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New York Times:
California Primary Election Results — At the top of the ballot in California is the race to replace Gov. Jerry Brown, a term-limited Democrat. The big question on Tuesday is not so much who will place first — that's almost certain to be Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, a former mayor of San Francisco — but who will place second.
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Los Angeles Times:
Live results from the California primary — Polls close at 8 p.m. Pacific time. — Results are expected soon thereafter. This page will update as they arrive. Here are three storylines we will be tracking tonight: — 1. Can the GOP make the cut for governor?
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The Daily Caller and KTLA
New York Times:
Gavin Newsom Wins Spot in California Election for Governor — LOS ANGELES — Gavin Newsom, the Democratic lieutenant governor and former mayor of San Francisco, took a major step Tuesday in his bid to become California's next governor, capturing one of two spots on the November ballot …
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ABC News, CBS San Francisco, Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Steve Lopez / Los Angeles Times:
In the heart of the Trump resistance, so much apathy in California — Sure, it's just a primary. — And the general election is five months away. — But is that reason enough, in a state that has screamed its political resistance loud and clear, to sleep through an election? — Read More
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
118,522 voters accidentally left off Los Angeles County polling place rosters
118,522 voters accidentally left off Los Angeles County polling place rosters
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HuffPost, The Week and electionlawblog.org
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Error leaves 118,000 voters in California off rosters in Los Angeles County
Error leaves 118,000 voters in California off rosters in Los Angeles County
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89.3 KPCC, Raw Story and Washington Times
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Gavin Newsom, John Cox to face off in fall CA governor's race
Gavin Newsom, John Cox to face off in fall CA governor's race
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San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats look like they won't be shut out of critical California House races
Democrats look like they won't be shut out of critical California House races
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Axios
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
Gavin Newsom, John Cox advance to general election in California governor's race
Gavin Newsom, John Cox advance to general election in California governor's race
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NBC Bay Area, Breitbart, Bloomberg and Raw Story
Tina Moore / New York Post:
Dennis Rodman will be in Singapore for Trump-Kim summit — NBA star turned Kim Jong Un soulmate Dennis Rodman will be in Singapore during President Trump's summit with the North Korean dictator next week, The Post has learned. — “The Worm” will arrive in the country a day before the June 12 sitdown …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Wants Kim to Commit to Disarmament Timetable in Singapore — Mar-a-Lago summit possible if talks go well between leaders — White House hasn't described schedule beyond first meeting — The White House wants North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to a timetable to surrender …
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The American Conservative and BloombergQuint
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Will Trump stand up for free press in Singapore?
Will Trump stand up for free press in Singapore?
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One America News Network and NEWS.com.au
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Democrat Arthur wins Missouri special election days after Greitens resigns — Democratic Rep. Lauren Arthur prevailed by a double-digit margin over Republican Rep. Kevin Corlew in a special election for a state Senate seat Tuesday night. — Republicans won't risk losing control …
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The Daily Beast, KMBC, Associated Press, HuffPost and The Week
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats win state Senate seat in Missouri, their 42nd red-to-blue flip of the cycle
Democrats win state Senate seat in Missouri, their 42nd red-to-blue flip of the cycle
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Associated Press, The Week, Axios and Political Wire
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Former schoolteacher flips Missouri Senate seat blue in Trump country
Former schoolteacher flips Missouri Senate seat blue in Trump country
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CNN, Washington Press and KCUR
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt enlisted an EPA aide to help his wife find a job — at Chick-fil-A — Three months after Scott Pruitt was sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, his executive scheduler emailed Dan Cathy, chairman and president of the fast food company Chick-fil-A …
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New York Times, CNN, Politico, New York Magazine, Daily Kos, NBC News, Washington Press, RedState, Platts, VICE, Mother Jones, Splinter, Washington Monthly, Shakesville, Mediaite, The Week, Talking Points Memo and The Atlantic
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Playbook scoop: Senate Democrats' August messaging plan — DRIVING THE DAY — STRATEGY MEMO ... SENATE DEMOCRATS, forced by Republicans to stay in Washington during the August recess, are planning to try to turn the session into a referendum on Republicans' handling of health-care policy.
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Washington Post, Political Wire, Joe.My.God. and Mother Jones
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Sean Patrick Maloney Jumps Into New York Attorney General's Race
Sean Patrick Maloney Jumps Into New York Attorney General's Race
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Los Angeles Times
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Has Racked Up At Least 10 New Scandals In Just The Past Month
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Has Racked Up At Least 10 New Scandals In Just The Past Month
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CNN, Washington Post and Breitbart
CNN:
Press aide who mocked McCain is out at the White House — White House still won't apologize for McCain joke — (CNN)Kelly Sadler, the White House communications aide who made a imprudent comment about Republican Sen. John McCain's health last month, no longer works in the administration …
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New York Times:
Kelly Sadler, Aide Who Mocked McCain, Leaves White House — WASHINGTON — A White House communications aide who made headlines in May for cracking a macabre joke about the health of Senator John McCain has left the White House. — The aide, Kelly Sadler, made off-the-cuff comments …
CBS News:
Secret Service arrests White House contractor with outstanding attempted murder warrant — The Secret Service arrested a contractor outside the White House on Tuesday for an outstanding warrant that includes an attempted murder charge, CBS News Washington correspondent Paula Reid reports.
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ABC News, CNN, Mediaite, twitchy.com, HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, Splinter and The Daily Caller
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
National Security Council Contractor Arrested at White House for Attempted Murder
National Security Council Contractor Arrested at White House for Attempted Murder
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Washington Times and Daily Wire
New York Times:
Facebook Gave Data Access to Chinese Firm Flagged by U.S. Intelligence — Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant that has a close relationship with China's government, the social media company said on Tuesday.
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Axios, The Week, Mashable, BuzzFeed, Boing Boing, Engadget and RAPPLER, more at Techmeme »
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Facebook granted devices from Huawei, a Chinese telecom firm, special access to social data
Facebook granted devices from Huawei, a Chinese telecom firm, special access to social data
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Motherboard, Gizmodo, Breitbart and Engadget
Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bid to recall Judge Aaron Persky appears successful in Santa Clara County — Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky was on his way to being voted out of office Tuesday, two years after he set off national outrage by sentencing a Stanford athlete to six months in jail …
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Washington Post and Palo Alto Daily Post
Eric Adler / Kansas City Star:
Kate Spade suffered years of mental illness, sister says. Suicide ‘not unexpected’ — Grieving deeply, Kate Spade's older sister told The Star on Tuesday that her famous designer sister suffered debilitating mental illness for the last three or four years and was self-medicating with alcohol.
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ABC News, The Daily Beast, Los Angeles Times and TMZ.com
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
There will be no Trump collapse — I've tried everything to avoid thinking about the next election — family travel, yard work, crossword puzzles. But now it's only five months away, barely longer than the gestation period of a North American beaver, or the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The Enlightenment's Dark Side — The Enlightenment is having a renaissance, of sorts. A handful of centrist and conservative writers have reclaimed the 17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement as a response to nationalism and ethnic prejudice on the right and relativism and “identity politics” on the left.
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
GOP elects white supremacist who rioted in Charlottesville — Emboldened by Trump's racism, a record number of white supremacists are making their way into mainstream Republican politics. — A participant in last summer's deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville has been elected …
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The Stranger, The Mary Sue, HuffPost and Shakesville
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
McCabe seeks immunity for testimony in congressional hearing over FBI handling of Clinton email probe — Justice IG submits criminal referral on McCabe — (CNN)Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has requested the Senate Judiciary Committee provide him with immunity from prosecution …
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People's Pundit Daily, JONATHAN TURLEY, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Lawmakers Warn IG Being Pressured to Slow Roll Clinton FBI Report
Lawmakers Warn IG Being Pressured to Slow Roll Clinton FBI Report
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New York Times, Fox News, Politico, The Post & Email, The Gateway Pundit and Sean Hannity
Nick Baumann / HuffPost:
A HuffPost Reporter Was Bombarded With Threats. Twitter Suspended Him. — When Twitter outsources policing its platform to victims of harassment, it empowers brigades of trolls and extremists. — Last week HuffPost reporter Luke O'Brien published a story identifying the woman behind @AmyMek …
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Bernard Media, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Schad / USA Today:
Fox News apologizes after Eagles' Zach Ertz blasts national anthem ‘propaganda’ — Hours after Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz and defensive lineman Chris Long criticized Fox News for showing footage of Eagles players praying before games — during a segment about protests during …
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Bleeding Green Nation, TheBlaze, New York Magazine, ProFootballTalk and Breitbart
Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Martha Roby, who criticized Trump, forced into runoff — Rep. Martha Roby, who angered constituents by un-endorsing then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, was forced into a runoff in Alabama's conservative-leaning 2nd Congressional District. — With 59 percent of the precincts reporting …
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ABC News, Politico and Daily Caller News Foundation
New York Times:
Putin Moves to Capitalize on Europe's Fury With Trump — BRUSSELS — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arrived in Austria on Tuesday sensing an opportunity almost unimaginable just months ago: to overhaul frosty relations with a European Union infuriated by President Trump on a host of issues …
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BloombergQuint, The Intercept, Spectator USA and Axios
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Mueller Finally Starts to Target Trump's Israel Ties — Our media has followed the Justice Department's investigation of President Donald Trump's ties to Russia closely for more than a year, with each revelation getting granular analysis amid endless television coverage.
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The Daily Beast
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Venessa Wong / BuzzFeed:
McDonald's Kiosks Are The New Cashiers — A few thousand more McDonald's restaurants will have self-order kiosks by the end of the year. — McDonald's will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter for the next two years, according to CEO Steve Easterbrook.
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Betsy's Page, Fortune, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and CNBC
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
SD state lawmaker: Businesses should be allowed to ‘turn away people of color’ — A South Dakota state lawmaker argued in a Facebook comment that businesses should be allowed to turn down people based on the color of their skin. — The comment from state Rep. Michael Clark (R) …
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Joe.My.God. and Argus Leader
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Sessions defends separating immigrant parents and children: 'We've got to get this message out' — Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a vigorous defense of the hard-line Trump administration policy that has resulted in immigrant children being separated from their parents after crossing …
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ABC News, USA Today, What The Fuck …, Splinter, ThinkProgress and Mother Jones
Wall Street Journal:
European Officials Say U.S. Threat of Sanctions Imperils Bid to Save Iran Deal — Letter to Trump administration says secondary sanctions undercuts their push to preserve trade and investment with Tehran — Senior European officials conceded in a letter to the Trump administration …