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Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
CNN deletes, retracts story linking Trump and Russia — On Thursday evening, CNN investigative reporter Thomas Frank published a potentially explosive report involving an investigation of a Russian investment fund with potential ties to several associates of President Donald Trump.
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Editor's Note — On June 22, 2017, CNN.com published a story connecting Anthony Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. — That story did not meet CNN's editorial standards and has been retracted. Links to the story have been disabled. CNN apologizes to Mr. Scaramucci.
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The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, IJR, Instapundit, The Last Tradition and Talking Points Memo
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Senate GOP expected to add new penalties for the uninsured into their health bill — Senate Republicans are expected to revise their health bill early next week, adding in a provision that could lock Americans out of the individual market for six months if they fail to maintain continuous insurance coverage.
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Politicus USA, VTDigger and The Daily Caller
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Kamala D. Harris / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Kamala Harris: I can help you understand Trumpcare, but I can't defeat it alone
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Raw Story
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Our Fake Democracy — We tell ourselves stories in order to live, as Joan Didion said.
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The Mahablog
AP Story / Associated Press:
Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish … WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court enters its final week of work before a long summer hiatus with action expected on the Trump administration's travel ban and a decision due in a separation of church and state case that arises from a Missouri church playground.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Kennedy considering retiring from Supreme Court: reports — Speculation is swirling that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could announce his retirement as early as this term, The Associated Press and CNN reported Saturday. — Kennedy is considered the most pivotal justice on the Supreme Court …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Anthony Kennedy retirement watch at a fever pitch — Washington (CNN)Justice Anthony Kennedy, the man who so often determines the outcome of the most controversial Supreme Court cases, is himself the center of brewing speculation. — Will he stay or will he go?
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The Week and Political Wire
NBC News:
Trump White House Has Taken Little Action To Stop Next Election Hack — The Trump administration has taken little meaningful action to prevent Russian hacking, leaking and disruption in the next national election in 2018, despite warnings from intelligence officials that it will happen again, officials and experts told NBC News.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
An epidemic of lawlessness — Yesterday's Washington Post carried …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Frustrated Dems say Obama botched Russia response
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CANNONFIRE, The Week, Politicus USA, KTLA and Mediaite
Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times:
Number of refugees admitted to U.S. drops by almost half
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The Guardian, Fox News, IJR, SARAH PALIN and The Last Tradition
CBS News:
Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Why ‘Mattis in charge’ is a formula for disaster — “It's all under control: Mattis is in charge.” That, or words to that effect, is what U.S. national security officials have been telling European allies in recent days. Don't worry. There won't be any surprises.
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David Rank / Washington Post:
Why I resigned from the Foreign Service after 27 years — David Rank served in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1990 to 2017. The opinions expressed here are his own. — This month, I resigned from the State Department's Foreign Service, stepping down as the senior U.S. diplomat in China and ending a 27-year career.
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
California won't be passing a single-payer healthcare system any time soon — the plan is dead for this year — A high-profile effort to establish a single-payer healthcare system in California sputtered on Friday when Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) decided to shelve the proposal.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Mercury News
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Bruce Bartlett / Politico:
‘Trump Is What Happens When a Political Party Abandons Ideas’ — Almost two years ago, I wrote an article for Politico endorsing Donald Trump for president. It was a tongue-in-cheek effort—I “supported” Trump only because I thought he would lose to Hillary Clinton, disastrously …
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump called Cruz to press him on ObamaCare repeal bill: report — President Trump has joined the effort led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — (R-Ky.) to get the 50 votes needed for the Senate GOP bill to repeal ObamaCare, according to a new report.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump joins the effort to pass a health-care bill, but another GOP senator is opposed
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The Hill
Susan Hogan / Washington Post:
Illinois Catholic bishop decrees no Holy Communion, funerals for same-sex couples — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Ill., is calling on priests there to deny Holy Communion and even funeral rites to people in same-sex unions unless they show “some signs of repentance” for their relationships before death.
New York Times:
Why Grenfell Tower Burned: Regulators Put Cost Before Safety — LONDON — The doorbell woke Yassin Adam just before 1 a.m. A neighbor was frantically alerting others on the fourth floor of Grenfell Tower about a fire in his apartment. “My fridge blew up,” the man shouted.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
How Twitter Pornified Politics — This is the column in which I formally forswear Twitter for good. I'll keep my Twitter handle, and hopefully my followers, but an editorial assistant will manage the account from now on. I'll intercede only to say nice things about the writing I admire, the people I like and the music I love.
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Althouse
Oshrat Carmiel / Bloomberg:
A Second, Even Bigger Foreclosure Reaches NYC Billionaires' Row — Default might be most expensive for a New York condo: broker — Auction is the second scheduled in a month for a One57 unit — Another luxury condo at Manhattan's One57 is scheduled for a foreclosure auction …
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Gothamist
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems push leaders to talk less about Russia — Frustrated Democrats hoping to elevate their election fortunes have a resounding message for party leaders: Stop talking so much about Russia. — Democratic leaders have been beating the drum this year over the ongoing probes …
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Scared Monkeys, The Lid, The Last Tradition, Liberal Values, Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Tom Dart / The Guardian:
Dallas officer charged with aggravated assault for killing of 21-year-old woman — Genevive Dawes was shot and killed in January when police officer Christopher Hess fired into her moving vehicle — A grand jury has indicted a Dallas police officer on a charge of aggravated assault …
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