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6:35 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  —  Ruth Davidson is to defy Theresa May's plans for a hard Brexit and tear her Scottish party away from English control after the UK Tories' disastrous General Election result.
Discussion: The Guardian and Business Insider
Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:   Britain's Election Disaster
Bloomberg:   How May's Sure Thing Became a Political Disaster for the Ages
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
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Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
Former Vice President Joe Biden's niece evades jail after pleading guilty in $110G credit card scam
Discussion: IJR
CNN:
Joe Biden encourages Mitt Romney to run for Senate
Discussion: Mediaite
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: ABC News, The Week and Politico
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Sam Stein / HuffPost:
Top Dem Donor Calls On Lawmakers To Take Up Trump Impeachment
Discussion: Power Line and Politicus USA
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
The GOP That Failed  —  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.”  —  A century later, there is no mystery to the carnage that President Donald Trump has wrought.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:   How the Party Decided on Trump
Maggie Severns / Politico:   Senate Democrats try to spark rural comeback in 2018
Reuters:
U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city  —  U.S. special forces have joined the battle to crush Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippines town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
One explanation for McCain's grogginess: a 75,000-mile itinerary as ‘shadow’ diplomat  —  Maybe this is why Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) seemed a bit groggy during Thursday's high-profile congressional hearing: He had spent the previous week on the other side of the world …
Discussion: Fox News
CNN:
Mueller staffing up Russia probe while Trump lawyer declares victory  — Special counsel Mueller has built a team of formidable legal minds who've worked on everything from Watergate to Enron  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyer has responded to fired FBI Director James Comey's tell-all to Congress by taking a victory lap.
Discussion: Fox News, The Mahablog and NPR
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Anti-Sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country … NEW YORK CITY — An anti-Muslim activist group is rallying in numerous cities across the country, marching in opposition to Islamic law, which the group believes is a threat to American society.
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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.
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Trump's ‘Apprentice’ gamble  —  ‘The Apprentice’ is about to come front and center in President Donald Trump's jobs plan.  —  “Infrastructure Week” didn't draw the public's attention away from James Comey.  Maybe reviving “The Apprentice” will.  —  Next week the White House will embark …
Discussion: ABC News and CNN
Christopher Clarey / New York Times:
Jelena Ostapenko, Unseeded Latvian, Rallies to Win French Open  —  PARIS — Skipping the typical base stations, Jelena Ostapenko powered her way straight to a tennis peak on Saturday, winning her first WTA tour title at the French Open.  —  Her stunning run in Paris — capped by a riveting 4-6 …
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
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
 
 
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Josh Einiger / abc7ny.com:
Students, parents say some Wall Township High School yearbook photos were censored
Discussion: IJR
Carol Kozma / providencejournal.com:
R.I. state rep. apologizes after handing out document with pornographic references
Discussion: WPRI-TV, IJR and Raw Story
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Can Hillary Clinton Please Go Quietly into the Night?
Laura Nahmias / Politico:
De Blasio, media critic
Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Ms. Magazine: When Will Wonder Woman Be a ‘Fat Femme Woman of Color’?
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump delivering biggest cut in regulations since Reagan
Discussion: IJR and OpenMarket
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, Raw Story and FOX2now.com
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TRUMP to rollback some of Obama's Cuba policies …
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Republican fundraisers can stomach Trump — if only he'd call
Gloria Gomez / FOX13news:
Alleged neo-Nazi bomb-maker gets bond
Discussion: Raw Story
Jerry Oppenheimer / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lordy! …
Discussion: TheBlaze, Fox News Insider and AOL
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
CNN Host Called Out For Being ‘Obsessed With The Facts’
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Masquerading as Reporter, Assassin Hunted Putin Foes in Ukraine
Joe Soucheray / Twin Cities:
A grenade, rifles, ammo, electronics ... what were these Minneapolis guys up to?
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
Republicans are predicting the beginning of the end of the tea party in Kansas
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly
 

 
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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

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Analysts say Netflix's live boxing match Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is designed to get new subscribers, particularly on its ad-supported tier

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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