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7:00 AM ET, June 14, 2019

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Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine:
Louise Linton, aka Mrs. Steven Mnuchin, Is Sorry  —  America's most controversial cabinet wife sounds off on the perils of D.C., her feelings about the Trumps, and her starring role as a sociopathic bisexual serial killer  —  Swaddled in a white terry cloth robe and perched on a director's chair …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Louise Linton Resurfaces in New Interview: ‘It Sucks to Be Hated’  —  The treasury secretary's wife also blamed her infamous Instagram snafu on someone else.  ‘I got some bad advice,’ she said.  —  It has been far too long since the America has heard from Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
A Tanker War in the Middle East—Again?  —  U.S. Navy ships in the Middle East heard the first distress signal at 6:12 a.m. Thursday.  The Kokuka Courageous, a tanker owned by Japan and bound from Saudi Arabia to Singapore, had been damaged by an explosive device.  A fire raged in its engine room.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Pompeo Says Intelligence Points to Iran in Tanker Attack in Gulf of Oman  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that intelligence reviewed by American officials showed that Iran was responsible for attacks earlier in the day on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman …
New York Times:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leaving White House at the End of the Month  —  WASHINGTON — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary who fiercely defended President Trump through one of the most tumultuous periods in American politics while presiding over the end of the iconic daily news briefing …
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CNN:
Sarah Sanders leaving White House post after fraught tenure
Matthew Choi / Politico:
‘Let me make something 100% clear’: FEC chair lays down the law on foreign help  —  The head of the Federal Election Commission released a statement on Thursday evening reiterating, emphatically, that foreign assistance is illegal in U.S. elections.  —  “Let me make something 100% clear …
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Washington Post:
‘Absolutely unprecedented’: Trump upends long-held views with openness to foreign assistance
Discussion: IJR
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Republican blocks bill requiring campaigns to alert FBI to foreign assistance
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Measles Outbreak: N.Y. Eliminates Religious Exemptions for Vaccinations  —  New York, where measles has spread in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, joins California and a handful of other states in revoking religious exemptions.  —  ALBANY — Lawmakers in New York, the epicenter …
Discussion: Newser and Splinter
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
New York Ends Religious Exemptions For Required Vaccines  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Thursday ending vaccination exemptions based on religious beliefs, the latest attempt to address the growing measles outbreak, the worst the U.S. has experienced in decades.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
DNC names 20 candidates who will appear on stage for first Democratic debate  —  The Democratic National Committee set two ways for the candidates to qualify — fundraising and polling.  —  The Democratic National Committee on Thursday named the 20 presidential candidates who qualified …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats delete from presidential debate stage a Montana governor, a Massachusetts congressman and a Florida mayor
Discussion: Politico
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DNC invites 20 candidates to first debate
Discussion: ABC News, NPR and Florida Politics
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Judge Napolitano: Seems Trump ‘Is Prepared to Commit a Felony to Get Re-Elected’  —  'There's no wiggle room with respect to dirt,' the judge noted.  —  Reacting to President Trump saying he would accept foreign intel on a political opponent if offered, and that he doesn't feel it's necessary …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Trump campaign says it will handle foreign info on rivals on “case by case basis”  —  President Trump's 2020 reelection campaign will handle damaging information on political opponents provided by foreign governments and entities on a “case by case basis,” according to the campaign's top spokesperson.
Washington Post:
Federal watchdog agency recommends removal of Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act  —  The Office of Special Counsel on Thursday recommended the removal of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act …
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
President Trump disputes account of White House counsel's testimony to Mueller  —  President Donald Trump is directly disputing the account of a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible obstruction of justice during the course of the Russia probe saying that it …
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Harris says she'd prosecute Trump. He says 'I'd make the same statement'
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Forget “No Collusion,” Trump Is Now Pro-Collusion  —  There is no such thing as an outrage-free week anymore.  On Wednesday, President Trump offered us a particularly stunning example of this new political reality, telling the ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos that he would welcome foreign interference …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Hill push to battle foreign election interference is stuck at McConnell roadblock  —  The Senate majority leader has not allowed a vote on any of the bipartisan measures to strengthen election systems and make it harder for hostile powers to manipulate social media.
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump smashed months of FBI work to thwart election interference  —  Nearly two years ago, FBI Director Chris Wray set up an office tasked solely with stopping the type of Russian interference efforts that infected the 2016 campaign.  —  On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump undercut the whole operation in a matter of seconds.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Michael Avenatti is sued for allegedly siphoning paraplegic's $4 million settlement  —  (Reuters) - Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump, has been sued by a paraplegic former client who accused him of siphoning away a $4 million settlement he had won.
Discussion: Splinter
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Alan Dershowitz Declares He Would Support Biden Over Trump in 2020  —  Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law professor emeritus renowned, as of late, for his legal defenses of President Donald Trump throughout the special counsel investigation, said Thursday that he would support Joe Biden in 2020 in a matchup with the current president.
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Pia Deshpande / Politico:
Anita Hill says she could see herself voting for Biden
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:
The Wife Of A Republican Congressman Accused Of Misusing Campaign Funds Just Flipped And Pleaded Guilty  —  The wife of California Rep. Duncan Hunter changed her plea from not guilty to guilty in a San Diego court Thursday, admitting that she and her husband misused more than $200,000 worth of campaign funds for personal gain.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Oberlin College hit with maximum PUNITIVE DAMAGES (capped at $22 million by law) in Gibson's Bakery case  —  Added to $11 million compensatory damages, brings total to $33 million  —  The jury just rendered its verdict on punitive damages in the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case.
Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
US Reliance On OPEC Oil Hits 30-Year Low  —  U.S. crude oil imports from the Saudi Arabian-led OPEC fell to a 30-year low, according to the latest federal figures.  —  OPEC imports fell to 1.5 million barrels per day in March, which is the lowest level since March 1986, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday.
Discussion: BBC
Chas Gillespie / McSweeney's:
Every NIMBY's Speech At a Public Hearing  —  Friends, neighbors, it's good to see all of you.  I know you, you know me, and just seeing all of your faces at this city council meeting reminds me why I love living in this town.  Because I feel comforted by stasis and regularity …
Wall Street Journal:
Elaine Chao Sells Vulcan Stock Holdings  —  Secretary of Transportation earned the shares while serving on board of the paving-materials supplier  —  WASHINGTON—Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has sold her shares in a paving-materials supplier after a Wall Street Journal report …
Discussion: New York Times
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump sees no national interest beyond his own  —  It was shocking enough to hear President Trump declare publicly that he is open for business with foreign adversaries who have dirt to offer on his political opponents.  But in doing so, he has also revealed a disturbing truth about himself.
Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico and Defense One
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
America Is Stuck With a $400 Billion Stealth Fighter That Can't Fight  —  The planes have had several previously unreported ‘category 1’ flaws—military parlance for issues that can prevent a pilot from accomplishing their mission.  —  Here's something the public didn't know until today …
Discussion: Townhall and Politico
 
 
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Ben Guarino / Washington Post:
USDA research agencies will move to Kansas City region despite opposition
Discussion: Axios and Front Page Magazine
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump to America: Who's Going to Stop Me?
Sam Knight / New Yorker:
The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson
Lara Seligman / Foreign Policy:
Top WMD Official Quietly Leaves Pentagon
Discussion: Bloomberg and Defense One
James Orenstein / New York Times:
I'm a Judge. Here's How Surveillance Is Challenging Our Legal System.
Allum Bokhari / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Facebook's Process to Label You a ‘Hate Agent’ Revealed
The Economist:
Donald Trump's presidency has moved America left
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Nunes Says He Has Finally Seen Mueller ‘Scope Memo’
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump's company sells California mansion to firm linked to Indonesian billionaire, a business partner
Discussion: The Week, Fox News and Mother Jones
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
I Think I Know Why Trump Faved That Tweet About Rihanna
Discussion: The Slot
The Daily Beast:
House Dems Do What They Do Best After Trump Invites Foreign Election Interference: Shrug
Discussion: Politico
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
First on CNN Business: 600 companies including Walmart, Costco and Target warn Trump on tariffs
Discussion: Newser and KTVQ-TV
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Brace for a Voter-Turnout Tsunami
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 

 
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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”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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