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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
N.R.A. Shuts Down Production of NRATV — The National Rifle Association has shut down production at NRATV. — The N.R.A. on Tuesday also severed all business with its estranged advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, which operates NRATV, the N.R.A.'s live broadcasting media arm …
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Secret Service Take Chicago Restaurant Employee into Custody After She Spits on Eric Trump — U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago restaurant into custody Tuesday evening after she spit on President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump, the president's son told Breitbart News.
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Anna Kaplan / The Daily Beast:
Eric Trump Says He Was Spit on by Restaurant Employee in Chicago — “It was purely a disgusting act by somebody who clearly has emotional problems,” he said. — President Donald Trump's son Eric says he was spit on by an employee at the Aviary, a cocktail bar in Chicago, on Tuesday night.
Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
House panel votes to authorize subpoena for White House's Conway after she fails to show for hearing — A House committee voted Wednesday to authorize a subpoena for White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after she failed to show for a hearing on a government watchdog's findings that she broke the law dozens of times.
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CNN:
Mueller to testify publicly on July 17 following a subpoena — (CNN)Robert Mueller will testify before Congress on July 17 after House Democrats issued a subpoena for his appearance, a move that paves the way for a reluctant special counsel to answer questions publicly for the first time …
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Brian Kilmeade: I Don't Think Robert Mueller Knows the Details of the Mueller Report — As Fox & Friends talked about Robert Mueller's upcoming testimony before Congress on Wednesday, Brian Kilmeade said at one point that he doubts the special counsel really knows what's in his report.
Associated Press:
Father-daughter border drowning highlights migrants' perils — MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl's head tucked inside.
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CNN:
A shocking image of a drowned man and his daughter underscores the crisis at the US-Mexico border — (CNN)The photo is haunting, a vivid reminder of the danger many face when they try to cross into the United States. It shows the human toll of a crisis at the border that's often debated …
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NBC News:
What to watch for at tonight's first Democratic presidential debate — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — MIAMI — The first debates of the 2020 Democratic presidential race are finally here.
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Why 2020 Democrats should ignore Twitter at the first debate
Why 2020 Democrats should ignore Twitter at the first debate
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Team Trump plans debate night offensive
Team Trump plans debate night offensive
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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
New White House press secretary yanked Arizona reporters' access after critical coverage — On April 5, 2016, Hank Stephenson checked his email and saw that he had a new message from Stephanie Grisham. “Attached please find the form that you requested for the cursory background check we have discussed …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Toasting Sarah Huckabee Sanders. By the Press. Really.
Toasting Sarah Huckabee Sanders. By the Press. Really.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mueller's team may think it is done. Democrats have other ideas. — Robert Mueller's former prosecutors are trying to move on. Congressional Democrats want to pull them back in. — It's the latest twist for the special counsel's attorneys who spent nearly two years working …
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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
Mueller to testify to Congress in open session about his investigation
Mueller to testify to Congress in open session about his investigation
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committees
Robert Mueller to Testify Before House Committees
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Protocol Chief Is Quitting Just Before the G-20 Summit — Sean Lawler faces a probe into claims of verbal altercations — Protocol official assists president on overseas trips — The Trump administration official in charge of diplomatic protocol plans to resign …
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
New York Times' Trump Tax Team Imploded When Star Reporter David Barstow Went Rogue — David Barstow tried to ghostwrite a book with a top-secret source on the Pulitzer-winning story. — On April 15, the New York Times staff gathered in the newsroom, looking up at Executive Editor Dean Baquet …
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
The Devastating Oddness of E. Jean Carroll's Trump Accusation — Reading E. Jean Carroll's account in the Cut of her 21 “Hideous Men”—packed as it is with details about Girl Scout knives and cheerleading and jokes and echoes of David Foster Wallace's story collection of a similar name …
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House Judiciary Dems / Medium:
IN A VICTORY FOR THE CONSTITUTION, JUDGE REJECTS DELAY & ORDERS DISCOVERY IN BLUMENTHAL V. TRUMP, LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY BLUMENTHAL, NADLER & 213 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS — In a victory for the Constitution and 215 Congressional plaintiffs, Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District …
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Allows Lawsuit by Democrats Against Trump to Proceed
Judge Allows Lawsuit by Democrats Against Trump to Proceed
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
Netanyahu reportedly trying to undo Israel's election redo — JERUSALEM — Less than three months after narrowly winning his fifth term as Israel's prime minister and a month after calling an unprecedented second election, Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly trying to undo the redo.
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Activists get permit to fly ‘Baby Trump’ blimp over July 4 ‘Salute to Trump’ celebration — The “Baby Trump” blimp that has followed President Trump around the world will fly just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., hours before his Fourth of July address.
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Public defender with backing from top progressive Democrats declares victory in Queens DA race — Public defender and criminal justice reformer Tiffany Cabán declared victory late Tuesday in the Queens county district attorney Democratic primary. The race has drawn national attention as a test for progressive Democrats.
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Ross Barkan / The Nation:
Tiffany Cabán Just Made History
Janelle Nanos / BostonGlobe.com:
Wayfair employees plan walkout to oppose furniture sales to migrant detention facilities — Employees of the Boston-based online housewares giant Wayfair announced Tuesday that they would stage a walkout at the company's Back Bay offices Wednesday to protest the company's decision to sell furniture …
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New York Times:
Queens District Attorney Democratic Primary Election Results — CandidateVotePct.
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Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Mnuchin: ‘We were about 90% of the way’ on China trade deal and there's a ‘path to complete this’ — KEY POINTS — “We were about 90% of the way there (with a deal) and I think there's a path to complete this,” he told CNBC's Hadley Gamble in Manama, Bahrain on Wednesday.
Tim Alberta / Politico:
‘Complete This Sentence: Donald Trump Wins Reelection If ... ’ — Never has there been a presidential race as sprawling and wide-open as the 2020 Democratic primary. It would be a landscape entirely without a map, except that a small handful of battle-hardened veterans have navigated similar terrain before.
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
NSA Improperly Collected U.S. Phone Records a Second Time — The National Security Agency collected records about U.S. calls and text messages that it wasn't authorized to obtain last year, in a second such incident, renewing privacy concerns surrounding the agency's maligned phone-surveillance program …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Joe Biden Won't Say If He Backs the Trade Deal He Helped Sell — Toward the end of his vice presidency, Joe Biden was a prime player in the administration's bid to win support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the failed trade deal that was supposed to be the crowning achievement of Barack Obama's presidency-long “pivot to Asia.”
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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
How many migrants show up for immigration court hearings? — “The vast majority never show up for their hearing, you know, a year, 18 months, down the road.” — Pence: “What we want: To end the days where people believe they can come into the country, make a claim of asylum from oppression …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Census Case Is Shaping Up to Be the Biggest Travesty Since Bush v. Gore — The government's conduct in the pending Supreme Court case about adding a citizenship question to the census has gone from indefensible to outrageous. In the case, which is likely to be decided this week …
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Jack Stubbs / Reuters:
Break-ins and evictions — For security staff at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the Ericsson situation was just one dark cloud in a gathering storm, according to internal documents and 10 people with knowledge of the matter. — For years, the company's predecessor, technology giant Hewlett Packard, didn't even know it had been hacked.
CNN:
Two Republican senators say rape allegation against Trump should be investigated while many in GOP stay mum — Writer accuses Trump of '90s sexual assault — (CNN)Two Republican senators said Tuesday the rape allegation made against President Donald Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll …
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New York Times:
Mark Morgan to Lead Customs and Border Protection in Latest Homeland Security Shake-Up — WASHINGTON — Chaos intensified on Tuesday inside the agency responsible for securing the nation's borders as a top official was replaced by an immigration hard-liner and former Fox News contributor …
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, The Daily Caller, Media Matters for America and Washington Post