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Washington Post:
Figure linked to Trump transition charged with transporting child pornography — A key witness in former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of Russian election interference has been indicted by federal officials on child pornography charges, according to court documents.
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Townhall, Slate, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Political Wire and The New Civil Rights Movement
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Dems to hold Barr, Ross in contempt over census question — House Democrats are moving to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena seeking information about efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
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CNN:
House expected to vote June 11 on holding attorney general in contempt of Congress — House to vote on holding Barr in contempt — (CNN)The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on June 11 whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, according to a Democratic aide.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dems to call Watergate star John Dean to testify on Mueller report
Dems to call Watergate star John Dean to testify on Mueller report
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Front Page Magazine, twitchy.com and Mediaite
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Judiciary Democrats announce series of hearings on Mueller report
Judiciary Democrats announce series of hearings on Mueller report
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CNBC, JONATHAN TURLEY and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Dems set contempt vote against Barr and McGahn
House Dems set contempt vote against Barr and McGahn
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Washington Post and Mediaite
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
House Oversight To Vote On Contempt For Ross, Barr In Census Probe
House Oversight To Vote On Contempt For Ross, Barr In Census Probe
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The New Civil Rights Movement
Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on Mueller report
House Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on Mueller report
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RedState and The New Civil Rights Movement
Daily Mail:
The D-Day landings: There were at least 10,000 Allied casualties, with 4,414 confirmed dead — It was also the moment that most perfectly exemplified and cemented the special relationship between Britain and America, the two nations that provided the vast majority of those who fought the ferocious battle on the beaches.
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Townhall, Sputnik International, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com and Sean Hannity
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Anna Hopkins / Fox News:
President Trump is ‘interfering in British politics,’ risks ‘going off script’ and worsening crises: NBC's Chuck Todd
President Trump is ‘interfering in British politics,’ risks ‘going off script’ and worsening crises: NBC's Chuck Todd
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Human Events, The Guardian, RedState, Breitbart, One America News Network and Politico
Anna Vickerstaff / The Independent:
We're flying the Trump baby blimp again - because the US president doesn't deserve our respect
We're flying the Trump baby blimp again - because the US president doesn't deserve our respect
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Quartz, The Guardian, Common Dreams and Splinter
The Guardian:
41-gun salutes and a Twitter tirade: Donald Trump arrives in UK
41-gun salutes and a Twitter tirade: Donald Trump arrives in UK
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Politico, Law & Crime and BBC, more at Mediagazer »
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Donald Trump Welcomed to the U.K. With Video of Boris Johnson Calling Him “Unfit” for Office
Donald Trump Welcomed to the U.K. With Video of Boris Johnson Calling Him “Unfit” for Office
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CNBC, Politico and Talking Points Memo
VICE:
New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050 — The climate change analysis was written by a former fossil fuel executive and backed by the former chief of Australia's military. — A harrowing scenario analysis of how human civilization might collapse …
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New York Post and Front Page Magazine
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
House Judiciary Committee Launches Antitrust Investigation of Tech Giants — Depositions, public hearings and document requests await tech giants like Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple. — The House Judiciary Committee is launching an antitrust investigation into major tech companies …
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Washington Post:
Facebook, Google and other tech giants to face antitrust investigation by House lawmakers
Facebook, Google and other tech giants to face antitrust investigation by House lawmakers
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CNBC, The Daily Caller, NB Blog, Political Wire, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and American Enterprise Institute, more at Techmeme »
Ari Levy / CNBC:
The government is threatening big tech — and the market just took notice
The government is threatening big tech — and the market just took notice
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New York Times:
A Former Hotel Partner Alleges the Trumps Evaded Taxes in Panama — The owners of a luxury hotel in Panama City that ousted the Trump Organization as property managers last year accused it on Monday of evading taxes in Panama and creating a “false light” around the hotel's finances.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Right's Grifter Problem — Making the click-through worthwhile: A rare single-topic Jolt this morning, as I've watched the two millionth “the problem with conservatism is people like you, the solution for conservatism is people like me” debate and I'm just sick and tired …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Three Ways to Fight Dishonest PACs
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Inside Pete Buttigieg's plan to overhaul the Supreme Court — No other candidate has made it central to his or her rationale for running and proposed presidential agenda. — WASHINGTON — As Democrats agonize over a spate of state laws restricting abortion rights and even a potential reversal …
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National Review, RedState, Shakesville, Breitbart, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Law & Crime
Ben Norton / The Grayzone:
Top US journalists spread fake news claiming North Korean official was ‘purged’ - then he shows up on TV — Virtually every major Western corporate media outlet and a who's who of pundits circulated a blatantly false report that North Korean nuclear negotiators were killed and imprisoned …
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New York Times, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and Associated Press
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David Eggert / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Ex-governor's phone seized in Flint water probe — LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities investigating Flint's water crisis have used search warrants to seize from storage the state-owned mobile devices of former Gov. Rick Snyder and 65 other current or former officials, The Associated Press has learned.
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CNN and Law & Crime
NBC New York:
Quest Diagnostics Says Up to 12 Million Patients May Have Had Financial, Medical, Personal Information Breached — It includes credit card numbers and bank account information, according to a filing — 12M Quest Diagnostics Patients May Have Had Data Breach
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Daily Wire
New York Times:
On YouTube's Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles — Christiane C. didn't think anything of it when her 10-year-old daughter and a friend uploaded a video of themselves playing in a backyard pool. — “The video is innocent, it's not a big deal,” said Christiane, who lives in a Rio de Janeiro suburb.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Kushner unsure whether he'd alert FBI if Russians request another meeting — On “Axios on HBO,” Jared Kushner said he doesn't know whether he'd call the FBI if he were to receive an email today like the one before the campaign's Trump Tower meeting, which had the subject line: “Re: Russia - Clinton - private and confidential.”
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Conservatives push to reinstate Steve King on committees despite racist remarks — A small group of House Republicans is leading a long-shot bid to get embattled Rep. Steve King back on his committee assignments after the Iowa Republican was booted for making racists remarks earlier this year.
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Slate, twitchy.com and Political Wire
Zamira Rahim / The Independent:
Trump faces giant penis mowed into field near airport where he lands for UK state visit, in climate change protest — ‘Climate change is real,’ teenager points out in message for US president — A teenager has mowed an anti-Trump message, complete with a giant penis …
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Bishop's Stortford Independent, BBC, Grist, Conservative News Today, CityLab, Common Dreams, Balloon Juice and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adam Jentleson / GQ:
The Political Costs of Not Impeaching Trump — On February 13, 2016, Justice Antonin Scalia died. Before his body was in the ground, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would block anyone President Barack Obama nominated to fill Scalia's seat.
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Washington Post
Washington Post:
Trump urges customers to drop AT&T to punish CNN over its coverage of him — President Trump took his long-running attacks against CNN to a new level on Monday by suggesting in a series of tweets that a consumer boycott of its parent company, AT&T, could force “big changes” at the news organization.
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CNBC, The Guardian, The Week, The Verge, Fortune, Gizmodo and New York Times
Brian Lyman / Montgomery Advertiser:
‘Where was the Lord?’: On Jefferson Davis' birthday, 9 slave testimonies — The voices of five men and four women, once held in human bondage, interviewed in Alabama in 1937. … ‘Take Care of My Baby’ … William Henry Towns, Sheffield — Sometimes I visits old Mingo White …
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
What Connects Meghan Markle to a Philosopher of Totalitarianism? Donald Trump's Lies. — Photo: Toby Melville/WPA Pool/Getty Images — Question: What is the connection between the American TV actress (and now princess!) Meghan Markle and the legendary German American philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt?
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Washington Post, New York Times, CNN and NB Blog
David Byler / Washington Post:
Joe Biden is the Democratic Mitt Romney — When Joe Biden first entered the presidential race, he was supposed to be a Jeb Bush redux — a relic of a bygone era who would quickly be swept away by candidates who appealed to the party's insurgent wing. But so far that hasn't happened …
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Wyoming mayor: Governor cursed, slammed fists in meeting — CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon used foul language and “his physical presence in an aggressive and threatening manner” in a meeting with the mayor of Wyoming's capital city, the mayor said Monday.
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Political Wire
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Judge rejects Democrats' effort to block Trump's border emergency — A federal judge in D.C. has rejected an effort by House Democrats to block President Trump's use of emergency powers to reprogram military funds for his border wall. … McFadden added: “To be clear …
Stephen Gandel / Washington Post:
Trump's Trade War Has Cost Investors Up to $7 Trillion — If you thought President Donald Trump's golf outings were expensive, wait until you see how much his trade war could cost investors and most likely already has. — A double dose of troubling trade news late last week sent stocks sliding on Friday.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Arrested for Transporting Images of Child Sexual Abuse — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man with citizenship in Lebanon and the United States was arrested this morning after arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on charges of transporting visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
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Mad Dog PAC, CNBC, Rolling Stone, VICE News and The Daily Caller
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House at last clears massive disaster aid deal for Trump's signature — House Democrats finally managed to pass a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill Monday, sending the measure on to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. — The 354-58 vote came after Republican conservatives blocked …