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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Mueller has waited long enough. It's subpoena time. — What should the special counsel do next? I'd suggest it's subpoena time. — Robert S. Mueller III has proved himself a remarkably patient prosecutor. His negotiations with President Trump's lawyers have stretched on for at least six months …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Secret memo to Mueller actually reveals weakness of Trump's position
Secret memo to Mueller actually reveals weakness of Trump's position
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Associated Press, American Prospect and The Daily Beast
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says Appointment of Special Counsel is ‘Totally Unconstitutional’
Trump Says Appointment of Special Counsel is ‘Totally Unconstitutional’
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The Hill, USA Today, Vox and Little Green Footballs
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Cops are called when a senator tries to see kids taken from their immigrant parents
The Daily 202: Cops are called when a senator tries to see kids taken from their immigrant parents
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Lawyers Say He Is the Law
Trump's Lawyers Say He Is the Law
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ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, The Atlantic and NBC News
Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Rudy Giuliani: Here's what Trump's talking about when he floats pardoning himself and lashing out at Mueller
Rudy Giuliani: Here's what Trump's talking about when he floats pardoning himself and lashing out at Mueller
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Mother Jones, CNN and National Review
Caroline Kenny / CNN:
Trump: ‘I have the absolute right to pardon myself’
Trump: ‘I have the absolute right to pardon myself’
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules in favor of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled narrowly for a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple. — In an opinion by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the court held …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court throws out lower court decision that allowed immigrant teenager to obtain abortion — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a lower court's decision that allowed an undocumented immigrant teenager to obtain an abortion over the protests of the Trump administration.
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David French / National Review:
In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Justice Kennedy Strikes a Blow for the Dignity of the Faithful
In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Justice Kennedy Strikes a Blow for the Dignity of the Faithful
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Gay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court's Compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
Gay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court's Compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
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The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo and The Progressive Pulse
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Tosses Gay-Bias Finding Against Wedding-Cake Baker
Supreme Court Tosses Gay-Bias Finding Against Wedding-Cake Baker
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Washington Post:
Pruitt had aide do numerous personal tasks, including a hunt for a used Trump hotel mattress — In mid-September, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator's director of scheduling and advance, Millan Hupp, reached out to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., with an unusual request.
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New York Times:
Aide Sought a New Apartment for Scott Pruitt, as Well as an ‘Old Mattress’ From Trump Hotel — WASHINGTON — A senior Environmental Protection Agency official acted essentially as the personal assistant to the administrator, Scott Pruitt, helping him hunt for an apartment …
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Politico, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Howard Schultz to Step Down as Starbucks Executive Chairman — SEATTLE — Howard Schultz, the outspoken executive chairman of Starbucks, will leave the company at the end of the month, bringing to an end the tenure of a socially conscious entrepreneur who turned a local Seattle coffee chain …
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Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Howard Schultz, architect of modern Starbucks, to step down as executive chair and from the board — Howard Schultz is stepping down from his role as executive chairman of Starbucks, effective June 26. — Myron E. Ullman, former chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney was named chair …
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Why Melania Trump's vanishing act matters — WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump has all but vanished. — She hasn't been seen with President Donald Trump at a public event since May 10, four days before she underwent surgery for a kidney problem. She won't be at her husband's side …
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
The ‘weirdness’ of dealing with North Korean officials
The ‘weirdness’ of dealing with North Korean officials
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Khorri Atkinson / Axios:
White House releases more details on North Korea summit
White House releases more details on North Korea summit
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One America News Network
Courier-Journal:
Crowd cheers when valedictorian quotes Trump. Then reveals it was Obama — Ben Bowling graduation speech Courtesy of Ben Bowling — Bell County high school student and valedictorian Ben Bowling wanted to share some words of wisdom with his graduating class, but there was a twist that no one saw coming.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Told Kim Kardashian She and Kanye West Are Helping Him With Black Voters — Met with reality TV star on pardon plea for 63-year-old woman — Credits her husband Kanye West with rise in black support — President Donald Trump welcomed Kim Kardashian to the White House last week to discuss prison reform.
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Jeff Weiss / Washington Post:
Kanye West's ‘Ye’ is the unedited ramblings of the world's oldest adolescent — According to Kanye West, the title of his eighth album revealed itself upon his epiphany that “ye” is the most commonly used word in the Bible. — It isn't. According to KingJamesBibleOnline.org, “ye,” …
CNN:
Trump's phone call with Macron described as ‘terrible’ — Washington (CNN)A call about trade and migration between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron soured last week after Macron candidly criticized Trump's policies, two sources familiar with the call told CNN.
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Bill Clinton: I wouldn't have done anything differently in Lewinsky scandal even in #MeToo era — Clinton stuck by his decision to fight his impeachment rather than resign. “I think I did the right thing. I defended the Constitution,” he said. — Former President Bill Clinton says that …
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
BuzzFeed Allowed Key Defense in Russian's Defamation Suit Over Trump Dossier — A Florida judge rejects a Russian entrepreneur who argued that the Trump dossier publication wasn't protected as a fair report of official government action. — In its continuing fight against a Russian tech entrepreneur …
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
Mourning America: What my father, Ronald Reagan, would say today — Patti Davis is an author and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. — My father used to talk about a recurring dream he had in which he was walking into a beautiful white building with grand columns, knowing that it was his new home.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Did Putin Help Trump Come Up With His Cover Story? (Pretty Likely) — One of the many revelations from that “leaked” letter from the White House to the Mueller team is that the White House is now stating as a fact what it had long denied or at least seriously downplayed: that the President personally …
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Washington Press, Washington Monthly, Washington Post and Booman Tribune
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
CD01 Incumbent Popular, But Race is Close — Democratic enthusiasm makes race competitive — West Long Branch, NJ - The race for House of Representatives in Pennsylvania's newly drawn 1st congressional district is shaping up to be a close contest, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
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Political Wire
Michael Mcgough / Sacramento Bee:
Nearly half of Bay Area residents want out, poll shows. The reason why is no surprise — The idea of a Bay Area “exodus” is no joke, and appears to be growing more vivid and real with each year. — A poll released Sunday by a local advocacy group showed that 46 percent of Bay Area residents surveyed …
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘Fighting for our lives.’ Orange County Dems nervous ahead of Tuesday primary — HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Dennis Bress smiled ear to ear as he rallied Sunday for a Democratic House candidate in this sun-bleached Republican district. Like many activists, this 55-year-old-campaign volunteer …
Ben White / Politico:
Cohn kept the jobs numbers for Trump — COHN KEPT THE JOBS NUMBERS FROM TRUMP — MM hears that before he left the White House, former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn would withhold jobs report data from President Trump until shortly before their release because he was worried …
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Sarah Jones / Columbia Journalism Review:
The great remove — How journalism got so out of touch with the people it covers — To become a journalist, Rajaa Elidrissi knew she would need a strategy. Growing up in a low-income household in Elmhurst, Queens, she started collecting clips at age 13.
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
New US ambassador to Germany under fire for rightwing support — Politicians accuse Richard Grenell of breach of protocol after interview in Breitbart — German politicians have criticised Donald Trump's new ambassador to Germany after he said he wanted to “empower” anti-establishment rightwing forces throughout Europe.
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Beatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap:
Woody Allen Says He Should Be ‘Poster Boy for the #MeToo Movement’ — “I've worked with hundreds of actresses and not a single one... have ever ever suggested any kind of impropriety at all,” says the filmmaker — Woody Allen says he should be the “poster boy” for the #MeToo movement given …
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Kassy Dillon / Daily Wire:
WATCH: VA Senate Candidate Corey Stewart Calls Anti-Semite Paul Nehlen ‘Hero’ — A video has recently surfaced of Corey Stewart, the perceived front-runner of the Virginia Republican nomination for Senate, calling known anti-Semite Paul Nehlen one of his “personal heroes.”
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Raw Story
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Business economists worry about possible recession in 2020 — WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of top business economists believes the major tax cuts President Donald Trump pushed through Congress will give a significant boost to economic growth this year and next year.
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