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Philly.com:
Trump cancels Eagles' White House celebration on eve of visit after fewer than 10 players planned to attend — President Trump on Monday abruptly rescinded an invitation to host the Eagles at the White House, citing the “smaller delegation” that was planning to attend and again stoking …
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Deana Gamble / Mayor Kenney's Statement …:
Mayor Kenney's Statement on Eagles Cancelled White House Visit — For immediate release: June 04, 2018Published by: Office of the Mayor Contact: Deana Gamble press@phila.gov (215) 686-6210 — Mayor Kenney released the following statement on the recent decision of President Trump to disinvite …
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Melania Trump emerges at White House after weekslong absence — Melania Trump emerged on Monday after more than three weeks out of the public eye, ending an absence that inspired wild conspiracy theories about her health and well-being. — She appeared at a closed-door Memorial Day reception …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering — Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and lobbying case. — In court documents, prosecutors working for the special counsel …
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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
Paul Manafort Loses His Cool — At the height of his powers as a political consultant, Paul Manafort was known for his cool. In fact, the value of his counsel increased at moments of crisis. While others panicked, Manafort rarely evinced a hint of frazzle.
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Washington Post:
Mueller accuses Paul Manafort of witness tampering — Federal prosecutors accused former Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort of witness tampering late Monday in his criminal case and asked a federal judge to consider revoking or revising his release.
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses: U.S. special counsel
Manafort attempted to tamper with potential witnesses: U.S. special counsel
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BuzzFeed, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Splinter and iPolitics
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller accuses Manafort of witness tampering
Mueller accuses Manafort of witness tampering
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller accuses Manafort of witness tampering
Mueller accuses Manafort of witness tampering
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Richard Primus / Politico:
Trump's Travel Ban Is in Trouble at the Supreme Court — Justice Kennedy's ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case suggests the court's next big decision might go badly for the president. — In a much-anticipated decision Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled - by a vote of 7 to 2 …
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
How the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Strengthens the Case Against Trump's Travel Ban
How the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Strengthens the Case Against Trump's Travel Ban
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
In Narrow Opinion, Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple
In Narrow Opinion, Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple
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Ryan T. Anderson / The Daily Signal:
Supreme Court Upholds Baker's Right to Disagree With Gay Marriage in Marketplace
Supreme Court Upholds Baker's Right to Disagree With Gay Marriage in Marketplace
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Dominique Jackson / Raw Story:
Ted Cruz awkwardly pauses for 20 seconds before refusing to answer question on Trump's pardon tweets — President Donald Trump tweeted Monday morning that he has the constitutional right to pardon himself. — This statement caused mass controversy over the president asserting that he is above the law.
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Elites Value Mellifluous Illegality over Crass Lawfulness — Obama defies the Constitution but sounds ‘presidential.’ Trump follows it but sounds like a loudmouth from Queens. — Donald Trump blusters nonstop. He offers contrasting messages about whether, on any given day …
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Daily Mail:
Sailor pardoned by Trump is SUING Obama and Comey for going easy on Hillary Clinton but sending …
Sailor pardoned by Trump is SUING Obama and Comey for going easy on Hillary Clinton but sending …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:
Lawmakers to question FBI officials in review of Clinton probe
Lawmakers to question FBI officials in review of Clinton probe
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Washington Post:
Trump's legal team readies for fraught showdown with Mueller, even as president declares broad powers — Despite President Trump's declarations that he has expansive powers that could blunt the special-counsel investigation, his legal team is preparing for the possibility of a presidential interview …
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Trump Team Pushed False Story Line About Meeting With Kremlin-Tied Lawyer, Memo Shows
Trump Team Pushed False Story Line About Meeting With Kremlin-Tied Lawyer, Memo Shows
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump and His Lawyers Embrace a Vision of Vast Executive Power
Trump and His Lawyers Embrace a Vision of Vast Executive Power
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NBC News:
Hundreds of migrant kids separated from parents are stuck at border stations — WASHINGTON — Border agents and child welfare workers are running out of space to shelter children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border as part of the Trump administration's new …
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Political Wire
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 chairman
Howard Schultz, architect of modern Starbucks, to step down as executive chairman
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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
Today is make or break for Democrats in California's House races — Voters in California's key House districts are poised Tuesday to determine match-ups that could make or break Democrats' chances of taking back the House this fall. — The most pressing concern for Democrats is whether their wide …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
California Will Have Clues for the Nation: How to Watch the Primary
California Will Have Clues for the Nation: How to Watch the Primary
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Axios:
Putin brags of close Trump relationship — Russian President Vladimir Putin tells Austrian TV that he and President Trump have a close working relationship, although it's complicated by U.S. politics. — “You should ask our colleagues in the United States.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Time's Up, Bill — Bright and early Monday morning, Bill Clinton launched a book tour in support of a political thriller he wrote with the best-selling author James Patterson called The President Is Missing. And sometime before 8 a.m., it had become clear that it had not occurred …
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Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton's #MeToo Defense Is Shocking
Bill Clinton's #MeToo Defense Is Shocking
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BuzzFeed, Mashable, Axios and The Daily Beast
Ken Klippenstein / The Daily Beast:
Inside the Mysterious Intelligence Firm Now in Mueller's Sights … In the fall of 2016, Donald Trump Jr. and other key aides to the future president reportedly met in Trump Tower with Joel Zamel, the founder of a company called Wikistrat. — Wikistrat bills itself as a “crowdsourced” …
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Washington Post:
Post-U. Md. poll: Jealous, Baker lead in Democratic race overshadowed by Hogan — Three weeks before their primary, Maryland Democrats remain largely undecided about who to nominate for governor, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, in a race overshadowed …
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CNN:
Bolton sidelined as Trump readies for North Korea — Pompeo: Kim Jong Un's ex-spy to deliver letter — Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump huddled in the Oval Office on Friday with Kim Jong Un's right-hand man, he was accompanied by only one other US official: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant — On the evidence of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's CNN interview over the weekend, the likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant and a threat to the constitutional order. — Confronted with a simple …
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Yahoo:
Calls grow in Germany for expulsion of disputed US envoy — Berlin (AFP) - Leading politicians of Germany's left-wing parties on Tuesday called for the US ambassador to be expelled, after the staunch defender of Donald Trump was accused of meddling in domestic politics and aggravating already tense ties.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Was Lachlan's Revenge”: As a Murdoch Son Moves to Consolidate His Power, Rupert Says “I'm Still Here” — Rupert thwarted the revenge firing of an old Lachlan adversary—and it's not the new Fox News's only problem. “The pro-Trump thing isn't working,” says an insider.
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Media Matters for America
Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News:
Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition, will no longer judge based on physical appearance — Miss America is scrapping its swimsuit competition and will no longer judge contestants based on physical appearance, the organization announced Tuesday.
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Hollywood Life
Coleman Hughes / Quillette:
The High Price of Stale Grievances — In the fall of 2016, I was hired to play in Rihanna's back-up band at the MTV Video Music Awards. To my pleasant surprise, several of my friends had also gotten the call. We felt that this would be the gig of a lifetime: beautiful music, primetime TV …
Ben Shapiro / National Review:
Are Democrats Blowing It? — Trump is not flaming out, jobs and the economy are thrumming, and their Sanders-style socialism is not winning new fans. — In 2016, congressional Democrats were given a gift: the election of Donald Trump. Trump's approval ratings had never crossed 51 percent …