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Haley Byrd / CNN:
Justin Amash leaves the conservative Freedom Caucus — (CNN)Rep. Justin Amash on Monday stepped down from the conservative House Freedom Caucus less than a month after becoming the first Republican member of Congress to say President Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Rep. Justin Amash, lone-wolf GOP Trump critic, leaves House Freedom Caucus
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Bo Erickson / CBS News:
In the 1990s, Joe Biden said William Barr was “one of the best” attorneys general — In 1995, Sen. Joe Biden offered high praise for William Barr, the once and future attorney general who has been roundly criticized by Democrats for his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the 2016 election.
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Trump made get-well call to Jerry Nadler in hospital — WASHINGTON — Putting aside his sharp political differences with one of his primary congressional tormentors, President Trump made a surprising get-well call to Rep. Jerry Nadler, who was briefly hospitalized in Manhattan in May, Yahoo News has learned.
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Pia Deshpande / Politico:
Trump on impeachment and Nixon: 'He left. I don't leave.'
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Review Of Trump Surveillance Is ‘Broad In Scope and Multifaceted’
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New York Times:
Trump Needs a Target to Stay Interested in His Campaign. For Now, It's Biden. — WASHINGTON — Late at night, using his old personal cellphone number, President Trump has been calling former advisers who have not heard from him in years, eager to discuss his standing in the polls …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump vs. Biden in Iowa splitscreen — DRIVING THE DAY — THE JUDICIARY HEARING: A FOOD FIGHT, AND A DUD ... WHAT WE LEARNED Monday is that any hearing about ROBERT MUELLER and obstruction is going to turn into a partisan war between Republicans and Democrats.
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Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Biden: Trump is an “existential threat” to the U.S. — Joe Biden plans to call out President Trump as an “existential threat” to the United States, according to prepared remarks shared with CBS News. The bashing by the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
CNN BREAKING NEWS: ‘Biden to Eviscerate Trump Today in Iowa Speech’ — CNN's New Day previewed an advance copy of a stump speech that Joe Biden plans to give during a campaign visit today in Iowa later on Tuesday, and according to the on-screen chyron, the former Vice President will “eviscerate” President Donald Trump.
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Biden to take on Trump while both in Iowa, to call him ‘existential threat to America’
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Warren P. Strobel / Wall Street Journal:
North Korean Leader's Slain Half Brother Was Said to Have Been a CIA Informant — Kim Jong Nam, killed in 2017 attack in Malaysia, met with agency operatives, a person knowledgeable about the matter says — WASHINGTON—Kim Jong Nam, the slain half brother of North Korea's leader …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
NBC announces five moderators for first Democratic debate — The presidential primary face off, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo, will take place in Miami on June 26-27. — NBC announced on Tuesday the five moderators for the first Democratic presidential primary debate, set for later this month.
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Washington Post:
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg reached out to Speaker Pelosi. She hasn't called him back. — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg reached out to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in recent weeks to discuss how his company handles viral misinformation, but she has not called …
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The Guardian:
Leaked documents reveal Russian effort to exert influence in Africa — Exclusive: Kremlin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin leading push to turn continent into strategic hub, documents show — Russia is seeking to bolster its presence in at least 13 countries across Africa by building relations with existing rulers …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
GOP's Matt Gaetz attempts to corner John Dean — but his failed interrogation results in nothing but laughter — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) used his time in the House Judiciary hearing Monday to go on a bizarre rant that ultimately got him laughed at by the hearing room.
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Donald Shaw / Sludge:
As He Blocks Election Security Bills, McConnell Takes Checks from Voting Machine Lobbyists — The bills McConnell is blocking would subject the voting machine vendors to new cybersecurity regulations and could reduce their overall sales to states. — EDITED BY
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The Old School Grift of Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump campaign considering putting resources in Oregon — CNN gets rare look into Trump's re-election campaign — (CNN)The Trump campaign is considering putting resources into Oregon, CNN has learned, a state where Hillary Clinton beat the President by 11 percentage points in 2016.
Washington Post:
Pence says move to bar rainbow flags outside U.S. embassies was ‘the right decision’ — Vice President Pence on Monday defended the Trump administration's barring of rainbow flags from being flown on flagpoles outside U.S. embassies during LGBTQ Pride Month, calling it “the right decision.”
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Aaron Bastani / New York Times:
We Need Fully Automated Luxury Communism — Asteroid mining. Gene editing. Synthetic meat. We could provide for the needs of everyone, in style. It just takes some imagination. — Mr. Bastani is the author of the forthcoming “Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto.” — June 11, 2019
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Judge says Missouri's lone abortion clinic must remain open for now — Missouri's only abortion clinic will remain open for now after a judge on Monday blocked state officials from closing it because of an ongoing licensing dispute. — The state judge's ruling kept Missouri from becoming …
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Mike Cason / al.com:
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs ‘chemical castration’ bill into law — Gov. Kay Ivey this afternoon signed into law a bill to require sex offenders whose victims are younger than 13 to undergo “chemical castration treatment” as a condition of parole. — The treatment consists of taking …
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Marcus Harrison Green / The Seattle Times:
Seattle yoga teacher's ‘Undoing Whiteness’ class: Founded on deep purpose, it's triggered outrage — Laura Humpf braced herself for fresh salvos of death threats, rage-soaked slurs and indictments of “reverse racism” from media provocateurs. — The Seattle yoga instructor had endured it before …
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Iran releases U.S. permanent resident Nizar Zakka, lawyer says — The move comes against the backdrop of a flurry of diplomatic activity by U.S. allies aimed at lowering the temperature between the two adversaries. — A Lebanese man with permanent U.S. residency who had been imprisoned …
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
‘A rare position’: Va. Gov. Ralph Northam could wind up with great power, months after almost resigning — RICHMOND — Gov. Ralph Northam (D) is wielding renewed power as Virginia's chief executive four months after nearly resigning over a racism scandal that his own party said left him unable to lead.
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Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Google Just Got Roped Into U.S. Government's Case Against Roger Stone — Google is about to become embroiled in one of the most high-profile criminal cases in recent American history. The Department of Justice has demanded the tech giant hand over data to help it piece together its investigation …
William Neuman / New York Times:
Trump's Competition for Most Unpopular Politician in New York: de Blasio — A statewide poll suggests that President Trump is better liked than Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has become more unpopular since declaring his 2020 candidacy. — Mayor Bill de Blasio has at least one thing in common …
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Washington Post:
Former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus joins the Navy — Reince Priebus, President Trump's former chief of staff, has officially joined the Navy. — At a commissioning ceremony Monday morning, Vice President Pence swore in Priebus as an ensign, an entry-level officer.
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump's war on the media may endanger free press, leading the US down an uncertain path — Acosta: I wanted to send a message defending the press — Adapted from “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America” set for release Tuesday
Patrick Chappatte / Chappatte.com:
The end of political cartoons at The New York Times — All my professional life, I have been driven by the conviction that the unique freedom of political cartooning entails a great sense of responsibility. — In 20-plus years of delivering a twice-weekly cartoon for the International Herald Tribune …
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Ken Cuccinelli Wanted to End Birthright Citizenship & Militarize Border—Now He's Trump's Immigration Chief — The former Virginia attorney general officially started on Monday at DHS. — Former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli's long-rumored role as a top coordinator of the Department …
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Katya Kazakina / Bloomberg:
Da Vinci's $450 Million Masterpiece Is Kept on Saudi Prince's Yacht: Artnet — A Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece, whose whereabouts has been a mystery since it sold in 2017 for a record $450 million, has turned up in an unlikely place, according to Artnet.com.
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