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1:30 PM ET, June 17, 2017

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New York Times:
Judge in Bill Cosby Case Declares a Mistrial  —  • The judge presiding over the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial declared a mistrial Saturday after jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked.  —  • The exhausted jurors had been deliberating since Monday, sometimes for as much as 12 hours a day.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation, Althouse and USA Today
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Chris Francescani / ABC News:
Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ends in a mistrial  —  Bill Cosby's sexual assault case has ended in a mistrial.  —  After six days of deliberation, the seven men and five women selected to serve on the jury were unable to render a unanimous verdict on any of the three counts …
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Mistrial declared in Bill Cosby sex-assault trial  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial Saturday after a jury was “hopelessly deadlocked” on sexual-assault charges against Bill Cosby, the comic legend whose legacy as a promoter of wholesome values has been tarnished by a years-long sex and drugging scandal.
Fox News Insider:
Bill Cosby's Spox: Tell Gloria Allred to ‘Go Back to Law School’  —  After the indecent assault case against Bill Cosby was declared a mistrial, the comedian's spokesman took aim a high-profile lawyer representing several of his other accusers.  —  Outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown …
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:   Despite Mistrial in Criminal Case, Civil Lawsuits Await Cosby
Malcolm Gay / BostonGlobe.com:
Knives are out for theaters that bear the name ‘Shakespeare’  —  The messages started pouring in earlier this week.  —  “Your play depicting the murder of our President is nothing but pure hatred,” read one of the tamer ones.  —  “[H]ope you all who did this play about Trump are the first do …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Joe Tacopino / New York Post:
Protester rushes stage at controversial ‘Julius Caesar’ production  —  A woman was arrested after rushing the stage at the controversial production of ‘Julius Caesar’ in Central Park Friday night during a stunt live streamed on social media.  —  Laura Loomer, who works for the alt-right website The Rebel …
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Protesters Crash Trump Assassination ‘Julius Caesar’ Play (VIDEO)  —  Two protesters crashed Friday night's production of Shakespeare in the Park Julius Caesar, which depicts the assassination and brutal stabbing of a stand-in for President Donald Trump.  —  Laura Loomer, formerly of Project Veritas …
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BOOM!!  Protesters INTERRUPT Trump Assassination Play - RUSH STAGE — Screaming “Goebbels Would Be Proud!”
John Bowden / The Hill:
Gingrich: Somebody probably going to jail over Russia investigation  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) told Fox News on Friday that “somebody” will likely go to jail following the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling, but said it won't be President Trump.  —  “They're going to get somebody.
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Alexandria Gunman Carried List With Names of 3 Republican Lawmakers  —  WASHINGTON — The gunman who targeted Republican congressmen this week at a baseball field in suburban Washington was carrying a list with the names of at least three lawmakers, and had pictures of the ballpark stored on his cellphone …
Discussion: Business Insider and Infowars
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Assassination List Found On James Hodgkinson's Body
Robby Soave / New York Times:
Michelle Carter Didn't Kill With a Text  —  Can malicious speech constitute violence?  No. But Friday's shocking court decision — which found Michelle Carter guilty of sending lethal text messages — is bound to confuse the issue.  —  Judge Lawrence Moniz, of Bristol County Juvenile Court …
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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Why Trump Attacked His Own Deputy Attorney General  —  Nearly everyone who knows him seems to agree that Rod Rosenstein, the Deputy Attorney General and the official overseeing the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of links between the Trump campaign and Russia, has a reputation for integrity.
Bloomberg:
Trump Reveals Flat Revenue at Controversial Washington Hotel  —  Discloses at least $528.9 million in total revenue and income  —  Hotel lost $1.2 million in first weeks, lawmakers say  —  President Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure indicates that his Washington, D.C. …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
New Trump Financial Disclosures Show Millions In Increased Income From Mar-A-Lago
Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
6TH DISTRICT POLL: Ossoff leads Handel by less than 2 points  —  ATLANTA - With just a few days to go before Georgia's 6th Congressional District runoff, Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel are still very, very close.  —  Our latest WSB-Landmark Communications poll of 800 likely voters …
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David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement:
WATCH: Karen Handel Cites Her Faith to Tell Mom of LGBTQ Child She's Against Gay People Adopting, Having Families
Discussion: Raw Story
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Everyone said Old Europe was dying.  Sure doesn't look like it now.  —  The contrast could not be more stark.  Theresa May, the British prime minister, presides over a hung Parliament and a divided country.  Donald Trump, the American president, rules alongside a Congress almost too paralyzed to legislate.
Discussion: Financial Times
Max Boot / Yahoo:
Donald Trump Is Proving Too Stupid to Be President  —  “You know, I'm, like, a smart person.”  Uh huh.  —  I'm starting to suspect that Donald Trump may not have been right when he  —  said, “You know, I'm like a smart person.”  The evidence continues to mount that he is far from smart …
Discussion: Raw Story
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Education Dept. Says It Will Scale Back Civil Rights Investigations  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is scaling back investigations into civil rights violations at the nation's public schools and universities, easing off mandates imposed by the Obama administration that the new leadership says have bogged down the agency.
Discussion: Axios, NPR and Los Angeles Times
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Emma Brown / Washington Post:
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate civil rights enforcement under Trump
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Jason Kander Won by Losing  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.—Jason Kander was wearing a mic pack here as he wandered around the Puritan Backroom, chatting with local activists and politicians at the Manchester Democratic Club chicken dinner.  A videographer, who followed him around as he moved from table to table …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
Newt Gingrich says a president ‘cannot obstruct justice.’ That's not what he said in 1998
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House plans to push House GOP for friendlier Russia sanctions deal
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Daily Kos:
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'Somebody's Trying to Kill Me'
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Here's How Pence Could Pay for a Personal Lawyer in Special Counsel Russia Probe
Discussion: Raw Story
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Foreign Policy:
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
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