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2:25 PM ET, June 16, 2017

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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: Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Root
Dan Lyman / Infowars:
Leaked audio means to set the record straight  —  Alex Jones …
Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Special counsel is investigating Jared Kushner's business dealings  —  Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller is investigating the finances and business dealings of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and adviser, as part of the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election …
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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.
CNN:
Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
How Autocratic Is He?  —  Masha Gessen on whether Trump …
Kenneth W. Starr / Washington Post:
Firing Mueller would be an insult to the Founding Fathers
Tara Golshan / Vox:
We asked 8 Senate Republicans to explain what their health bill is trying to do  —  Senate Republicans can't answer simple and critical questions about the health care bill they're crafting in secret.  —  Some still can't say what it's trying to do — other than garner enough votes to pass the Senate …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate likely to miss its Obamacare repeal deadline
Discussion: Daily Kos, Politicus USA and Vox
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Mitch McConnell is crippling The Resistance with his secret health care bill
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 …
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.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump appoints family event planner to oversee NY federal housing: report
Discussion: RedState and Political Wire
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 …
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Department of Homeland Security:
Frequently Asked Questions: Rescission of Memorandum Providing for Deferred Action for Parents …
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
White House says no determination yet on ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
Discussion: Morning Consult
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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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion
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
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Washington Post
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Pence's balancing act as Trump's No. 2 shows signs of strain amid WH turmoil
New York Times:
Trump Transition Team Orders Former Aides to Preserve Russia-Related Materials  —  WASHINGTON — Members of President Trump's transition team were ordered on Thursday to preserve documents and other materials related to the investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump transition officials ordered to save Russia documents
Leana Wen / New York Times:
What Bullets Do to Bodies  —  BALTIMORE — It was just after midnight when the call came in.  “Fifteen-year old male, single G.S.W.” — gun shot wound — “to the abdomen,” I heard over the loudspeaker.  “Stable vitals.”  —  Earlier that night, we had treated another young man who had been shot in the abdomen.
Discussion: Religion News Service
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 …
CNN:
Judge finds Michelle Carter guilty of manslaughter in texting suicide case  —  (CNN)In a case that hinged largely on a teenage couple's intimate text messages, Michelle Carter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the 2014 death of her boyfriend, who poisoned himself …
Anne Branigin / Fusion:
Bigoted Homophobe Steve Scalise's Life Was Saved by a Queer Black Woman  —  Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip who was shot by a gunman who attacked a congressional baseball practice on Wednesday, has kept company with racists.  He was forced to apologize for speaking at an international conference …
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.
Discussion: New York Times, AOL and The Guardian
 
 
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Jazmine Ulloa / Los Angeles Times:
Nearly $50 million in the California state budget will go to expanded legal services for immigrants
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Swedish Islamophobia Expert Who Joined ISIS Now Calling For Attacks In Sweden
Discussion: The Jawa Report
John Bowden / The Hill:
Wife of suspected Alexandria shooter speaks out in emotional press conference
Discussion: RedState
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Missed Last Night Show Due to Emergency Appendicitis
Discussion: The Hill and IJR
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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Grassley rankles GOP with new Comey investigation
Discussion: Daily Kos, Politico and Political Wire
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Rage Is All the Rage, and It's Dangerous
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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