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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Warn White House Against Mexico Tariffs  —  WASHINGTON — Republican senators sent the White House a sharp message on Tuesday, warning that they were opposed to President Trump's plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, just hours after the president said lawmakers would be “foolish” to try to stop him.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Republicans ready to quash Cuccinelli  —  Ken Cuccinelli has spent years attacking Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans.  Now, it's time for payback.  —  President Donald Trump wants Cuccinelli, who most recently led the anti-establishment Senate Conservatives Fund, to be director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers warn White House they'll try to block Trump's Mexico tariffs  —  Republican senators warned Trump administration officials Tuesday they were prepared to block the president's effort to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, promising what would be GOP lawmakers' most brazen defiance of the president since he took office.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Will Senate Republicans defy Trump this time? Will it matter?
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Use of emergency declaration to impose tariffs on Mexico is legally questionable, scholars say
Politico:
Trump's trade war gobsmacks Mexico and Canada
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Republicans' opposition to Trump's Mexico tariffs comes at great political risk
Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
Joe Biden's climate plan appears to directly copy multiple lines from other organizations — but his campaign says it was a mistake … - Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a climate change proposal on Tuesday.  — In at least three instances …
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Washington Post:
Joe Biden's campaign acknowledges lifting language from other groups for its policy plans  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign lifted language without credit, at times word for word, when crafting its education and climate plans, incidents the campaign acknowledged and said were inadvertent.
Guillermo Contreras / ExpressNews.com:
Emails show Texas governor requested the voter purge that used flawed data  —  Electronic communications made public Tuesday show Gov. Greg Abbott's office was a driving force in the state's program to purge nearly 100,000 suspected non-U.S. citizens from Texas' voter rolls.
Discussion: Campaign Legal Center
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Texas Governor Asked Officials To Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Records Before Botched Purge
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House passes immigration bill to protect ‘dreamers,’ offer a path to citizenship  —  The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would offer a path to citizenship to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, including “dreamers” who were brought to the United States as children.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Democrat-led House passes Dreamers bill in rebuttal to Trump
Discussion: Fox News and Politics K-12
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:   House passes latest DREAM Act, hoping to place millions of immigrants on path to citizenship
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Marla Was Under Duress”: Revealed in His Marla Maples Prenup, Donald Trump's Draconian Art of the Marriage Deal  —  She only got $1 million.  Trump called himself a billionaire, but likely wasn't.  Child support would cease if Tiffany joined the Army or the Peace Corps.  And other secrets of the Trump-Marla prenup.
Lauren Chadwick / euronews:
Noa Pothoven: Raped girl, 17, dies by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands  —  A teenager who said she was raped by two men died by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands, it's emerged.  —  Noa Pothoven made a “sad last post” to social media last week in which she announced she would “die within 10 days”.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Judge OK without public release of Flynn-Kislyak transcript  —  A federal judge reversed course on Tuesday and absolved the Justice Department of a demand to make public transcripts of recorded phone calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a Russian official.
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BuzzFeed News:   Justice Department Clarifies Redactions To Mueller Report
Susan Page / USA Today:
Harry Reid changes opinion, says Pelosi-led House should open Trump impeachment inquiry  —  Impeaching a U.S. president might not be the be all end all for their career.  Not only can a president remain in office after impeachment, but even see higher approval ratings.  We explain.  —  CONNECT
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:   Dems won't impeach Trump but can't stop talking about it
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan  —  Washington — Republican Rep. Justin Amash could play spoiler for the presidential race in Michigan, with his potential bid luring independent voters from the Democratic candidate in 2020, according to a new statewide survey.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Detroit News:
Biden, Sanders other Democrats lead Trump in Michigan poll
Discussion: Washington Times
Mike Allen / Axios:
Terry McAuliffe eyes another run for Virginia governor  —  Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who was popular when he left office last year, is hinting to Democrats that he may run for governor again in 2021.  —  Why it matters: McAuliffe, who bowed out of the 2020 presidential race …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:
F.B.I., Pushing to Stop Domestic Terrorists, Grapples With Limits on Its Power  —  EVERETT, Wash. — Dakota Reed's mind brimmed with thoughts of mass murder.  In November, he wrote on Facebook, “I am shooting for 30 Jews.”  —  The next month, he uploaded a video of himself in his bedroom …
Edward Fitzpatrick Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
Make that four political parties for Lincoln Chafee  —  T his story is part of the Globe's new initiative to enhance coverage of Rhode Island.  Sign up to receive a daily briefing in your inbox each morning.  Tell us your tips, thoughts, and ideas here.  —  PROVIDENCE — Lincoln D. Chafee …
Discussion: Splinter and Front Page Magazine
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to hit Biden as globalist on trade issues  —  Watch for Trump allies to begin framing Joe Biden as a free-trading globalist who would undo the president's trade agenda.  —  Why it matters: Trump will try to direct the conversation with his megaphone, and invite attacks on Biden from the left.
Nick Statt / The Verge:
YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies  —  The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder  —  YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Talks Between Democrats and Justice Dept. in Doubt Over Barr Contempt Vote  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats said on Tuesday that they were willing to renew negotiations with the Justice Department over access to the special counsel's full report and investigative files …
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
‘It was a political lynch mob’: Steve King pledges to fight GOP over his exile  —  The Iowa Republican is accusing Republican leaders of trying to kick him out of Congress.  —  Rep. Steve King, hellbent on making a congressional comeback, is vowing to look at all procedural options to force …
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Tennessee prosecutor: Gay people not entitled to domestic violence protections  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A newly discovered video shows a Middle Tennessee prosecutor boasting that, if gay people in his district end up being victims of domestic violence, they should not expect him to use …
Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Times:
Madonna at Sixty  —  The original queen of pop on aging, inspiration and why she refuses to cede control.  —  The night before the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas in May, Madonna was sitting in the arena attached to the MGM Grand hotel, staring at a double of herself.
Reuters:
Satellite data shows Amazon deforestation rising under Brazil's Bolsonaro  —  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity …
Washington Post:
Meet the GOP operatives who aim to smear the 2020 Democrats — but keep bungling it  —  Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl — a pair of boundlessly eager, profoundly unrepentant aspirants to the dankest depths of political chicanery — were watching television together the other day when something caught Burkman's eye.
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News:
Bernie Sanders Is Endorsing Marie Newman Against One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders is set to endorse abortion rights advocate Marie Newman in her primary challenge against Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, one of the last remaining anti-abortion Democrats …
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
President Donald Trump joins world leaders to pay tribute on 75th anniversary of D-Day  —  On Wednesday, President Donald Trump will travel to Portsmouth as part of a two-day commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious assault ever and the turning point for Allied Forces …
 
 
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Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
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Zach Carter / HuffPost:
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Eric Boehm / Reason:
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John D. Sutter / CNN:
Feds are still trying to stop the ‘climate kids’ lawsuit
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
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Associated Press:
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Discussion: Axios and The Week
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Discussion: Daily Kos
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Hate crimes surge in NYC, attacks on Jews almost double
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Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Jack Dunn / Variety:
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