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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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Associated Press:
Trump tweets his frustration with Russia investigation — President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a stream of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the election. — In a two-part tweet posted before 7 a.m. Sunday, Trump wrote …
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Axios
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Pence will soon become the president if Trump fires Mueller — The top ethics lawyer to former President George W. Bush warned on Saturday that if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller, Vice President Pence “will soon become the 46th President.”
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Transcript: Jay Sekulow on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2017
Transcript: Jay Sekulow on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2017
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Help wanted: Why Republicans won't work for the Trump administration — The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency have compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government. — Trump's firing of FBI Director James B. Comey …
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ThinkProgress, Axios, Raw Story and Booman Tribune
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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Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College
Ken White / Popehat:
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
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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 …
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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 …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish
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CNN, New York Magazine and WSB-TV
Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet:
USS Fitzgerald Collision Update (10:33am JST June 18, 2017) — YOKOSUKA, Japan — A number of Sailors that were missing from the collision between USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and a merchant ship have been found. As search and rescue crews gained access to the spaces that were damaged during …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post — Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Unedited Putin Interview Reveals A Missed Opportunity For Megyn Kelly and America — The footage obtained by HuffPost shows a nervous Kelly who failed to press Putin on obvious issues. — As Megyn Kelly and NBC News face a firestorm over her interview with InfoWars' Alex Jones …
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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 …
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RedState, Politico, Infowars and The Last Tradition
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Russia Renewed Unused Trump Trademarks in 2016 — Amid a broadening investigation of Russian contacts with his associates and his own role in trying to stop it, President Trump fired off another angry tweet this past week repeating his assertion that he has no business interests in Russia.
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Raw Story
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Got Their Blood, Will It Be Enough? — When I wrote two weeks ago about how liberals would not stop until someone got killed, I was hoping it was more of a warning than a prophecy. Unfortunately, it was not. — But the actions and words of leftists in the wake of the attempted slaughter …
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Six People Have Resigned From Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He “Doesn't Care” — “We have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care.”
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Scott A. Schoettes / Newsweek:
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
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Fusion and The New Civil Rights Movement