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2:40 PM ET, June 10, 2017

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Mike Barnes / Hollywood Reporter:
Adam West, Straight-Faced Star of TV's ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88  —  The actor struggled to find work after the campy superhero series was canceled, but he rebounded with voiceover gigs, including one as the mayor of Quahog on ‘Family Guy.’  —  Adam West, the ardent actor who managed to keep …
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Brian Lowry / Variety:
Adam West, TV's ‘Batman,’ Dies at 88  —  Adam West — an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series “Batman” — died Friday night in Los Angeles.  He was 88.  A rep said that he died after a short battle with leukemia.  —  “Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight …
Nick Timothy / Conservative Home:
Why I have resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser  —  Nick Timothy was co-Chief of Staff to Theresa May.  —  Yesterday, I resigned as the Prime Minister's adviser.  —  Clearly, the general election result was a huge disappointment.  What lay behind the result will no doubt be the subject of detailed analysis for many months.
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Alan Cochrane / Telegraph:
Ruth Davidson planning Scottish Tory breakaway as she challenges Theresa May's Brexit plan
Discussion: The Guardian and Business Insider
Bloomberg:   How May's Sure Thing Became a Political Disaster for the Ages
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION: The damaging case against James Comey  —  The testimony of James Comey proved long on atmospherics and short on ethics.  While many were riveted by Comey's discussion of his discomfort in meetings with President Trump, most seemed to miss the fact that Comey was describing his own conduct in strikingly unethical terms.
Jerry Oppenheimer / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lordy!  James Comey set for $10 million payday as publishers scramble to sign book deal with fired FBI chief for inside story on Hillary, Trump - and his own brush with death by a serial rapist  — Comey's going to have the biggest Washington golden parachute ever …
Discussion: Fox News Insider, TheBlaze and AOL
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators debate bringing in Comey for Round 2  —  A key Senate panel is considering whether to step up its battle to meet with former FBI Director James Comey, who gave dramatic testimony this week to a competing committee.  —  Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are debating subpoenaing Comey to compel his testimony.
Discussion: The Week and Politico
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
House, Senate investigators seek Trump tapes, Comey memos
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Monthly
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Biden encourages 2012 foe Romney to run for the Senate  —  At donor conference, Biden also repeats his criticisms of Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid  —  DEER VALLEY, UTAH — Mitt Romney is getting encouragement to run for Senate in 2018 from an unlikely source: Joe Biden.
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CNN:
Joe Biden encourages Mitt Romney to run for Senate
Discussion: Mediaite
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:   Top Republican trio urges Trump to act on Russia
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The GOP That Failed  —  The party didn't decide.  And now Republicans are stuck with Trump.  —  As the carnage of World War I widened, Barbara Tuchman recounts in “The Guns of August,” a German leader asked a colleague, “How did it all happen?”  —  “Ah,” replied the other, “if only one knew.”
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:   How the Party Decided on Trump
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Foreign payments to Trump's businesses are legally permitted, argues Justice Department  —  The U.S. Department of Justice argued Friday that President Trump's businesses are legally permitted to accept payments from foreign governments while he is in office, and thus Trump is not in violation …
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Marilyn Geewax / NPR:   Trump Administration Calls For Lawsuit About His Businesses To Be Dismissed
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Trump Can Accept Payments From Foreign Governments, U.S. Argues
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The French Are Spinning American Food  —  Viande Americaine is definitely food, but it isn't American.  And so what?  —  Spring twilight comes late to northern France, and around 9, when we left the Marine Le Pen rally, a hush was settling across the countryside.
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Republican fundraisers can stomach Trump — if only he'd call  —  Washington (CNN)Mitt Romney had barely disembarked from the Silver Lake Express lift when the glad-handing and ribbing began in earnest.  —  “All right, guys, the old man is here,” he whooped to Ron Kaufman, one of his close advisers …
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
CNN Host Called Out For Being ‘Obsessed With The Facts’  —  Conservative David Rivkin, former counsel to Donald Rumsfeld, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that she was getting “obsessed with the facts” over the he said/he said status of Comey and Trump's statements regarding their meetings.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TRUMP to rollback some of Obama's Cuba policies — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Kellyanne complains about West Wing colleagues — REMEMBERING Zbig Brzezinski — ASHCROFT hired by Qatar — KATY TUR profile - B'DAY: Zeleny  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good Saturday morning.  THE BELMONT STAKES is 6:37 p.m. tonight on NBC.
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Masquerading as Reporter, Assassin Hunted Putin Foes in Ukraine  —  KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainians have long struggled with fake news from Russia, but last week, they discovered something even more insidious: a fake journalist.  —  The man was tall and dapper.  He wore a dark suit and spoke with a French accent.
Gloria Gomez / FOX13news:
Alleged neo-Nazi bomb-maker gets bond  —  Image Gallery  —  ORLANDO (FOX 13) - An Orlando home is where Brandon Russell will be spending all of his time while he awaits trial on explosives charges.  —  Federal Judge Thomas McCoun granted bond for Russell Friday, writing there was no clear …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Joe Biden's niece dodges jail after $100K credit card scam  —  The wild-child niece of former Veep Joe Biden stole more than $100,000 in a credit card scam — and quietly cut a plea deal in Manhattan court that spares her any jail time, The Post has learned.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
De Blasio, media critic  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio, who rarely grants one-on-one interviews to local print or online media outlets, sat for a public conversation on Friday with BuzzFeed, using the forum largely to attack local media.  —  De Blasio's interview with BuzzFeed's editor in chief …
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Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio's Symbolism, Plastic-Wrapped in Arrogance
Discussion: Politico and twitchy.com
 
 
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Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump delivering biggest cut in regulations since Reagan
Discussion: IJR and OpenMarket
The Daily Caller:
Texas AG: Trump Has Done More To Stop Illegal Immigration Than Any Other In World History
Discussion: TheBlaze and Fox News Insider
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
‘Shut up, slave!’: A spilled Starbucks drink led to a racist tirade and sidewalk fight, police say
Discussion: theGrio
Jesse Bogan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Missouri parole board played word games during hearings with inmates
Discussion: The Root and FOX2now.com
Washington Post:
Trump seems to undercut Tillerson's remarks on Qatar
Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
10 months ago, Univision bought Gawker in a fire sale, and it's been messy ever since
Discussion: The Root
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Senate Democrats try to spark rural comeback in 2018
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Jeff Stein / Newsweek:
MICHAEL FLYNN, RUSSIA AND A GRAND SCHEME TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE ARAB WORLD
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:
Britain's Election Disaster
Joe Soucheray / Twin Cities:
A grenade, rifles, ammo, electronics ... what were these Minneapolis guys up to?
Discussion: Daily Wire
Associated Press:
Anti-Shariah rallies planned across US worry Muslim leaders
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's theory on Comey defense
Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties
Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
Republicans are predicting the beginning of the end of the tea party in Kansas
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
John Harwood / CNBC:
The GOP still champions Trump, but that might not last
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

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

 
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