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The Intercept:
Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election  —  Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November's presidential election …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Government Contractor in Georgia Charged With Removing and Mailing Classified Materials to a News Outlet  —  A criminal complaint was filed in the Southern District of Georgia today charging Reality Leigh Winner, 25, a federal contractor from Augusta, Georgia, with removing classified material …
The Daily Beast:
Mom Shocked at Daughter's Arrest for Leaking Secrets … Reality Winner, a 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor, is the first casualty in the Trump administration's promised war on leakers.  Winner was arrested over the weekend for allegedly leaking top secret information to a news organization …
Discussion: Boing Boing, Mediaite and IJR
CNN:
Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking  —  (CNN)The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a federal contractor with Top Secret security clearance, after she allegedly leaked classified information to an online media outlet.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump
Discussion: TheBlaze
Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
A Federal Government Contractor Has Been Charged With Leaking To The Intercept
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Why Would Russia Stop at ‘Influence’ When They Could Hack Directly?
New York Times:
Trump Grows Discontented With Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  WASHINGTON — Few Republicans were quicker to embrace President Trump's campaign last year than Jeff Sessions, and his reward was one of the most prestigious jobs in America.  But more than four months into his presidency …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's tweets prompt backlash from GOP lawyers  —  Prominent Republican attorneys are staging what amounts to an unprecedented public intervention against President Donald Trump, warning that his tweeting habit was doing serious harm to his bid to preserve his travel ban policy at the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and ABC News
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway's husband rips Trump for ‘travel ban’ tweets  —  The husband of top White House aide Kellyanne Conway on Monday appeared to criticize President Trump for his series of tweets about his executive order on travel.  —  “These tweets may make some ppl feel better, but they certainly …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's tweets have consequences
Discussion: Politicus USA
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION: Trump's ‘travel ban’ tweets torpedo his Supreme Court arguments
CNN:
Sources: Acting US ambassador to China quit over Trump climate decision  —  Trump has said often climate change isn't real  —  Washington (CNN)Acting US ambassador to China David Rank resigned from his post in Beijing over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Cancel Trump state visit, says Sadiq Khan, after London attack tweets
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision: report
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg:
May Condemns Trump's Attack on London Mayor Khan
Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll: Nearly 6 in 10 oppose Trump scrapping Paris agreement  —  Most Americans oppose President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, with a majority saying the move will damage the United States' global leadership, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders to Present Senate Republicans With Proposals to Shape Health-Care Bill  —  GOP leaders are expected to present Senate Republicans options for the major policy decisions shaping their health-care bill during a closed-door lunch Tuesday, Senate aides say.
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Bloomberg:
Obamacare Repeal's Latest Obstacle Involves Native Americans
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
White House aide says Russia probe ‘detracts’ from agenda  —  The White House director of legislative affairs acknowledged Monday that the ongoing investigations into possible links between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign have undoubtedly detracted from the administration's agenda.
Discussion: Politico
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Dan Merica / CNN:
White House: Trump won't stop Comey from testifying
Ron Fonger / MLive.com:
Official resigns after using n-word to describe Flint residents  —  UPDATE: Activist says more recordings on the way of official who used racial slur  —  FLINT, MI — The sales manager of the Genesee County Land Bank has resigned his position after water activists recorded him saying Flint's problems …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Hotel Received $270,000 From Lobbying Campaign Tied to Saudis  —  President Trump's Washington hotel received catering, lodging and parking payments linked to Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf kingdom's fight against a law that lets Americans sue foreign countries over terrorist attacks.
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump National Security Team Blindsided by NATO Speech  —  When President Donald Trump addressed NATO leaders during his debut overseas trip little more than a week ago, he surprised and disappointed European allies who hoped—and expected—he would use his speech to explicitly reaffirm America's commitment …
David Dayen / The Fiscal Times:
Trump's Air Traffic Control Plan: Airlines Win, Passengers Lose  —  Happy Infrastructure Week!  I know, you're still getting over the last Infrastructure Week three weeks ago.  But the Trump administration has usurped the label, spotlighting its commitment to a bipartisan priority: rebuilding the nation's critical needs.
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Jeffrey Cook / ABC News:
What privatizing air traffic control could mean, as Trump outlines proposal
Mother Jones:
Republican Congressman on Suspected Islamic Radicals: “Kill Them All”  —  In response to the London terror attack, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) had an extreme proposal: kill anyone suspected of being an Islamic radical.  —  On his campaign Faceboook page, Higgins, a former police officer, posted this message:
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New York Times:
Trump Organization to Go Budget Friendly With ‘American Idea’ Hotel Chain  —  On the campaign trail, President Trump's children rolled through dozens of small towns across the country, reveling in the adoration of the crowds.  But they were less enamored of the budget-friendly hotels along the way …
Discussion: Boing Boing
Verne Gay / Newsday:
Megyn Kelly off to rough start with NBC show's premiere  —  Megyn Kelly launched her new magazine at NBC Sunday, and the stakes couldn't have been much higher for either.  Kelly, now among the highest paid personalities on network news (nearly $20 million per year), left Fox News …
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Erika Solomon / Financial Times:
The $1bn hostage deal that enraged Qatar's Gulf rivals  —  Doha reportedly paid al-Qaeda affiliate and Iran to win release of royal hunting party  —  Read next … Qatar paid up to $1bn to release members of the Gulf state's royal family who were kidnapped in Iraq while on a hunting trip …
Discussion: The Atlantic, AOL and Business Insider
Maria Lisignoli / KCCI-TV:
Cellphone video captures nasty brawl unfolding at McDonald's  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  A bystander at a McDonald's restaurant drive-thru on Des Moines' northeast side captured a nasty brawl on video depicting a woman apparently assaulting an employee.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KFOR-TV
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
What Trump Really Fears  —  As the blast radius of the Russia investigation continues to expand, Donald Trump is facing an unnerving new reality: The fate of his presidency may now hinge on the motley, freewheeling crew of lieutenants and loyalists who have long populated his entourage.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Todd Van Luling / HuffPost:
Senator Al Franken Cancels Bill Maher Appearance Amid Controversy  —  “Senator Franken believes that what Bill Maher said was inappropriate and offensive,” a spokesperson said.  —  A spokesperson for Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) confirmed to HuffPost that the senator is canceling his appearance …
 
 
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Lawfare:
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ProPublica:
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Discussion: Political Wire
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
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Washington Times:
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Elana Schor / Politico:
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Washington Post writer: 'Serious concerns about this president's mental stability'
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Brandon Scott / Associated Press:
8 year-old girl disqualified from soccer game because she ‘looks like a boy’
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Josh Katz / New York Times:
Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Katia Porzecanski / Bloomberg:
Ray Dalio Is Changing His Mind About Donald Trump
Discussion: CNBC
The Sun:
THE JIHADI NEXT DOOR London Bridge attacker in Arsenal shirt was ex-Tube worker 'family man …