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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
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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Political Wire
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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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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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Politico
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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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ThinkProgress, Axios, Raw Story and Booman Tribune
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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USA Today, IJR, The New Civil Rights Movement, Mediaite and Politicus USA
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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, Politico, RedState 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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Breitbart and Hullabaloo
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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New York Times, NPR and The Week
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.
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