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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Company part-owned by Jared Kushner got $90m from unknown offshore investors since 2017  —  Overseas investment flowed to Cadre while Trump's son-in-law works as US envoy, raising conflict of interest questions  —  A real estate company part-owned by Jared Kushner has received $90m …
gofundme.com:
In Memory of Simon Maloy  —  $12,715 of $125,000 goal Raised by 208 people in 1 hour  —  On June 10, Simon Maloy passed away after a year-and-a-half-long battle with colon cancer.  —  Simon was a devoted father and uncle, a loving husband, a beloved son and brother, and a cherished friend and colleague.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Agrees to Turn Over Key Mueller Evidence to House  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, after weeks of tense negotiations, has agreed to provide Congress with key evidence collected by Robert S. Mueller III that could shed light on possible obstruction of justice and abuse …
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Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Jerry Nadler Should Go Rogue
Discussion: NPR and UPI
NBC News:
House Democrats consider bills to ‘safeguard democracy’ in response to Mueller report
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Chao created special path for McConnell's favored projects  —  The Transportation Department under Secretary Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell's state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling …
Kim Willsher / The Guardian:
Trump and Macron's symbolic friendship tree dies  —  French media say oak given by Macron and planted at White House is no more  —  It was a symbolic gift from Emmanuel Macron to Donald Trump at the height of their “bromance” last year: an oak tree ceremoniously planted in the manicured lawns of the White House by both leaders.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:   Symbolic Friendship Tree Planted by Trump and Macron Has Died, Reports Say
CNBC:
President Trump to CNBC: China is going to make a deal because 'they're going to have to'  —  KEY POINTS  — President Donald Trump on Monday said that he believes China will make a deal with the U.S. “because they're going to have to.”  — Trump's remarks during an exclusive interview on CNBC's …
Discussion: UPI and Political Wire
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Is the emperor wearing any clothes? Trump's Mexico deal will offer a real, quantifiable verdict
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Trump: If President Xi does not attend G20, more China tariffs will go into effect immediately
Discussion: Observer, Bloomberg, Mashable and The Verge
Sharon Nunn / Wall Street Journal:
The South's Economy Is Falling Behind: ‘All of a Sudden the Money Stops Flowing’  —  Policies that once drove the region's growth have proven inadequate in an economy shaped by the forces of globalization  —  Seth Herald for The Wall Street Journal  —  NATCHEZ, Miss.—The American South spent …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats hope some presidential candidates drop out — and run for Senate  —  Democrats facing a steep uphill climb to win back the Senate want Beto O'Rourke to reconsider his long-shot bid for president and take another look at running for the Senate in Texas, especially if his White House bid fails to pick up momentum.
Discussion: Splinter and Washington Times
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Can't Make Senate Republicans Do Anything
Discussion: Washington Post
Marianne LeVine / Politico:   Republicans whistle past the ‘legislative graveyard’
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Cancels ‘Vice News Tonight,’ Josh Tyrangiel to Depart (Exclusive)  —  Former New York Post publisher Jesse Angelo is joining Vice to oversee the news, digital and television divisions.  —  HBO has canceled Vice News Tonight, putting an end to its seven-year relationship with Vice Media.
New York Times:
No Secret Immigration Deal Exists With U.S., Mexico's Foreign Minister Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Mexican foreign minister said Monday that no secret immigration deal existed between his country and the United States, directly contradicting President Trump's claim on Twitter that a …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats buzz about AOC primarying Chuck Schumer  —  Top Democrats tell “Axios on HBO” they expect Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may eventually primary one of the two New York senators — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in 2022, or Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2024.
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Washington Post:
NRA money flowed to board members amid allegedly lavish spending by top officials and vendors  —  A former pro football player who serves on the National Rifle Association board was paid $400,000 by the group in recent years for public outreach and firearms training.
The Daily Beast:
Top Progressive Site ThinkProgress Is in Deep Financial Trouble  —  The outlet has lost five staffers in 2019 and is looking at a $3 million gap between revenues and expenses.  —  ThinkProgress, the website that is a project of the Democratic Party's primary think tank …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Trump's Russia Ambassador Wants to Come Home  —  Donald Trump's man in Moscow may soon be coming home.  —  Jon Huntsman, who has served as U.S. ambassador to Russia since 2017, is expected to leave his job by the end of the year and is seriously considering a run for governor of Utah …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Rob Woodall Proudly Defends Not Reading the Mueller Report to MSNBC's Kasie Hunt  —  Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA) sat down with MSNBC's Kasie Hunt Sunday evening and proudly explained why he chose not to read the Mueller Report.  —  After a brief discussion about President Donald Trump's criticism …
New Yorker:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations  —  It's not often that an article comes along that changes the world, but that's exactly what happened with Ta-Nehisi Coates, five years ago, when he wrote “The Case for Reparations,” in The Atlantic.  Reparations have been discussed since …
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
Migrants in Custody at Hospitals Are Treated Like Felons, Doctors Say  —  Rom Rahimian, a medical student working at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, was trying to help a 20-year-old Guatemalan woman who had been found late last year in the desert — dehydrated, pregnant and already in labor months before her due date.
Discussion: VICE News
Catherine Belton / Reuters:
Exclusive: American banker and Putin ally dealt in access and assets, emails reveal  —  LONDON (Reuters) - A senior American banker once secretly awarded a shareholding in powerful Moscow investment bank Renaissance Capital to one of Vladimir Putin's closest friends and brokered meetings …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
More New Yorkers have a favorable view of Trump than of Bill de Blasio  —  In what could be the most embarrassing poll we've seen in this election cycle, a new survey finds that more New Yorkers have a favorable view of President Trump than of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ginsburg Hints at Sharp Divisions Ahead as Supreme Court Term Nears End  —  WASHINGTON — In 2012, as the Supreme Court was mulling the fate of President Barack Obama's health care law, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed the American Constitution Society, a liberal group.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Give Trump an ultimatum on his stonewalling  —  If you want to understand how fundamentally President Trump and his Republican allies have damaged our capacity for self-government, look no further than the debate over whether he should be impeached.  —  In a more virtuous political world …
Stephen Murphy / Sky News:
John Kerry rules himself out of 2020 US presidential race  —  Mr Kerry, who was defeated in the 2004 election by George W Bush, had previously said he was not “taking anything off the table”.  —  Created with Sketch.  —  Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has said he will not seek …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Begin Pushing Rumors About Joe Biden's Health  —  Baseless claims about Biden's medical fitness have quietly taken hold on Fox.  At a time when TV news stars make similar claims about Trump and Clinton, this may be the new normal.  —  One month after Joe Biden announced …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Laura Kayali / Politico:
POLITICO Pro Morning Tech: Get ready for London Tech Week — Germany on e-Privacy — CJEU on Google  —  View in your browser or listen to audio  —  With Laurens Cerulus and Mark Scott  —  SNEAK PEEK  — London Tech Week kicks off today.  — Germany puts its foot …
 
 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Gun-Silencer Registration Law
Nick Hanauer / The Atlantic:
Better Schools Won't Fix America
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Trump's string of foreign policy bankruptcies
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad / NYR Daily:
Bellingcat and How Open Source Reinvented Investigative Journalism
LaTosha Brown / New York Times:
The Untapped Power of Rural Voters
Washington Post:
President Trump has made 10,796 false or misleading claims over 869 days
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Age matters more than sexual orientation to U.S. presidential voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Political Wire
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The 2020 News Cycle Will Look Very Different
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Top Iran diplomat warns US it cannot ‘expect to stay safe’
Discussion: Defense One
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Latino leaders sound alarms over Trump reelection in 2020
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden gambles on high-risk primary strategy
Discussion: Vanity Fair, The Week and ABC News
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Can newspapers be saved from Big Tech? This proposal aims to try
Discussion: Politico
Axios:
Why Trump is a Florida Man
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer's Message Was a Clue for Mueller, Who Set It Aside
 

 
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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

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ its revenue is from ads

 
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