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New York Times:
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science — WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP vows to quickly quash any impeachment charges — GOP senators say that if the House passes articles of impeachment against President Trump they will quickly quash them in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has broad authority to set the parameters of a trial.
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RedState, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Transportation Secretary Still Owns Stock She Pledged to Divest — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has retained shares in a construction-materials company more than a year after the date she promised to relinquish them, federal disclosure forms show.
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Political Wire
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Texas secretary of state resigns after leading botched voter purge that questioned the citizenship of almost 100,000 people — Texas's acting secretary of state David Whitley (R) resigned Monday just months after leading the botched voter purge of nearly 100,000 suspected noncitizens …
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CBS News, Political Wire and Off the Kuff
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears — Shortly before the Senate's closing gavel ended his term as Texas secretary of state, David Whitley delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday afternoon.
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Talking Points Memo, Dallas Morning News, Raw Story, Bipartisan Report and The Week
Daniel Moritz-Rabson / Newsweek:
Trump HUD official Lynne Patton says she doesn't care if she broke the law — A Regional Housing and Urban Development official wrote on Wednesday that she did not care if she had broken a federal law intended to stop government officials from acting in a partisan manner.
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Matt Stieb / New York Magazine:
Trump HUD Appointee: 'I Honestly Don't Care' About Violating Federal Hatch Act
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Trump HUD Official: 'I Honestly Don't Care' If I'm Breaking Federal Law
Trump HUD Official: 'I Honestly Don't Care' If I'm Breaking Federal Law
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ThinkProgress, The Root, Raw Story and Mediaite
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ex-defense secretary Jim Mattis has book coming this summer — NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has a book coming out this summer, but he warns that it will not be a “tell-all” about President Donald Trump. — “Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead” will be published July 16, Random House announced Tuesday.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Embraces Right-Wing One America News Network to Make Fox News Jealous — The network praises the president, courts him in public, and has even tried to hire his former aides. It's finally getting his attention. — One evening last week, Neil McCabe, a Breitbart veteran who now works …
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Gains Ground in 2020 Field, One Plan at a Time — NEWTON, Iowa — To the crowd of Iowans gathered in a school gym on Saturday night, Senator Elizabeth Warren made a request: They should pose a question to the other presidential candidates who come to Iowa seeking their vote.
CNN:
A private group says it's started building its own border wall using millions donated in GoFundMe campaign — Sunland Park, New Mexico (CNN)A group that raised millions of dollars in a GoFundMe campaign says it has broken ground on a project to build its own stretch of border wall on private property.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
‘My Rudy’: Trump's lawyer wants to be the campaign's No. 1 hatchet man — Get ready for more Rudy. — Done sparring with Robert Mueller, Donald Trump's personal attorney is now training his attacks on the president's reelection rivals. Giuliani plans to meet with the president …
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Japan Rolled Out the Red Carpet. Trump Veered Off Into Personal Fixations. — TOKYO — It was just after 6 a.m. on the final day of a state visit to Japan designed to flatter and entertain him, and President Trump was in his comfort space: Twitter. — Hours earlier, he had been the honored guest …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump finds himself increasingly alone on North Korea
Trump finds himself increasingly alone on North Korea
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One America News Network, Mediaite and Raw Story
Washington Post:
European Greens surge as voters abandon old parties over climate — BRUSSELS — European Green parties on Monday were cheering E.U. elections that vaulted them into a kingmaking position of power, as voters abandoned traditional political parties in favor of climate-focused activists in a green wave that swept several countries.
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PJ Media Home
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book claims — A new book from Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff says special counsel Robert Mueller drew up a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump before deciding to shelve it …
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Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie's Pro-Sandinista Past Is a Problem, and His Response Is Not Good — A week ago, the New York Times reported on Bernie Sanders's 1980s-vintage foreign-policy stands, which at times crossed over from mere opposition to American policy to outright support for communist governments.
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New Republic and RedState
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
A Nazi sympathizer pleaded guilty to defacing a synagogue. His lawyer says conservatives helped radicalize him. — After Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to charges in connection with painting swastikas on an Indiana synagogue's property and setting the yard ablaze, his attorney argued …
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and BuzzFeed News
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Joe Biden is the front-runner by every measure — except enthusiasm — He's dominating in the polls, his fundraising is going gangbusters and he's showing broad support from key political players in the early presidential states. — So where are the big energetic crowds, the lines around the block to get into Joe Biden's events?
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Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Trump: ‘Sleepy Joe Biden’ hasn't ‘apologized’ for involvement in 1994 crime law
Trump: ‘Sleepy Joe Biden’ hasn't ‘apologized’ for involvement in 1994 crime law
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The Bulwark, Washington Press and Politico
Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
AOC returning to her bartending roots to advocate for raising minimum wage for restaurant employees and other tipped workers — ALBANY — AOC will be waiting tables once again. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is returning to her restaurant roots this week to show support for the federal Raise …
CNN:
Facebook says Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote — New York (CNN Business)Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will not attend a hearing in Ottawa later this week, despite receiving summonses from the Canadian parliament, Facebook confirmed on Monday.
New York Times:
‘They Came to Kill.’ Almost 5 Die Daily at Hands of Rio Police. — RIO DE JANEIRO — Shooting from helicopters, armored personnel carriers or at close range, police officers in Rio de Janeiro have gunned down 558 people during the first four months of the year — the highest number …
Axios:
3 forecast modelers predict Trump will win in 2020 — Steven Rattner, “car czar” and counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration, cites three different modelers in his N.Y. Times commentary, “Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind.” — The big picture: Trump wins all three modelers.
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