10 things you need to know today: June 17, 2017

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1. Trump confirms he is under investigation

President Trump tweeted Friday to vent his frustration over the widening investigation into ties between his campaign and Russia — and in the process confirmed he is a subject of the investigation. "I am being investigated for firing the FBI director by the man who told me to fire the FBI director! Witch hunt," Trump wrote. He also mocked the probe, tweeting that "after 7 months of investigations [and] committee hearings about my 'collusion with the Russians,' nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad!" Per Politico, White House aides are reportedly concerned Trump's behavior is self-destructive and a source of legal risk.

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.