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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Trump campaign says it will handle foreign info on rivals on “case by case basis” — President Trump's 2020 reelection campaign will handle damaging information on political opponents provided by foreign governments and entities on a “case by case basis,” according to the campaign's top spokesperson.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
‘Let me make something 100% clear’: FEC chair lays down the law on foreign help — The head of the Federal Election Commission released a statement on Thursday evening reiterating, emphatically, that foreign assistance is illegal in U.S. elections. — “Let me make something 100% clear …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Republican blocks bill requiring campaigns to alert FBI to foreign assistance
Republican blocks bill requiring campaigns to alert FBI to foreign assistance
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Political Wire and Daily Kos
Gwynedd Stuart / Los Angeles Magazine:
Louise Linton, aka Mrs. Steven Mnuchin, Is Sorry — America's most controversial cabinet wife sounds off on the perils of D.C., her feelings about the Trumps, and her starring role as a sociopathic bisexual serial killer — Swaddled in a white terry cloth robe and perched on a director's chair …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Louise Linton Resurfaces in New Interview: ‘It Sucks to Be Hated’ — The treasury secretary's wife also blamed her infamous Instagram snafu on someone else. ‘I got some bad advice,’ she said. — It has been far too long since the America has heard from Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
New York Times:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leaving White House at the End of the Month — WASHINGTON — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary who fiercely defended President Trump through one of the most tumultuous periods in American politics while presiding over the end of the iconic daily news briefing …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House
Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House
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CNN:
Sarah Sanders leaving White House post after fraught tenure
Sarah Sanders leaving White House post after fraught tenure
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Steven Overly / Politico:
Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Trump as tariffs loom
Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Trump as tariffs loom
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
DNC names 20 candidates who will appear on stage for first Democratic debate — The Democratic National Committee set two ways for the candidates to qualify — fundraising and polling. — The Democratic National Committee on Thursday named the 20 presidential candidates who qualified …
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
California Democratic 2020 presidential primary is a wide-open race, poll finds
California Democratic 2020 presidential primary is a wide-open race, poll finds
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democrats delete from presidential debate stage a Montana governor, a Massachusetts congressman and a Florida mayor
Democrats delete from presidential debate stage a Montana governor, a Massachusetts congressman and a Florida mayor
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Politico
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DNC invites 20 candidates to first debate
DNC invites 20 candidates to first debate
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CNN:
US releases video it claims shows Iran removing unexploded mine from Gulf tanker — (CNN)The United States military on Thursday released a video that it says shows an Iranian navy boat removing an unexploded mine attached to the hull of the Japanese-owned chemical tanker Kokura Courageous.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump: Time not right for diplomacy with Iran
Trump: Time not right for diplomacy with Iran
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
A Tanker War in the Middle East—Again?
A Tanker War in the Middle East—Again?
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New York Times, NBC News and Task & Purpose
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Pompeo Says Intelligence Points to Iran in Tanker Attack in Gulf of Oman
Pompeo Says Intelligence Points to Iran in Tanker Attack in Gulf of Oman
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Washington Post:
Federal watchdog agency recommends removal of Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act — The Office of Special Counsel on Thursday recommended the removal of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway from federal office for violating the Hatch Act …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Julian Castro admits Hatch Act ‘mistake,’ calls for Kellyanne Conway's termination, in Fox News Town Hall
Julian Castro admits Hatch Act ‘mistake,’ calls for Kellyanne Conway's termination, in Fox News Town Hall
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Politico, American Greatness, Axios, twitchy.com and The Daily Caller
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Is Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
Trump Is Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act Violations
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Press, Rolling Stone, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Measles Outbreak: N.Y. Eliminates Religious Exemptions for Vaccinations — New York, where measles has spread in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, joins California and a handful of other states in revoking religious exemptions. — ALBANY — Lawmakers in New York, the epicenter …
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
New York Ends Religious Exemptions For Required Vaccines — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Thursday ending vaccination exemptions based on religious beliefs, the latest attempt to address the growing measles outbreak, the worst the U.S. has experienced in decades.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox's Judge Napolitano: Seems Trump ‘Is Prepared to Commit a Felony to Get Re-Elected’ — 'There's no wiggle room with respect to dirt,' the judge noted. — Reacting to President Trump saying he would accept foreign intel on a political opponent if offered, and that he doesn't feel it's necessary …
Pia Deshpande / Politico:
Anita Hill says she could see herself voting for Biden — Anita Hill said in an interview that she could see herself voting for Joe Biden, despite her dissatisfaction with his less-than-full-throated apologies to her. — When asked by NBC's Andrea Mitchell whether she would consider voting …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Alan Dershowitz Declares He Would Support Biden Over Trump in 2020
Alan Dershowitz Declares He Would Support Biden Over Trump in 2020
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Joe Biden Said He Did Not View Abortion ‘As a Choice and a Right’ in 2006
Joe Biden Said He Did Not View Abortion ‘As a Choice and a Right’ in 2006
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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Hill push to battle foreign election interference is stuck at McConnell roadblock — The Senate majority leader has not allowed a vote on any of the bipartisan measures to strengthen election systems and make it harder for hostile powers to manipulate social media.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans lash Trump for being open to foreign oppo
Republicans lash Trump for being open to foreign oppo
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Republicans try to spin Trump's foreign dirt comment
House Republicans try to spin Trump's foreign dirt comment
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Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
Trump smashed months of FBI work to thwart election interference — Nearly two years ago, FBI Director Chris Wray set up an office tasked solely with stopping the type of Russian interference efforts that infected the 2016 campaign. — On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump undercut the whole operation in a matter of seconds.
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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed News:
The Wife Of A Republican Congressman Accused Of Misusing Campaign Funds Just Flipped And Pleaded Guilty — The wife of California Rep. Duncan Hunter changed her plea from not guilty to guilty in a San Diego court Thursday, admitting that she and her husband misused more than $200,000 worth of campaign funds for personal gain.
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Oberlin College hit with maximum PUNITIVE DAMAGES (capped at $22 million by law) in Gibson's Bakery case — Added to $11 million compensatory damages, brings total to $33 million — The jury just rendered its verdict on punitive damages in the Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College case.
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Michael Avenatti is sued for allegedly siphoning paraplegic's $4 million settlement — (Reuters) - Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against U.S. President Donald Trump, has been sued by a paraplegic former client who accused him of siphoning away a $4 million settlement he had won.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Forget “No Collusion,” Trump Is Now Pro-Collusion — There is no such thing as an outrage-free week anymore. On Wednesday, President Trump offered us a particularly stunning example of this new political reality, telling the ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos that he would welcome foreign interference …
Wall Street Journal:
Elaine Chao Sells Vulcan Stock Holdings — Secretary of Transportation earned the shares while serving on board of the paving-materials supplier — WASHINGTON—Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has sold her shares in a paving-materials supplier after a Wall Street Journal report …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Charges dropped in Flint water scandal — FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on criminal charges dropped in the Flint water scandal (all times local): — Prosecutors say they're dismissing all criminal charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal and starting the investigation over again.
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David Axe / The Daily Beast:
America Is Stuck With a $400 Billion Stealth Fighter That Can't Fight — The planes have had several previously unreported ‘category 1’ flaws—military parlance for issues that can prevent a pilot from accomplishing their mission. — Here's something the public didn't know until today …
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Townhall, Politico and Defense News
Chas Gillespie / McSweeney's:
Every NIMBY's Speech At a Public Hearing — Friends, neighbors, it's good to see all of you. I know you, you know me, and just seeing all of your faces at this city council meeting reminds me why I love living in this town. Because I feel comforted by stasis and regularity …
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
I Think I Know Why Trump Faved That Tweet About Rihanna — At 12:40 a.m. on June 12, in the year of our Lord 2019, President Donald J. Trump “liked” the following tweet, perhaps suggesting that he, too, stans a work/life balance queen. … It's not the first tweet Trump has liked …
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