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8:40 PM ET, June 12, 2017

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John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump makes bizarre claims at press event as Cabinet members take turns praising him  — Trump said that few presidents have passed more legislation than he has, though Congress has passed no major legislation since he has been president  —  Since taking office in January …
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and NBC News
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump just held the weirdest Cabinet meeting ever  —  (CNN)Leave it to Donald Trump to reinvent the Cabinet meeting.  —  The public portion of these gatherings of all of the president's top advisers are usually staid affairs.  Photographers are let in to take pictures.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump's Cabinet, With a Prod, Extols the ‘Blessing’ of Serving Him  —  WASHINGTON — One by one, they praised President Trump, taking turns complimenting his integrity, his message, his strength, his policies.  Their leader sat smiling, nodding his approval.
CNN:
Cabinet members give Trump unusual tribute
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump touts ‘amazing’ progress, basks in praise of his Cabinet
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Praise for the chief: Trump's Cabinet tells him it's an ‘honor’ and ‘blessing’ to serve
Discussion: ABC News
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Secret Service Has No Audio or Transcripts of Any Tapes Made in Trump White House  —  The U.S. Secret Service has no audio copies or transcripts of any tapes recorded within President Donald Trump's White House, the agency said Monday.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Gingrich: Congress ‘should abolish’ special counsel after Comey testimony  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) slammed former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, accusing him of manipulating the investigation into Russian election meddling and calling for Congress to dismiss the special counsel entirely.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Spicer: ‘Premature’ to discuss executive privilege ahead of Sessions testimony
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Secret Service: We don't have any Trump White House tapes
Discussion: RedState and Politico
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: 40 questions for Jeff Sessions
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate GOP won't release draft health care bill  —  Senate Republicans are on track to finish writing their draft health care bill this evening, but have no plans to publicly release the bill, according to two senior Senate GOP aides.  —  “We aren't stupid,” said one of the aides.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Plurality Of Voters Think Trump Obstructed Justice  —  PPP's newest national poll finds a variety of bad news for Donald Trump in the wake of James Comey's testimony to Congress last week.  49% of voters say that they think Trump committed obstruction of justice, to just 41% who don't think he did.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Want to see the Senate's draft health care bill? Good luck.
CNN:
Exclusive: Dennis Rodman heading to North Korea  —  Hong Kong and Washington (CNN)NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is expected to arrive in North Korea Tuesday, according to two officials in that country who spoke to CNN.  —  CNN spotted Rodman at Beijing International Airport, where he declined to answer questions.
Alan Henry / Broadway World:
Delta Sponsored 2012 Guthrie Theater Season Which Featured Obama Inspired Julius Caesar  —  On Sunday night, Delta Air Lines announced that they were ending their four-year-old sponsorship agreement with The Public Theater over their current Shakespeare in the Park production of JULIUS CAESAR.
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Delta Air Lines and Bank of America Won't Back Trump-Like ‘Julius Caesar’
Piers Morgan / Daily Mail:   Hate-filled liberals seem to think Trump is such a joke that anything goes. …
Congressman Mike Quigley:
Quigley Introduces the COVFEFE Act  —  Legislation Expands Presidential Records Act Preservation to Include Social Media  —  WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus, introduced the Communications …
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Holly K. Michels / Missoulian:
Greg Gianforte gets anger management, community service after admitting he assaulted reporter  —  Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte appears in court Monday morning on an assault charge in the Gallatin County Courthouse.  Gallatin County Justice Court Judge Rick West ordered Gianforte …
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Whitney Bermes / Bozeman Daily Chronicle Audio:
Gianforte sentenced to anger management, community service for assault of reporter
Stuart Rothenberg / Inside Elections:
Almost a Must-Win for Democrats in Georgia 6  —  Democratic strategists may hate the idea that they must win the June 20 special election in Georgia's 6th District, but that doesn't make it any less true.  —  Jon Ossoff's defeat would not tell us what will happen seventeen months …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Democrats Have A Slight Edge In The Georgia 6 Runoff
Discussion: TheBlaze
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Exclusive: In latest job, Jim DeMint wants to give Tea Party ‘ a new mission’  —  WASHINGTON - Former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, ousted last month as head of the Heritage Foundation think tank, is joining a fast-growing, conservative movement that is pushing states to seek …
BuzzFeed:
Poison in the System  —  When a financier dropped dead in Britain shortly after exposing a vast Russian crime, police said it was not suspicious.  But with his inquest now underway, BuzzFeed News has uncovered explosive evidence of a suspected Kremlin assassination plot …
Discussion: Axios
Jeannette Reyes / 6abc.com:
Defense rests, Bill Cosby does not testify at sex assault trial … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid= 2087864" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  Defense rests, Cosby does not testify at sex assault trial.  Jeannette Reyes reports during Action News at Noon on June 12, 2017.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
'This ain't right!': Bill Cosby's attorney calls assault claim a lie
Discussion: Althouse
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate strikes deal to exert power over Russia sanctions  —  The Senate has clinched a deal to exert power over President Trump when it comes to sanctions on Russia, according to a key senator involved in the talks.  —  Sen. Bob Corker  —  (R-Tenn.) said lawmakers have struck an agreement …
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
The Persistence of Prog Rock  —  Critics think that the genre was an embarrassing dead end.  So why do fans and musicians still love it?  —  In April, 1971, Rolling Stone reviewed the début album by a band with a name better suited to a law firm: Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
The government only has enough money to pay its bills through September, Trump administration says  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for the first time Monday said the Treasury Department only has enough money to fund the government through early September, a much earlier timeline than many analysts had projected.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
New York Times:
U.S. Cyberweapons, Used Against Iran and North Korea, Are a Disappointment Against ISIS  —  WASHINGTON — America's fast-growing ranks of secret cyberwarriors have in recent years blown up nuclear centrifuges in Iran and turned to computer code and electronic warfare to sabotage North Korea's missile launches, with mixed results.
Associated Press:
Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court  —  A measure of melodic phrasing.  A rigorous reading of the law at issue.  A nod to the proper role of the courts.  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch's first Supreme Court opinion Monday stayed true to what Gorsuch promised in his nomination hearing …
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
 
 
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Etan Vlessing / Hollywood Reporter:
ABC's ‘Roseanne’ to Tackle Trump Era in Sitcom Revival
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Justin Bachman / Bloomberg:
Musk's SpaceX Joins the Military
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer will vote to block Trump's arms sale to Saudi Arabia
CNN:
ICE arrests in metro Detroit terrify Iraqi Christians
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NEW: Trump finally gets wall — to shield Air Force One at PBIA
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David Nather / Axios:
ACA enrollment falls to 10.3 million
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Wait, All of a Sudden, Partisan Redistricting Is Unconstitutional? Now?
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump “on an island, all alone”
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