memeorandum: House Democrats Release Their Own Preemptive Benghazi Report (Justin Fishel/ABC News)

1:30 PM ET, June 27, 2016

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Pete Williams / NBC News:

Supreme Court Strikes Down Strict Texas Abortion Law — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said would have forced more than three-quarters of the state's clinics to shut down. — The decision was 5-3.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Week, Washington Free Beacon and Media Matters for America

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Supreme Court overturns Bob McDonnell's corruption convictions — A unanimous Supreme Court has overturned the corruption convictions of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, ruling that federal prosecutors relied on a ‘boundless’ definition of the kinds of acts that could lead politicians to face criminal charges.

Discussion: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN, USA Today, Outside the Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Towleroad, ABC News and The Resurgent

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down parts of a restrictive Texas law that could have reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state to about 10 from what was once a high of roughly 40.

Discussion: Media Matters for America, Mother Jones, NPR, Right Wing Watch, KQED News, Jezebel and Diane Ravitch's blog

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Vacates Ex-Virginia Governor's Graft Conviction — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday made it harder to prosecute public officials for corruption, unanimously vacating the conviction of Bob McDonnell, a former governor of Virginia. — “Setting up a meeting …

Discussion: electionlawblog.org and Slate

David French / National Review:

Crazy Right-Wing Supreme Court Rejects Government Regulations — On page 27 of one of today's Supreme Court opinions is this ringing rejection of regulatory regimes. The majority opinion addressed the argument that new regulations would prevent misconduct: … There you have it, ladies and gentlemen.

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion clinic restrictions

Discussion: ABC News

Associated Press:
High Court Overturns Former Virginia Governor's Conviction

Discussion: The Hill and Politico

Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
SCOTUS Rules 5-3 In Favor Of Abortion Rights In Major Texas Case

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

CNN:
Supreme Court strikes down Texas abortion access law

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Townhall.com, Talking Points Memo, RedState and The Right Scoop

Telegraph:

I cannot stress too much that Britain is part of Europe - and always will be — This EU referendum has been the most extraordinary political event of our lifetime. Never in our history have so many people been asked to decide a big question about the nation's future.

Discussion: Guardian, New York Times, naked capitalism, New York Magazine, Business Insider, Mediaite, American Prospect, The Atlantic and DiEM25

Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:

Civil Uprising Escalates As 8th EU Nation Threatens Referendum — It appears, just as we warned, that Brexit was indeed the first of many dominoes. Even before the Brexit result, a poll by Ipsos Mori showed that the majority of people in France and Italy want to at least have a referendum on leaving:

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Reuters

Philippe Legrain / New York Times:
This Is Just the Start of the Brexit's Economic Disaster

Discussion: Daily Kos

Theralph / TheRalphRetort.com:
The EU Has Two Choices: Listen to the People & Reform, Or Disintegrate

Discussion: Vox Popoli and Chicago Boyz

Hortense Goulard / Politico: John Kerry warns EU against taking revenge for Brexit

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Hardly anybody wants to speak at Trump's convention — A slot at the Republican National Convention used to be a career-maker — a chance to make your name on the big stage and to catch the eye of the Republican donors and activists who make or break campaigns. — In the year of Trump: Not so much.

Discussion: The Atlantic, RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Right Scoop

ABC News:

The Note: The Warren Factor The Note: The Warren Factor — Hillary Clinton hits the campaign trail this morning with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for their first public appearance together this election, ABC's JOSH HASKELL and LIZ KREUTZ note. The two will campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Discussion: Politico and Hit & Run

Priscilla Alvarez / The Atlantic:
Elizabeth Warren Hits the Campaign Trail With Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Reuters and The Week

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
The RNC Plans To Turn Bernie Backers Against Hillary Clinton's VP Pick

Discussion: Daily Kos, NBC News and The Week

Lisa Lerer / Associated Press:
Clinton, Warren meet for first 2016 campaign event

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Fox News: Man featured in Elizabeth Warren's anti-Trump ad voted for Trump

Josh Rogin / Washington Post:

Russia is harassing U.S. diplomats all over Europe — Russian intelligence and security services have been waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against U.S. diplomats, embassy staff and their families in Moscow and several other European capitals that has rattled ambassadors …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Justin Fishel / ABC News:

House Democrats Release Their Own Preemptive Benghazi Report — Frustrated Democrats on the House special committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi terror attack released separate findings today, preempting the long-awaited results expected to be announced by the committee Republicans as early as Tuesday.

Discussion: Politico

Matthew Daly / Associated Press: Dems Report: Clinton Never Personally Denied Benghazi Security

Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:

Experts: Donald Trump Is Lying About His Fundraising Haul — After releasing fundraising reports that were anemic at best, Donald Trump's campaign announced in one single email blast he had raised at least $3.3 million. If that figure seems impossible, that's because it is.

Discussion: RedState, The Hill and Political Wire

Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:

Top Aide: Trump Doesn't Need To Know What's Going On To Make Decisions (VIDEO) — Donald Trump's campaign chair admitted Sunday that his team was still “getting organized” but said his candidate's unique ability to make decisions on the fly distinguished Trump's campaign from Hillary Clinton's.

Discussion: The Week

USA Today: Analysis: Thousands of Republican donors avoid Donald Trump

Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:

Trump campaign's claim that State Department gave $55.2 million to Laureate Education after hiring Bill Clinton — “As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton laundered money to Bill Clinton through Laureate Education, while Bill Clinton was an honorary chairman of the group.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

New York Post: Only thing transparent about Hillary is her dishonesty

The Texas Politics Project:

University of Texas / Texas Politics Project Poll Shows Trump Leading Clinton Amidst Signs of Disunity in Both Parties — Loading chart... A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by a margin of 41 percent to 33 percent in a head …

The Daily Caller:

Dick Morris On His Reputation, Writing For The National Enquirer And What Trump Needs To Do To Win — Dick Morris thinks he knows how to get Donald Trump elected — and it's not for the presumptive GOP nominee to do the opposite of what Morris prescribes. — “It's just B.S.,” …

Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Media Matters for America

Benjamin Zycher / The Hill:

Is the nuclear liability limit a subsidy, or not? — The heat is on. I refer not to the beginning of summer, nor the looming global warming apocalypse for which there is little evidence, nor an election season sure to be characterized by personal attacks aplenty.

Discussion: EconLog