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11:20 AM ET, June 6, 2017

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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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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 …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump's legislative director acknowledges Russia is overwhelming his agenda  —  President Donald Trump's legislative director is acknowledging that the ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election are overwhelming his legislative agenda as former FBI Director James Comey …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
How Trump is stalling his own nominees
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:   Marc Kasowitz, ‘Toughest of the Tough Guys,’ Stands Beside Trump
Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Trump misdirects blame for slow confirmations
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:   White House Turmoil Makes It Harder to Stay Focused, Trump Aide Says
Joe Otterson / Variety:
ABC, NBC, CBS News to Carry James Comey Senate Testimony Live
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Vox
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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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Has anyone told Donald Trump that he runs the government?  —  The buck clearly does not stop with Donald Trump.  —  On Monday, President Trump tweeted something strange.  “The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
As Trump lashes out, Republicans grow uneasy
Discussion: Daily Kos, Hot Air and Political Wire
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
Scott Greer / The Daily Caller:   NSA Leaker: ‘Being White Is Terrorism’
CNN:
Contractor charged with leaking classified NSA info on Russian hacking
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.
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Associated Press:
Trump says Arab leaders complained about Qatar
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
USA Today:
President Trump's foreign misadventures
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Matthew Walther / The Week:
Ben Sasse is insufferable  —  The Vanishing American Adult, Sen. Ben Sasse's slick new paean to hard work and old-fashioned middle-class American family values, is the most boring book I've ever read.  —  The Nebraska Republican is, if not absolutely insufferable, the least sufferable person in the Senate.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Resurgent
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.
Bloomberg:
Obamacare Repeal's Latest Obstacle Involves Native Americans  —  Democrats trying to force a second House vote on health bill  —  Senate GOP hopes to pass its bill with simple majority vote  —  Democrats say House Republicans may have to vote again on their Obamacare repeal bill before sending …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP aims for June vote on Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Vox and Associated Press
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 …
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Voters head to the polls to pick L.A.'s next congressman in under-the-radar special election  —  Attorney Robert Lee Ahn, left, and Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez are running to replace Xavier Becerra in the 34th Congressional District.  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Discussion: KTLA
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.
New York Times:
Where Are the United States Attorneys?  —  Three months after President Trump abruptly fired half of the nation's 93 United States attorneys, following the resignations of the other half, he has yet to replace a single one.  —  It's bizarre — and revealing — that a man who called himself the …
Discussion: Washington Post
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hugh Jackman dodges political talk at DC benefit  —  Hugh Jackman says he won't weigh in on politics because as an Australian, he would find it “hard to have American actors coming down talking about my political system.”  —  ITK caught up with the “Logan” star at “A National Night of Laughter and Song …
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
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
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 …
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Trump sons' expansion of mid-market hotel chain ‘has nothing to do with politics’
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.
William McGurn / Wall Street Journal:
Why Elites Hate  —  The liberal contempt for middle America is baked into the idea of identity politics.
 
 
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Bernard Goldberg / Townhall.com:
Cowards of Academia  —  One of the nice things about summer …
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Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Despite Trump vow to end catch and release, he is still freeing thousands of migrants
Discussion: The Week
Bloomberg:
Apple Helped U.K. Investigate Terrorist Attacks, CEO Says
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Trump effect: Everyone's thinking of running for president.
Maeve McDermott / USA Today:
Seth Meyers awkwardly jokes about Ivanka, Melania fashion at CFDA Awards
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Theodore Dalrymple / Wall Street Journal:
Terror and the Teddy Bear Society
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New York Times:
Aid Coordinator in Yemen Had Secret Job Overseeing U.S. Commando Shipments
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Pruitt's claim that ‘almost 50,000 jobs’ have been gained in coal
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Leada Gore / al.com:
13 Alabama counties saw 85 percent drop in food stamp participation after work requirements restarted
Discussion: TheBlaze
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Everything we know about the Mueller probe so far
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Aaron Davis / East Bay Times:
Argument over politics and sports led to fatal stabbing
Discussion: Raw Story