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Jeff Flake / Washington Post:
Enough  —  Jeff Flake, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Arizona.  —  As I contemplate the Trump presidency, I cannot help but think of Joseph Welch.  —  On June 9, 1954, during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Welch, who was the chief counsel for the Army, famously asked the committee chairman …
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Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.
David Dayen / The Intercept:
After Day of Feuding, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker Join Trump to Upend a Major Consumer Protection  —  With national attention focused Tuesday morning on a mushrooming feud between President Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., followed by a feud in the afternoon between Trump and Sen. Jeff Flake …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage.  —  With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Action Suits  —  Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday to strike down a sweeping new rule that would have allowed millions of Americans to band together in class-action lawsuits against financial institutions.  —  The overturning of the rule …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
CNN:
Jeff Flake's full speech announcing he won't run for re-election  —  Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles.
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Jeff Flake Authenticates The Party Of Trump  —  Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake Won't Seek Re-Election In 2018.  “Here's the bottom line: The path that I would have to travel to get the Republican nomination is a path I'm not willing to take, and that I can't in good conscience take,” Flake told The Arizona Republic.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Virtually every Republican now a Trump Republican  —  So much media coverage centers on four Republican Trump critics — one retired, two retiring and one facing a deadly, possibly career- or life-ending cancer: George W. Bush, Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Flake and Corker feel liberated to speak their minds.  That should terrify Trump.  —  THE BIG IDEA: Now Jeff Flake can listen to his conscience, not his consultants.  —  The Trumpists feel triumphant and emboldened after the Arizona Republican senator announced that he will not seek reelection.
Discussion: Business Insider, CNN and Politico
Associated Press:
The Latest: Senate votes to repeal consumer rule  —  The Latest on Republican efforts to repeal a banking regulation that would let consumers participate in class-action lawsuits.  (all times local):  —  The Senate has voted to nullify a consumer-oriented rule that would let millions …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Spare Me Your “Poor Jeff Flake is a Victim” Horsecrap Hot Takes
Discussion: CNN
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Flake won't rule out 2020 presidential run against Trump
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Jeff Flake's Defiant Surrender
ABC News:
Analysis: Can the GOP survive the Trump presidency?
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Republicans Need a Better Response Besides Quitting
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Another Republican Call to Arms, but Who Will Answer?
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Corker are going at it again
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier  —  The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next … Investigators looking into the so-called “Trump dossier” were not surprised when news broke Tuesday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' law firm, Perkins Coie, financed the “salacious and unverified” …
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Clinton lawyer, DNC helped bankroll research that led to Trump-Russia dossier
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe  —  Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office  —  The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Manafort faces new money laundering probe: report
Discussion: RedState
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed  —  Leon Wieseltier, a prominent editor at The New Republic for three decades who was preparing to debut a magazine this fall, apologized on Tuesday for “offenses against some of my colleagues in the past” …
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Leon Wieseltier acknowledges ‘misdeeds’ with female colleagues
Tracy Watkins / Stuff.co.nz:
US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’  —  U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa.  —  US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.
NBC News:
Breakdown in North Korea Talks Sounds Alarms on Capitol Hill  —  WASHINGTON — Diplomatic efforts between the United States and North Korea are in peril with Pyongyang shunning talks in response to President Donald Trump's increased public attacks on Kim Jong Un, according to multiple U.S. government and congressional officials.
Discussion: Just Security and Washington Times
Alex Thompson / VICE News:
Exclusive: Zuckerberg group to spend $45 million on political causes  —  Mark Zuckerberg's listening tour of the United States, he insists, is not a political campaign.  But while “Zuck 2020” may not be happening, the 33-year-old Facebook co-founder is planning to influence American politics for generations to come.
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Senior military officials sanctioned for more than 500 cases of serious misconduct  —  WASHINGTON — Since 2013, military investigators have documented at least 500 cases of serious misconduct among its generals, admirals and senior civilians, almost half of those instances involving personal …
Discussion: Political Wire
Karma Allen / ABC News:
2 dead after campus shooting at Grambling State University  —  Two men were fatally shot early Wednesday morning on the campus of Grambling State University in northern Louisiana, authorities said.  —  The suspect fled the scene, according to the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Department …
Discussion: abc11.com and The Root
Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
He who must be named  —  For decades, conservatives labored to make their movement more humane.  Ronald Reagan put a jovial face on conservative policies — more Dale Carnegie than Ayn Rand; George H.W. Bush promised a “kinder, gentler” tenure; George W. Bush ran on “compassionate conservatism.”
Graham Ruddick / The Guardian:
Michael Bloomberg: Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump  —  Exclusive: Billionaire media mogul says it is ‘hard to understand why a country doing so well wanted to ruin it’  —  Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul and former mayor of New York …
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
John Solomon / The Hill:
GOP investigates Russian granted US entry by Obama administration while under FBI investigation for bribery  —  The Obama administration awarded a visa allowing a top Russian nuclear executive to enter the United States after the FBI had already gathered substantial evidence he was involved …
Discussion: RedState
Ian Mohr / Page Six:
Colin Kaepernick lands million-dollar book deal  —  Colin Kaepernick has inked a book deal worth just over $1 million with Random House imprint One World, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  One World's headed by book world superstar Chris Jackson, who also publishes Jay-Z and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
 
 
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Laura Ingraham Is Ready to Rev Up Fox News
Fox News:
HIV-infected school aide accused of sexually victimizing 42 children in Maryland
Discussion: The Daily Caller
HuffPost:
Paul Ryan Tells Conservatives DACA Will Be Part Of Spending Deal
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Emails: Obama DOJ Officials Sought to Route ‘Slush Fund’ Cash to Orgs of Their ‘Choosing’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Department of Defense Press Briefing by General Dunford in the Pentagon Briefing Room
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump to skip key Asia summit in Philippines to go home earlier
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Politicus USA
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Cindy Sheehan: ‘Bush Was No Better’ Than Donald Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
US team in Niger was collecting intel on terror leader
Discussion: IJR and Hullabaloo
Larry O'Connor / Mediaite:
FactsFirst? CNN's Don Lemon Reads Letter To Trump Then Weeps On Air
Patricia Murphy / Roll Call:
Opinion: Avoiding Another ‘Brownbackistan’
Don Gonyea / NPR:
Majority Of White Americans Say They Believe Whites Face Discrimination
Discussion: The Root and Axios