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7:00 AM ET, June 15, 2018

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James Comey / New York Times:
This Report Says I Was Wrong.  But That's Good for the F.B.I.  —  The Department of Justice's independent watchdog, the inspector general, has released a report that is critical of my decisions as F.B.I. director during the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email account.
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Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Meet the Other Amorous FBI Staffers Who Texted About the Clinton Email Investigation  —  Parsing the Inspector General's report.  —  Criticism of James Comey is nothing new—it's one of the few things that both Republicans and Democrats can agree on.  Which made the headline takeaway …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Lawfare:
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General's Report on the Clinton Email Investigation  —  It is perhaps not a surprise that the Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI's handling of the Clinton email investigation quickly became, for all sides, vindication for the narratives they already believed.
Discussion: CNN and Fox News
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
IG refers five FBI employees for investigation, as more anti-Trump messages revealed  —  Strzok, Page wanted to undermine then-candidate Trump: Chris Farrell  —  The Justice Department inspector general has referred five FBI employees for investigation in connection with politically charged texts …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
‘Viva Le Resistance’: Mueller Team Attorney Sent Anti-Trump Texts  —  An FBI attorney who worked on the special counsel's Russia investigation until earlier this year sent anti-Trump text messages to a colleague, including one exclaiming: “Viva le Resistance.”
John Harwood / CNBC:   Inspector general's report on FBI's Clinton email investigation discredits yet another Deep State conspiracy theory
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Report's Real Message: Trump Is Lying
Washington Post:
IG report criticizes Comey's handling of Clinton probe, includes anti-Trump exchanges among FBI personnel
Josh Campbell / CNN:
The FBI got swamped by a 500-year flood
Discussion: New York Times and The Daily Beast
New York Times:   The Report on the F.B.I.'s Clinton Investigation Is 500 Pages. Our Experts Broke It Down.
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Comey Often Thought He Knew Best. That May Have Hurt the F.B.I.
Discussion: HuffPost, The Atlantic and Breitbart
Washington Post:
'Why can't we just do it?':  Trump nearly upended summit with abrupt changes  —  Some of the most intense drama surrounding President Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came not across the negotiating table, but in the days and hours leading up to Tuesday's historic meeting …
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Axios:
Scoop: Classified Israeli report raises doubts over Trump-Kim summit  —  A classified report from Israel's foreign ministry raises doubts over President Trump's optimistic statements about his summit with Kim Jong-un, and determines the U.S. retreated from its positions on several issues relating to North Korea's nuclear program.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McCain: Trump halting Korean military exercises a ‘bad negotiating tactic’  —  (Ariz.) blasted the Trump administration's decision to halt military exercises with South Korea as part of the ongoing negotiations with North Korea.  —  “Suspending U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises is a mistake.
Associated Press:
Trump approves plan to impose tough China tariffs
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
John Bowden / The Hill:
North Korea state TV airs footage of Trump saluting North Korean military officer
Discussion: CNN and Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
In defense of separating immigrant families, Sessions cites same Bible passage used to defend slavery  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions used a Bible verse on Thursday to defend his department's policy of prosecuting everyone who crosses the border from Mexico, suggesting that God supports …
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NBC News:
Trump admin will house migrant kids in tents in Tornillo, Texas  —  The Trump administration has selected a border facility near El Paso to build a tent city with 450 beds for migrant children.  —  BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Trump administration has selected Tornillo, Texas …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Sessions cites Bible in defense of breaking up families, blames migrant parents  —  The attorney general, in a speech to law enforcement officers in Indiana, called on his “church friends” not to blame him for the policy.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday offered a full-throated defense …
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Jeff Sessions uses Bible to defend zero-tolerance border policy to church leaders  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions accused church leaders Thursday of using the Bible against him to make a case against the newly implemented zero-tolerance policy that mandates all illegal entrants be prosecuted …
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Recidivism Watch: Trump administration again blames others for its own family separation policy
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Investigating Michael Cohen for Possible Illegal Lobbying  —  Manhattan prosecutors have contacted AT&T, Novartis over dealings with Donald Trump's lawyer  —  Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are investigating whether Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story, Splinter and Law & Crime
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Jeff Pegues / CBS News:   Exclusive: Michael Cohen believes Trump and his allies are turning on him
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
White House Capitol Hill Envoy to Leave Post, Citing ‘Diminishing Returns’
Discussion: Palmer Report and Breitbart
Politico:
Giuliani: Mueller probe should be suspended ‘tomorrow’  —  President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said Thursday evening that special counsel Robert Mueller's probe should be suspended and Friday is the last chance for Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to “redeem themselves.”
Discussion: New Republic and Breitbart
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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Calls for Mueller's Suspension, Criticizes Top Justice Department Officials
The Daily Beast:
Defense Contractors Cashing In On Immigrant Kids' Detention … Separating refugee and immigrant children from their parents isn't just an emotionally wrenching policy.  It's an enterprise that is benefitting intelligence and defense contractors.  —  Those contractors—including …
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Top White House communications aide has history of rhetoric strongly critical of Trump  —  Mercedes Schlapp, the White House's director of strategic communications, posted a number of tweets in 2015 strongly critical of Donald Trump and his agenda, assailing the then-presidential candidate …
Kate Irby / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Senate now open to considering House immigration plan  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republican senators who previously said immigration was a dead issue said Thursday the House immigration plan drafted by House Speaker Paul Ryan could get a vote in their chamber.  —  “If the House passes something …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Kelsey Snell / NPR:   House GOP Immigration Bill Would End Family Separation At Border
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Congress Paralyzed Over Trump's Family-Separation Policy
Discussion: Politico and KTLA
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders gets in heated exchanges over family separation policy  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders engaged in heated exchanges with multiple reporters on Thursday over the administration's controversial policy of separating migrant families at the border.
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Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
How the I.R.S. Could Punish Trump and His Foundation  —  The New York attorney general sued President Trump and his foundation on Thursday.  But his bigger problem might be with the Internal Revenue Service.  —  The lawsuit accused Mr. Trump and three of his children of using …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
McConnell zeroes in on election — his own  —  ‘Anyone who will run against him will be put through a blender,’ one aide says as the 76-year-old GOP leader lays the groundwork for his next campaign in 2020.  —  On Monday morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell huddled with a few top aides …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Scott Stedman:
Business records show Russian finance intertwined with Psy Group
New Yorker:
Dean Baquet and Maggie Haberman Discuss Trump's War on Journalism
Washington Post:
These women have won their primaries. Will they be elected in November?
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
ACLU: Feds are coercing Iraqi detainees to agree to be deported
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Scalise makes play on anniversary of baseball practice shooting
Discussion: Politico
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Trump Is Everything Voters Hoped/Feared He Would Be
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Littwin / The Colorado Independent:
So much for the Dem civil war. In CO gov primary, it's all nuance and Trump.
Tanasia Kenney / Atlanta Black Star:
Woman Chases Down Teen Who Called Her the N-Word, Forces Him to Explain Himself — Then Facebook Pulled Her Video
Discussion: The Root and Raw Story
Christopher Hooton / The Independent:
Netflix film crews ‘banned from looking at each other for longer than five seconds’ in #metoo crackdown
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Turning Point USA leaks screenshots to Infowars
René Bruemmer / Montreal Gazette:
McGill music student awarded $350,000 after girlfriend stalls career
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Dan M. Clark / New York Law Journal:
NY Court of Appeals Denies Trump Stay in Defamation Suit by Ex-'Apprentice' Contestant
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

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

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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