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New York Times:
Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, but Then Abruptly Pulls Back  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
New York Times:
Attacking Iran Is Congress's Call
Evelyn N. Farkas / Washington Post:
What's the best way to deal with Iran? The nuclear agreement Trump ditched.
Washington Post:
The U.S. should strive for a stable Iran. Instead, it is suffocating it.
Discussion: The American Conservative and Vox
Associated Press:
Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility  —  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time.  A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they've been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago.
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Associated Press:
Lawyers claim infants, children are in dangerous situation at border detention site  —  “In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity,” said an attorney representing the detained youth.  —  EL PASO, Texas (AP) …
Clara Long / Human Rights Watch:
Children at Risk in US Border Jails
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
Dems see Hope Hicks testimony as huge gift in legal battle with Trump  —  In an exclusive interview, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler also said Democrats would soon sue former White House Counsel Don McGahn.  —  House Democrats are planning to file a lawsuit within days to force former White …
Discussion: The Week
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Hicks told House panel Trump is serious about foreign help in elections  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hope Hicks, once a close aide to President Donald Trump, told the House Judiciary Committee that Trump was serious in saying there was nothing wrong in accepting derogatory information …
Sarah Cammarata / Politico:
Trump is bringing a Ferris wheel back to the White House
Washington Post:
Tensions ripple through Biden campaign as his past working relationship with a segregationist senator comes to the forefront  —  Joe Biden was a freshman senator, the youngest member of the august body, when he reached out to an older colleague for help on one of his early legislative proposals …
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: 2020 race testing Joe Biden at sore spots
Discussion: Power Line
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden called Booker to quell tensions. Things only got worse
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
John F. Harris / Politico:
Grampa Simpson runs for president
Discussion: RedState and Washington Monthly
Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:
Some White House Reporters Are Throwing Sarah Huckabee Sanders A Goodbye Party  —  White House correspondents and some Trump staffers plan to send Sanders off with “farewell drinks” next week.  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the reporters who cover the White House haven't always had the smoothest relationship.
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:   After Crying ‘Fake News’ For Years, Sanders Is Getting A Party — Thrown By Reporters
Fin Gomez / CBS News:   Sarah Sanders' allies commissioned poll for potential run for Arkansas governor
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Dismisses Reparations: 'No Do-Overs...We Won, You Lost, That's That'  —  “As Trump always says, 'you don't get do-overs,' she declared. ”  No do-overs, that's it.  Fox News star Laura Ingraham waded into the ongoing debate over reparations for descendants of slaves during …
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Intensify Scrutiny of Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  Federal probe examines foreigners who attended inauguration at invitation of top Trump fundraiser  —  Federal prosecutors have stepped up a criminal investigation into possible efforts by longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy …
Discussion: Political Wire
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
NYT reporter flagged Jared Kushner meetings with Russians to FBI  —  A New York Times reporter fed information about Jared Kushner meeting with Russians to the FBI, newly released emails show.  —  Journalist Michael Schmidt sent an email on March 24, 2017, to FBI Assistant Director …
Discussion: Power Line
Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Trump Administration Argues Detained Migrant Children Don't Need Toothbrushes, Soap  —  The Trump administration went to court this week to argue that migrant children detained at the United States-Mexico border do not require basic hygiene products like soap and toothbrushes in order to be in held in “safe and sanitary” conditions.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Trump Administration to Migrant Kids: No Soap for You!
Discussion: Splinter and ImmigrationProf Blog
Chris Lehman / Oregonian:
Oregon governor sends police to find missing Republicans, bring them to Capitol  —  Oregon's Democratic governor, Kate Brown, has dispatched state troopers to find missing Republican senators and bring them back to Salem to legislate.  —  All 11 Republican senators are in hiding …
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Hillary Borrud / Oregonian:
Oregon Republican senator threatens state troopers, warns them to ‘come heavily armed’
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Aren't Sure U.S. System Can Fix Long-Term Problems, Poll Finds  —  A majority believes the nation's best years are in the past  —  Americans have little faith the U.S. political system can address long-term challenges and are skeptical the nation remains committed to foundational tenets …
Discussion: Political Wire
Donald Trump / TIME:
Donald Trump's Interview With TIME on 2020: Read the Transcript  —  President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME in the Oval Office on June 17 for a story on his re-election campaign.  —  During the 57-minute conversation, he discussed his Democratic rivals …
Discussion: The Week, Hullabaloo and CNN
Fox News:
Medic testifies that he, not Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, was responsible for ISIS fighter's death  —  A medic testifying in the trial of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher - who is accused of killing an injured ISIS prisoner of war in Iraq - shocked trial observers when he testified Thursday that he …
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Stunning Twist in Navy SEAL War Crimes Trial: Witness Says He Was the Killer
Discussion: Newser, Task & Purpose and TheBlaze
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Appeals court says Trump family planning restrictions can take effect  —  A federal appeals court this morning said the Trump administration's family planning rules can take effect nationwide while several lawsuits play out, delivering a major blow to Planned Parenthood and states challenging the overhaul.
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Tyler Bridges / www.theadvocate.com:
Support for Trump in Louisiana plunges, poll says; here's how this could help Gov. John Bel Edwards  —  A clear majority of Louisiana voters don't want Donald Trump to win a second term as president, an independent poll shows.  —  The survey by pollster Verne Kennedy also shows …
Discussion: Political Wire
David Axe / The Daily Beast:
The U.S. Drone Shot Down by Iran Is a $200 Million Prototype Spy Plane  —  The Navy now possesses as few as three of the high-flying, 737-size BAMS-D drones, which can theoretically watch over the Persian Gulf around the clock.  —  The U.S. military drone Iran shot down over the Persian Gulf …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Bill Gertz / Washington Free Beacon:
U.S. Expected to Strike Back for Iran's Downing of Drone
Daily Mail:
Forget the polls, rampaging Trump's going to win easily in 2020 unless Democrat ostriches drag their heads out of the sand and wake up to reality  —  The polls don't look good for Donald Trump.  —  I mean, by any normal yardstick, the President is heading for a defeat in the 2020 election.
 
 
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