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New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Trump's Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Trump's ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump's power to control the flow of immigration …
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Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
A Decision That Will Live in Infamy  —  It will take generations for the Supreme Court to live down its approval of Trump's travel ban.  —  In what may be the worst decision since the infamous Korematsu case, when the Supreme Court upheld the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II …
Leah Litman / New York Times:
Unchecked Power Is Still Dangerous No Matter What the Court Says  —  Government officials cannot discriminate on the basis of race or religion.  Except when they can, as the Supreme Court reminded us today.  The court's decision to uphold the entry ban illustrates how immigration has become a …
Sam Baker / Axios:
Go deeper: Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban  —  The Supreme Court upheld President Trump's most recent travel ban today in a 5-4 decision, ruling that it falls within the president's traditional power to control immigration policy.  —  The big picture: This is the court's first major ruling on a Trump policy — and it showed.
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
In Big Win For White House, Supreme Court Upholds President Trump's Travel Ban
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
U.S. cruises toward record-breaking debt on Trump's watch  —  The nation's fiscal outlook looks ever bleaker, thanks in part to deficit spending during President Donald Trump's first term, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeeper projected Tuesday.  —  Within 16 years, the federal deficit …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:   The federal debt is headed for the highest levels since World War II, CBO says
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
CBO: Ballooning national debt could hurt U.S. economy, increase likelihood of crisis
Discussion: Political Wire
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Trump tax cuts carry a big price tag: Huge debt and risk of another financial crisis, budget office warns
Discussion: CBO's Publications
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
GOP Trailing in CD10  —  Trump's unpopularity hurts House incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The race for Virginia's 10th Congressional District starts out with the GOP Republican incumbent trailing by ten points according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Axios
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Polls: Dems lead in Arizona and Ohio Senate races, but Florida contest remains tight  —  The Arizona Republican primary contest is still “wide open.”  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats hold double-digit leads in the U.S. Senate contests in Arizona and Ohio, while it's much closer in Florida …
Discussion: CNBC and Political Wire
Ryan Nicol / Florida Politics:   NBC News/Marist poll: Bill Nelson up four points over Rick Scott in Senate race
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden: European leaders reeling from Trump's hostile behavior  —  COPENHAGEN — European leaders see President Trump as increasingly unpredictable, antagonistic and disrespectful, both in public and private, and that is having a devastating effect on the U.S.-European relationship …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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Washington Post:   After ‘diplomatic equivalent of a multiple-car pileup,’ U.S. allies brace for NATO summit
Bloomberg:
Mueller Poised to Zero In on Trump-Russia Collusion Allegations  — Special counsel to focus once he resolves obstruction inquiry  — The meetings with Russians stretched as far back as 2015  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to accelerate his probe …
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Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
The Mysterious Seven Preludes of the FBI's Trump-Russia Probe
Paul Sperry / RealClearInvestigations:
Here's One Unverified File the Feds Won't Leak: About Loretta Lynch
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Davis Richardson / The New York Observer:
Milo Yiannopoulos Encourages Vigilantes to Start ‘Gunning Journalists Down’  —  Milo Yiannopoulos has started issuing reporters threatening messages when asked to comment for stories.  —  “I can't wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,” …
CBS New York:
Michael Bloomberg Considering 2020 Presidential Run, Sources Tell CBS2  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Maybe the fourth time is the charm.  —  Michael Bloomberg is revving up to run for president in 2020, making him both the oldest and richest person to seek the job.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: A poll commissioned by Bush and Biden shows Americans losing confidence in democracy  —  THE BIG IDEA: Half of Americans think the United States is in “real danger of becoming a nondemocratic, authoritarian country.”  A majority, 55 percent, see democracy as “weak” - and 68 percent believe it is “getting weaker.”
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Factory workers aren't getting what Trump promised
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Trump threatens Harley-Davidson: If it moves operations overseas, ‘they will be taxed like never before!’
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump held Harley up as an American icon. Now it's an American icon that is moving jobs overseas.
Discussion: Townhall, Politico and New York Times
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
This Business Will Get Out of Control  —  There's always an undercurrent of political violence.  Is it too late for our norms and institutions to save us now?  —  My favorite scene in my favorite Tom Clancy movie is a little throwaway moment in The Hunt for Red October.
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Grabien News:
Montage: Media Turning Trump Voters into Public Enemy No. 1
Discussion: Daily Wire and Trending Home
Manu Raju / CNN:
Steve King says retweet of Nazi sympathizer's message was unintentional, won't delete tweet  —  (CNN)Rep. Steve King, the anti-immigration hardliner, said Tuesday he didn't realize he retweeted a message from a self-described Nazi sympathizer who has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler.
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Immigration Attorney Says ICE Broke Her Foot, Locked Her Up … An immigration attorney said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer broke her foot and locked her in a room early Tuesday morning in Kansas City, Missouri.  —  Andrea Martinez told The Daily Beast she was dropping off …
Discussion: Shakesville and Splinter
Laura Loomer / Big League Politics:
WATCH: Laura Loomer Confronts Maxine Waters  —  I confronted Rep. Maxine Waters of California regarding her call for Trump administration officials to be harassed in their everyday lives.  Does Maxine Waters think this kind of targeted harassment is civil?  Does Maxine Waters stand behind her comments …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
Largest US nail manufacturer ‘on the brink of extinction’ because of the steel tariffs  —  US nail company on ‘brink of extinction’ because of tariffs  —  Steel tariffs could force the nation's largest nail manufacturer to close or move to Mexico.  —  The Mid-Continent Nail plant in Poplar Bluff …
Discussion: CNN, POLITICUSUSA and WTVR-TV
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Did Justice Anthony Kennedy Just Signal His Retirement?  —  For Anthony Kennedy, America's most powerful jurist, this term has brought unexpected and surprising expressions of powerlessness.  After Tuesday's ruling in the Trump travel ban case, it's starting to feel like the end of his time on the court is near.
Faye Penn / InStyle.com:
16 Espressos and a 5 a.m. Call Time: A Day In The Life of NBC's Andrea Mitchell  —  Badass Woman spotlights women who not only have a voice but defy the irrelevant preconceptions of gender.  —  A few minutes past 1 p.m., Andrea Mitchell enters an NBC green room fresh off a show that spanned …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Politico:
Trump to GOP: Dump the filibuster before Schumer does  —  The president shares some gossip during a meeting at the White House Tuesday.  —  President Donald Trump had a simple message for Senate Republicans during a meeting at the White House Tuesday: Kill the filibuster now, before Chuck Schumer and the Democrats do.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Her son was killed — then came the Russian trolls  —  Videos produced by Samantha Guff, Julian Quinones and Margaret Dawson  —  (CNN)It was the height of presidential primary season, just a few weeks before the Republican and Democratic conventions, but on July 7, 2016 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Judge in Virginia lets case against Manafort move forward  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Virginia has rejected President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman's move to throw out charges brought by the special counsel in the Russia investigation.  —  The decision Tuesday was a setback …
CBS News:
Experts say U.S. among 10 most dangerous nations for women  —  The United States has been ranked for the first time among the ten nations deemed to be the most dangerous for women by experts in the field.  A survey by the Thompson Reuters Foundation of about 550 experts in women's issues around …
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
Democrats Are Wrong About Republicans.  Republicans Are Wrong About Democrats.  —  Welcome to Secret Identity, our regular column on identity and its role in politics and policy.  —  The defining divide in American politics is probably between Republicans and Democrats.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It  —  The internet has turned on him, his book sales are down and the TV adaptation of his last novel has stalled.  But he wants you to know one thing: He's not even angry.  —  Jonathan Franzen now lives in a humble, perfectly nice two-story house in Santa Cruz …
Discussion: New Republic and Longreads
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Unclear math: HHS has 2,047 children; full US count lacking  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrant children in custody after being separated from their parents barely dropped since last week, even as Trump administration said it's doing everything possible to expedite family reunification.
Politico:
Trump changes direction on China investment restrictions  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appears to have won the battle against White House hard-liners who were pushing for President Donald Trump to target only Beijing with investment restrictions, as the president announced Tuesday that he'll also target other countries.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks to the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation  —  Thank you, Richmond for that kind introduction and thank you for your leadership at the Foundation, the Federalist Society, and Kirkland Ellis.  I'm told that your daughter is an AUSA—congratulations on that, as well.
 
 
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The Onion:
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Lisa Gutierrez / Idaho Statesman:
North Dakota mayor: We must scrap city council to thwart white supremacist takeover
Discussion: Splinter
BuzzFeed:
Learning Where The US Is Keeping Your Child Is Only The Beginning Of The Fight For Reunification
Sarah Roberts / USA Today:
Our research on abortion laws shows they are not based on facts and can even harm women
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
“No One Will Believe Baboon Complaints” — Racist Abuse in Immigration Detention on the Rise in Trump Era, Report Says
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Gabrielle Bluestone / New York Times:
You Can't Hurt Lindsay Lohan Now
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Decider
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Automakers to warn Trump of $45 billion higher vehicle costs if tariff imposed
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Raises for Methuen officers are astronomical — and a surprise for the city
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
DHS warns threats against staff are rising amid anger over Trump immigration policies
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Politico:
White House eyes Helsinki for Trump-Putin sitdown
Discussion: Axios and IJR
Eugene Volokh / Reason:
The “Travel Ban” Decision, in One (Non-Snarky) Sentence
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Boss Is Building a Tabloid Death Star to Do Trump's Bidding
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
USA Today Network launches a conservative opinion newsletter for the heartland
David Brooks / New York Times:
Republican or Conservative, You Have to Choose
Discussion: Daily Wire
 

 
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