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1:15 PM ET, June 27, 2018

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New York Times:
Bill Shine Likely as Next White House Communications Director  —  WASHINGTON — Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive who was close to Roger E. Ailes, the network's ousted chairman, is expected to be offered the job of White House communications director, according to two people familiar with the decision.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Trump has poured ‘poison’ down 'America's throat'  —  Former President Clinton is suggesting that President Trump  —  is at least partly to blame for a lack of civility in politics, saying he has poured “poison” down “America's throat.”  —  “It started off calling Mexicans rapists …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Fox News Insider
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Red Hen and the Resistance
Discussion: Hot Air
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
BREAKING: Former Fox News Head Bill Shine in ‘Final Talks’ to Become White House Comms Director
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Santucci / ABC News:   Bill Shine, ex Fox News exec, leading candidate for White House communications director: Sources
Shawn Donnan / Financial Times:
Another top Trump trade adviser to leave White House
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
Politico:
Former Fox News executive Bill Shine considered for White House communications role
Discussion: TVNewser
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?  A 28-Year-Old Democratic Giant Slayer  —  She has never held elected office.  She is still paying off her student loans.  She is 28 years old.  “Women like me aren't supposed to run for office,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a viral campaign video released last month.
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Philip Elliott / TIME:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018  —  Joe Crowley didn't see it coming.  No one did, really.  —  In the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far, the chair of the House Democratic caucus lost his primary race on Tuesday to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Crowley's loss leaves gaping void for next generation of Democratic leaders
Discussion: MSNBC and Politico
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Crowley going down spotlights the looming Democratic identity crisis
New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset
New York Times:
New York Primary Election Results
Kay Steiger / Vox:
A top House Democrat just lost his primary — to a socialist
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Democrat who challenged her party's establishment — and won
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court deals a devastating blow to government unions  —  The Supreme Court has delivered a potentially crushing blow to public-sector unions, ruling 5-4 today that they cannot collect fees from non-members.  The ruling will likely diminish unions' negotiating power and, with it, their political clout.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules against public unions collecting fees from nonmembers  —  Conservatives on the Supreme Court said Wednesday that it was unconstitutional to allow public employee unions to require collective bargaining fees from workers who choose not to join the union, a major blow for the U.S. labor movement.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court deals sharp defeat to public employee unions, banning mandatory fees
Discussion: KTLA and The Week
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court just stuck a knife in public sector unions
Discussion: BloombergQuint and twitchy.com
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court ruling deals major blow to public worker unions
Discussion: New Republic, CNN, CNBC and MSNBC
Washington Post:   In major blow to organized labor, Supreme Court says public employee unions may not charge fees to nonmembers
Benjamin Haas / The Guardian:
North Korea making ‘rapid’ upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges  —  Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is needed  —  North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program …
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Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:   North Korea Rapidly Upgrading Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Satellite images show North Korea upgrading nuclear research facility: report
Discussion: IJR, The Daily Caller and POLITICUSUSA
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside Facebook and Twitter's secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leaders who say tech is biased  —  Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters — with accusations that the country's tech giants are censoring right-leaning posts, tweets and news.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
92% of Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news  —  Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.
Washington Post:
Man accused of driving into crowd at ‘Unite the Right’ rally charged with federal hate crimes  —  The Justice Department charged James Alex Fields Jr, the driver accused of murdering a counterprotester at last year's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, with multiple hate crime counts Wednesday.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Ohio Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes Related to August 2017 Rally in Charlottesville  —  James Alex Fields Jr. Indicted on 30 Counts Including Hate Crime Resulting in the Death of Heather Heyer  —  A federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia …
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
GOP incumbents ousted in Oklahoma amid teacher challenges  —  OKLAHOMA CITY  —  At least six Republican incumbents were bounced from office during Oklahoma's primary election, including several who were targeted by pro-education groups.  —  Tuesday's primary election was the first test …
Discussion: Political Wire
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Has Slight Edge in CD11  —  Low candidate knowledge, high undecideds leave room for movement  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The race to fill New Jersey's 11th Congressional District seat is close with Democrat Mikie Sherrill holding a slight lead over Republican Jay Webber among likely voters …
Discussion: Political Wire
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
A Reminder: The Travel Ban Was Supposed to Be Temporary  —  The travel ban that was upheld by conservatives on the Supreme Court yesterday is actually a revision of the one issued by the administration during the first week of Trump's presidency.  From the beginning, the contention has been that a ban would be temporary.
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Daily Signal
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New York Times:
Federal Judge in California Issues Injunction Halting Government From Separating Families  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction late Tuesday temporarily stopping the Trump administration from separating children from their parents at the border and ordered …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Battleground state polls find more voters prefer Congress as a check on Trump  —  Only about a third of voters in Arizona, Florida and Ohio say Trump deserves to be re-elected.  —  WASHINGTON — Voters in three key Senate battleground states prefer the next Congress to be a check …
Wall Street Journal:
Publisher to Feature Ex-Playmate After Allegation It Buried Trump Affair Story  —  The publisher accused of suppressing Karen McDougal's story now wants her on front of Men's Journal magazine  —  The publisher accused of buying and then suppressing a Playboy model's claim she had an affair …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
East Pittsburgh officer charged with criminal homicide in Antwon Rose shooting  —  (CNN)Prosecutors charged East Pittsburgh police Officer Michael Rosfeld with criminal homicide on Wednesday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II, court records show.
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CBS Pittsburgh:
Officer Michael Rosfeld Charged With Criminal Homicide In Fatal Shooting Of Antwon Rose
ProPublica:
We've Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties  —  Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too.  “I could offer clarity,” one federal employee explained, “but I choose not to.”
Politico:
House to escalate Mueller document demand with Thursday vote  —  The resolution is unenforceable but would for the first time put the Republican-led House on record demanding sensitive documents.  —  The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a measure chastising the Justice Department …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Allies fear Trump-Putin summit  —  America's allies in Europe are worried about Donald Trump's expected meeting next month with Vladimir Putin.  Senior officials from four NATO member nations told me their worst fear is that Trump clashes with America's allies at the NATO summit in Brussels …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Bolton, Putin to meet in the Kremlin to plan Trump-Putin summit
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Outside the Red Hen, fire and ire on social media come to life  —  LEXINGTON, Va. — America broke out Tuesday afternoon in this small Shenandoah Valley town.  —  Four days after the owner of the Red Hen restaurant stirred national debate by asking White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders …
Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook's Latest Problem: It Can't Track Where Much of the Data Went  —  Company's internal probe finds that some developers who scooped up data are now out of business, and others won't cooperate  —  Facebook Inc.'s FB -.08% internal probe into potential misuse of user data …
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
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