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5:20 PM ET, June 18, 2017

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Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — An attorney for President Trump was adamant on Sunday that the president is not under investigation, despite the president's tweets this week referring to one as a “witch hunt.”  —  “Let me be clear here,” …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Jay Sekulow on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2017  —  The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading the FBI's investigation into any possible links between Russia and the Trump campaign, is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek  —  Happy Father's Day, and welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly lookahead for both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.  I'd love your tips and feedback: jonathan@axios.com.  And please urge your friends and colleagues to join the conversation by signing up for Sneak Peek.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Trump attorney says president not under investigation
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Pence will soon become the president if Trump fires Mueller
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and Axios
Bruce Bialosky / Townhall.com:
The Winners Are the Russians  —  You set off to invade and disrupt the election process of a global competitor.  Your desire is to weaken the other's government.  Except for potentially being responsible for leaking emails obtained from political operatives of one party …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP shifts focus to Lynch  —  Senate Republicans are clamoring to hear from Loretta Lynch after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton  —  email investigation.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seizing …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
New ads target 5 GOP senators on healthcare  —  A group opposed to the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare is set to a launch a $1.5 million ad campaign on Monday urging five key Republican senators to vote against the chamber's expected healthcare bill.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Senators wrestle with transparency in healthcare debate  —  Both Republican and Democratic senators are expressing concerns over the lack of open process in the Senate's work on a revised ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill even as Republican leadership looks to move the bill to a vote as soon as possible.
New York Times:
High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election  —  ATLANTA — Taking the stage in a half-filled airplane hangar to rally supporters of Republican candidate Karen Handel, Health Secretary Tom Price could not help but point to the record-shattering surge of liberal money …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish
Discussion: CNN
Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Newt Gingrich says Trump has a ‘compulsion to counterattack’  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Trump's tweet asserting that he's under investigation for firing FBI Director James Comey wasn't helpful to the president.  —  “Trump has a compulsion to counterattack …
Discussion: Politico
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ABC News:
Book excerpt: Newt Gingrich's ‘Understanding Trump’
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Notes on a Political Shooting  —  THE first thing to say about the attempted massacre of congressional Republicans on a baseball field in suburban Virginia is that the motivations of the shooter were unusual.  By which I mean that, based on what we know, James Hodgkinson had surprisingly normal political beliefs.
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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Got Their Blood, Will It Be Enough?
Discussion: Fox News
Emily Jashinsky / Washington Examiner:
Caitlyn Jenner on congressional baseball tragedy: 'Liberals can't even shoot straight'  —  Asked during a discussion at the College Republican National Committee's convention to comment on the violent attack on a GOP baseball practice earlier in the week, Caitlyn Jenner quipped, “Liberals can't even shoot straight.”
New York Times:
How Michael Flynn's Disdain for Limits Led to a Legal Quagmire  —  WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn was a man seething and thwarted.  In the summer of 2014, after repeatedly clashing with other Obama administration officials over his management of the Defense Intelligence Agency …
Kali Holloway / Salon:
White kids are bullying minority students using Trump's words  —  This is Trump's America: kids are mimicking the president in rhetoric and action  —  Donald Trump's real campaign promise was that he would give whites back the power they imagined they'd lost.
Thomas Healy / The Atlantic:
Who's Afraid of Free Speech?  —  Middlebury College's decision to discipline 67 students who participated in a raucous and violent demonstration against conservative author Charles Murray brings closure to one of several disturbing incidents that took place on college campuses this semester.
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CNN:
Portugal wildfire: 61 killed, victims burned in cars as they fled  —  Photos:  —  Wildfire rages through central Portugal  —  A massive wildfire is reflected in a stream in central Portugal on Sunday, June 18, 2017.  Several hundred firefighters fought the blaze, which broke out Saturday in the municipality of Pedrogao Grande.
Discussion: New York Times, NPR and The Week
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
In Georgia House Race, Parties Battle for New Swing Voters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. Marco Rubio on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2017
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
BBC:
Mosul battle: Iraqi forces attack IS-held Old City
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
The Danger of Ignoring Alex Jones
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Russia Renewed Unused Trump Trademarks in 2016
 Earlier Items: 
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Unedited Putin Interview Reveals A Missed Opportunity For Megyn Kelly and America
Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite and Hullabaloo
John Bowden / The Hill:
ICE chief doubles down: Undocumented immigrants ‘should be concerned’
Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Ex-politician admits he groped 103-year-old mother-in-law's breasts
Discussion: Fusion and Raw Story
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban centers
Discussion: Axios
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Swedish Police Attacked By 100 Masked Migrant Youths
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Help wanted: Why Republicans won't work for the Trump administration
 

 
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UnHerd:
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