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Shirley Wang / WBUR:
My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley 14:24 … Play — When Charles Barkley's mother, Charcey Glenn, passed away in June 2015, Barkley's hometown of Leeds, Alabama, came to the funeral to pay respects. But there was also an unexpected guest. — Barkley's friends couldn't quite place him.
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Washington Post:
Interior Secretary Zinke resigns amid investigations — Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House Saturday, facing intense pressure from the White House amid multiple probes tied to his real estate dealings in Montana and conduct while in office.
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Zinke's likely replacement has been ‘the man behind the curtain’ — Like former EPA chief Scott Pruitt before him, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has an experienced deputy steeped in the world of bureaucratic infighting ready to fill his shoes — one with longstanding ties to the energy industry he now regulates.
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Interior Chief Zinke to Step Down Amid Ethics Probes — Montanan had been subject of seven internal investigations — Congressional Democrats vowed to deepen scrutiny in January — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will leave the Trump administration at the end of the year amid …
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Zinke to leave Interior amid scandals
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
A Guide to the Ryan Zinke Investigations
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New York Times:
What the Lawless Obamacare Ruling Means — It's not based on a solid legal argument. It's an exercise in raw judicial power. — Mr. Adler is a professor of law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Abbe R. Gluck is a professor of law and the faculty director …
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David Nather / Axios:
You should take the Obamacare ruling seriously — The Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature achievement, may be headed back to the Supreme Court after a conservative federal judge in Texas struck down the individual mandate as unconstitutional last evening.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Obamacare ruling delivers new shock to health system
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Federal judge in Texas rules Obama health-care law unconstitutional
David K. Li / NBC News:
Federal judge in Texas strikes down Affordable Care Act
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Federal court rules Obamacare unconstitutional — but the law stands for now
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Washington Post:
Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation — Two years after Donald Trump won the presidency, nearly every organization he has led in the past decade is under investigation. — Trump's private company is contending with civil suits digging …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Trump prepares for his holiday respite in Florida, he is more isolated than ever — President Trump, more isolated than at any point in his presidency, is scheduled to leave Washington at the end of this week for a holiday respite: two-plus weeks at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
‘Stop,’ 'I wasn't there,' 'I don't know anything about that': Republicans dodge or dismiss Trump's legal woes — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — A reporter hadn't even finished asking about President Trump and the sentencing of his former lawyer Michael Cohen …
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Philip Ewing / NPR:
The Russia Investigations: An Unfinished Case Looks Weaker Than Ever — This week in the Russia investigations: Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison ... Maria Butina pleaded guilty ... but the finish line looks no closer — The shifting sands
Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Mick Mulvaney's move to chief of staff — President Trump had a meeting scheduled Monday with a possible candidate for White House chief of staff. Guess that guy ain't getting it. — You can tell so much about West Wing dynamics by the way Trump announced Mick Mulvaney …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Next Chief of Staff Called Him ‘A Terrible Human Being’ Just Before He Was Elected President — Mulvaney left his House seat the next year to serve Trump as both director of the Office of Management and Budget and Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Mick Mulvaney Trashes ‘Terrible’ Donald Trump In Newly Resurfaced Video
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New York Times:
As the Trumps Dodged Taxes, Their Tenants Paid a Price — They were collateral damage as Donald J. Trump and his siblings dodged inheritance taxes and gained control of their father's fortune: thousands of renters in an empire of unassuming red-brick buildings scattered across Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukraine Asserts Major Russian Military Buildup on Eastern Border — MOSCOW — Ukrainian officials have been raising alarms about what they say is a huge buildup of Russian troops, tanks and artillery pieces along their border that could signal preparations for an invasion.
New York Times:
How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments — This year's McKinsey & Company retreat in China was one to remember. — Hundreds of the company's consultants frolicked in the desert, riding camels over sand dunes and mingling in tents linked by red carpets.
Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
My advice to progressives: Don't back down — A reductive, but not incorrect view of the Democratic debacle in the 2016 elections holds that when President Trump took office, centrists lost the present and leftists lost the future. In 2020, Democrats will have a new opportunity …
Pamela Brown / CNN:
Mueller continues to be interested in interviewing Trump — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team continues to be interested in interviewing the President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. — Mueller's stance on interviewing the President has been constant …
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