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4:20 PM ET, June 10, 2019

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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
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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 …
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
GOP group urges Republicans to speak out on obstruction claims against Trump in new ad  —  A Republican group is urging GOP members of Congress to take seriously allegations of obstruction of justice made against President Trump in a new ad released Monday.  —  Republicans for the Rule …
Discussion: Washington Post and RedState
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Jerry Nadler Should Go Rogue
Discussion: NPR and UPI
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House delays legal action against Barr as Dems secure ‘key’ Mueller evidence
Discussion: Axios
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Nadler puts Barr contempt push on hold after striking Mueller report deal
NBC News:
House Democrats consider bills to ‘safeguard democracy’ in response to Mueller report
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Missouri senator says it's a waste of time to study history because it was a long time ago
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
Wall Street Journal:   House Democrats, DOJ Reach Deal on Mueller Probe Evidence
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 …
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Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
Only the Best Deals: How Trump Got Pantsed By Mexico  —  The idea that Donald Trump successfully used the threat of tariffs to force Mexico to agree to an immigration deal is yet another fiction cooked up by the Trump propaganda machine.  —  The truth is this: Trump squandered …
CNBC:
President Trump to CNBC: China is going to make a deal because 'they're going to have to'
Discussion: UPI
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 …
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Clark Pettig / American Oversight:   Elaine Chao Calendars Reveal New Links to Family's Company, Including Private Photo Session
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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Callum Paton / Newsweek:
White House Tree Marking Donald Trump's Friendship with French President Macron Has Died, Reports Say
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mark Moore / New York Post:
The tree Macron gave to Trump to symbolize friendship has died
Discussion: Slate, Shareblue Media and Politico
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
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Iran Bars Times Correspondent From Reporting  —  The authorities in Iran have barred the Tehran-based correspondent for The New York Times from working for the past four months, the newspaper said Monday.  —  The correspondent, Thomas Erdbrink, a Netherlands citizen, has reported for The Times from Iran since 2012.
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: Balloon Juice and Mother Jones
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.
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Top Progressive ThinkProgress Site Bleeding Cash and People  —  The outlet has lost five staffers in 2019 and is looking at a $3 million gap between revenue and expenses.  —  ThinkProgress, the website that is a project of the Democratic Party's primary think tank, is facing dire financial troubles …
Washington Post:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says photos of travelers into and out of the country were recently taken in a data breach  —  On Monday, CBP said it learned last month that the images, which also include license plate photos, were accessed through the network of one of its subcontractors.
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.
Washington Post:
Homeland Security watchdog retires early after his office was forced to retract ‘feel-good’ audits of disaster response  —  John V. Kelly, the acting inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, announced his retirement Monday following revelations that he directed his staff …
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
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Has Lots of Plans.  Together, They Would Remake the Economy.  —  Ms. Warren is providing a detailed road map of the policies she would pursue as president.  Critics say they could hurt businesses and consumers.  —  WASHINGTON — As the 23 Democrats seeking …
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Republican Devin Nunes sues Twitter, users over attacks  —  (CNN)California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and three individual Twitter users, accusing them of defaming him in order to derail his re-election campaign and deter him from the Russia investigation.
George Hunter / Detroit News:
Detroit chief: Nazis wanted ‘Charlottesville 2.0’ at Detroit gay pride event … (Photo: Robin Buckson, The Detroit News)  —  Detroit — Police thwarted a plan by a neo-Nazi group to spark “Charlottesville 2.0” at a gay pride festival in downtown Detroit this weekend, police chief James Craig said Monday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
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 …
Nidhi Prakash / BuzzFeed News:
This Democratic Presidential Candidate Has A Sweeping Plan To Eliminate Lead Poisoning  —  Julián Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary now running for president, wants to eliminate lead poisoning, laying out the first dedicated plan on the issue of any 2020 candidate …
The Daily Beast:
Juul Spins Vaping as ‘Criminal Justice’ Issue for Black Lawmakers  —  The vaping industry's unrivaled leader, Juul, is making a huge push to ingratiate itself with America's communities of color, hoping that doing so will win it critical allies within the Democratic Party who can help it navigate …
Discussion: Splinter
The Hill:
Democratic debate lottery to be held at NBC's 30 Rock  —  A lottery to determine where candidates are placed on stage in the first Democratic presidential debate will take place Friday morning at NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.  —  Democratic National Committee staffers told representatives …
 
 
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Pennsylvania swing voters aren't ditching Trump in 2020
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Kyle Whitmire / al.com:
Culverhouse, UA feud was about ego, power and money, not Alabama's abortion law
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Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Bannon: Biden must release tax returns to address China connections
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Footage shows migrants walking around border wall to enter US
Discussion: Politico
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump accuses the Fed of making a ‘big mistake’ with its interest rate hikes
Discussion: Breitbart
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Pompeo's Solution To Dealing With Climate Change: ‘Move To Different Places’
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Gun-Silencer Registration Law
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Nick Hanauer / The Atlantic:
Better Schools Won't Fix America
New Yorker:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations
Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
Trump: If President Xi does not attend G20, more China tariffs will go into effect immediately
Discussion: Bloomberg, IJR and Observer
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Trump's Russia Ambassador Wants to Come Home
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Rob Woodall Proudly Defends Not Reading the Mueller Report to MSNBC's Kasie Hunt
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats buzz about AOC primarying Chuck Schumer
Discussion: RedState, The Guardian and twitchy.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ginsburg Hints at Sharp Divisions Ahead as Supreme Court Term Nears End
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats hope some presidential candidates drop out — and run for Senate
Discussion: Splinter, The Week and Washington Times
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street

Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Palo Alto Networks says it has observed exploitation of two zero-days in its PAN-OS firewall OS; researchers say hackers have compromised 2,000+ firewalls

 
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