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3:50 PM ET, June 5, 2019

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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters  —  The Trump administration is canceling English classes, recreational programs, and legal aid for unaccompanied minors staying in federal migrant shelters nationwide …
Gillian ClearySenior / Symantec Blogs:
Twitterbots: Anatomy of a Propaganda Campaign  —  Internet Research Agency archive reveals a vast, coordinated campaign that was incredibly successful at pushing out and amplifying its messages.  —  Key Findings  — The operation was carefully planned, with accounts often registered months …
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Tim Starks / Politico:
Russia's manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed  —  Russia's infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known, research from cybersecurity firm Symantec out Wednesday concluded.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Uh-oh ... what the economy is signaling for Trump
Discussion: MarketWatch, Axios and Political Wire
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Russian trolls who interfered in 2016 U.S. election also made ad money, report says
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises  —  As a senator from Delaware, he once supported stripping exceptions for rape and incest from federal funding.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden's decadeslong evolution on abortion rights has in many ways mirrored …
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Latest News Releases:
Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services  —  In September 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) terminated a contract between Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. and the Food and Drug Administration that provided human fetal tissue from elective abortions to develop testing protocols.
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Trump Administration Sharply Curtails Fetal Tissue Medical Research
Discussion: Political Wire
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump administration imposes new restrictions on fetal tissue research
Discussion: Axios, Joe.My.God. and Associated Press
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Pushed by anti-abortion groups, HHS restricts fetal tissue research
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Trump to speak at Lincoln Memorial during Fourth of July celebration  —  President Trump plans to address the nation from the Lincoln Memorial on July 4 as part of an overhauled celebration of the nation's Independence Day, D.C. city officials and U.S. Park Police said Wednesday.
Discussion: Mediaite and DCist
Laura Davison / Accounting Today:
New York offers up Trump's state tax returns — but one lawmaker stands in the way  —  House Democrats clamoring for Donald Trump's tax information have eagerly awaited a newly passed New York law allowing limited access to the president's state returns.  —  They're about to be sorely disappointed.
New York Times:
YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views  —  YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to remove thousands of videos and channels that advocate for neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies in an attempt to clean up extremism and hate speech on its popular service.
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YouTube Blog:
Our ongoing work to tackle hate  —  Over the past few years, we've been investing in the policies, resources and products needed to live up to our responsibility and protect the YouTube community from harmful content.  This work has focused on four pillars: removing violative content …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Trump, pressed on the environment in U.K. visit, says climate change goes ‘both ways’  —  His eldest daughter, Ivanka, could not change his mind.  —  His former secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, could not change his mind.  —  Scores of international scientists could not change his mind.
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Trump is ‘making up’ for not serving in Vietnam with increased defense funding, he says
Discussion: Bloomberg
Chris York / HuffPost UK:
Trump Interview: 7 Takeaway Moments From Piers Morgan's ITV Sit-Down
Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
President Donald Trump attempts to explain his Meghan Markle ‘nasty’ comments
Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Rahm Emanuel, Ex-Chicago Mayor, Is Going to Wall Street  —  He is joining Centerview, a boutique investment bank, as a counselor to large firms  —  Former Chicago mayor and longtime Democratic operative Rahm Emanuel will join boutique investment bank Centerview Partners LLC, bringing a Rolodex built over a 30-year political career.
Politico:
Trump teases tariff deal as Democrats accuse him of bluffing  —  White House officials noted that Trump has grown sensitive to accusations that he's not serious about imposing tariffs on Mexico over immigration.  —  President Donald Trump is barreling toward an epic clash with members …
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
McCarthy: Republicans need to back Trump on Mexico tariffs
Discussion: Mother Jones, IJR and Politico
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump is really unpopular in the most important 2020 battleground states  —  Trump is deep underwater in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Michigan, and other key 2020 states.  —  As he seeks a second term in the 2020 election, President Trump should be able to lean on his advantage in the Electoral College …
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump's Job Approval Trending Back Down, Now 40%
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Arrests along Mexico border surged again in May, blowing past ‘breaking point’  —  The Central American migration boom that has swamped U.S. authorities grew even larger in May, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics released Wednesday that show more than 144,000 migrants …
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Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Trump administration scales back on migrant child education as apprehensions soar
James Clark / Task & Purpose:
The Army ignored her warnings about a dangerous colleague.  Then he set her on fire  —  “Everyone knew that it was building up and thought it could get violent.”  —  Alone in her office, Katie Blanchard saw him out of the corner of her eye.  —  It was Clifford Currie, a 54-year-old civilian employee who Blanchard supervised.
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump, Irish prime minister differ on Brexit, meeting venue  —  SHANNON, Ireland (AP) — For the backdrop to his first official visit to Ireland, President Donald Trump wanted to promote his golf course on the nation's rocky west coast.  The Irish government countered with the grand staging of an ancient castle.
ProPublica:
How Payday Lenders Spent $1 Million at a Trump Resort — and Cashed In  —  At the Trump Doral outside Miami, payday lenders celebrated the potential death of a rule intended to protect their customers.  They couldn't have done it without President Donald Trump and his latest deregulator, Kathleen Kraninger.
Discussion: Splinter
Detroit News:
Biden, Sanders other Democrats lead Trump in Michigan poll  —  Lansing — While most Michigan voters don't want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, a majority said they would vote against him if the election were held today, according to a new statewide poll.  —  More:Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
A Side-by-Side Comparison of Barr's vs. Mueller's Statements about Special Counsel Report  —  Wednesday marks one week since Robert Mueller broke his silence and made a formal statement on the special counsel's report on the 2016 Russian election interference.
Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
Venezuela, now a top source of U.S. asylum claims, poses a challenge for Trump … Lionel Ortega had worked as an engineer for nearly 40 years for the Venezuelan state oil company when he walked off the job last October, defying authorities who demanded he stay and oversee repairs …
Ian Prasad Philbrick / New York Times:
The Articles of Impeachment Against Donald J. Trump: A Draft  —  Mr. Philbrick is on the editorial staff of the Opinion section.
Discussion: Press Herald and Hullabaloo
Neena Satija / Washington Post:
Federal investigators to examine equipment from 2016 N.C. election amid renewed fears of Russian hacking  —  It was a single phrase, offered without elaboration, in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report: In August 2016, hackers working for Russian military intelligence …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Rebecca Hamilton / Just Security:
EXCLUSIVE: Draft Charter of Pompeo's “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda  —  On May 30, without fanfare, a notice of intent to establish a State Department Commission on Unalienable Rights was published in the Federal Register.  The stated purpose of the Commission …
Discussion: PassBlue, Shakesville and Balloon Juice
John Leicester / Associated Press:
‘Woo-hoo!’  At 97, D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy  —  CARENTAN, France (AP) — No murderous hails of gunfire this time.  No D-Day objective that had to be taken, whatever the cost.  This time, 75 years almost to the hour after he parachuted into Nazi-occupied France …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KTLA
CNN:
How Donald Trump for years used the royal family to gin up publicity for his properties  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump was all smiles on Monday as he attended a state dinner at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II.  But the royal family has for years batted back stories that its members …
Susannah George / Associated Press:
Senators launch bipartisan bid to block Saudi arms sales  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Directly challenging President Donald Trump's use of executive power, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are banding together to introduce more than a dozen resolutions aimed at blocking the Trump administration's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Stop Obsessing About Impeachment Poll Numbers  —  Nixon's downfall shows that once a president is unpopular enough, impeachment will become popular.  —  With Nancy Pelosi explicitly citing public opinion against impeachment as a reason for House Democrats to hold back …
Discussion: Common Dreams
 
 
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Sohrab Ahmari's ‘Culture War’ Is Really Just About Donald Trump
Discussion: Vox and Acton Institute PowerBlog
Charlie Duxbury / Politico:
Denmark's Social Democrats on course to win election
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump gives Kim Jong Un the benefit of the doubt on reported North Korean executions
Jason Rantz / MyNorthwest.com:
‘Antifa’ member arrested for trying to imprison Republican students in classroom
Discussion: Daily Wire and twitchy.com
Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox:
Bernie Sanders calls out Walmart executives during their annual meeting
Discussion: Axios, Politico and The Daily Beast
Kirsten Gillibrand / Team Gillibrand:
It's time to legalize marijuana nationwide. Here's my plan to do it.
Discussion: Sean Hannity
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Pelosi, fighting off impeachment pressure, cites misperception that it triggers immediate removal
Discussion: Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Kimberly Leonard / Washington Examiner:
Democrats plan Capitol Hill event to put Trump's mental health under fire
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
Spies Are the New Journalists  —  There are two sets of laws in the United States today.
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
New Palestinian Premier Warns of a ‘Very Hot Summer’
Discussion: Politico and Lawfare
OpenSecrets.org:
World of influence: A guide to Trump's foreign business interests
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Christopher Rowland / Washington Post:
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer's. Why didn't it tell the world?
Discussion: New York Post
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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