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New York Times:
Trump Pondered Firing Mueller; His Aides Pushed Back — WASHINGTON — Last month's appointment of Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia enraged President Trump. Yet, at least initially, he holstered his Twitter finger and publicly said nothing.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Sessions's testimony highlights Trump's deep lack of interest in what Russia did in 2016
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Will Trump fire Mueller? A friend says maybe — but Washington warns against it.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Few Thoughts on the Sessions' Hearing
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Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Why Did Jeff Sessions Really Meet With Sergey Kislyak?
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
Jeff Sessions personally asked Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Why Chris Ruddy floated the idea of firing Bob Mueller
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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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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump calls House healthcare bill ‘mean’ — President Trump called the House's ObamaCare repeal bill “mean” and said it should be more generous during a meeting with Republican senators Tuesday, according to a Senate GOP aide. — The comments, which were first reported by The Associated Press …
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Paul Demko / Politico:
Federal actuary: 13M more uninsured under GOP repeal package
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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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New York Times:
Live Election Results: Virginia Primaries — Ralph S. Northam, the current lieutenant governor has won the Democratic primary to replace Gov. Terry McAuliffe. He defeated Tom Perriello, a former congressman who counts Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as big-name backers.
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Northam wins Democratic gubernatorial primary in Virginia; Perriello concedes in a first test of Trump-era politics — Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam won the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia Tuesday by an unexpectedly wide margin, but Republican Ed Gillespie was locked in a surprising fight …
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.
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The Hill, Raw Story and Death and Taxes
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
David Bonderman Resigns From Uber Board After Sexist Remark — SAN FRANCISCO — David Bonderman, an Uber board member and partner at private equity firm TPG, is resigning from the board of the ride-hailing company after he made a disparaging remark about women at an Uber meeting on Tuesday …
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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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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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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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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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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 …
William Wan / Washington Post:
America's new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn't — MARTINSVILLE, VA. — After decades of lawsuits, public campaigns and painful struggles, Americans have finally done what once seemed impossible: Most of the country has quit smoking, saving millions of lives and leading to massive reductions in cancer.
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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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
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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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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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