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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani says Mueller probe ‘might get cleaned up’ with ‘presidential pardons’ in light of Paul Manafort going to jail  —  In one of his most forceful attacks on the special counsel yet, Rudy Giuliani on Friday claimed the Russia investigation could get “cleaned up” …
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Washington Post:
Manafort ordered to jail after witness-tampering charges  —  A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail — a major blow for President Trump's former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges next month.
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Paul Manafort = Evidence of Collusion
Discussion: Vox and New Republic
Washington Post:
Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ordered to jail over witness-tampering charges …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC, The Week and Mediaite
Colleen Long / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: About 2k minors separated from families  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says almost 2,000 children have been separated from their families at the border over a six-week period under a policy cracking down on illegal entry.  —  The tally is from April 19 through May 31.
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Joel Rose / NPR:
Doctors Concerned About ‘Irreparable Harm’ To Separated Migrant Children  —  In South Texas, pediatricians started sounding the alarm weeks ago as migrant shelters began filling up with younger children separated from their parents after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
Washington Post:   Trump cites as a negotiating tool his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Separated at the Border From Their Parents: In Six Weeks, 1,995 Children
Discussion: The Root, Breitbart and The Guardian
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
White House walks back Trump's rejection of immigration compromise
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Viva le resistance: How political bias infected FBI Trump, Clinton probes  —  It didn't take long for defenders of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation to claim that the Justice Department inspector general's report found no bias in the bureau's conduct of the Hillary Clinton email investigation …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Townhall
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The 49 wildest quotes from Donald Trump's bananas interview with Fox News  —  (CNN)Just before 8 a.m. ET Friday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted this: “Wow, the highest rated (by far) morning show, @foxandfriends, is on the Front Lawn of the White House.  Maybe I'll have to take an unannounced trip down to see them?”
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump sounds off on FBI report: “Doesn't get any lower than that!”  —  President Trump is sounding off on the Justice Department's inspector general report, released Thursday, about the FBI's conduct in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election.  —  FBI Agent Peter Strzok …
New York Times:
Trump, Riding a North Korea High, Unloads on the F.B.I., Comey and Obama
Discussion: CNN
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:   The IG Report Shows That The Fix Was In From Start Of The Clinton Email Investigation
John Carreyrou / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Theranos's Elizabeth Holmes, Ramesh Balwani  —  Indictments allege leaders of blood-testing company defrauded investors, doctors and patients  —  Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Theranos Inc. founder Elizabeth Holmes …
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Justice News:
Theranos Founder and Former Chief Operating Officer Charged In Alleged Wire Fraud Schemes  —  Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani Are Alleged To Have Perpetrated Multi-million Dollar Schemes To Defraud Investors, Doctors, and Patients.  —  SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury …
Discussion: AOL, STAT and Mashable
Bloomberg:   Theranos Says Elizabeth Holmes Has Stepped Down as CEO
Washington Post:
After forging new ties with North Korea, Trump administration turns to Russia  —  Days after a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the Trump administration is forging ahead with new engagements with another longtime adversary: Russia.  —  President Trump is expected to meet …
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Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Trump told Shinzo Abe he'd ship 25 million Mexicans to Japan  —  President Donald Trump stunned his fellow world leaders at the G7 meeting when he said he would ship “25 million” Mexicans to Japan, which would result in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe losing his next election.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There's No Stopping Him”: Trump Insists on a Putin Summit
Discussion: The Atlantic, Shakesville and Raw Story
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Cohen signals openness to cooperating with federal investigators  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has indicated to family and friends he is willing to cooperate with federal investigators to alleviate the pressure on himself and his family, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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New York Newsroom / Reuters:   Cohen loses bid for immediate restraining order against Avenatti
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Lawsuit Says  —  Harvard consistently rated Asian-American applicants lower than any other race on personal traits like “positive personality,” likability, courage, kindness and being “widely respected,” …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Steve King's Inflammatory Behavior Is Met With Silence From G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — When Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier, ran as a Republican in an Illinois congressional primary, the state Republican Party denounced him as a Nazi.  When he won, party leaders quickly vowed to back an independent candidate.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Steve King: Republican House Members Considering Forcibly Removing Paul Ryan from Speakership
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
For Pruitt Aides, the Boss's Personal Life Was Part of the Job  —  WASHINGTON — Senior staff members at the Environmental Protection Agency frequently felt pressured by Scott Pruitt, the administrator, to help in personal matters and obtain special favors for his family …
Erika Harwood / Vanity Fair:
Melania Trump Spent Her Husband's Birthday Away from Her Husband  —  The First Lady was in New York for a series of “meetings.”  —  We know that Donald Trump did not give his wife a gift for her birthday back in April.  So, what was Melania's plan for Trump's 72nd birthday on Thursday?
Rob Rogers / New York Times:
I Was Fired for Making Fun of Trump  —  Mr. Rogers joined The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as an editorial cartoonist in 1993.  He worked there until this week.  In 1999, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.  —  After 25 years as the editorial cartoonist for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I was fired on Thursday.
CNN:
Emails show former Sheriff David Clarke's tense and protracted process to retain master's degree  —  (CNN)Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has retained his master's degree in security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School after a lengthy revision process to correct multiple instances of plagiarism in his thesis.
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
“The Waiver Process Is Fraud”  —  Any day now, the Supreme Court will issue its ruling in Trump v. Hawaii, weighing in on the legality of President Donald Trump's third travel ban.  That ban, which was instituted via executive order in September, prevents nearly all individuals …
Discussion: USA Today
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Clapper: ‘We had a suspect’ in Kremlin-WikiLeaks transfer  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials last year identified a “suspect” who served as the “cut-out” for Russian intelligence to funnel thousands of Democratic National Committee emails and documents to WikiLeaks …
Jacob Dirnhuber / The Sun:
TOTAL WIPEOUT Chimps and orangutans could be extinct by the end of the century, scientists warn  —  Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo alone harbour two thirds of all primate species - and a staggering 60 per cent of those are threatened with extinction
 
 
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Danny Lawhon / Des Moines Register:
Experts: Trump's latest tariffs put increased risk into already uncertain Iowa economy
Discussion: New York Times
Ruby Samuels / pluralist:
Canada Might Sanction Trump By Going After His Administration Rather Than the American People
ProPublica:
Facebook's Screening for Political Ads Nabs News Sites Instead of Politicians
Discussion: The Week and The Outline
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Sanctions Fourteen Entities Affiliated with Corrupt Businessman Dan Gertler Under Global Magnitsky
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Jonathan H. Adler / Reason:
How Do the States Have Standing to Challenge an Unenforced and Unenforceable Mandate?
Discussion: The Federalist and BloombergQuint
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
The Supreme Court Gave the Green Light to Voter Purges.  Trump's Justice Department Isn't Wasting Any Time.
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