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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 …
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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.
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.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump administration won't defend ACA in case brought by GOP states
Trump administration won't defend ACA in case brought by GOP states
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NBC News:
Top Senate staffer arrested in leak probe, after NY Times reporter's records are seized
Top Senate staffer arrested in leak probe, after NY Times reporter's records are seized
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Leah Litman / Take Care Blog:
The Establishing Shots of a Heist: The Trump DOJ Meets the Affordable Care Act
The Establishing Shots of a Heist: The Trump DOJ Meets the Affordable Care Act
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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 …
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Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
What Can We Do To Stop Suicide? — NOTE: If you are depressed or suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255. — On Friday morning, CNN reported that host Anthony Bourdain had committed suicide at age 61. Bourdain had struggled with depression for years …
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Anthony Bourdain has died at 61
Anthony Bourdain has died at 61
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Politico:
Trump calls celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's death ‘very sad’
Trump calls celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain's death ‘very sad’
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Nell Greenfieldboyce / NPR:
CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically
CDC: U.S. Suicide Rates Have Climbed Dramatically
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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 …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump to depart G-7 summit early
Trump to depart G-7 summit early
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Washington Post:
France's Macron threatens rare rebuke of U.S. at G-7, Trump fires back
France's Macron threatens rare rebuke of U.S. at G-7, Trump fires back
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Is About to Meet U.S. Allies in Canada. They're Angry.
Trump Is About to Meet U.S. Allies in Canada. They're Angry.
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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.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico
Iowa student killed after being deported to Mexico
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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 …
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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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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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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump is hurtling toward a Nixonian ending
Trump is hurtling toward a Nixonian ending
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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
Pruitt enlisted security detail in picking up dry cleaning, moisturizing lotion
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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 …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Trump floats posthumous pardon for Muhammad Ali
Trump floats posthumous pardon for Muhammad Ali
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
USA Today:
Cozy land deals meant big money for Trump family and friends — The purchase of three properties by President Trump's son-in-law on the banks of a toxic Brooklyn canal triggered a series of unusual real estate deals and a windfall profit from transactions financed by a bank tied to the Trump family.