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6:00 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.
CNN:
Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought 13 lawyers on board to handle the Russia investigation, with plans to hire more, according to his spokesman Peter Carr.  —  Mueller has assembled a high-powered team …
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.
Sumner Park / The Hill:
Gingrich: A president ‘cannot obstruct justice’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), a staunch supporter of President Trump, said Friday that a “president cannot obstruct justice.”  —  Gingrich said that as president, Trump was well within his authority to fire the head of the FBI.
Discussion: RedState, ThinkProgress and The Week
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump allies on the offensive against Mueller
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
Discussion: The Root and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
CNN:
Officer who shot Philando Castile found not guilty
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Murkowski ‘committed’ to funding Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Vox
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)
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Jeff Stein / Vox:
Mitch McConnell is crippling The Resistance with his secret health care bill
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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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.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Wife of suspected Alexandria shooter speaks out in emotional press conference
Discussion: RedState
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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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Coulter on Trump: ‘This Jackass is Really Ticking Me Off’  —  Ann Coulter is furious with President Trump today, and she's not holding back.  —  Earlier today, Mediaite took notice of how the conservative commentator launched a brutal tweetstorm, blasting Trump for not making more progress …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Fox News Insider
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.
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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.
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
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