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10:45 PM ET, June 7, 2018

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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 …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Texas Fold 'Em
Associated Press:   DOJ offers new briefing as lawmakers dispute Trump spy claim
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
DOJ Reneges Commitment to Provide Trump Russia Docs to Congress
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
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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 …
Discussion: 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.
Los Angeles Times:
If Democrats want a blue wave, they need to try voting
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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CNN:
Stormy Daniels' ex-attorney rips former client and her new lawyer in countersuit that includes Cohen
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
Discussion: The Week and Splinter
Tribune Content Agency / Daily Republic:
North Korea summit is a signature moment for Trump and his challenge to the foreign policy establishment  —  WASHINGTON — During his campaign, Donald Trump lashed U.S. presidents for cutting “stupid” foreign deals, alleging that they gave too much away to allies and adversaries alike …
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump and Bolton spurn top-level North Korea planning
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.
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.
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico  —  An Iowa high school student was killed three weeks after he was deported from the U.S. back to Mexico, the country he left when he was 3 years old.  —  The Des Moines Register reported Thursday that Manuel Antonio Cano Pacheco was scheduled …
Discussion: Washington Press
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Des Moines Register:   Sent back to Mexico's violence, Des Moines student dies within weeks
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 …
Discussion: CNBC
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Senate Employee Indicted on False Statements Charges  —  Longtime Director of Security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Accused of Lying to FBI About Repeated Contacts with Reporters  —  WASHINGTON - A former staff employee of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence …
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 …
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 …
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
Discussion: twitchy.com
Heather Kelly / CNNMoney:
Facebook bug set 14 million users' sharing settings to public  —  Not just another Facebook data scandal  —  For a period of four days in May, about 14 million Facebook users around the world had their default sharing setting for all new posts set to public, the company revealed Thursday.
Discussion: The Next Web, NPR and East Bay Times
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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.
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 …
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.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
45K.  Nearly 45,000 lives lost to suicide in 2016 .  —  30%.  Suicide rates went up more than 30% in half of states since 1999.  —  54%.  More than half of people who died by suicide did not have a known mental health condition.  —  Overview  —  Suicide is a leading cause of death in the US.
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Washington Post:
U.S. suicide rates rise sharply across the country, new report shows
Discussion: Breitbart and CBS Philly
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 …
Issie Lapowsky / Wired:
Former Cambridge Analytica CEO Faces His Ghosts in Parliament  —  DURING A NEARLY four-hour grilling before Parliament Wednesday, Alexander Nix, former CEO of the now defunct data firm Cambridge Analytica, faced the ghosts of his past.  —  In the green-carpeted room where the Digital …
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” …
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Mulvaney fires all 25 members of CFPB's advisory board  —  Acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mick Mulvaney fired all 25 members of the agency's internal advisory board on Wednesday, following criticism of his leadership by several board members earlier this week.
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.
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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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House Republicans serve up Trump's spending cuts
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Magazine
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump administration won't defend ACA in case brought by GOP states
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Former DNI James Clapper On “Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From A Life In Intelligence”
Discussion: Breitbart
Gimlet Media:
#122 The QAnon Code
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Is About to Meet U.S. Allies in Canada. They're Angry.
Discussion: Townhall, CNN and Fox News
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Feds Spending $350K To See If Lesbians Are Using The Right Contraception
Discussion: Daily Wire
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Chief Justice John Roberts to high school graduates (and his daughter): ‘Beware the robots’
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Kashuv / Daily Wire:
We Need To Stop School Shootings And Here's How
CNN:
White House poised to purge lower-level communications staffers
Discussion: RedState
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lawmakers battle Trump in court over emoluments
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
How to Define a Wave  —  With President Trump's job approval ratings …
Greg Toppo / Inside Higher Ed:
Softening Claims of the Marshmallow Test
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
IT scandal set to explode — or not
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Scooters littering US city streets shout at people: 'Unlock me or I'll call the police'
Discussion: Gizmodo and Denver Post
 

 
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Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
New emails released as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI show Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever had serious concerns about Sam Altman as early as 2017

Financial Times:
Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+

Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024
 
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