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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans crack down on press access — Senate Republicans on Tuesday shocked the Capitol with a crackdown on media access that immediately drew criticism from reporters and Democrats. — Reporters were told they would no longer be allowed to film or record audio of interviews …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump knocks House health care bill as too harsh — President Donald Trump directed Senate Republicans to pass a generous health care bill at a meeting with more than a dozen GOP senators on Tuesday, arguing that the austere House health care bill is difficult to defend, according to people familiar with the meeting.
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Federal actuary: 13M more uninsured under GOP repeal package
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump calls House healthcare bill ‘mean’
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Democrats plan offensive to try to save Obamacare
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Trump administration map of Obamacare failures is riddled with inaccuracies
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Senate GOPers Stick To Extraordinarily Secretive O'Care Repeal Process
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Bloomberg:
Russian Breach of 39 States Threatens Future U.S. Elections — Hackers said to take measure of voting systems, databases — A ‘red phone’ warning to the Kremlin from Obama White House — Russia's cyberattack on the U.S. electoral system before Donald Trump's election was far more widespread …
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Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
CONFIRMED: Obama Had His Own ‘Back Channel’ To Moscow
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ProPublica:
Trump's Personal Lawyer Boasted That He Got Preet Bharara Fired — Marc Kasowitz, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer in the Russia investigation, has boasted to friends and colleagues that he played a central role in the firing of Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney …
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking congressional leaders to undo federal medical marijuana protections that have been in place since 2014, according to a May letter that became public Monday.
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Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Why Did Jeff Sessions Really Meet With Sergey Kislyak?
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
What Jeff Sessions will say in his Senate hearing
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Politico:
Full text: Jeff Sessions opening statement testimony transcript
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Sessions won't say whether he and Trump have discussed pardons
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea — In this Feb. 29, 2016 photo, American student Otto Warmbier speaks to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. Secretary of State Tillerson said Tuesday that North Korea has released the jailed U.S. university student.
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Otto Warmbier, American student released by North Korea, is in a coma — The University of Virginia student was detained in January 2016 at the airport in Pyongyang on his way home — Pyongyang, North Korea (CNN)American college student Otto Warmbier has been released after more than 17 months …
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Garrett Ellwood / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Warriors unanimously decline White House visit, per reports — It didn't take the Golden State Warriors long to decide to skip the traditional championship White House visit. — Less than 24 hours after winning the 2017 NBA Finals on Monday night, the Warriors unanimously voted to decline …
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Dan Feldman / NBCSports.com:
EXCLUSIVE: NBA championship winning Warriors decide unanimously as a team they will boycott White House invitation to meet President Trump. pic.twitter.com/cTQoOKdiLw — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) June 13, 2017 — Shaun Livingston said months ago, if the Warriors won the title, he wouldn't visit Donald Trump's White House.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why Chris Ruddy floated the idea of firing Bob Mueller
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Media Matters for America:
Here is exactly what Alex Jones has said about the Sandy Hook massacre — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is calling for his upcoming interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly not to air because he says Kelly misrepresented his views on the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly dropped as host for Sandy Hook group's gala over Alex Jones interview
SHP / Sandy Hook Promise:
Sandy Hook Promise Statement on Megyn Kelly
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Vets Group Blocked By Trump Describes 'Tweet That Broke The Snowflake's Back' — The progressive veterans group VoteVets was in the middle of what one member called a regular activity Tuesday morning — calling out the President of the United States on Twitter — when it suddenly hit a virtual wall.
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump blocks veterans group on Twitter
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Yahoo! Finance:
LEAKED AUDIO: Uber's all-hands meeting had some uncomfortable moments — Uber held an all-hands meeting on Tuesday, during which the board announced that CEO — Travis Kalanick would take a leave of absence. Furthermore, management shared — recommendations from the law firm Covington & Burling …
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Rachael Pells / The Independent:
Cambridge University examiners told it is sexist to use the word ‘genius’ to describe students — History faculty academic claims the department wants to use more ‘transparent’ language to help eradicate gender inequality — Cambridge University examiners have been warned against using words such as …
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Camilla Turner / Telegraph:
Don't call students ‘genius’ because word is associated with men, Cambridge lecturers told
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Pelosi predicts Trump will ‘self-impeach’ — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi believes President Donald Trump will “self-impeach” and that Democrats should wait for the Russia investigations — especially special counsel Robert Mueller's probe — to play out before pushing to remove him from the Oval Office.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
McAuliffe looks past the Clintons, toward 2020
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Patrick Ryan / USA Today:
‘Broad City’ will bleep Donald Trump's name in Season 4 — 4.9k Shares — In the months since Donald Trump's election, countless TV shows have rejiggered their new episodes to reflect the tumultuous political climate. — Broad City joins the ranks when it returns to Comedy Central for its fourth season …
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
If Trump Fires Mueller (Or Orders His Firing) — Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller leads a briefing for the President on the Boston Marathon bombings (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) — There are growing indications that President Trump may be thinking about getting rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
If Trump tips into full blown authoritarianism, will Republicans step up? Don't count on it.
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USA Today:
Trump property buyers make clear shift to secretive LLCs — Since President Trump won the Republican nomination, the majority of his companies' real estate sales are to secretive shell companies that obscure the buyers' identities, a USA TODAY investigation has found.
Aida Chavez / The Hill:
Poll: Trump disapproval hits record 60 percent — A record 60 percent of Americans disapprove of the job President Trump is doing, according to Gallup's daily tracking poll. — That is slightly higher than Trump's previous disapproval threshold, which was 59 percent in late March, according to the poll.
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Ari Berman / New York Times:
The Man Behind Trump's Voter-Fraud Obsession — How Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, plans to remake America through restrictive voting and immigration laws. — Kris Kobach likes to bill himself as “the A.C.L.U.'s worst nightmare.” The Kansas secretary of state …
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Hanna Zoey Tur — When I came out in May of 2013 I told TMZ's Harvey Levin and National Public Radio I was done running, hiding and I would be open and honest. No one would put me back in the closet. I broke that pledge and I've out of integrity. I apologize. — My daughter Katy said she's “terrified” to meet me.
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