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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.
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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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 …
Janelle Irwin Taylor / Florida Politics:   Poll shows Duval voters oppose RNC coming to Jacksonville, worry about coronavirus impact
Washington Post:
Trump's anger over Tulsa rally underscores growing problems within his campaign
Discussion: The Nation and Mediaite
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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CNN:   White House admits Trump was involved in firing of top US attorney after Trump claimed he wasn't
Wall Street Journal:
Attorney General Barr, Berman at Odds Over Letter Criticizing New York City Mayor
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
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: POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
With unsubstantiated claim, Trump sows doubt on US election
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Key Democratic primaries for House in N.Y. and Senate in Kentucky  —  New York's coronavirus-delayed primary is Tuesday — and it has the potential to throw a wrench into the power structure in the Democratic-controlled House — while in Kentucky there's a Democratic battle for the right …
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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 …
Courier-Journal:
While national voices claim ‘voter suppression,’ Kentucky on pace for record voter turnout
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Two Trump campaign staffers who attended Tulsa rally test positive for coronavirus  — Two members of a campaign advance team who attended President Donald Trump's rally in Oklahoma on Saturday have tested positive for the coronavirus, the campaign said Monday.
Discussion: The Week and WHDH-TV
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ABC News:
After Trump's dismal return rally, finger pointing, blame game intensifies
Discussion: Political Wire and Yahoo News
HuffPost:
Brexit Leader Allowed To Attend Trump Rally With A ‘National Interest’ Travel Ban Waiver
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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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
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
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 …
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 …
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
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
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.
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 …
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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bolton on a Trump second term: Be afraid
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Raw Story
Financial Times:
Japan rushes UK to agree first post-Brexit trade deal
Discussion: Politico
Erin Geiger Smith / HarperCollins Publishers:
Thank You for Voting
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
3 questions to watch for as Fauci, Redfield testify before House panel
Discussion: Politico
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Shaun King: Statues of Jesus Christ are ‘form of white supremacy,’ should be torn down
Discussion: Breitbart and TheGrio
Peter Samore / KTAR.com:
Due to Seattle's unrest, billion-dollar investment firm moving to Phoenix
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
End of lockdown, Memorial Day add up to increase in coronavirus cases, experts say
New York Times:
41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally
Discussion: The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Senator Tom Cotton / The American Mind:
Senator Tom Cotton against the 1619 Riots
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
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How the Democrats Collude to Enable Voter Fraud
Christine Jordan Sexton / Florida Politics:
Florida changes ICU reporting
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
McEnany's sloppy, misleading effort to defend Trump's indefensible use of ‘kung flu’
Discussion: Breitbart
 

 
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