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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 attorney says president not under investigation — A member of the president's outside legal team said Sunday that Donald Trump is not under federal investigation, days after Trump appeared to confirm he was with a tweet about being the target of a “witch hunt.”
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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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.
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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 and New York Magazine
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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Ken White / Popehat:
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
Free Speech, The Goose, And The Gander
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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?
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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CNN:
Missing sailors found dead in flooded compartments on US Navy destroyer — (CNN)Seven missing sailors from the USS Fitzgerald were found dead in flooded berthing compartments following the warship's collision with a merchant vessel, a US military official said.
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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.
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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Infowars, RedState, Politico and The Last Tradition
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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ABC News:
Book excerpt: Newt Gingrich's ‘Understanding Trump’ — Excerpted from UNDERSTANDING TRUMP by Newt Gingrich by arrangement with Center Street Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group (USA), Inc., Copyright © Newt Gingrich 2017. — INTRODUCTION — WHY THIS BOOK?
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BBC:
Mosul battle: Iraqi forces attack IS-held Old City — There have been intense clashes on the first day of an offensive by Iraqi forces to retake Mosul's Old City, the last district held by so-called Islamic State. — Special forces and federal police advancing from the west and south were met with mortar fire and car bombs.
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The Daily Caller
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.
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