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2:50 PM ET, June 20, 2017

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CBS News:
Trump's handling of Russia investigations weighs on approval ratings  —  President Trump's job approval rating has dipped in recent weeks, pushed down by negative reaction to his handling of the Russia investigations, and he's seen some slippage among Republicans as well.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Get Carried Away  —  I was the op-ed editor at The Wall Street Journal at the peak of the Whitewater scandal.  We ran a series of investigative pieces “raising serious questions” (as we say in the scandal business) about the nefarious things the Clintons were thought to have done back in Arkansas.
NBC News:
Once Champions of Sunlight, GOP Pens Health Care Plan In the Dark  —  First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Democrats stage overnight protest of Republican health care bill 2:15
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
The White House Press Briefing Is Slowly Dying  —  Over the course of the Trump administration, the White House's daily press briefings have been pared progressively further back; they are now shorter, less frequent, and routinely held off-camera.  —  The daily briefing is a venerable …
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Gabrielle Levy / Associated Press:
Sean Spicer Out as Press Secretary
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Why you should care about increasing secrecy in White House and Senate
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Off-camera, no audio broadcast: White House keeps undermining press briefing
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
What Will It Take to Dump Trump?  —  President Donald Trump walks …
Discussion: HuffPost
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Tour group says no more Americans to North Korea after Warmbier's death  —  The travel company that took University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier to North Korea said Monday that it is wrangling with the 22-year-old's death and will no longer take Americans to North Korea.
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Associated Press:
Trump calls Warmbier's death a ‘total disgrace’
Discussion: Politico
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Georgia special election: 7 things to watch  —  It's Election Day in Georgia, where a House special election has put President Donald Trump's popularity back on the ballot, turned suburban Atlanta into a battleground for the first time in a generation and obliterated campaign finance records.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Women Are Leading the Charge in Georgia's 6th Congressional District
Discussion: Boing Boing
Roll Call:   South Carolina's 5th District: The Forgotten Special Election
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Senate GOP plans July debt ceiling vote
Discussion: Associated Press
Rachel Roubein / The Hill:
RSC warns Senate: Healthcare changes may ‘jeopardize’ bill
Discussion: Politico and The Federalist
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Jill Stein Isn't Sorry  —  Had a few thousand votes in key Midwestern states gone to Hillary Clinton instead of Jill Stein, many on the left believe, America might be having a very different conversation today.  —  Instead, Democrats are still fuming about the role the Green Party nominee …
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
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Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Attorney for Bernie Donor Class Action Calls DNC ‘The Ultimate Ponzi Scheme’
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
FBI Director nominee removed reference to case involving Russian government from law firm bio  — Christopher Wray represented an American energy executive in 2006 who was being criminally investigated by the Russian government.  — The detail, which was included on Wray's biography …
Zachary Hansen / USA Today:
It's so hot in Phoenix, they can't fly planes … PHOENIX — The extreme heat forecast for Phoenix on Tuesday has caused the cancellation of 20 American Airlines flights out of Sky Harbor International Airport.  —  According to a statement from American Airlines, the American Eagle regional flights use …
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Zachary Hansen / Arizona Republic:
Nearly 50 flights canceled Tuesday as Phoenix nears 120-degree day
Discussion: AOL, The Verge and The Daily Caller
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Tim Cook told Trump tech employees are ‘nervous’ about immigration  — Tech employees are “nervous” about the Trump administration's approach on immigration, Tim Cook says.  —  Behind the scenes at the White House tech CEO meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump …
U.S. Central Command:
Coalition shoots down armed UAV in Syria  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  —  SOUTHWEST ASIA — A U.S. aircraft shot down an armed pro-Syrian regime Unmanned Aerial Vehicle advancing on Coalition forces in Southern Syria, June 20.  —  The armed pro-regime Shaheed-129 UAV was shot …
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Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed:
Secret Government Report: Chelsea Manning Leaks Caused No Real Harm  —  Prosecutors said WikiLeaks' disclosures about Iraq and Afghanistan posed a major threat to US national security.  But it turns out the classified document they cited — newly obtained by BuzzFeed News — said almost the exact opposite.
Tony Mauro / National Law Journal:
Mueller Recruits Another Lawyer from Solicitor General's Office to Russia Probe  —  Elizabeth Prelogar, a former law clerk to Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, appears to be fluent in Russian.  She formerly worked in private practice at Hogan Lovells.
Discussion: Power Line and Raw Story
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Robert Mueller Hires Another Clinton Donor For Russia Probe
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Armed Russian jet comes within 5 feet of US recon jet  —  An armed Russian fighter jet buzzed a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in the Baltic Sea on Monday, two U.S. officials told Fox News.  —  The Russian Su-27 jet had air-to-air missiles under its wings and approached …
Bloomberg:
China Invites Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to Visit Beijing  —  Latest sign of first family's influence on foreign policy  —  Trip later this year could pave way for president's visit  —  China has invited President Donald Trump's daughter and son-in-law to visit later this year …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
The Architecture of Regime Change  —  The ‘Resistance’ is using any and all means — lies, leaks, lawbreaking, and violence — to overturn the results of the 2016 election.  —  The problem with the election of President Donald J. Trump was not just that he presented a roadblock to an ongoing progressive revolution.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The prosecutor Trumpworld fears and loathes  —  Reuters is out with an interesting piece on Andrew Weissmann, the veteran federal prosecutor who's now working on Bob Mueller's investigative team:  —  “Weissmann, who headed the U.S. Justice Department's criminal fraud section …
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Senate Medicaid spending limits may lose moderate Republicans  —  A key moderate Senate Republican says she's uncomfortable with the emerging Senate health care plan, which is likely to cap Medicaid spending and shift it to a lower growth rate in 2025.  “I think that's a problem.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Daily Kos
Josh Saul / Newsweek:
DONALD TRUMP, FELIX SATER AND THE MOB: LAWYERS PUSH TO UNSEAL COURT DOCUMENTS THEY SAY COULD SHOW FRAUD BY PRESIDENT  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP FELIX SATER  —  Lawyers seeking to unseal documents related to the criminal past of a former business partner of President Donald Trump said in federal court …
Discussion: TheStreet
John Binder / Breitbart:
Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Muslim Teen  —  A young illegal alien is accused of brutally murdering a Muslim teenager in Fairfax County, Virginia near a mosque.  —  Darwin Martinez Torres, a 22 of El Salvador, is responsible for the beating death of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen, according to police, NBC Washington reported.
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration  —  the myth, which liberals like myself find tempting, is that only the right has changed.  In June 2015, we tell ourselves, Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator and pretty soon nativism, long a feature of conservative politics, had engulfed it.
Discussion: Power Line and Viking Pundit
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. investigators in Russia probe look at role of Flynn partner  —  Federal investigators probing the lobbying work of ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn are focused in part on the role of Bijan Kian, Flynn's former business partner, according to a person interviewed by the FBI.
 
 
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Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Ryan and Pence promise sweeping tax reform in 2017
Discussion: Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Bodyguard for well-known alt-right figure stabbed several times in Santa Monica
Discussion: Raw Story
media.ford.com:
FORD INVESTS IN KY. PLANT TO BUILD NEW EXPEDITION, NAVIGATOR; SMART, SPACIOUS NEW FOCUS FOR N.A. TO BE GLOBALLY SOURCED
Discussion: Axios, New York Times and Politicus USA
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Franken: Impeaching Trump could lead to ‘zealot’ Pence
Tony Lee / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Source Says Megyn Kelly ‘Would Not Be Welcomed Back’ at Fox News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Illinois careens into financial meltdown - and not even the lottery is safe
 Earlier Items: 
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Makes ACA Payments to Health Insurers for June
Discussion: Axios
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida Democrats' chairman ready to resign over racial remarks
Discussion: Washington Times
Associated Press:
Hitler bust among Argentina's biggest haul of Nazi artefacts found in secret room
Discussion: Mashable
Daniel J. Kornstein / USA Today:
A win for state-sponsored bigotry
Discussion: Althouse
Paul Barrett / Bloomberg:
The New Face of Trump's Legal Team Is the Christian Right's Pitbull
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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