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Joshua Green / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon Is Out of Trump's Doghouse and Leading the Charge Against Mueller — Why does Trump double-down every time it seems like he should retreat? Because Steve Bannon is back in his boss's good graces. — On May 22, just as a strange photo of President Trump, Saudi king Salman …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. just contradicted a whole bunch of White House denials of Russian contacts — (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) — Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged Sunday that he met with a Russian lawyer who had promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton in June 2016.
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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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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New York Times:
How a Pageant Led to Trump Son's Meeting With Russian Lawyer
How a Pageant Led to Trump Son's Meeting With Russian Lawyer
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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
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Schiff: House Intelligence Committee ‘Will Want to Question’ Trump Jr.
Schiff: House Intelligence Committee ‘Will Want to Question’ Trump Jr.
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Bob Bauer / Just Security:
Open Door to Moscow? New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with Russia
Open Door to Moscow? New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with Russia
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Fire peers out from Trump-Russia smoke
The Note: Fire peers out from Trump-Russia smoke
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Putin Meets His Progeny
Putin Meets His Progeny
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material — More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information …
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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” …
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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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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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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Andy Slavitt / USA Today:
Republicans' best play amid health bill chaos is failure
Republicans' best play amid health bill chaos is failure
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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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Susannah George / Associated Press:
Iraqi Prime Minister Declares ‘Total Victory’ Over Islamic State In Mosul — MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Monday evening over the Islamic State in Mosul after nearly nine months of grueling combat to drive the militants out of Iraq's second-largest city.
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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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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Have a Point About Obama and Russia? — Did President Barack Obama “choke,” as his successor has now taken to claiming, by failing to respond more aggressively to the Russian hacking of the 2016 elections? — For President Donald Trump to say so carries more than a whiff …
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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 …
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Actor-comedian George Lopez sent a message to President Donald Trump: instead of deporting Latinos to make America's streets safer, he should “deport the police.” — In a post published on his Instagram Friday, Lopez is seen standing next to a caption that reads, “The Trump administration …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
High school newspaper lands interview with Mattis — A high school newspaper landed an interview with Defense Secretary James Mattis after an aide inadvertently leaked the military leader's cellphone number to the public. — Mattis's cellphone number was visible in a photo run by The Washington Post in May.
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