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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  —  D.C. police and protesters engaged in a skirmish Monday afternoon as city officials attempted to clear out tents erected on a street near the White House as part of a protest after the killing of George Floyd.
Discussion: DCist, Breitbart, The Hill and Axios
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.
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
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: The Hill and Politico
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
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: The Daily Beast, The Week and 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.
Associated Press:
Trump Rails Against Mail Voting. His Aides Have Embraced It
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt on US election
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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Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:   Poll shows Duval voters oppose RNC coming to Jacksonville, worry about coronavirus impact
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The Daily Beast:
Army Soldier Plotted ‘Jihadi Attack’ on His Own Unit With Neo-Nazi Satanists: Feds
Discussion: New York Post
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
New York Times:
Trump Suspends Visas Allowing Hundreds of Thousands of Foreigners to Work in the U.S.  —  The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday temporarily suspended …
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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
BuzzFeed News:
Trump Is Suspending Certain Visas For Foreign Workers
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 …
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
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
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
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Authors quit JK Rowling agency over transgender rights  —  Writers had asked company ‘to reaffirm their commitment to transgender rights and equality’  —  Four authors represented by JK Rowling's literary agency have resigned after accusing the company of declining to issue a public statement of support for transgender rights.
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.
Washington Post:
Activists halt street protests in South Carolina as some demonstrators become infected  —  South Carolina racial justice activists said they would postpone future demonstrations or move them online after at least 13 people who took part in previous protests tested positive for the coronavirus.
Discussion: Fox News and Power Line
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 …
Politico:
Senate Democrats threaten to block GOP police bill  —  Senate Democrats are strongly signaling they will filibuster Republicans' police reform bill later this week absent more concessions from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.  —  The Kentucky Republican set the Senate on a path …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Senator Tom Cotton / The American Mind:
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Discussion: The Daily Signal and Instapundit
Alveda King / Washington Examiner:
Trump is moving the nation toward police reform and racial justice
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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David Freed / The Atlantic:
The First U.S. General to Call Trump a Bigot
Sam Jones / The Guardian:
Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain
Discussion: The Sun and New York Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
McEnany's sloppy, misleading effort to defend Trump's indefensible use of ‘kung flu’
Discussion: Breitbart
 

 
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David Pierce / The Verge:
YouTube launches Communities, a space where creators can let fans post content and chat, and Community Hub, which shows creators all their channel's activity

Reuters:
Sources: Google tried to end an EU antitrust probe by offering to sell its ad marketplace AdX, or Ad Exchange, but European publishers rejected the proposal

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in the creation of its movies and TV shows

 
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