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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 …
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 …
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 …
Associated Press:
Senators to ask about Trump pushback on Russia investigation
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Sessions offered in recent months to resign as attorney general
Discussion: East Bay Times and twitchy.com
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump will live-tweet during testimony of former FBI Director James Comey: report
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
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.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Karen Handel: ‘I Do Not Support A Livable Wage’ (VIDEO)  —  During Tuesday night's debate for an open U.S. House seat in Georgia, Republican candidate Karen Handel said that she does not support a “livable wage.”  —  “This is an example of the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative …
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Handel, Ossoff clash in Georgia special election debate
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:   The Latest: Candidates face off in Ga. congressional debate
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 and Eschaton
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.
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Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Trump's blocking of Twitter users violates U.S. Constitution: rights institute
Discussion: Boing Boing
Polly Mosendz / Bloomberg:
Do Americans Have a Right to Read Trump's Tweets?
Discussion: Engadget
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
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: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
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Global Affairs Canada / Canada.ca:
Address by Minister Freeland on Canada's foreign policy priorities
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
The Pro-Trump Internet And The Alt-Right Is Turning On Breitbart  —  On Monday morning, Breitbart News fired staffer Katie McHugh, following a series of incendiary weekend tweets broadcast in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack.  On Saturday evening, as word of the incidents spread …
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
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 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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Paul Schemm / Washington Post:
Rare double attack hits Iran's capital
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Daily Mail:
EXPOSED: Pictures that prove Jeremy Corbyn addressed a rally attended by EXTREMISTS from a …
Discussion: Daily Wire
New York Times:
Renewable Energy Push Is Strongest in the Reddest States
Associated Press:
The Latest: Early returns show US House race nearly tied
Discussion: Politico
Jeremy Venook / The Atlantic:
Don and Eric's American Idea
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
DeVos: Discrimination on basis of sexual orientation ‘unsettled’ law
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Trump sides with Mnuchin on debt ceiling strategy
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump: Kushner has ‘become more famous than me’
Discussion: RedState and Shakesville
Reuters:
Russian jet fighter intercepts U.S. bomber over Baltic Sea
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
It's the Hypocrisy, Stupid
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed:
Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It
Discussion: twitchy.com and Raw Story
 

 
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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

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
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