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12:40 PM ET, June 12, 2017

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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.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Source: Sessions' plans to testify surprised Senate intelligence panel members  —  (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions' letter on Saturday offering to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Tuesday caught members of the panel by surprise, and senators are concerned he's trying …
Cody Derespina / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump surprised by ‘viciousness,’ ‘ferocity’ of father's critics
Discussion: Daily Mail
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Obamacare is in real danger  —  The Affordable Care Act is in deep trouble — in Washington and large swaths of the country.  —  Senate Republicans began to coalesce around the framework of a plan to repeal and replace the law last week.  Their plan would, like the bill the House passed in May …
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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.
Discussion: Political Wire and Politicus USA
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 …
Discussion: Vox
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Senate GOP sees path to ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Axios and Shakesville
Reed Abelson / New York Times:   Flexibility That A.C.A. Lent to Work Force Is Threatened by G.O.P. Plan
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 …
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.
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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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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.
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) …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kwegyirba Croffie / CNN:
New Jersey high school under fire for erasing Trump slogans from yearbook  — New Jersey parents are complaining their kids' support for Donald Trump was erased from a high school yearbook  — School superintendent: “There is nothing in our student dress code that would prevent a student from expressing his or her political views”
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Cheryl Dyer / Superintendent:
Yearbook Investigation
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.
Jake Sherman / Politico:
GOP growing worried they'll lose House — MATTIS keeps his ‘distance’ from Trump — MELANIA and BARRON move into 1600 Penn — WAPO: Trump family lawyer JAMIE GORELICK gets pushback from friends — B'DAY: Dina Powell  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Good Monday morning.
Discussion: The Week
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.”
Michael Tomasky / New York Times:
Finally, Something Isn't the Matter with Kansas  —  The most momentous political news of the past week?  For my money, it wasn't James Comey's Senate testimony, riveting as it was.  It was the Kansas Legislature's decision to defy the governor and raise income taxes …
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.
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 …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russia has developed a cyberweapon that can disrupt power grids, according to new research  —  Hackers allied with the Russian government have devised a cyberweapon that has the potential to be the most disruptive yet against electric systems that Americans depend on for daily life, according to U.S. researchers.
 
 
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Stuart Rothenberg / Inside Elections:
Almost a Must-Win for Democrats in Georgia 6
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Don't go to ‘Morning Joe’ for mental health evaluations about Trump (or anyone else)
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
Associated Press:
Puerto Rico upholds statehood demand in contentious vote
Discussion: RedState and NPR
New York Times:
Mattis Quietly Keeps Distance From Trump's Most Divisive Moves
Discussion: RedState and Politicus USA
Bruce Bartlett / USA Today:
Will Republicans ever stop defending Donald Trump?
Washington Post:
The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War.  The fight against civil rights brought it back.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump landmine: Vast majority of Hill GOP prefers Pence
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Christopher Cadelago / Sacramento Bee:
Liberal megadonor wants Trump impeached: ‘This is a blatant example of hypocrisy’
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The GOP Congress Better Get Its Act Together, Or It's Sunk
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
California's descent to socialism
Andrea Ruth / RedState:
Megyn Kelly Does More Harm Than Good By Helping Legitimize Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
'Y'all Sent Me to Washington at an Interesting Time'
Discussion: Raw Story and Fox 59
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Conway: ‘Not everyone is college material’
Discussion: Shareblue and twitchy.com
Detroit Free Press:
ICE arrests dozens of undocumented Chaldeans from metro Detroit in weekend sweep
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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