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11:40 AM ET, June 18, 2017

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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 …
Discussion: 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.”
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Raw Story
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.
Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
Trump's tough-talking outside counsel Mark Kasowitz may do him more harm than good
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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 …
Discussion: 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  —  Are you one of those people who suspects that all the brouhaha over campus free speech outrages, no matter how individually insane the stories, might be exaggerated …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish
Discussion: 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.
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 …
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-18-17: Newt Gingrich, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Douglas Lute  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on June 18, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  RADDATZ: And I'm joined now by Trump ally and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, author of Understanding Trump.
Discussion: Politicus USA
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ABC News:
Book excerpt: Newt Gingrich's ‘Understanding Trump’
Discussion: 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 …
John Bowden / The Hill:
ICE chief doubles down: Undocumented immigrants ‘should be concerned’  —  Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan doubled down on his controversial testimony before Congress earlier this week that all undocumented immigration “should be concerned” about being deported.
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Fox News:   Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones: NBC News under fire for ‘botched’ rollout of Kelly on eve of interview
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.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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Scott A. Schoettes / Newsweek:
Trump doesn't care about HIV. We're outta here
 
 
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Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Ex-politician admits he groped 103-year-old mother-in-law's breasts
Discussion: Fusion and Raw Story
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Poll of rural Americans shows deep cultural divide with urban centers
Discussion: Axios
Emily Jashinsky / Washington Examiner:
Caitlyn Jenner on congressional baseball tragedy: 'Liberals can't even shoot straight'
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Swedish Police Attacked By 100 Masked Migrant Youths
miamiherald:
‘We are better than this,’ impassioned Biden tells Florida Democrats
Discussion: Political Wire
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Trump's silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Only Mass Deportation Can Save America
Discussion: Instapundit and Balloon Juice
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Cerebral Palsy Didn't Stop This College Junior. Obamacare Repeal Might.
Discussion: The Hill and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Hospital says Scalise showing ‘signs of improvement’ after additional surgery
Discussion: ABC News
Matt Bruenig:
If fireproofing is a waste for the poor, it is also a waste for the rich
CNN:
Senate Democrats weigh blockade to protest GOP health care plan
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Trump's Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

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UnHerd:
Scientific American EIC Laura Helmuth is stepping down, following criticism for her social media posts suggesting Trump voters were racist, sexist, and fascist

 
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