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3:27 AM ET, June 11, 2017

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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 …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Amid growing controversy, Sessions abruptly cancels public testimony  —  The sudden move comes as Sessions faces more scrutiny for his involvement in the Comey firing and meetings with Russia.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions was scheduled to testify publicly next Tuesday before the House and Senate appropriations committees.
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Sessions won't testify at congressional budget hearings but at Senate intelligence hearing instead  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had agreed to testify this week before the Senate and House appropriations committees about the Justice Department budget, wrote the chairmen …
CNN:
Sessions says he plans to testify before Senate intelligence panel  — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify to House and Senate appropriations panels Tuesday  —  (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday that he plans to testify before the Senate intelligence committee Tuesday …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators debate bringing in Comey for Round 2
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
New York Times:
Trump-Comey Feud Eclipses a Warning on Russia: ‘They Will Be Back’  —  WASHINGTON — Lost in the showdown between President Trump and James B. Comey that played out this past week was a chilling threat to the United States.  Mr. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I. …
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Sam Stein / HuffPost:
Top Dem Donor Calls On Lawmakers To Take Up Trump Impeachment
Discussion: Power Line and Politicus USA
Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:
I was an FBI agent.  Trump's lack of concern about Russian hacking shocks me.  —  Is the president breaking his oath to protect and defend the country from foreign attacks?  —  Reactions to former FBI director James B. Comey's testimony Thursday mostly seemed to follow predictable, partisan lines.
Politico:
How Theresa May lost it  —  A reluctance to delegate, hubris and campaigning ineptitude ruined British prime minister's grand plan to secure a mandate.  —  alfway through Britain's seven-week snap election campaign, some in Theresa May's team came to the conclusion that they had a problem — the candidate.
Discussion: Business Insider
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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
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Fight breaks out at anti-Sharia protest  —  An anti-Sharia protest in Seattle turned violent on Saturday after a fight broke out between demonstrators and counter-protesters. … The protest in Seattle was among dozens of demonstrations that took place across the country on Saturday.
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Anti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Overheard conversation earns Conway leaker label  —  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway reportedly shared behind-the-scenes White House conversations with reporters at a Washington, D.C. party on Friday night in conversations that were overheard by another party guest.
Discussion: RedState and TheBlaze
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
TRUMP to rollback some of Obama's Cuba policies …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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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  —  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 and New York Post
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CNN:
Joe Biden encourages Mitt Romney to run for Senate
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
Crispin Sartwell / Wall Street Journal:
Fiestas and Apple Orchards: Small-Town Life Before Trump  —  My corner of Pennsylvania was thriving again—until immigration agents began carting people away.
Discussion: Hit & Run
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
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: Language Log
 
 
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.
Carol Kozma / providencejournal.com:
R.I. state rep. apologizes after handing out document with pornographic references
Discussion: WPRI-TV, IJR and Raw Story
CNN:
Mueller staffing up Russia probe while Trump lawyer declares victory
Discussion: The Mahablog and NPR
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Trump's ‘Apprentice’ gamble
Discussion: CNN and ABC News
T.A. Frank / Vanity Fair:
Can Hillary Clinton Please Go Quietly into the Night?
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
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