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3:25 PM ET, June 27, 2018

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Kennedy, the pivotal swing vote on the Supreme Court, announces retirement  —  Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that gives President Trump the chance to replace the court's pivotal justice and dramatically shift …
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Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Announces Retirement  —  His retirement opens pivotal vacancy on the high court going into midterm elections  —  Anthony M. Kennedy, one of the Supreme Court's most consequential modern-day justices and author of landmark rulings on gay rights …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire From Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced on Wednesday that he would retire, setting the stage for a furious fight over the future direction of the Supreme Court.  —  Justice Kennedy, 81, has long been the decisive vote in many closely divided cases.
Bill Hutchinson / ABC News:
Anthony Kennedy, crucial Supreme Court swing vote, retiring after 3 decades  —  Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring after more than 30 years on the high court.  —  For more than three decades he's reigned as the black-robed justice in the middle, the super-cerebral conservative …
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court deals a devastating blow to government unions  —  The Supreme Court has delivered a potentially crushing blow to public-sector unions, ruling 5-4 today that they cannot collect fees from non-members.  The ruling will likely diminish unions' negotiating power and, with it, their political clout.
Jack Goldsmith / Washington Post:
Justice Kennedy's retirement leaves the future of U.S. constitutional law entirely up for grabs
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Anthony Kennedy, Swing Vote on U.S. Supreme Court, Will Retire
Discussion: BloombergQuint
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The horrifying consequences of Justice Kennedy's retirement
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court deals sharp defeat to public employee unions, banning mandatory fees
Discussion: KTLA and The Week
Vivian Wang / New York Times:
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?  A 28-Year-Old Democratic Giant Slayer  —  She has never held elected office.  She is still paying off her student loans.  She is 28 years old.  “Women like me aren't supposed to run for office,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a viral campaign video released last month.
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Times takes heat for missing Crowley's defeat  —  Failing to closely cover the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is 'like not seeing Trump's win coming,' tweets former editor Jill Abramson.  —  When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off Tuesday night what CNN host Don Lemon called …
CNN:
Pelosi on Crowley loss: 'I am female.  I am progressive.  What's your problem?'  —  (CNN)House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi responded to Rep. Joe Crowley's loss, telling reporters Wednesday that every district is different and that she carries the qualities her party values in order to lead the Democrats in the chamber.
Discussion: TIME, Splinter, HuffPost and Daily Wire
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Why Joseph Crowley's Defeat Should Scare Joe Biden
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Crowley's loss leaves gaping void for next generation of Democratic leaders
Discussion: Vox, The Mahablog, MSNBC, Politico and NBC News
New York Times:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset
New York Times:
Bill Shine Likely as Next White House Communications Director  —  WASHINGTON — Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive who was close to Roger E. Ailes, the network's ousted chairman, is expected to be offered the job of White House communications director, according to two people familiar with the decision.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: Trump has poured ‘poison’ down 'America's throat'  —  Former President Clinton is suggesting that President Trump  —  is at least partly to blame for a lack of civility in politics, saying he has poured “poison” down “America's throat.”  —  “It started off calling Mexicans rapists …
Discussion: Daily Wire and Fox News Insider
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Red Hen and the Resistance
Discussion: Hot Air
Politico:
Former Fox News executive Bill Shine considered for White House communications role
Discussion: Mediaite and TVNewser
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Ex-Fox News exec Bill Shine in final talks for Trump communications chief: Sources
Discussion: IJR and Raw Story
Shawn Donnan / Financial Times:
Another top Trump trade adviser to leave White House
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
John Santucci / ABC News:   Bill Shine, ex Fox News exec, leading candidate for White House communications director: Sources
Washington Post:
Man accused of driving into crowd at ‘Unite the Right’ rally charged with federal hate crimes  —  The Justice Department charged James Alex Fields Jr, the driver accused of murdering a counterprotester at last year's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, with multiple hate crime counts Wednesday.
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Driver accused of plowing into crowd at Charlottesville rally charged with federal hate crimes
Discussion: National Review and The Root
Sara Fischer / Axios:
92% of Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news  —  Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside Facebook and Twitter's secret meetings with Trump aides and conservative leaders who say tech is biased  —  Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters — with accusations that the country's tech giants are censoring right-leaning posts, tweets and news.
Benjamin Haas / The Guardian:
North Korea making ‘rapid’ upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges  —  Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is needed  —  North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program …
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Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Rapidly Upgrading Nuclear Reactor Despite Summit
Discussion: Daily Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: House defeats GOP immigration bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress and immigration (all times local):  —  The Republican-led House has killed a broad, GOP-written immigration bill.  The rejection was expected because of Republican divisions and solid Democratic opposition.
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
GOP incumbents ousted in Oklahoma amid teacher challenges  —  OKLAHOMA CITY  —  At least six Republican incumbents were bounced from office during Oklahoma's primary election, including several who were targeted by pro-education groups.  —  Tuesday's primary election was the first test …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Battleground state polls find more voters prefer Congress as a check on Trump  —  Only about a third of voters in Arizona, Florida and Ohio say Trump deserves to be re-elected.  —  WASHINGTON — Voters in three key Senate battleground states prefer the next Congress to be a check …
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
Is This the End of Public-Sector Unions in America?  —  The Supreme Court Wednesday dealt a huge blow to public-sector unions and the labor movement in general, ruling in Janus v. AFSCME that public employees do not have to pay fees to unions to cover the costs of collective bargaining.
Discussion: Chalkbeat
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Supreme Court just stuck a knife in public sector unions
Discussion: BloombergQuint and twitchy.com
ProPublica:
We've Found $16.1 Million in Political and Taxpayer Spending at Trump Properties  —  Most came from political entities such as the Trump campaign, but government agencies chipped in, too.  “I could offer clarity,” one federal employee explained, “but I choose not to.”
Discussion: Shakesville
New York Times:
Federal Judge in California Issues Injunction Halting Government From Separating Families  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction late Tuesday temporarily stopping the Trump administration from separating children from their parents at the border and ordered …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Federal judge enjoins separation of migrant children, orders family reunification
 
 
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
‘I simply disagree with the president’: McConnell resists Trump's repeated calls to scrap the filibuster
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
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