done As President
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Investigating Michael Cohen for Possible Illegal Lobbying  —  Manhattan prosecutors have contacted AT&T, Novartis over dealings with Donald Trump's lawyer  —  Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating whether Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jeff Pegues / CBS News:   Exclusive: Michael Cohen believes Trump and his allies are turning on him
NBC News:
Trump admin will house migrant kids in tents in Tornillo, Texas  —  The Trump administration has selected a border facility near El Paso to build a tent city with 450 beds for migrant children.  —  BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Trump administration has selected Tornillo, Texas …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
House Republicans consider allowing immigrant children to be detained alongside their parents
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill, IJR and Splinter
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:   U.S. to house migrant children in tents outside El Paso as government takes more into custody
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders gets in heated exchanges over family separation policy  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders engaged in heated exchanges with multiple reporters on Thursday over the administration's controversial policy of separating migrant families at the border.
Discussion: ABC News
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Sarah Sanders makes disastrous, ill-informed attempt to defend Trump's family separation policy
Discussion: HuffPost, NBC News and Shareblue Media
BuzzFeed:
Trump Told G7 Leaders That Crimea Is Russian Because Everyone Speaks Russian In Crimea  —  Trump made the remarks over dinner with other world leaders at the G7 summit in Canada.  —  President Donald Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea is Russian because everyone who lives there speaks Russian, according to two diplomatic sources.
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
White House Capitol Hill Envoy to Leave Post, Citing ‘Diminishing Returns’  —  Legislative affairs director Marc Short's tenure was marked by ups and downs of pushing Trump agenda  —  WASHINGTON—The White House's top liaison to Capitol Hill will leave the job as early as this summer …
Dan M. Clark / New York Law Journal:
NY Court of Appeals Denies Trump Stay in Defamation Suit by Ex-'Apprentice' Contestant  —  The decision is a setback for the president and his legal team, who have repeatedly denied claims that Trump sexually assaulted or harassed women prior to taking office.
Discussion: Vox, ABC News and Bloomberg
René Bruemmer / Montreal Gazette:
McGill music student awarded $350,000 after girlfriend stalls career  —  McGill University music student Eric Abramovitz was among the top clarinetists in Canada.  He studied with some of the country's elite teachers from the age of seven.  He won first prize at the Canadian Music Competition six times.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Name of Free Speech, States Crack Down on Campus Protests  —  When the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin wanted to address the issue of free speech on campus last fall, it adopted a three-strikes policy that is the strictest of its kind: Any student found to have disrupted …
Discussion: Splinter, Inside Higher Ed and ACLU
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Inside the former Walmart that now shelters migrant children: Cots, soccer and a Trump mural  —  The former Walmart that's been converted into a migrant shelter housed 1,469 youths Wednesday, enough to fill the high-school-style cafeteria and require added cots in dorm-style bedrooms to handle the overflow.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
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Washington Post:
Inside Casa Padre, the converted Walmart where the U.S. is holding nearly 1,500 immigrant children
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Dems say Obama return from sidelines is overdue  —  When former President Obama left the White House, he pledged to take a back seat to make room for other Democrats in the party to shine.  —  Nearly 17 months later, that's proving to be an impossible task.
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Kyle Smith / National Review:   The Democrats' Radical Turn
 
 
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Mike Littwin / The Colorado Independent:
So much for the Dem civil war. In CO gov primary, it's all nuance and Trump.
Tanasia Kenney / Atlanta Black Star:
Woman Chases Down Teen Who Called Her the N-Word, Forces Him to Explain Himself — Then Facebook Pulled Her Video
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How Corey Stewart and Other GOP Opportunists Embraced the Dark Side to Win Primaries
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Turning Point USA leaks screenshots to Infowars
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Company owned by Chinese government awarded another contract at Trump development
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Trump Takes His Party Back to the 1920s
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
WPLG-TV:
Women claim racial profiling at Miramar Walgreens
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Trade war could wipe out gains of GOP tax law, former top Trump economic adviser says
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down law banning political clothing at polls
Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News and Axios
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
It's All Too Much, and We Still Have to Care
 

 
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