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10:45 AM ET, June 8, 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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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 …
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 and Splinter
Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Texas Fold 'Em  —  In an unexpected move, the Justice Department filed a brief this evening urging a Texas court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act's crucial insurance reforms—including the prohibition on refusing to cover people with preexisting conditions.
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Intelligence Committee Staffer Under Scrutiny in Leak Investigation
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Leah Litman / Take Care Blog:
The Establishing Shots of a Heist: The Trump DOJ Meets the Affordable Care Act
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM
Discussion: Just Security and Washington Post
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN's Anthony Bourdain dead at 61  —  New York (CNN)Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died.  He was 61.  —  CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide.  —  “It is with extraordinary sadness …
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Anthony Bourdain, Travel Host and Author, Is Dead at 61  —  The travel host Anthony Bourdain, whose memoir “Kitchen Confidential” about the dark corners of New York's restaurants started a career in television, died on Friday at 61.  —  For the past several years, Mr. Bourdain hosted the show …
Politico:
Trump calls celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's death ‘very sad’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday offered condolences to the family of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, who was found dead in his hotel room in France from an apparent suicide.  Bourdain was 61.
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:   What Can We Do To Stop Suicide?
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Anthony Bourdain has died at 61
Discussion: The Blast, Longreads and Mashable
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
How Trump Helps Putin  —  Traditionally, the outgoing president writes a personal letter to his successor, offering wisdom and best wishes.  President Obama duly left such a letter for President Trump, as President Bush did eight years earlier.  —  Imagine if Vladimir Putin, the Russian president …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Under Trump, “America First” Really Is Turning Out to Be America Alone  —  From trade to the Iran deal to NAFTA, the President has created the highest level of tension between the U.S. and its allies in decades.  —  The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was less than forty-eight hours away …
Discussion: Politico
Des Moines Register:
Sent back to Mexico's violence, Des Moines student dies within weeks  —  Editor's note: This column has been updated from the original online version with a statement from ICE.  —  Manuel Antonio Cano Pacheco should have graduated high school in Des Moines last month.
Discussion: HuffPost and The Week
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico
Discussion: Washington Press
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney: Trump will be reelected in 2020  —  DEER VALLEY, UTAH — Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney bluntly predicted here on Thursday evening that President Donald Trump would win reelection in 2020.  —  Addressing a group of major GOP donors, Romney — who bitterly collided …
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HuffPost:   What Will House Republicans Do If Trump Pardons Himself? We Asked Them.
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump is hurtling toward a Nixonian ending
Discussion: NewsBusters, Althouse, Raw Story and TIME
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
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's bedtime story: “The Book”  —  It's not true President Trump doesn't read.  It's just exceptionally hard to get him to do it.  —  So the workarounds by savvy aides have become legendary in the West Wing.  Many of them revolve around the briefing binder that goes …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump says he may pardon the late boxer Muhammad Ali  —  President Trump said Friday that he may pardon the late boxer Muhammad Ali.  —  Ali was convicted in 1967 for refusing to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War.  His local draft board rejected …
Discussion: Politico
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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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Washington Post:
Pruitt enlisted security detail in picking up dry cleaning, moisturizing lotion
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
One Koch Brother Forces The Other Out Of The Family Business  —  An arch-conservative political machine will be down one billionaire but have more clout than ever.  —  The retirement of David Koch from Koch Industries will make it easier to see more clearly what has been true from the start …
Discussion: Mother Jones and New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump calls for readmitting Russia to G-7 four years after it was expelled for its role in Crimean crisis  —  By Washington Post Staff June 8 at 8:34 AM  —  President Trump said Russia should be readmitted to the Group of Seven leading economies, breaking with other world leaders …
Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: NYT Reporters Say ‘F**k The Military,’ Promote Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories, Tweet The N-Word  —  A number of reporters for The New York Times have interesting Twitter pasts, The Daily Caller has learned.  —  The Times employs individuals who have expressed anti-military views …
Politico:
‘Cryin’ Chuck' might just get the last laugh  —  Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has managed to placate the most liberal senators, keep his centrists happy, and stay on decent terms with Trump and McConnell.  —  He's been beat up by the left over his centrist instincts and vilified by the right …
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 …
Washington Post:
A political prisoner in Russia is starving.  The world should take notice.  —  FOUR YEARS after Russia invaded and illegally annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine, the crime and its victims get little attention.  One of them, a courageous activist and filmmaker named Oleg Sentsov, is determined to change that.
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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Jeff Tollefson / Nature:
Sucking carbon dioxide from air is cheaper than scientists thought  —  Estimated cost of geoengineering technology to fight climate change has plunged since a 2011 analysis.  —  Search for this author in:  — Share via E-Mail  —  Siphoning carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere …
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Climate Change Can Be Stopped by Turning Air Into Gasoline
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Devin Nunes protects witnesses who might have committed perjury  —  Devin Nunes is refusing to comply with requests to release transcripts that appear to confirm that key witnesses lied during congressional testimony.  —  Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee …
Discussion: Mother Jones, NBC News and Joe.My.God.
 
 
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Washington Post:
U.S. reaches deal with China's ZTE that includes $1 billion fine, commerce secretary says
Discussion: Reuters, Axios and Gizmodo
Bridget Chapman / WREG-TV:
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Michael Kruse / Politico:
The ‘What, Me Worry?’ President
Discussion: New York Times
Axios:
Wave watch: It's Trump vs. the economy
Discussion: Political Wire
Bloomberg:
Mueller Team Views Giuliani More as Spokesman Than Lawyer, Sources Say
Discussion: Associated Press
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Trump learns to love megadonors
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USA Today:
Cozy land deals meant big money for Trump family and friends
Travis Fain / WRAL-TV:
Amendment would put voter ID in NC constitution
Discussion: HuffPost and electionlawblog.org
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Mulvaney fires all 25 members of CFPB's advisory board
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
New Book: Trump Team, Not Deep State, Revealed Flynn's Talks With Russians
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Senate Investigators May Have Found a Missing Piece in the Russia Probe
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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