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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. in legal danger for Russia meeting about Clinton dirt — Donald Trump Jr. is in a legal danger zone following his acknowledgment that he met during the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign with a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties who offered to deliver damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
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Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Exclusive: Donald Trump Jr. hires N.Y. lawyer for Russia probes — Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, has hired New York lawyer Alan Futerfas to represent him in connection with Russia-related investigations, the lawyer and Trump Jr.'s office said on Monday.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The latest Trump/Russia leaks came from inside the White House
The latest Trump/Russia leaks came from inside the White House
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. just contradicted a whole bunch of White House denials of Russian contacts
Donald Trump Jr. just contradicted a whole bunch of White House denials of Russian contacts
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Washington Post:
Meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer was requested by Russian pop star whose family is close to Putin
Meeting between Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer was requested by Russian pop star whose family is close to Putin
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump Jr. should be interviewed by Senate Intel panel
GOP senator: Trump Jr. should be interviewed by Senate Intel panel
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Howard Dean: ‘Criminal enterprise’ running the country now
New York Times:
How the Miss Universe Pageant Led to Trump Team's Meeting With Russian Lawyer
How the Miss Universe Pageant Led to Trump Team's Meeting With Russian Lawyer
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Pew Research Center:
Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions — Republicans increasingly say colleges have negative impact on U.S. — Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments of the impact of several of the nation's leading institutions - including the news media …
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Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Poll: Majority Of Republicans Now Say Colleges Are Bad For America
Poll: Majority Of Republicans Now Say Colleges Are Bad For America
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Senate GOP aims to release new health bill by week's end — Senate Republicans are hoping to unveil a revamped draft of their legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare by the end of this week, though there are major questions about how it will address roiling GOP disagreement over a proposal touted by conservative senators.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP eyes ObamaCare repeal vote next week
Senate GOP eyes ObamaCare repeal vote next week
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
How Trumpcare Dies — Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz.
How Trumpcare Dies — Republicans' health care legislation is on the fritz.
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
The only way for Senate Republicans to repeal Obamacare? Ignore everything they've said
The only way for Senate Republicans to repeal Obamacare? Ignore everything they've said
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Hullabaloo and Outside the Beltway
The Intercept:
Jared Kushner Tried and Failed to Get a Half-Billion Dollar Bailout From Qatar — Not long before a major crisis ripped through the Middle East, pitting the United States and a bloc of Gulf countries against Qatar, Jared Kushner's real estate company had unsuccessfully sought …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Could Donald Trump Have Been Elected As a Democrat? — During the Republican presidential primary, the traditional conservative Republican counterattack on Donald Trump defined him as an ideologically alien figure. Trump, conservatives insisted, was a “liberal Republican,” or …
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David Siders / Politico:
California Democrats plunge into ‘civil war’ — LOS ANGELES — Long-standing tensions between the Democratic Party's moderate and liberal wings have ignited in California, where progressive activists are redirecting their anger over Donald Trump and congressional Republicans toward Democratic leaders at home.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump accuses James Comey of breaking the law — based on a misleading Fox News report — President Trump's first day back in the office after his brief trip to Europe began, as so many do, with a flurry of tweets. It seems that Trump, as he so often does, tuned into “Fox and Friends” …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Comey friend: No memos given to me were marked classified
Comey friend: No memos given to me were marked classified
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Bloomberg:
One of the Biggest Reasons Republicans Stick by Trump — They blocked Obama's court nominees for years. Now they're filling those seats, starting a huge shift rightward for the judiciary. — Although he's been thwarted so far on his legislative agenda before Congress, most notably on health care …
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Shawn Boburg / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of Bernie Sanders — A federal investigation into a land deal led by Jane Sanders, the wife and political adviser of Sen. Bernie Sanders, has accelerated in recent months — with prosecutors hauling off more than a dozen boxes …
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Mark K. Matthews / Denver Post:
Ed Perlmutter to drop out of Colorado governor's race, sources say — Decision coming just weeks after entry of fellow Democratic congressman Jared Polis into the race — WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter plans to announce Tuesday that he will end his run for Colorado governor …
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot For Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine. — Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. … It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated …
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Foreign Policy:
Trump's Trolls Are Waging War on America's Civil Servants — Alt-right bloggers are singling out government employees deemed hostile to the president's agenda. — On June 11, alt-right blogger Mike Cernovich published an article attacking an assistant to National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster …
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Raw Story
ACLU:
ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Over Trump Election Commission Secrecy — WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today over the lack of transparency by President Trump's election commission. — The lawsuit charges the commission with failing to comply …
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Mark Meadows Draws Line in the Sand: Next Spending Bill Must Fund President Trump's Border Wall — House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) told Breitbart News exclusively that the next government spending bill must fund President Donald Trump's promised border wall …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
President Trump's enemies list — Donald Trump is less than six months into his presidency, yet one of the organizing principles of his political operation is already becoming clear: payback. — In private, Trump has spoken of spending $10 million of his own money to defeat an incumbent senator …
Owen Bennett / HuffPost UK:
Tory MP Anne Marie Morris Recorded Saying Brexit No Deal Is A ‘N***** In A Woodpile’ — No reaction from other Tory MPs on the panel. — Deputy Political Editor, HuffPost UK — A Tory Brexiteer has described the UK leaving the EU without a deal as a “real n*****r in the woodpile” at a meeting of eurosceptics in Central London.
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Monmouth University:
Monmouth University Polling Institute — New Jersey — Choice Words for “Beachgate” — Most think state is now worse off because of Gov. Christie — West Long Branch, NJ - The past few weeks have been no day at the beach for New Jersey's governor... except for that day at the beach, of course.
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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Federal government cancels costly, decade-long search for a new FBI headquarters — The federal government is canceling the search for a new FBI headquarters, according to officials familiar with the decision, putting a more than decade-long search by the bureau to move out of the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building back at square one.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Lena Dunham selling the dress she wore the night Trump won — Lena Dunham is selling the dress she says she cried in on election night last year, when President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton — The Kenzo ruffle-accented printed dress is one of more than a hundred items up for grabs from the former …
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