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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 …
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 …
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: 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
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
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
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.
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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Can't Make Senate Republicans Do Anything
Discussion: Washington Post
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:   Give Trump an ultimatum on his stonewalling
Marianne LeVine / Politico:   Republicans whistle past the ‘legislative graveyard’
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
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.
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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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.
The Hill:
Criticism punctuates Nadler's leadership of Trump probe  —  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler is pressing forward Monday with the first of several hearings into the Mueller report.  But that's done little to appease a small faction of fellow Democrats frustrated …
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NBC News:
House Democrats consider bills to ‘safeguard democracy’ in response to Mueller report
Discussion: Chicago Sun-Times
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
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Richard Wolf / USA Today:   Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and ‘peeks behind the curtain’
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
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 …
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 …
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 York Times:
People Are Trying to Figure Out William Barr.  He's Busy Stockpiling Power.  —  Is he the operator who spun the then-secret Mueller report?  Or the straight shooter who later disclosed portions that were damaging to President Trump?  —  WASHINGTON — Not long before Attorney General William …
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.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Can newspapers be saved from Big Tech?  This proposal aims to try  —  New York (CNN Business)When House members convene on Tuesday for the first of several hearings about the power of Big Tech, they'll be hearing multiple pitches for a bill called the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.
Discussion: Politico
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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
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer's Message Was a Clue for Mueller, Who Set It Aside  —  WASHINGTON — As the special counsel's investigators pursued the question of whether President Trump tried to impede their work, they uncovered compelling evidence — a voice mail recording and statements from a trusted witness — that might have led to him.
Muhammad Idrees Ahmad / NYR Daily:
Bellingcat and How Open Source Reinvented Investigative Journalism  —  It's a brief window into a doomed soul.  Clinging to his mother's back, the child looks twice into the camera held by the man about to kill him.  The natural curiosity of a child that fear has failed to extinguish.
 
 
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