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9:35 AM ET, June 12, 2017

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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump gives Priebus until July 4th to clean up White House  —  President Donald Trump has set a deadline of July 4 for a shakeup of the White House that could include removing Reince Priebus as his chief of staff, according to two administration officials and three outside advisers familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Comey saga gets new players  —  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY  — It's a date - but maybe just a first one.  Attorney General Jeff Sessions pulls up a fast-warming chair Tuesday as he's set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  But will the hearing be open or closed?
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio defends his questioning of Comey
Discussion: American Greatness, Axios and Hit & Run
Liam Quinn / Daily Mail:
Kellyanne Conway caught leaking by Twitter account
Discussion: Daily Kos and TheBlaze
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Sessions getting sucked further into Trump's Russia mess
Discussion: CNN, Axios, Raw Story and Mediaite
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath  —  Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions …
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Delta Air Lines and Bank of America Won't Back Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’  —  New York's Public Theater lost support from two high-profile corporate donors, Delta Air Lines and Bank of America, on Sunday amid intense criticism of its production of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar,” …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump “on an island, all alone”  —  The spotlight has been on President Trump's legal jeopardy.  But inside the small circle of top Republicans who advise this White House, there's increasing concern that future political problems are stacking up.  —  One of the oldest (and most trusted) …
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Cruz Goes From ‘Lucifer’ to Dealmaker in Health-Care Overhaul  —  Texas senator seeks to unite warring Republican factions  —  A deal will need his vote and his salesmanship in House  —  Ted Cruz is trying a radically new role: dealmaker.  —  The first-term senator from Texas is seeking …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Senate GOP sees path to ObamaCare repeal  —  A path is emerging for Senate Republicans to pass their ObamaCare repeal bill, even though there are major obstacles ahead.  —  Critically, Senate moderates are indicating that they can agree to ending the additional federal funds for ObamaCare's expansion …
Discussion: Axios and Conservative News Today
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
When a liberal power lawyer represents the Trump family, things can get ugly  —  Four decades ago, soon after a president of the United States interfered in an investigation of his actions, a young lawyer named Jamie Gorelick was assigned her first big case.
Discussion: Political Wire and Althouse
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The GOP Congress Better Get Its Act Together, Or It's Sunk  —  “Everything's fine,” smiled Captain Paul Ryan smarmily as he steered the Titanic into an iceberg.  “Now, let me get back to shafting our own voting base via my incomprehensible determination to cancel the tax deductions …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Is media coverage of Trump too negative?  You're asking the wrong question.  —  The New York Daily News's front page on Friday morning screamed “LIAR” in huge type over a photo of President Trump.  —  USA Today's banner headline seconded the motion: “Comey calls Trump a liar.”
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
McCain says American leadership was better under Obama: report  —  (R-Ariz.) said American leadership was stronger under President Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama  —  , according to a Guardian report published Sunday.  —  Asked if the country stood on sturdier ground under Obama's leadership …
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
My Lawyers Got Trump to Admit 30 Lies Under Oath  —  Trump sued me, then had to acknowledge 30 times during a deposition that he had lied over the years about a wide range of issues.  —  Donald Trump closed out last week by rumbling back into his battle against James Comey, who was FBI director until POTUS fired him.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Conway: ‘Not everyone is college material’ … White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Saturday “not everyone is college material” while urging for workforce development courses to be made available at technical colleges.  —  “Not everyone is college material,” Conway told host Jeanine Pirro on Fox's “Justice with Judge Jeanine.”
Discussion: twitchy.com
Detroit Free Press:
ICE arrests dozens of undocumented Chaldeans from metro Detroit in weekend sweep  —  Dozens of Chaldeans from metro Detroit were arrested Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and face possible deportation, leaders in the Chaldean community said.
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Jeff Immelt stepping down as CEO of GE  —  GE factory jobs move from Wisconsin to Canada  —  Jeff Immelt, who has led General Electric (GE) since 2001, is stepping down, the company announced Monday.  —  The company named John Flannery, the president and CEO of GE Healthcare, as the new CEO, effective August 1.
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Megyn Kelly Does More Harm Than Good By Legitimizing Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones  —  I don't know what Megyn Kelly is doing, but it's not funny.  I've been a Kelly fan since the early 2000's when she joined Bill Hemmer on America's Newsroom.  I remember her talking about her surprise wedding shower …
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Everybody Needs to Stop Telling Hillary Clinton to Shut Up  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a fundraiser for the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel in Baltimore, Monday, June 5, 2017.  —  You've seen the headlines, begging Joe Biden to just give it up and get out of our faces already.
Discussion: Salon and IJR
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Tens of thousands take to the streets in Resist March  —  Thousands gathered at Hollywood and Highland to march for the rights of the LGBTQ community — and, this year, to resist government forces that would take away human rights, organizers said.  (Claire Hannah Collins / Los Angeles Times)
Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
President Trump can't stop crashing parties at his golf clubs … The first dance.  The toasts.  The cake-cutting.  The ... surprise appearance by the president of the United States?  —  President Trump apparently can't resist crashing a party, showing up to at least two private events …
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump drops in on wedding at New Jersey golf club
 
 
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Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg:
North Korea Says It's ‘Not Far Away’ From Test-Firing an ICBM
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How Russia Targets the U.S. Military
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
California's descent to socialism
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
'Y'all Sent Me to Washington at an Interesting Time'
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Biographer who caught Trump lying 30 times: He tried to ‘intimidate’ me by lying about taping conversations
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How Soon They Forget!  —  As so often happens, the correction …
Washington Post:
D.C., Md. attorneys general to sue Trump, saying foreign payments to his businesses violate …
Discussion: NBC News
 Earlier Items: 
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
A neo-Nazi with explosives and a framed photo of Timothy McVeigh is not a threat, judge rules
Discussion: KRON4.com
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Wow. Dem Senator Calls For Investigation Into Loretta Lynch After Comey Hearing
Discussion: LawNewz
Daily Mail:
Twelve injured including six police as ‘Molotov cocktail is thrown into a restaurant’ in Paris
Discussion: twitchy.com
Mark K. Matthews / Denver Post:
Jared Polis to join crowded 2018 race for governor, tells The Post he wants “a Colorado that works for everybody”
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Merkel in Mexico criticizes building walls
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump May Not Visit U.K. This Year as Planned
Paulina Porizkova / New York Times:
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