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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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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
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.
Politico:
House Judiciary panel preparing to subpoena Barr
Discussion: The Hill
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
After Trump fires Manhattan U.S. attorney, some Senate Republicans respond with a shrug
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Joyce White Vance / TIME:   Americans Need to Know the Truth About William Barr's Friday Night Massacre.  We Can't Afford to Wait
U.S. Department of Justice:
Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband and U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider …
Discussion: Associated Press
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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wusa9.com:
Watch Live: Protesters, police clash in Lafayette Square after trying to tear down Andrew Jackson statue  —  Police responded and quickly started clearing the crowd away from the statue using a bicycle barricade and deploying pepper spray.  LIVE video in player below.
Washington Post:
D.C. police, protesters skirmish over removal of tents near White House
Discussion: DCist, Breitbart and The Hill
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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Detroit Free Press:
Sources: U-M to withdraw from hosting October presidential debate  —  The University of Michigan is withdrawing from hosting a presidential debate between Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, sources told the Detroit Free Press.  The official announcement is expected to come Tuesday.
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:   Poll shows Duval voters oppose RNC coming to Jacksonville, worry about coronavirus impact
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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ABC News:
After Trump's dismal return rally, finger pointing, blame game intensifies
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump's anger over Tulsa rally underscores growing problems within his campaign
Discussion: Mediaite
HuffPost:
Brexit Leader Allowed To Attend Trump Rally With A ‘National Interest’ Travel Ban Waiver
Discussion: Breitbart
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
Discussion: The Week and POLITICUSUSA
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt on US election
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
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 …
USA Today:
‘We can mute that line’: State Department cuts off reporter trying to ask about Bolton's book during censorship briefing  —  WASHINGTON - During a briefing on Chinese propaganda and press censorship, the State Department's chief spokeswoman muted the line of a reporter who tried to ask …
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Max Cohen / Politico:
State Dept. mutes reporter asking about Bolton's book
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive - State Department Torches Media for Comparing U.S. to Chinese Communist Party …
Christine Jordan Sexton / Florida Politics:
Florida changes ICU reporting  —  Amid a surge in Florida coronavirus cases, Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is changing the guidelines for hospitals' reporting of intensive-care beds in the state Emergency Status System, or ESS.  —  In a phone call with hospital providers this week …
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:   End of lockdown, Memorial Day add up to increase in coronavirus cases, experts say
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Trump falsely accuses Obama of treason in latest unfounded attack on his predecessor  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has falsely accused former President Barack Obama of committing treason in his latest unfounded accusation aimed at his predecessor.  —  Trump for months has publicly accused Obama …
Discussion: WHDH-TV
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump opens door to another round of stimulus checks, direct deposits  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated Monday he's open to a second round of stimulus payments as the U.S. economy continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic.  —  Asked in an interview …
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Deadline:
Steve Bing Dies: Film Financier & Philanthropist Jumped From Century City Building, Authorities Say  —  Steve Bing, the film financier and philanthropist who backed hit movies from Robert Zemeckis' The Polar Express and Beowulf to the Rolling Stones' Shine A Light concert movie, has died.
Discussion: The US Sun and TMZ.com
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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John Binder / Breitbart:
Trump to Halt Foreign Visa Worker Programs to Free Up 600K U.S. Jobs for Americans
Discussion: Big League Politics
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘Heroes, right?’ … Nobody wants to know about what I do.  People might pay us lip service and say we're heroes, but our stories aren't the kind anyone actually wants to hear about.  Kids in this country grow up with toy firetrucks, or maybe playing cops and robbers, but who dreams of becoming a paramedic?
Sam Warner / NME:
Winona Ryder lost a movie role because a producer thought she looked “too Jewish”  —  The Stranger Things actress opens-up about experiencing anti-Semitism.  —  Winona Ryder has said she was once overlooked for a movie role because the producer said she looked “too Jewish”.
Discussion: IndieWire
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.
Trevor Nace / Forbes:
The Arctic Circle Hit 101°F Saturday, Its Hottest Temperature Ever  —  This past weekend, a small Russian town in the Arctic Circle hit a scorching temperature, 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit.  While the temperature has to be verified by experts, if it stands, it will be the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle.
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 …
 
 
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New York Times:
41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally
Discussion: The Week
Senator Tom Cotton / The American Mind:
Senator Tom Cotton against the 1619 Riots
Discussion: Instapundit and The Daily Signal
Alveda King / Washington Examiner:
Trump is moving the nation toward police reform and racial justice
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Politico:
Senate Democrats threaten to block GOP police bill
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How the Democrats Collude to Enable Voter Fraud
Janelle Griffith / NBC News:
Sheriff's office employee among 3 men accused of vandalizing Black Lives Matter sign
Discussion: The Root
 Earlier Items: 
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Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain
Discussion: New York Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
McEnany's sloppy, misleading effort to defend Trump's indefensible use of ‘kung flu’
Discussion: Breitbart
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
News Analysis: Joe Biden is no Hillary Clinton, and that's a problem for President Trump
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What Fiona Hill Learned in the White House
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