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New York Times:
F.B.I. Official Wrote Secret Memo Fearing Trump Got a Cover Story for Comey Firing  —  WASHINGTON — The former acting F.B.I. director, Andrew G. McCabe, wrote a confidential memo last spring recounting a conversation that offered significant behind-the-scenes details on the firing …
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump bends the truth as he tries to beat back Russia probe  —  The president renews his claim that he didn't fire Comey because of the Russia investigation — despite saying last year he did just that.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday peppered his Twitter feed with falsehoods …
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Trump flubs endorsement of N.Y. congressman  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  AT 4:46 P.M. yesterday afternoon, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP delivered REP. DAN DONOVAN (R-N.Y.) an endorsement the lawmaker had long been waiting for.  Donovan is running against MICHAEL GRIMM, a former House Republican who was recently in prison.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Email snafu reveals White House outreach to Obama and Clinton alumni
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Yes, the FBI Was Investigating the Trump Campaign When It Spied
Discussion: Power Line and The Intercept
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Trey Gowdy Didn't Even See Documents He Claims Exonerate FBI On Spygate: Reports
Discussion: Power Line, CNN, twitchy.com and ABC News
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY / USA Today:
McCabe memo: Trump asked Rosenstein to mention Russia in Comey firing
Discussion: Vox
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump again insists Russia probe was not the reason he fired Comey, despite previous comments to the contrary
Discussion: CNBC and ThinkProgress
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump ‘spygate’ offensive loses steam
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Week
Washington Post:
Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico  —  By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM  —  The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Conservative billionaire Koch brothers' network denounces Trump's tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico  — In a statement first given to CNBC, the influential Koch network denounced the decision to implement the tariffs, urging the White House to “abandon” similar policies.
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
White House to Impose Metal Tariffs on Europe, Canada and Mexico, Risking Retaliation  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would impose tariffs on metals imported from its closest allies, a measure that could provoke retaliation against American businesses.
Discussion: Axios
Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump's Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’  —  WASHINGTON — Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trump's victory.  —  “What if we were wrong?” he asked aides riding with him in the armored presidential limousine.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
This HBO footage of Ben Rhodes on election night is as bad as people said it was
Discussion: Daily Wire
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Axios:
Trump will pardon Dinesh D'Souza  —  President Trump announced in a Thursday morning tweet that he would issue a full pardon to controversial conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, who pled guilty in 2014 to a felony charge of illegally making contributions to a California Senate campaign.
Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
“The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable  —  Were you craving a bit more bloodshed from the finale of FX's “The Americans”?  Some tooth-pulling ultraviolence, or maybe another corpse crunched into a briefcase, on the long road to Moscow?  If so, you were clearly watching the wrong show.
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Sonny Bunch / Washington Free Beacon:
'They'll Remember Us'
Discussion: The Ringer
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Jury Leaves $4 to Family of Man Killed by Sheriff's Deputy, Along With Many Questions  —  For more than four years, questions swirled about the shooting death of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. at his home in Fort Pierce, Fla. After all, there were only three witnesses to how the entire episode unfolded …
Discussion: Raw Story, Splinter and Althouse
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney reveals his 2016 presidential vote  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney revealed Wednesday who he voted for in the 2016 presidential election.  —  His wife, Ann Romney.  —  “I wrote in the name of a person who I admire deeply, who I think would be an excellent president,” …
BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid Promoted An Infamous 9/11 Conspiracy Documentary On Her Old Blog  —  The MSNBC host, who has recently come under fire for claiming her blog was hacked, encouraged her readers to watch “Loose Change.”  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid encouraged readers of her now-defunct blog to watch …
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Paul Farhi / San Francisco Chronicle:
MSNBC host Joy Reid faces new questions about her old blog
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
John Boehner in Michigan: ‘Republican Party is taking a nap somewhere’  —  Boehner sits down with Local 4's Devin Scillian  —  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - Former Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a keynote address and was joined by Devin Scillian during the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday morning.
Bradley Hope / Wall Street Journal:
British Expert on the Royal Family Is Actually Tommy From Upstate New York  —  As the royal wedding unfolded, Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq. was on screen to enlighten many on the monarchy; he's from north of Albany  —  When Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle walked …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Post-Memorial Day Status Report  —  Where things stand in the battles for Congress and the governorships  —  KEY POINTS IN THIS ARTICLE  — Both Democrats and Republicans have about equal odds of winning the House majority.  — Republicans remain clearly favored in the battle for Senate control.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The Real Reason Why Republicans Could Win in California
Discussion: Politico and Axios
JONATHAN LEMIRE, ERIC TUCKER and LISA MASCARO / Asso …:
Saving Sessions: Inside the GOP effort to protect the AG  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president's inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general's job.
Magdaline Duncan / Politico:
Denmark bans wearing the burqa in public  —  Denmark is the latest European country to pass a law banning face veils, outlawing the burqa and niqab worn by some Muslim women.  —  Parliament voted on Thursday for the law, proposed by the center-right government, by 75 votes to 30, with 74 abstentions.
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Associated Press:
Denmark joins some European nations in banning burqa, niqab
Discussion: Breitbart and Clayton Cramer
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
White America's racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says  —  White Americans are increasingly critical of the country's social safety net, a new study suggests, thanks in part to a rising tide of racial resentment.  —  The study, conducted by researchers …
Discussion: Berkeley News and Hullabaloo
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Mitch McConnell's record-breaking reign  —  The 76-year-old senator has made clear he plans to run again in 2020 and keep leading the Republican conference.  —  One of Mitch McConnell's toughest tasks is the daily head count he conducts of his 50-member caucus.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell is winning the long game
Discussion: New York Magazine
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Right About Roseanne  —  Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom “Roseanne” after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet.  There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.
Washington Post:
South Korea may try for a three-way summit in Singapore with U.S. and North Korea  —  SEOUL — As senior U.S. and North Korean officials worked toward reviving an aborted meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Trump, South Korea on Thursday expressed interest in a three-way summit in Singapore …
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Jerry Falwell Jr. And A Young Pool Attendant Are Embroiled In A Lawsuit Over A Miami Beach Hostel  —  Trump's fixer Michael Cohen helped arrange Falwell's pivotal endorsement of Donald Trump, the first by a major evangelical.  —  Influential evangelical leader and Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr. went …
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
New NSC chief of staff is from group that believes Muslims are plotting to take over U.S.  —  The White House has named a new National Security Council chief of staff from a group that propagates the conspiracy theory that Islamists have infiltrated the U.S. government in a plot to take over the country.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Chicago Tribune:
Illinois approves Equal Rights Amendment, 36 years after deadline  —  The Illinois House voted on the federal Equal Rights Amendment, more than 35 years after the deadline to ratify it passed.  (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)  —  Privacy Policy  —  The Illinois House voted Wednesday night …
 
 
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Robert Mitchell / Variety:
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Call out his lies. He depends on them.
Discussion: PolitiFact, MSNBC, Daily Kos and Paste
Wall Street Journal:
‘Tropical Messiah’: A Trump-Style Politician Is Mexican Presidential Front Runner
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Howard Stern Reveals Trump Asked Him to Speak at the Republican National Convention
Caleb Melby / Bloomberg:
Trump's Net Worth Slides to $2.8 Billion, Lowest Since Campaign
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Arizona governor huddles with John and Cindy McCain
Discussion: Arizona Republic and Politico
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Immigration Policy Veers From Abhorrent to Evil
Discussion: Raw Story
Candace Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
AOL's Steve Case Sells Estate to Saudi Government for $43 Million
Discussion: The Daily Caller
ProPublica:
Pictures From an Interrogation: Drawings by Abu Zubaydah
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
‘I Will Never Roll on Donald Trump,’ Promises Definitely Innocent Adviser Roger Stone
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 

 
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