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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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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.
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 …
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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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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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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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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.
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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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 …
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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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.”
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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.
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Wall Street Journal:
In Georgia House Race, Parties Battle for New Swing Voters — Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel seek votes of Republicans uneasy with Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday's poll — As Georgia's sixth district residents cast votes in a special election, President Trump looms over their decision at the ballot box.
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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.
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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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