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8:40 AM ET, June 6, 2017

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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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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
London mayor calls for cancellation of Trump visit to UK  —  London Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the British government to cancel a state visit from President Trump after Trump criticized his response to this weekend's terror attacks in London.  —  “I don't think we should roll …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
Discussion: Political Wire, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's tweets prompt backlash from GOP lawyers
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill, ABC News and RedState
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 …
CNN:
Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking
NBC News:
Feds Arrest NSA Contractor in Leak of Top Secret Russia Document
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg:
In Trump's White House, Everything's Coming in ‘Two Weeks’  —  The president has a penchant for making and missing deadlines  —  Tax and infrastructure plans are taking longer than promised  —  President Donald Trump has a plan.  It'll be ready in two weeks.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
It's Comey time, and Trump's war room has no soldiers  —  With CNN's clock already counting down to fired FBI Director Jim Comey's testimony on Thursday morning, where's the White House war room?  Remember the scandal-containment unit that was supposed to quarantine the rest of the White House …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
How Trump is stalling his own nominees  —  President Donald Trump is lashing out at Democrats for allegedly stalling his appointments and agenda, but it's his own administration that is frequently sitting on the necessary paperwork for nominees.  —  Trump tapped Kevin McAleenan on March 30 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Trump misdirects blame for slow confirmations
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 …
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Senior diplomat in Beijing embassy resigns over Trump's climate change decision
Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller and Refinery29
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Acting US ambassador to China resigns over Trump's Paris decision: report
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
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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Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:
White House Looked At Dropping Russia Sanctions—Even After Firing Michael Flynn … The White House explored unilaterally easing sanctions on Russia's oil industry as recently as late March, arguing that decreased Russian oil production could harm the American economy, according to former U.S. officials.
Discussion: Raw Story
Stuff.co.nz:
Bird-flipping welcome for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in New Zealand  —  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at Premier House on a bleak Wellington day.  —  The weather was awful and the mood of the locals wasn't much better when US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Wellington.
Lawfare:
The $110 Billion Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia is Fake News  —  Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Markaz.  —  Last month, President Trump visited Saudi Arabia and his administration announced that he had concluded a $110 billion arms deal with the kingdom.  Only problem is that there is no deal.
Discussion: The Atlantic
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Why Elites Hate  —  The liberal contempt for middle America is baked into the idea of identity politics.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Lawless Presidency  —  Democracy isn't possible without the rule of law — the idea that consistent principles, rather than a ruler's whims, govern society.  —  You can read Aristotle, Montesquieu, John Locke or the Declaration of Independence on this point.  You can also look at decades of American history.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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.
USA Today:
President Trump's foreign misadventures  —  Tweetstorms and other erratic behavior are no joke: Our view  —  President Trump appears to like Saudi Arabia, a nation he lavished with praise during last month's visit.  And he's clearly got a thing for Russia.  —  But Germany, the United Kingdom and other vital allies?
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid  —  Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.
 
 
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13 Alabama counties saw 85 percent drop in food stamp participation after work requirements restarted
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
DHS Officers Humiliate Judges by Enforcing Immigration Laws, Declares Judge
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
From Watergate to Enron, Mueller's team brings storied prosecution pedigrees
Discussion: Political Wire
Aaron Davis / East Bay Times:
Argument over politics and sports led to fatal stabbing
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Mail:
Could we soon REVERSE death? …
Nobelprize.org:
Nobel Lecture
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The Guardian:
Melbourne siege: Turnbull questions how Yacqub Khayre was on parole - live
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
In the Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Koch Brothers' Campaign Becomes Overt
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Democrats To Clinton: Lady, It Wasn't The Data-You Just Had No Clue What You Were Doing
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New York Times:
Trump Organization to Go Budget Friendly With ‘American Idea’ Hotel Chain
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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