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11:40 PM ET, June 18, 2017

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BBC:
Finsbury Park: ‘Several hurt’ as vehicle hits pedestrians  —  A vehicle has struck pedestrians “leaving a number of casualties” in north London, police said.  —  One person was arrested following the incident near Finsbury Park Mosque on Seven Sisters Road.
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Paddy Dinham / Daily Mail:
Man arrested as ‘van ploughs into people’ at London mosque  —  More than ten pedestrians were hit by a van which veered onto a pavement near a renowned north London mosque late last night, according to reports.  —  Several people were reportedly hurt after the van ploughed into a crowd …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner to Travel to Middle East in Effort to Advance U.S. Peace Efforts  —  President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, plans to travel to the Middle East this week to try to advance U.S. efforts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a White House official said Sunday.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Jared Kushner to visit Middle East in pursuit of peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, is traveling to the Middle East this week in pursuit of a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a White House official confirmed Sunday night.
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Kushner Is Said to Be Reconsidering His Legal Team  —  Representatives of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, have quietly contacted high-powered criminal lawyers about potentially representing him in the wide-ranging investigation into Russia's influence on the 2016 election …
Associated Press:
GOP senator warns against rushed vote on health care bill  —  A Republican senator on Sunday warned against rushing a vote on a GOP bill to repeal and replace the nation's health care law, saying both parties deserve a chance to fully debate the bill and propose changes after it was drafted in secret.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:   McConnell wants to force health care vote by July 4th
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
New ads target 5 GOP senators on healthcare
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ema O'Connor / BuzzFeed:
The Man Who Secretly Taped Planned Parenthood Could Be Going To Prison — Alongside His Criminal Lawyers  —  Last month, David Daleiden and his criminal defense lawyers released additional footage of abortion providers and the names of 14 of his accusers, possibly violating court injunctions and seals.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
NBC News Exclusive: Memo Shows Watergate Prosecutors Had Evidence Nixon White House Plotted Violence  —  Watergate prosecutors had evidence that operatives for then-President Richard Nixon planned an assault on anti-war demonstrators in 1972, including potentially physically attacking Vietnam …
Discussion: Political Wire
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
U.S. aircraft shoots down a Syrian government jet over northern Syria, Pentagon says  —  A United States strike aircraft shot down a Syrian government fighter jet on Sunday shortly after the Syrians bombed U.S.-backed fighters in northern Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement.
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Artemis Moshtaghian / CNN:
Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria, targets ISIS
Discussion: Instapundit
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Newt Gingrich Responds To MSNBC's Joe Scarborough By Calling Him ‘A Prostitute’  —  Trump super surrogate Newt Gingrich responded to a tweet fight he had with Joe Scarborough over his flip-flopping on once very positive views of Bob Mueller as Special Counsel by calling the MSNBC host “a prostitute.”
Discussion: Breitbart, Bipartisan Report and IJR
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Kathy Ehrich Dowd / People.com:
Caitlyn Jenner Jokes That 'Liberals Can't Even Shoot Straight' While Addressing GOP Baseball Attack  —  Longtime Republican Caitlyn Jenner has spoken out about Tuesday's GOP baseball practice attack that left House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise critically injured, joking that “liberals can't even shoot straight.”
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
People mad about the Trump-like ‘Julius Caesar’ are sending death threats to the wrong theater  —  In the 1990s, during the Internet's adolescence, someone at Shakespeare & Company, a theater in Lenox, Mass., had the forethought to snap up the Shakespeare.org domain name.
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.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The State Department just broke a promise to minority and female recruits  —  Dozens of young minority and female State Department recruits received startling and unwelcome news last week: They would not be able to soon join the Foreign Service despite having been promised that opportunity.
NBC4 Washington:
Teen Missing in Fairfax County Believed Dead; Suspect Charged: Police  —  A teen girl who was missing in Fairfax County is dead and a man has been charged in her murder, police say.  —  Police believe a body found Sunday afternoon in a pond in the 21500 block of Ridgetop Circle in Sterling …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
One Ohio Town's Immigration Clash, Down in the Actual Muck  —  WILLARD, Ohio — Migrant workers arrive here every spring to work in the “muck,” which is what everybody calls the fertile soil that makes this part of Ohio the perfect place to grow radishes, peppers, cucumbers and leafy greens.
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Bill O'Reilly promises to make news about his firing  —  This is why Bill O'Reilly was fired  —  As Bill O'Reilly sees it, the same forces that led to his ouster at Fox News are out to get President Trump.  And, in much the same spirit as Trump, O'Reilly is determined to settle the score.
New York Daily News:
Ground Zero recovery worker from Queens targeted by immigration authorities for deportation  —  A Queens man put his health on the line to help remove hazardous material from Ground Zero — and now immigration authorities want him removed from the country over a 30-year-old criminal case.
Discussion: Fusion and Raw Story
 
 
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Two years ago, they couldn't look away. Now some Trump supporters are tuning out.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Justice Department Is Killing Trump
Discussion: KRON4.com
Wall Street Journal:
In Georgia House Race, Parties Battle for New Swing Voters
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
How Michael Flynn's Disdain for Limits Led to a Legal Quagmire
CBS News:
Transcript: Sen. Marco Rubio on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2017
Discussion: The Week and Talking Points Memo
BBC:
Mosul battle: Iraqi forces attack IS-held Old City
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Notes on a Political Shooting
Kali Holloway / Salon:
White kids are bullying minority students using Trump's words
Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
The Danger of Ignoring Alex Jones
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Unedited Putin Interview Reveals A Missed Opportunity For Megyn Kelly and America
Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Ex-politician admits he groped 103-year-old mother-in-law's breasts
Discussion: Fusion and Raw Story
Kailani Koenig / NBC News:
Trump Attorney: The President Is Not Under Investigation
New York Times:
High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election
Discussion: Political Wire