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10:25 PM ET, June 6, 2017

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New York Times:
Comey Told Sessions: Don't Leave Me Alone With Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The day after President Trump asked James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, to end an investigation into his former national security adviser, Mr. Comey confronted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and said he did not want to be left alone again …
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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
Top intelligence official told associates Trump asked him if he could intervene with Comey on FBI Russia probe  —  The nation's top intelligence official told associates in March that President Trump asked him if he could intervene with then-FBI Director James B. Comey to get the bureau …
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested he could resign amid rising tension with President Trump  —  As the White House braces for former FBI Director James Comey's testimony Thursday, sources tell ABC News the relationship between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Exclusive: Comey will stop short of saying Trump obstructed justice in Flynn probe, source says  —  There will be much in former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming congressional testimony that will make the White House uncomfortable, but he will stop short of saying the president interfered …
Washington Post:
Sessions offered in recent months to resign as attorney general
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business  —  LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational.
CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis  —  Washington (CNN)US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump undercuts his aides by contradicting their statements
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Takes Credit for Saudi Move Against Qatar, a U.S. Military Partner
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House says Trump will be ‘very busy’ the day Comey testifies
Discussion: Mediaite, RedState, CNBC and ABC News
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
McConnell whips Senate GOP back in line on Obamacare repeal  —  For a day at least, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his party's beleaguered efforts to repeal Obamacare back on track.  —  After two weeks of increasingly dour assessments from Republicans on the party's stalled health care efforts …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul spokesman: Lindsey Graham doesn't speak for us
Discussion: IJR
Dylan Scott / Vox:
These are the new factions of the Senate health care debate
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
Health care vote possible by July 4, McConnell tells Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
House Obamacare repeal ruled to be in compliance with Senate rules
Discussion: Axios
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump pitched Republican leaders on a solar-paneled border wall  —  In the meeting at the White House today with Republican Congressional leaders, President Trump spent some time talking up his latest idea for the border wall.  According to 3 people with direct knowledge of the meeting …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump floats idea of using solar panels to pay for Mexico wall
Discussion: CNBC
Susan Page / USA Today:
Sen. Mark Warner: More state election systems were targeted by Russians  —  WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked …
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Joe Uchill / The Hill:
WikiLeaks offers $10,000 to get Intercept reporter fired
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump, furious and frustrated, gears up to ‘punch back’ at Comey testimony  —  Alone in the White House in recent days, President Trump — frustrated and defiant — has been spoiling for a fight, according to his confidants and associates.  —  Glued even more than usual to the cable news shows …
Discussion: Shareblue and Mediaite
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
WATCH: PHL 17 Reporter Becomes Unhinged Outside Helium Comedy Club  —  Well, she did ...  UPDATE: Colleen Campbell has spoken with Philly Mag about the incident captured in Sunday's viral video taken outside Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia.  To read the full interview, click here.
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John Ibbitson / Globe and Mail:
Trudeau decides it's just not worth appeasing Trump in foreign-policy shift  —  America has left the world, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland signalled in Tuesday's landmark foreign policy address.  Canada and its allies will hang together, she vowed, awaiting its return.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Global Affairs Canada / Canada.ca:
Address by Minister Freeland on Canada's foreign policy priorities
Discussion: Business Insider
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Twitter Users Blocked by Trump Seek Reprieve, Citing First Amendment  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Twitter users blocked by President Trump after they criticized or mocked him are asking him to reverse the moves, arguing that the Constitution bars him from blocking people on the social media service.
Discussion: IJR, Washington Post and twitchy.com
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Senators Stab Trump to Death in Central Park Performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar … Shakespeare in the Park, an annual summer program by The Public Theater that puts on plays by William Shakespeare in Central Park, kicked off May 23 with a performance of Julius Caesar.
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed:
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It  —  BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump's words to taunt their classmates.  If the president can say those things, why can't they?
Discussion: twitchy.com and Raw Story
Stephen Rodrick / Esquire:
Bill Maher Knows Exactly What He's Doing  —  A few weeks before Bill Maher nearly blew up his career for the second time, a middle-aged man named Billy Martin warmed up the audience that had come to watch a filming of Real Time with Bill Maher.  Martin, Maher's head writer …
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
The 27 Words Trump Wouldn't Say  —  It was a simple sentence.  Just 27 words.  —  “We face many threats, but I stand here before you with a clear message: the U.S. commitment to the NATO alliance and to Article 5 is unwavering.”  —  This was what President Donald Trump was supposed …
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Uber Fires More Than 20 Employees in Harassment Probe  —  Ride-hailing company told its more than 12,000 workers Tuesday  —  Workplace investigations commissioned after post by ex-staffer  —  Uber Technologies Inc. told employees that more than 20 people have been fired after a company investigation …
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Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Anthem to Pull Out of Ohio Exchange, Leaving 18 Counties With No ACA Plan  —  Anthem Inc. said it will pull out of the Affordable Care Act health-insurance exchange in Ohio next year, a move that likely will leave at least 18 counties in the state with no available ACA marketplace plans.
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid
Discussion: New York Magazine and Shareblue
 
 
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The Ku Klux Klan wants to rally in Charlottesville. Now this college town is on edge again.
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Reuters:
Russian jet fighter intercepts U.S. bomber over Baltic Sea
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
It's the Hypocrisy, Stupid
Discussion: CNBC
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
We Found Mike Flynn's Secret Twitter Account
Discussion: Raw Story
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Where Are the United States Attorneys?
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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