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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 …
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Raw Story and New York Times
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.
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
After Trump fires Manhattan U.S. attorney, some Senate Republicans respond with a shrug
After Trump fires Manhattan U.S. attorney, some Senate Republicans respond with a shrug
U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider …
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider …
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Associated Press
CNN:
Fiercely independent New York prosecutors won't be cowed by Barr and Trump
Fiercely independent New York prosecutors won't be cowed by Barr and Trump
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Stanford Law School
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Three Plausible—And Troubling—Reasons Why Barr Tried to Force Berman Out
Three Plausible—And Troubling—Reasons Why Barr Tried to Force Berman Out
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New York Daily News, courthousenews.com, Raw Story and The Dispatch
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Justice Dept. told de Blasio to work with Berman on NYC coronavirus guidelines hours before U.S. attorney's firing
Justice Dept. told de Blasio to work with Berman on NYC coronavirus guidelines hours before U.S. attorney's firing
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New York Post, Talking Points Memo and Wall Street Journal
Max Boot / Washington Post:
The unraveling of the rule of law under Trump is picking up speed
The unraveling of the rule of law under Trump is picking up speed
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, New York Times and Politico
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.
Miles Parks / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail
FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail
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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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HuffPost:
Brexit Leader Allowed To Attend Trump Rally With A ‘National Interest’ Travel Ban Waiver
Brexit Leader Allowed To Attend Trump Rally With A ‘National Interest’ Travel Ban Waiver
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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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The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Politico and Raw Story
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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 …
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Associated Press, Deadline, New York Times, Talking Points Memo, IJR, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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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The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, Axios, The Guardian, Task & Purpose and The Daily Caller
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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 …
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Washington Post, Vanity Fair, TMZ.com, Mediaite, Gothamist and Reason
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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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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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
White House fumbles its story on explaining testing ‘slow down’ — The White House said Trump was kidding when he claimed he wanted to “slow down” coronavirus testing. Given a chance to clarify, he made matters worse. — Even by Donald Trump standards, his comments about the coronavirus on Saturday night were deeply unfortunate.
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The American Independent, Axios, ABC News and Press Watch
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits
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The US Sun, One America News Network, New York Post and Breitbart
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 …
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 …
The National Pulse:
EXCLUSIVE: Ex-CNN ‘Reporters’ Now Work for The Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Outfit: CGTN — China Global Television Network, a registered foreign agent in the U.S. and integral outlet in the Chinese state-owned media landscape, employs several former CNN correspondents and anchors.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
McEnany's sloppy, misleading effort to defend Trump's indefensible use of ‘kung flu’ — Perhaps running low on talking points, the White House press secretary recycled some from March — Like a chef in the third month of shutdown, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was forced on Monday to work with the ingredients she had.
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
McEnany says Trump calling coronavirus “kung flu” is “linking it to its place of origin”
McEnany says Trump calling coronavirus “kung flu” is “linking it to its place of origin”
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Townhall, Politico, The Hill, IJR and The Daily Beast
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 …
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Fox News, Politico and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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New York Post
RI.gov:
Statement from Treasurer Magaziner about the State's Name — PROVIDENCE, RI —Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magazine today made the following announcement about his office's use of the state's name: — “Today, I am announcing that the Office of the General Treasurer will remove the words …
Washington Post:
NASCAR, FBI investigating ‘heinous act’ after noose is found in Bubba Wallace's stall — NASCAR President Steve Phelps said Monday afternoon that the sport will permanently ban the person or people who hung the noose in Bubba Wallace's garage stall at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway on Sunday.
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The Hill, U.S. Department of Justice, CNN and Florida Politics