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Washington Post:
Pruitt enlisted security detail in picking up dry cleaning, moisturizing lotion — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt asked members of his 24/7 security detail to run errands for him on occasion, including picking up his dry cleaning and taking him in search …
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The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt Made Public Servants Fetch His Protein Bars And Greek Yogurt … If you've worked for Scott Pruitt, there's a not-insignificant chance that you have fetched him his favorite junk—and health!—food while on the job. — According to four sources familiar with the work environment …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
The Chemical Industry Scores a Big Win at the E.P.A. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, after heavy lobbying by the chemical industry, is scaling back the way the federal government determines health and safety risks associated with the most dangerous chemicals on the market …
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump and Bolton spurn top-level North Korea planning — After two months on the job, Trump's new national security adviser has not called a single top-level National Security Council meeting on North Korea. — National Security Adviser John Bolton has yet to convene a Cabinet-level meeting …
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Trump complains about traveling to Canada ahead of Singapore summit with Kim — President Trump is planning to fly to Canada on Friday. He is not exactly happy about it. — The president has vented privately about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as their trade tensions have spilled into public view.
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Japanese PM Abe mistakenly retweets Trump's attack on GOP senator
Japanese PM Abe mistakenly retweets Trump's attack on GOP senator
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Democrats Childishly Resist Trump's North Korea Efforts
Democrats Childishly Resist Trump's North Korea Efforts
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Vox, Townhall and New Republic
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ poll: Economic satisfaction under Trump isn't helping his party's 2018 chances — By a whopping 25-point margin, voters say they're more likely to back a congressional candidate who promises to serve as a check on President Donald Trump, according to a new national poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
'It's Horrendous': The Heartache of a Migrant Boy Taken From His Father — When he landed in Michigan in late May, all the weary little boy carried was a trash bag stuffed with dirty clothes from his dayslong trek across Mexico, and two small pieces of paper — one a stick-figure drawing …
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Splinter
BostonGlobe.com:
Why hasn't Bernie Sanders endorsed his son's run for Congress? — Senator Bernie Sanders has traveled to Iowa and narrated a 30-second ad to endorse one congressional candidate and journeyed to Allentown, Pa., on behalf of another. He publicly backed a mayoral candidate in Omaha.
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Associated Press:
DOJ offers new briefing as lawmakers dispute Trump spy claim — WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to combat President Donald Trump's allegations of misconduct, the Justice Department is offering lawmakers a new look at classified documents next week on the FBI's use of an informant in the Russia investigation.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. immigration authorities sending 1,600 detainees to federal prisons — WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are transferring into federal prisons about 1,600 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees, officials told Reuters on Thursday …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump dangled administration job to Judge Jeanine — Jeanine Pirro has a top-rated Fox News show and a forthcoming book — “Lies, Leakers, and Liberals” — but she still wants to be President Donald Trump's attorney general. — A former prosecutor and judge, Pirro has repeatedly told Trump's aides …
Christopher Massie / CNN:
Giuliani says people in the porn business are not credible. Trump has appeared in three softcore porn videos. — Trump pours champagne on limo in 2000 adult video — (CNN)When Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that Stormy Daniels has no credibility because she is is a porn star …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hannity's phone-smashing rhetoric heads in a different direction — On the Friday before Labor Day in 2016, the FBI released a set of documents related to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Included among them were a number of new details about the bureau's investigation including …
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Alexandra Ma / Business Insider:
‘Delete all your emails and then acid-wash’ …
‘Delete all your emails and then acid-wash’ …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Hannity Advises Mueller Witnesses: ‘Bash’ Your Phones ‘With a Hammer’
Hannity Advises Mueller Witnesses: ‘Bash’ Your Phones ‘With a Hammer’
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Washington Post, twitchy.com and RedState
New York Times:
White House Analysis Finds Tariffs Will Hurt Growth, as Officials Insist Otherwise — WASHINGTON — A White House economic analysis of President Trump's trade agenda has concluded that Mr. Trump's tariffs will hurt economic growth in the United States, according to several people familiar with the research.
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
How to Define a Wave — With President Trump's job approval ratings up, the economy humming and the congressional ballot tightening, it no longer looks as dire out there for GOP. Some, like Washington Post's Michael Scherer, argue that “shifts in the national mood raise the possibility …
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THE / Los Angeles Times:
If Democrats want a blue wave, they need to try voting
If Democrats want a blue wave, they need to try voting
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Alex Spence / BuzzFeed:
Let Trump Handle Brexit: An Explosive Leaked Recording Reveals Boris Johnson's Private Views About Britain's Foreign Policy — “I am increasingly admiring of Donald Trump. I have become more and more convinced that there is method in his madness.” — Theresa May will use the G7 summit …
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New Republic, Politico, BloombergQuint and Coffee House
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook says millions of users who thought they were sharing privately with their friends may have shared with everyone because of a software bug — A new software bug is Facebook's latest self-inflicted privacy headache. — After a year of troubling mishaps on its massive social platform …
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Heather Kelly / CNNMoney:
Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public
Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public
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East Bay Times
Charles Robinson / Yahoo! Sports:
Sources: Colin Kaepernick's legal team expected to subpoena President Trump in case against NFL — After months of circling President Donald Trump during NFL depositions and discovery, Colin Kaepernick's lawyers are expected to force Trump directly into the ongoing legal battle between the quarterback and league.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Scooters littering US city streets shout at people: 'Unlock me or I'll call the police' — Built-in alarm sparks anger from city officials amid concerns over racism and policing: ‘This is a threat to people’ — Play Video — The stories of Americans calling police on people of color …
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James Fanelli / New York Daily News:
Celebrity chef Adam Harvey arrested for poisoning seven-story maple tree blocking his solar panels — A tree dies in Brooklyn. — A celebrity chef with a warped sense of going green poisoned a neighbor's giant silver maple tree because it blocked sunlight from the solar panels on his Windsor Terrace home …
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Gothamist, grubstreet and Daily Wire
Politico:
Theresa May staggers over the line with Brexit plan — LONDON — She got there in the end — and just about held the line. — After a tortuous 24 hours of back and forth with her Brexit secretary, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May emerged Thursday lunchtime with an Irish “backstop” …
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Bloomberg, GOV.UK and One America News Network
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
‘Unprofessional’ Papadopoulos couldn't deliver on promises, his Russian contact says — Papadopoulos' wife aks Trump to pardon him on CNN — Washington (CNN)One of the Russians who was in touch with Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos throughout 2016 told CNN he was willing to open doors …
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Top Democrat on House Intel Committee seeks release of all Russia probe interviews — WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is raising public pressure on Republicans to release transcripts of all the panel's interviews related to the Russia investigation …
New York Times:
A Secretive Owner of Triple-Crown Contender Justify: George Soros — If the strapping chestnut colt Justify wins the Belmont Stakes on Saturday to become just the 13th horse in history to claim horse racing's Triple Crown, two of the three groups that have an ownership stake …
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CNN:
White House poised to purge lower-level communications staffers — Aide who made McCain joke out at White House — (CNN)The White House is poised to purge lower-level staffers from its communications office, multiple sources said, following weeks of uncertainty about the future of the embattled team.
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RedState
Greg Toppo / Inside Higher Ed:
Softening Claims of the Marshmallow Test — New findings on “marshmallow test” suggest that adults should consider deeper interventions than simply training kids to resist temptation. — Stanford University's famous “marshmallow test,” that adorable assessment of willpower …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lawmakers battle Trump in court over emoluments — Lawyers representing about 200 Democratic members of Congress urged a federal judge on Thursday to allow them to press ahead with a lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump from taking payments and other benefits from foreign governments doing business with his corporate empire.
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Washington Post
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Trump's tariffs teach Europe a lesson, Putin says — MOSCOW — As he watches Europe's confrontation with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be enjoying an “I told you so” moment. — European leaders long ignored his warnings about the dangers of a world dominated …
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Balloon Juice
Houston Chronicle:
Trump: Many Texans watched Harvey from their boats, requiring Coast Guard rescue — AUSTIN — President Donald Trump praised the Coast Guard for its heroics during Hurricane Harvey Wednesday, but credited the high number of water rescues to people taking their boats out to watch the storm roll in, baffling first responders.
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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
MSNBC's Joy Reid threatened colleague with violence, was homophobic during her radio days, ex-bosses say — MSNBC star Joy Reid physically threatened a senior colleague, accused a Republican politician of being gay on air and often referred to her hateful blog during a short-lived stint …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
IT scandal set to explode — or not — At the FOX News site Frank Miniter checks in on “the curious case of Imran Awan” in a column headlined “Democrats' IT scandal set to explode with possible plea deal.” The Daily Caller's Luke Rosiak has broken story after story in the Awan case.
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Washington Post:
This Ohio factory thought it could bring U.S. jobs back from China. Then Trump got involved. — By David J. Lynch June 6 at 5:30 PM Email the author — CLEVELAND — Bill Adler was invited last year to bid on a contract to make commercial sausage stuffers for a company that wanted to replace its Chinese supplier.
Washington Post:
U.S. suicide rates rise sharply across the country, new report shows — By Amy Ellis Nutt June 7 at 1:14 PM Email the author — Suicide rates rose in all but one state between 1999 and 2016, with increases seen across age, gender, race and ethnicity, according to a report released Thursday …
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Los Angeles Times:
How Villaraigosa lost the governor's race despite tens of millions of dollars spent to boost his bid — When Antonio Villaraigosa was elected mayor of Los Angeles, it signaled the growing clout of California's Latino voters as well as the rise of a Democratic star whose charisma and ambition could take him to loftier perches.
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