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11:15 AM ET, June 15, 2018

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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 …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Report's Real Message: Trump Is Lying  —  The new report from the Justice Department's watchdog covers a lot of ground.  It runs more than 500 pages and evaluates investigations that touch both President Trump and Hillary Clinton.  As a result, some of the initial news coverage …
Eric Felten / Weekly Standard:
Meet the Other Amorous FBI Staffers Who Texted About the Clinton Email Investigation
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Justice Dept. Report ‘Total Disaster’ for Fired F.B.I. Director
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lawfare:
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General's Report on the Clinton Email Investigation
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Fox News
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:   FBI Report Shows Leak Investigators Leak Like a Sieve
Josh Campbell / CNN:
The FBI got swamped by a 500-year flood
James Comey / New York Times:
This Report Says I Was Wrong. But That's Good for the F.B.I.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
‘Viva Le Resistance’: Mueller Team Attorney Sent Anti-Trump Texts
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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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump says he wants “my people” to sit at attention for him like people do for Kim Jong Un  —  President Trump declared in a spur-of-the-moment interview with “Fox and Friends” Friday morning that he wants people to sit at attention for him like they do for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“There's No Stopping Him”: Trump Insists on a Putin Summit  —  After Singapore, the President is pressing ahead with the meeting that he's always wanted.  —  Fresh off his closely watched Singapore summit with the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un, President Trump is pushing his team …
Discussion: Shakesville, Raw Story and Politico
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump's tariffs are already backfiring  —  Before steel and aluminum tariffs alienated our allies, before President Trump suggested car imports threatened our “national security,” before that 1,000-plus-item list of Chinese goods targeted for new tariffs, there were washing machines.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Trump Does It His Way  —  In February, then-secretary …
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 …
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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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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Sessions cites Bible in defense of breaking up families, blames migrant parents
Politico:
Giuliani: Mueller probe should be suspended ‘tomorrow’
Discussion: New Republic and Breitbart
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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Wall Street Journal:   'What's He Doing Here?': Inside Trump's Turbulent Relationship With Michael Cohen
Jeff Pegues / CBS News:
Exclusive: Michael Cohen believes Trump and his allies are turning on him
Discussion: CNN
Politico:
Shrinking map boosts Democrats in battle for the Senate  —  Republicans are still favored to keep their majority, but several Democratic incumbents in red states look likely to survive.  —  The Senate battleground map has shrunk dramatically in recent weeks — a net plus for Democrats …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Mitch McConnell: 'Why can't the Mueller investigation finally wrap up?'
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   McConnell zeroes in on election — his own
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Paul Manafort = Evidence of Collusion  —  I will keep this simple.  Here are the facts about Paul Manafort, whose history with President Donald Trump dates back decades and who served as chairman of the Trump Campaign and remained something of an informal adviser after resigning.
Washington Post:
Trump: 'I certainly wouldn't sign' House GOP immigration compromise  —  President Trump said Friday that he would oppose a compromise immigration bill cobbled together by House Republicans - dealing a significant blow to GOP leaders who have scrambled to rally support for the bill.
Washington Post:
Pence turns VP's office into gateway for lobbyists to influence the Trump administration  —  Vice President Pence has transformed his office into a new entry point for lobbyists seeking to influence the Trump administration across federal agencies, according to federal records and interviews.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: Politico
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Trump's America does not care  —  Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.  He writes a monthly foreign affairs column for The Post.  He is the author of the forthcoming book “The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World.”  —  Since the end of the Cold War …
New York Times:
There's an Epidemic of Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work … American companies have spent years trying to become more welcoming to women.  They have rolled out generous parental leave policies, designed cushy lactation rooms and plowed millions of dollars into programs aimed at retaining mothers.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
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 …
Washington Post:
Promoted six times and then fired: Inside a 24-year-old political appointee's wild ride in Trump's Washington  —  He was one of the fastest-rising political appointees of the Trump administration, an unpaid campaign intern with no professional experience who soared into a top job …
Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:
Extinguishing the Beacon of America  —  In early May, I travelled to McAllen, Texas, to speak with U.S. Border Patrol about the current immigration crisis.  It was a humid, overcast morning and Chris Cabrera, the agency's spokesperson, stood on the banks of the Rio Grande as he explained …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Magazine
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Grimm lobs grenade into GOP primary with Trump pardon claim  —  Incumbent GOP Rep. Dan Donovan calls the ex-convict trying to retake his seat ‘a confessed liar.’  —  During a debate on Monday, former Rep. Michael Grimm leveled a stunning charge against his primary opponent and successor in office …
 
 
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Ken Klippenstein / TYT Network:
Veteran CIA Interrogator Training ICE Officers
FiveThirtyEight:
How Trump's Popularity Is Holding Up, By State
Discussion: today.yougov.com and Daily Kos
Sharyl Attkisson / The Hill:
Senate probes FBI's heavy-handed use of redactions to obstruct congressional investigators
Andy Mannix / Star Tribune:
At urging of Minneapolis police, Hennepin EMS workers subdued dozens with a powerful sedative
Discussion: WCCO | CBS Minnesota and Splinter
Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud / New York Times:
U.S. Drone Strike Kills Leader of Pakistani Taliban, Pakistan Says
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Brian Naylor / NPR:
Judge To Decide Whether Manafort, Facing Witness Tampering Charges, Is Locked Up
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘This Is a Place That Just Sucks Your Soul’
 Earlier Items: 
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
We Are in a Linguistic Emergency When It Comes to Trump
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Cohen lawyer seeks gag order against Avenatti
Discussion: Political Wire
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
Candidate for Georgia Governor Bought Condo From Lobbyist
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Assistant Spokeswoman Latest to Leave White House
Scott Stedman:
Business records show Russian finance intertwined with Psy Group
Washington Post:
These women have won their primaries. Will they be elected in November?
NBC News:
Trump admin will house migrant kids in tents in Tornillo, Texas
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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