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Wall Street Journal:
Attorney General Barr, Berman at Odds Over Letter Criticizing New York City Mayor  —  Geoffrey Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, refused to sign letter criticizing Mayor de Blasio for enforcing social-distancing rules to block religious gatherings but not protests
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: House Judiciary prepares to subpoena Attorney General Bill Barr  —  House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) is preparing to subpoena Attorney General Bill Barr for his testimony on July 2, a committee spokesperson confirmed to Axios.  —  Why it matters: The expected subpoena comes …
CNN:
White House admits Trump was involved in firing of top US attorney after Trump claimed he wasn't  —  (CNN)The White House on Monday admitted that President Donald Trump was involved in the removal of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman after Trump had claimed he was “not involved” in the process this weekend.
Joyce White Vance / TIME:
Americans Need to Know the Truth About William Barr's Friday Night Massacre.  We Can't Afford to Wait  —  Vance is distinguished professor of the practice of law at the University of Alabama, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider …
Discussion: Associated Press
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
After Trump fires Manhattan U.S. attorney, some Senate Republicans respond with a shrug
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
CNN:
Fiercely independent New York prosecutors won't be cowed by Barr and Trump
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
Mike Pence and his wife Karen voted by mail in April from a mansion they haven't lived in for four years  — Vice President Mike Pence and his wife mailed in their ballots for Indiana's June GOP primary, according to a copy of the state's voter files obtained by Insider.
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Barring a landslide, what's probably not coming on Nov. 3?  A result in the race for the White House.  —  After voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada went to the polls this month, some races hung in the balance for days as election officials waded through thousands of absentee ballots.
Associated Press:
Trump Rails Against Mail Voting.  His Aides Have Embraced It  —  WASHINGTON — A half-dozen senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press, undercutting the president's argument that the practice will lead to widespread fraud this November.
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt on US election
Miles Parks / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail
Discussion: New York Times, CNN and Washington Post
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Brad Really S—t the Bed Saturday Night”: After Tulsa Catastrophe, Parscale—And Kushner—Is at the Top of Trump's Hit List  —  Trump is pondering putting Kushner antagonists atop the campaign—"We can't allow Jared's stupid disagreements to get in the way," he said—but the problem is likely at the top.
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Washington Post:
Trump's anger over Tulsa rally underscores growing problems within his campaign
Discussion: Mediaite
ABC News:
After Trump's dismal return rally, finger pointing, blame game intensifies
Discussion: Political Wire
HuffPost:
Brexit Leader Allowed To Attend Trump Rally With A ‘National Interest’ Travel Ban Waiver
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
Trump increasingly preoccupied with defending his physical and mental health  —  The early June meeting in the Cabinet Room was intended as a general update on President Trump's reelection campaign, but the president had other topics on his mind.  —  Trump had taken a cognitive screening test …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden campaign confirms he will attend three debates with Trump, criticizes the president for flipping on his debate stance  —  Joe Biden's campaign on Monday committed to three scheduled debates with President Trump in September and October and criticized the president for taking varied positions …
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:
Poll shows Duval voters oppose RNC coming to Jacksonville, worry about coronavirus impact  —  A majority of Duval voters do not want the Republican National Convention in their city this Summer, according to a new poll.  —  The RABA Research poll commissioned by Republican Voters …
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Secret Service tells press to leave White House grounds in highly unusual move  —  (CNN)The US Secret Service on Monday evening told members of the White House press corps to immediately leave the White House grounds, a highly unusual decision that did not immediately come with an explanation.
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Washington Post:
D.C. police, protesters skirmish over removal of tents near White House
Discussion: Breitbart
Justice News:
U.S. Army Soldier Charged With Terrorism Offenses For Planning Deadly Ambush On Service Members In His Unit  —  U.S. Army Private Ethan Melzer Sent Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Members of a Neo-Nazi Group in an Attempt to Facilitate a “Mass Casualty” Attack on Melzer's Army Unit
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NBC New York:
US Army Soldier Allegedly Gave Classified Info to Satanic Neo-Nazi Group, Sources Say
Discussion: Daily Kos, The US Sun and Law & Crime
Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
How conspiracy theories about the NYPD Shake Shack ‘poisoning’ blew up  —  The three cops at the center of the NYPD milkshake “poisoning” scandal never even got sick, and there wasn't the slightest whiff of criminality from the get-go — but that didn't stop gung-ho brass from rolling …
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Aliens Who Present a Risk to the U.S. Labor Market Following the Coronavirus Outbreak  —  The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted Americans' livelihoods.  Since March 2020, United States businesses and their workers …
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BuzzFeed News:
Trump Is Suspending Certain Visas For Foreign Workers
John Binder / Breitbart:
Trump to Halt Foreign Visa Worker Programs to Free Up 600K U.S. Jobs for Americans
Discussion: Big League Politics
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive - State Department Torches Media for Comparing U.S. to Chinese Communist Party: ‘Have Never Experienced’ Anything Like This  —  The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a stinging rebuke of establishment media figures who attacked the Trump administration and falsely claimed …
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USA Today:   ‘We can mute that line’: State Department cuts off reporter trying to ask about Bolton's book during censorship briefing
Max Cohen / Politico:
State Dept. mutes reporter asking about Bolton's book
Discussion: Mediaite
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
What Fiona Hill Learned in the White House  —  The senior fellow at Brookings and expert on modern Russia had hoped to guide the U.S.-Russia relationship.  President Trump had other ideas.  —  The Brookings Institution is one of many think tanks in Washington, D.C., where scholars …
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Admin Shuts Down Radio Station Run by Chinese Propaganda Outlet  —  A radio station controlled by the Chinese Communist Party propaganda outlet Phoenix TV has been ordered by the Trump administration to cease its broadcasts within 48 hours.  —  The Federal Communications Commission ruled …
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The National Pulse:   EXCLUSIVE: Ex-CNN ‘Reporters’ Now Work for The Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Outfit: CGTN
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Bill Simmons Plays Defense on Diversity at The Ringer  —  A podcast episode on the recent protests increased staff complaints concerning the lack of diversity at his digital outlet, The Ringer.  —  Since leaving ESPN in 2015, the sports media pioneer Bill Simmons has notched a series of wins …
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: Joe Biden is no Hillary Clinton, and that's a problem for President Trump  —  Joe Biden is old.  He has a paper trail reaching back half a century.  He is, by his own admission, a “gaffe machine” who regularly trips over his own tongue.  —  He is not, however …
Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain  —  Immaculate Conception painting by Murillo reportedly cleaned by furniture restorer  —  Conservation experts in Spain have called for a tightening of the laws covering restoration work after a copy of a famous painting …
Discussion: New York Post
CBS News:
Top Trump fundraiser sought to cash in on valuable 3M masks  —  In early April, as U.S. supplies of N95 surgical masks were dwindling, President Trump took aim at 3M, America's biggest mask maker.  —  Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which authorized the head of FEMA to “acquire” any and all 3M N95s.
 
 
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McEnany's sloppy, misleading effort to defend Trump's indefensible use of ‘kung flu’
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