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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Seizes Times Reporter's Email and Phone Records in Leak Investigation — WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement officials secretly seized years' worth of a New York Times reporter's phone and email records this year in an investigation of classified information leaks.
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Intelligence Committee Staffer Under Scrutiny in Leak Investigation — Federal prosecutors expected to unseal charges against staffer in coming days — A veteran Senate staffer is under investigation as part of a probe related to unauthorized disclosure of classified information …
CNN:
Justice Department investigating ex-Senate Intel staffer over allegations classified information was disclosed — (CNN)The Justice Department has opened an investigation into a former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer who allegedly disclosed classified information, prompting the Senate panel …
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The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump's Justice Department says the ACA is unconstitutional — The Justice Department will not defend the Affordable Care Act in court, and says it believes the law's individual mandate — the provision the Supreme Court upheld in 2012 — has become unconstitutional.
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Politico
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Inspector general says he expects June 14 release date for highly anticipated report on Clinton email case
Inspector general says he expects June 14 release date for highly anticipated report on Clinton email case
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
DOJ Reneges Commitment to Provide Trump Russia Docs to Congress
DOJ Reneges Commitment to Provide Trump Russia Docs to Congress
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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 …
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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 …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democrats gain in congressional vote test — With five months until Election Day, Democrats hold the enthusiasm advantage — and that puts them ahead of Republicans in the congressional vote as well. — A Fox News poll released Thursday finds 48 percent of voters favor …
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Political Wire and Washington Post
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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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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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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Spokeswoman: Melania Trump hasn't ‘discussed her thoughts’ with Giuliani
Spokeswoman: Melania Trump hasn't ‘discussed her thoughts’ with Giuliani
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New York Times:
With Mueller Closing In, Manafort's Allies Abandon Him — WASHINGTON — The special counsel's accusation this week that Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, tried to tamper with potential witnesses originated with two veteran journalists who turned on Mr. Manafort …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hannity's phone-smashing rhetoric heads in a different direction
Hannity's phone-smashing rhetoric heads in a different direction
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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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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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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
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.
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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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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 …
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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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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Ryan Saavedra / Daily Wire:
BREAKING: MSNBC's Joy Reid Threatened Colleague With Violence, Ex-Bosses Say
BREAKING: MSNBC's Joy Reid Threatened Colleague With Violence, Ex-Bosses Say
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twitchy.com
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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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Senate Investigators May Have Found a Missing Piece in the Russia Probe — An ex-congressman has attracted scrutiny from the Senate Judiciary Committee, as it continues to investigate whether President Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow to sway the 2016 presidential election.
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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Alex Nichols / The Outline:
Dennis Miller's new podcast is an incoherent marvel — The content of ‘The Dennis Miller Option’ exists in a strange purgatory between right-wing provocation and confused-grandpa doddering. — Culture — The content of ‘The Dennis Miller Option’ exists in a strange purgatory between …
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.
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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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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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New York Times:
The Most Powerful Conservative Couple You've Never Heard Of — Few political donors are as influential, yet little known, as Liz and Dick Uihlein. — The Midwestern couple has joined the upper pantheon of Republican donors alongside names like Koch, Mercer and Adelson.
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
New Book: Trump Team, Not Deep State, Revealed Flynn's Talks With Russians … The Trump transition team told Barack Obama's White House about Mike Flynn's fateful conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, according to a senior Obama aide's new memoir.
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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Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Chief Justice John Roberts to high school graduates (and his daughter): ‘Beware the robots’ — BETHESDA, Md. — As the Supreme Court prepares to rule this month on the computer-generated methods by which politicians draw election districts for partisan advantage, Chief Justice John Roberts …
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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ABC News and Washington Post
HuffPost:
What Will House Republicans Do If Trump Pardons Himself? We Asked Them. — After Trump said he could pardon himself, HuffPost asked every GOP House member if they'd support impeachment if he did so. — WASHINGTON Four days before Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, the Justice Department told …
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Internal Documents Show How Facebook Decides When a Poop Emoji Is Hate Speech — Facebook trains its moderators to recognize when emojis violate the social network site's policies as well, including for sexual solicitation, hate speech, and bullying. — A single emoji can make all the …
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