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5:20 PM ET, June 16, 2017

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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledges he may need to recuse himself from Russia probe, sources say  —  The senior Justice Department official with ultimate authority over the special counsel's probe of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election has privately acknowledged …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Declares War on Rosenstein: ‘He Has No Qualms About Throwing Him Under a Bus’ … President Donald Trump woke up on Friday and decided to publicly confirm that he is under criminal investigation—and to put his deputy attorney general in the line of fire.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Trump appears to confirm obstruction investigation, attack Rosenstein in morning tweet rant  —  President Trump fired off tweets Friday morning attacking the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, and apparently, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump allies on the offensive against Mueller
CNN:
Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's staff grows to 13, with ‘several more in the pipeline’
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Scoops Megyn Kelly And Proves The Media Isn't Ready For The Trolls  —  Thursday evening, Alex Jones dropped a bomb on Twitter.  After a week of roiling controversy surrounding the conspiracy theorist's upcoming interview with Megyn Kelly, Jones announced a plan to take the interview into his own hands and scoop NBC.
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Megyn Kelly Exposed by Alex Jones in Leaked Audio Recordings … Alex Jones, the conspiracy-theorizing host of the Infowars website whose controversial interview with NBC's Megyn Kelly is set to air Sunday night, has fallen back to the argument of every disgruntled interviewee: “They took me out of context.”
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Alex Jones releases more secretly taped Megyn Kelly audio; NBC responds  —  Alex Jones released more pre-interview audio of Megyn Kelly late Thursday night and early Friday that includes the NBC News host saying Jones “became very fascinating” to her while separately assuring him the interview won't be “some kind of gotcha piece.”
Discussion: The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Los Angeles Times:
Republican secrecy faces mounting criticism as GOP senators work behind closed doors to repeal Obamacare  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), speaking here to reporters, is facing increasing criticism that GOP leaders are developing their Obamacare repeal in secret.  (Getty Images)
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Murkowski ‘committed’ to funding Planned Parenthood  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski has assured an Alaska constituent that she's committed to preserving Planned Parenthood funding as part of a health care bill — the strongest line she's drawn yet over one of the most controversial elements of the Obamacare repeal effort.
Discussion: Vox
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Mitch McConnell is crippling The Resistance with his secret health care bill
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile  —  ST. PAUL — A Minnesota police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black motorist transfixed the nation when his girlfriend livestreamed the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges on Friday.  —  The officer, Jeronimo Yanez …
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Minn. officer acquitted of manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile during traffic stop  —  The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop was acquitted on all charges by a jury Friday, a decision that came nearly a year after the encounter …
Discussion: Death and Taxes and Refinery29
CNN:   Officer who shot Philando Castile found not guilty
Washington Post:
Michelle Carter, who urged her boyfriend to commit suicide, found guilty in his death  —  In a landmark case, a Massachusetts judge has ruled that Michelle Carter, who urged her boyfriend through phone calls and text messages to kill himself, is responsible for his death.
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Business Wire:
Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods Market  —  Whole Foods Market ranked #28 and Amazon ranked #2 on Fortune's 2017 list of World's Most Admired Companies  —  SEATTLE & AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) today announced that they have entered …
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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: House Russia investigators want to bring in Trump digital director  —  Trump: Russia investigation a witch hunt  —  (CNN)House Russia investigators are planning to call on Brad Parscale, the digital director of President Donald Trump's campaign, as the congressional …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP sirens blare over Georgia special election  —  The GOP is bracing for the prospect of a loss in Tuesday's Georgia's special election that could have far-reaching implications for President Donald Trump and his party's fortunes in 2018.  —  As grim confidential polling data circulates …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:   Trump's shadow and stalled GOP agenda loom over close Georgia race
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Will Allow ‘Dreamers’ to Stay in U.S., Reversing Campaign Promise  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has officially reversed his campaign pledge to deport the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small children.  —  The Department of Homeland …
Greg B. Smith / New York Daily News:
President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric's wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs  —  She's arranged tournaments at Trump golf courses, served as the liaison to the Trump family during his presidential campaign, and even arranged Eric Trump's wedding.
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson's Body  —  James T. Hodgkinson, the shooter who opened fire on dozens of Republican congressmen and staffers at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, had a list of Republican names in his pocket that was recovered by the FBI, The Daily Caller has learned.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Who in the White House Will Turn Against Donald Trump?  —  The yearning in the character of Donald Trump for dominance and praise is bottomless, a hunger that is never satisfied.  Last week, the President gathered his Cabinet for a meeting with no other purpose than to praise him …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Beware of Blaming Government for London Tower Fire  —  Perhaps safety rules could have saved some residents.  But at what cost to others' lives?  There's always a trade-off.  —  A few days ago fire swept through Grenfell Tower, a large apartment building in London.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Scalise's vital signs have ‘stabilized,’ hospital ‘encouraged’ by ‘improvement’ in last 36 hours  —  Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition, hospital officials said this afternoon, after the House majority whip and three others were shot at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday.
Discussion: Axios, Politico and Associated Press
Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance.  Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.  —  This is the first time the president's overall approval rating has hit the 50% mark since late April.
BuzzFeed:
From Russia With Blood  —  Lavish London mansions.  A hand-painted Rolls-Royce.  And eight dead friends.  For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic meant stunning perks - but also constant danger.  His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Man on a Wire: Mike Pence's Tightrope Act  —  Right around the time Donald Trump was boarding Air Force One en route to Saudi Arabia, soon to escape a capital city obsessed with investigations into his campaign's ties with Russia and the firing of FBI Director James Comey …
Joe Duggan / Omaha World-Herald:
Nebraska Democratic Party official won't resign after calling reactions to shooting at GOP baseball practice ‘so funny’  —  LINCOLN — A Nebraska Democratic Party official has refused calls to resign her volunteer position after calling reactions to this week's shooting of a high-ranking Republican member …
Bloomberg:
CenturyLink Is Accused of Running a Wells Fargo-Like Scheme  —  A former employee alleges she lost her job after raising concerns about fraudulent billings.  —  A CenturyLink Inc. employee claims she was fired for blowing the whistle on the telecommunications company's high-pressure sales culture …
Discussion: Consumerist
Sergio Bichao / New Jersey 101.5:
‘Hunt’ Republicans, says Union County Democrat in response to shooting  —  RAHWAY — A longtime Democratic operative from Union County has responded to the Wednesday shooting of a congressman by calling for a “hunt” of Republicans.  —  James Devine posted several messages on Facebook …
 
 
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
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CBS News:
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Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, hires his own lawyer in Russia probe
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Anne Branigin / Fusion:
Bigoted Homophobe Steve Scalise's Life Was Saved by a Queer Black Woman
New York Times:
Trump Transition Team Orders Former Aides to Preserve Russia-Related Materials
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

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