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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
N.R.A. Shuts Down Production of NRATV  —  The National Rifle Association has shut down production at NRATV.  —  The N.R.A. on Tuesday also severed all business with its estranged advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, which operates NRATV, the N.R.A.'s live broadcasting media arm …
CNN:
Mueller to testify publicly on July 17 following a subpoena  —  (CNN)Robert Mueller will testify before Congress on July 17 after House Democrats issued a subpoena for his appearance, a move that paves the way for a reluctant special counsel to answer questions publicly for the first time …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committees  —  WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has agreed to testify before Congress on July 17, two House committees announced Tuesday night after issuing subpoenas to compel his appearance.  —  The subpoenas from the House Judiciary …
Discussion: Slate
Axios:
Robert Mueller agrees to publicly testify to Congress
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Mueller to testify to Congress in open session about his investigation
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:   Mueller's team may think it is done. Democrats have other ideas.
HuffPost:   Democratic Leaders Ignore Simmering Support For Impeachment
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Mueller could face 2 subpoenas to testify before Congress
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Mueller agrees to testify before 2 House committees in July
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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CNN:
A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border  —  (CNN)The photo is haunting, a vivid reminder of the danger many face when they try to cross into the United States.  It shows the human toll of a crisis at the border that's often debated …
New York Times:   Photo of Drowned Migrants Captures Pathos of Those Who Risk It All
Bloomberg:
Trump's Protocol Chief Is Quitting Just Before the G-20 Summit  — Sean Lawler faces a probe into claims of verbal altercations  — Protocol official assists president on overseas trips  —  The Trump administration official in charge of diplomatic protocol plans to resign …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Toasting Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  By the Press.  Really.  —  “You'd better not say I was here,” said one White House reporter, who attended the awkward drinks at a nearby steakhouse.  —  WASHINGTON — There's an old maxim about the press, sometimes attributed to H.L. Mencken: “Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp post.”
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Amanda Darrach / Columbia Journalism Review:
It's not a party for Sarah Huckabee Sanders  —  On June 13, when Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she would step down as White House Press Secretary, Francesca Chambers, White House correspondent for the Daily Mail, and Anita Kumar, White House correspondent for Politico …
Discussion: Splinter
Lynn Vavreck / New York Times:
It's Not So Much the Debate.  It's the Days After the Debate.  —  Dramatic moments aren't as important as the story lines that become set in the aftermath.  —  In August 2015, a record-setting 24 million Americans watched a primary debate.  —  Megyn Kelly, one of the Fox hosts …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Why 2020 Democrats should ignore Twitter at the first debate
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Washington Post
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Team Trump plans debate night offensive
Discussion: USA Today
CNN:
Two Republican senators say rape allegation against Trump should be investigated while many in GOP stay mum  —  Writer accuses Trump of '90s sexual assault  —  (CNN)Two Republican senators said Tuesday the rape allegation made against President Donald Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll …
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Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘I believe the president’: GOP stands by Trump on sexual assault allegation  —  Republicans believe Donald Trump.  They're not so sure about the woman.  —  The president's GOP allies in Congress are moving swiftly to dismiss new allegations of rape against him, arguing journalist E. Jean Carroll …
New York Times:
Acting Border Chief Expected to Resign as Migrant Children Are Returned to Texas Facility  —  The Customs and Border Protection agency's acting commissioner, John Sanders, is expected to step down in the coming weeks as the government's primary border enforcement executive …
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
New York Times' Trump Tax Team Imploded When Star Reporter David Barstow Went Rogue  —  David Barstow tried to ghostwrite a book with a top-secret source on the Pulitzer-winning story.  —  On April 15, the New York Times staff gathered in the newsroom, looking up at Executive Editor Dean Baquet …
Discussion: Politico
Project Veritas:
BREAKING: New Google Document Leaked Describing Shapiro, Prager, as ‘nazis using the dogwhistles’  —  (New York) - Project Veritas has obtained a newly leaked document from Google that appears to show a Google employee and member of Google “transparency-and-ethics” group calling conservative …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Smoking Gun Against Google?
Discussion: The Sun and Medium
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore  —  The government's conduct in the pending Supreme Court case about adding a citizenship question to the census has gone from indefensible to outrageous.  In the case, which is likely to be decided this week …
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Duncan Hunter Used Campaign Money for Multiple Affairs, Prosecutors Say  —  LOS ANGELES — Just a few months after taking his seat in Congress in 2009, Duncan Hunter began an affair with a lobbyist and used campaign money to pay for dates, prosecutors said in a new court filing.
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Prosecutors: Rep. Duncan Hunter used campaign funds to pursue affairs
Washington Post:
Democrats' emoluments lawsuit against President Trump can proceed, federal judge rules  —  Rejecting a request from President Trump, a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday cleared the way for nearly 200 Democrats in Congress to continue their lawsuit against him alleging that his private business violates …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Allows Lawsuit by Democrats Against Trump to Proceed
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Washington Press
Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says US-China trade deal is 90% complete  —  KEY POINTS  — “We were about 90% of the way there (with a deal) and I think there's a path to complete this,” he told CNBC's Hadley Gamble in Manama, Bahrain on Wednesday.  — Bank of America Merrill Lynch surveyed investors …
Dirk VanderHart / OPB:
Oregon Senate President: Cap-And-Trade Bill Won't Pass  —  UPDATE (2:20 p.m. PT) — Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, says Oregon's sweeping plan for addressing climate change this legislative session does not have the votes to pass.  —  But it's not clear whether that will be enough to bring Senate Republicans back to work.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
NSA Improperly Collected U.S. Phone Records a Second Time  —  The National Security Agency collected records about U.S. calls and text messages that it wasn't authorized to obtain last year, in a second such incident, renewing privacy concerns surrounding the agency's maligned phone-surveillance program …
Janelle Nanos / BostonGlobe.com:
Wayfair employees plan walkout to oppose furniture sales to migrant detention facilities  —  Employees of the Boston-based online housewares giant Wayfair announced Tuesday that they would stage a walkout at the company's Back Bay offices Wednesday to protest the company's decision to sell furniture …
Washington Post:
As you watch the Democratic debates, remember that how politicians speak is as important as what they say  —  When they talk more intensely about an issue, they're more committed to working on it  —  Candidates for the Democratic Party nomination will square off Wednesday night in the first of two televised debates.
Web / Millsaps College:
Latest Millsaps/Chism Strategies Survey Examines Democratic Presidential Candidates  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden holds a commanding lead among Mississippi Democratic voters as the first televised presidential primary debates are scheduled for the evenings of June 26-27.
Discussion: Political Wire
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren: Repeal The Law That Criminalizes Migrants  —  The Democratic presidential candidate wants to repeal a decades-old law put forth by a famed segregationist.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called Tuesday for repealing the decades-old law criminalizing …
Ross Barkan / The Nation:
Tiffany Cabán Just Made History  —  The 31-year-old, queer Latina public defender has dealt another shocking blow to the Queens Democratic machine.  —  Tiffany Cabán, the 31-year-old public defender endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is on the verge of a stunning upset …
 
 
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Democratic debates could be dull: A crowd in search of a breakthrough
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Tulsi Gabbard Insists She Was Never Vetted for a Trump Cabinet Post
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Kushner tries to sell Mideast plan to skeptical audience
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Another Own-Goal by the Left
Discussion: The Hill
Dionne Searcey / New York Times:
A Beauty Queen Accuses Former Gambian President of Rape: ‘I Literally Stumbled Out of There’
Bernie Sanders / USA Today:
Free Americans by canceling $1.6 trillion in outstanding student loan debt
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump is wrong that soldiers' remains are still ‘coming back’ from North Korea
 Earlier Items: 
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Electability of Democratic Nominee Outranks Issue Stances
CNN:
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren clash escalates in contest for progressive champion
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
MSNBC Public Editor: In (and Out) of the Tank for Joe Biden
The Onion:
‘I Just Want A Substantive, Issues-Oriented Democratic Debate,’ …