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8:20 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 …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Sessions to testify in front of Senate Intel committee this week  —  will testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week to respond to former James Comey's testimony about him last week.  —  Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House …
Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit 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: ABC News, The Week and Politico
Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Feinstein calls for investigation of ‘all matters related to obstruction of justice’  —  Watch CNN's interview with Sen. Dianne Feinstein about the federal investigations into Russian interference in the US election on “State of the Union” this Sunday, June 11, at 9 a.m. and noon ET.
Sam Stein / HuffPost:
Top Dem Donor Calls On Lawmakers To Take Up Trump Impeachment
Discussion: Politicus USA and Power Line
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
Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:   Britain's Election Disaster
Bloomberg:   How May's Sure Thing Became a Political Disaster for the Ages
Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:
Former Vice President Joe Biden's niece evades jail after pleading guilty in $110G credit card scam  —  A niece of former Vice President Joe Biden pleaded guilty Friday to a $110,000 credit card scam at an iconic Manhattan pharmacy, prosecutors said.  —  Caroline Biden, 29 …
Discussion: IJR
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Rebecca Rosenberg / New York Post:
Joe Biden's niece dodges jail after $100K credit card scam
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Joe Biden encourages Mitt Romney to run for Senate
Discussion: Mediaite
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
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.
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Anti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country … NEW YORK — Anti-Muslim activists hoisted American flags and delivered fiery speeches in rallies across the country Saturday, facing off against crowds of counter-demonstrators in several cities and exposing the visceral rage …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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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
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: CNN and ABC News
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 …
Josh Einiger / abc7ny.com:
Students, parents say some Wall Township High School yearbook photos were censored … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2078795" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  Something's fishy behind the scenes of the Wall Township High School yearbook.
Discussion: IJR
Carol Kozma / providencejournal.com:
R.I. state rep. apologizes after handing out document with pornographic references  —  Carol Kozma Journal Staff Writer CarolKozmaJennifer Bogdan Journal State House Bureau JenniferBogdan  —  PROVIDENCE — State Rep. Ramon Perez is apologizing after handing out a document to the House Finance Committee …
Discussion: WPRI-TV, IJR and Raw Story
 
 
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T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Can Hillary Clinton Please Go Quietly into the Night?
Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Ms. Magazine: When Will Wonder Woman Be a ‘Fat Femme Woman of Color’?
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
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
The French Are Spinning American Food
Discussion: Clayton Cramer
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
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Jerry Oppenheimer / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Lordy! …
Discussion: TheBlaze, Fox News Insider and AOL
Washington Post:
Trump seems to undercut Tillerson's remarks on Qatar
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
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
OPINION: The damaging case against James Comey
Joe Soucheray / Twin Cities:
A grenade, rifles, ammo, electronics ... what were these Minneapolis guys up to?
Discussion: Daily Wire
 

 
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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

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

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

 
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