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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 …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Arrests along Mexico border surged again in May, blowing past ‘breaking point’
Arrests along Mexico border surged again in May, blowing past ‘breaking point’
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New York Times, Washington Monthly, Townhall, The Federalist, RedState, UPI, The Daily Signal, Daily Wire, Conservative Review, New York Post and Roll Call
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Guatemala says it's working with the United States to tighten borders, break up migrant caravans
Guatemala says it's working with the United States to tighten borders, break up migrant caravans
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Axios
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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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Joe Biden Worked to Undermine the Affordable Care Act's Coverage of Contraception
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.
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Political Wire, Washington Post and Law & Crime
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.
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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 …
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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.
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Daily Kos, DCist, The New Civil Rights Movement, Political Wire and Mediaite
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.
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Political Wire, Splinter and Mediaite
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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Vox, New York Times, One America News Network, The National Interest, Don Surber and Political Wire
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CNN:
Exclusive: US intel shows Saudi Arabia escalated its missile program with help from China — Washington (CNN)The US government has obtained intelligence that Saudi Arabia has significantly escalated its ballistic missile program with the help of China, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said …
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Political Wire and Law & Crime
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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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Trump Administration Sharply Curtails Fetal Tissue Medical Research — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the federal government would sharply curtail federal spending on medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses. The move fulfills a top goal …
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Washington Post, National Review and Shareblue Media
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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 …
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The Hill, IJR, KTLA and The Daily Caller
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 …
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Kim Zetter / Politico:
Software vendor may have opened a gap for hackers in 2016 swing state
Software vendor may have opened a gap for hackers in 2016 swing state
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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
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Poll shows Biden beating Trump in Texas
Poll shows Biden beating Trump in Texas
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Vanity Fair, Breitbart, NDN blogs and Axios
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Sohrab Ahmari's ‘Culture War’ Is Really Just About Donald Trump — We've now moved through several stages of the Frenchism debate: From low-simmering Twitter feud to essay-length broadside, from conservative-crack-up tragedy to booby-counting farce. And we have finally arrived at a place …
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Vox and Acton Institute PowerBlog
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Raheem Kassam / Human Events:
National Review is Obsessed With Itself.
National Review is Obsessed With Itself.
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PJ Media Home, The Resurgent, Don Surber, American Greatness and RedState
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
I Want to Live in Elizabeth Warren's America — The Massachusetts senator is proposing something radical: a country in which adults discuss serious ideas seriously. — It's early, but this much is true: Elizabeth Warren is running the most impressive presidential campaign in ages …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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.
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Press Herald and Hullabaloo
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.
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Gianforte expected to announce gubernatorial bid as early as Friday — Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) has indicated to multiple GOP lawmakers he anticipates declaring his candidacy for the Montana gubernatorial race in coming days, with an announcement that could come as soon as Friday …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Cools on Plans to Pardon Alleged War Criminals — Blowback from veterans groups caused the president to rethink the idea. At least for now. — After facing a torrent of pushback and harsh criticism from military veterans, Donald Trump has backed off plans to potentially pardon convicted …
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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.
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.
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Splinter
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Lies? The news media is starting to describe Trump's ‘falsehoods’ that way. — It's (almost) official: The president of the United States is a liar. — This will not come as a revelation to people who have closely followed President Trump's public statements and Twitter feed and have long doubted his veracity.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Troops charged in Green Beret's death in Mali planned to record him being sexually assaulted, Marine says — Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell is expected to plead guilty in the death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. — Four elite U.S. Special Operations troops charged in the death of a Green Beret soldier …
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Joe.My.God. and Task & Purpose