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Brad Lendon / CNN:
North Korea says missile could carry large nuclear warhead — (CNN)North Korea says the missile it tested Sunday is capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead, state media said Monday. — The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, supervised the launch of the Hwasong-12 missile that reached …
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Mediaite, All Things Nuclear, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Diplomat and New York Magazine
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Kanga Kong / Bloomberg:
North Korea Says New Missile Can Carry ‘Large’ Nuclear Warhead — Could reach Guam, representing ‘substantial advance’: analyst — Test seen as step toward intercontinental ballistic missile — North Korea boasted on Monday that its new rocket could carry a “large-size heavy nuclear warhead” …
Kevin Quealy / New York Times:
If Americans Can Find North Korea on a Map, They're More Likely to Prefer Diplomacy
If Americans Can Find North Korea on a Map, They're More Likely to Prefer Diplomacy
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Gizmodo
John Schilling / 38 North:
North Korea's Latest Missile Test: Advancing towards an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile …
North Korea's Latest Missile Test: Advancing towards an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile …
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Washington Post, The Diplomat, NK News, Balloon Juice, Gizmodo, New York Times and New York Magazine
Preet Bharara / Washington Post:
Are there still public servants who will say no to the president? — Preet Bharara, a scholar in residence at New York University Law School, was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 until this March. — The most dramatic hearing I helped to arrange as chief counsel …
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Politico
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How Trump gets his fake news — White House chief of staff Reince Priebus issued a stern warning at a recent senior staff meeting: Quit trying to secretly slip stuff to President Trump. — Just days earlier, K.T. McFarland, the deputy national security adviser, had given Trump a printout of two Time magazine covers.
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ABC News, Axios, Politicus USA, Raw Story, Gizmodo, The Week and Obsidian Wings
Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:
The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week's cyberattack — Early Friday morning the world experienced the year's latest cyberattack. — Starting first in the United Kingdom and Spain, the malicious “WannaCrypt” software quickly spread globally …
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Engadget, The Verge, Mashable and Hot Air, more at Techmeme »
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senators, Pulling Away From Trump, Have ‘a Lot Less Fear of Him’ — WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, increasingly unnerved by President Trump's volatility and unpopularity, are starting to show signs of breaking away from him as they try to forge a more traditional Republican agenda and protect their political fortunes.
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Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Nancy Solomon / WNYC News:
Frelinghuysen Targets Activist in Letter to Her Employer — The most powerful congressman in New Jersey, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, wrote a fundraising letter in March to the board member of a local bank, warning him that a member of an activist group opposing the Republican worked at his bank.
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Raw Story
David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Miss USA Winner Angers Liberals With Health Care Answer — 25-year-old scientist Kára McCullough won the crown at the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night while surprising and angering liberals with her interview answers on health care and feminism. — McCullough works at the U.S …
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The Hill, Fox News Insider, Washington Post and fox5sandiego.com
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CNN:
Callista Gingrich set to be named ambassador to the Vatican — Washington (CNN)Callista Gingrich, the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is the preferred nominee to be the next ambassador to the Vatican. — The White House hopes to announce her nomination before President Donald Trump meets …
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Political Wire, New York Times, The Week, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Political chaos in Washington is a return on investment for Moscow — Russia has yet to collect much of what it hoped for from the Trump administration, including the lifting of U.S. sanctions and recognition of its annexation of Crimea. — But the Kremlin has gotten a different return …
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Sputnik International and Washington Free Beacon
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump calls for more women's health care, paid family leave options — In a statement celebrating Women's Health Week, President Donald Trump on Sunday called on improving health care access for “quality prenatal, maternal, and newborn care,” in addition to ensuring paid family leave for both mothers and fathers.
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Reuters, UPI, Axios, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Lawrence O'Donnell's Future At MSNBC Is Unclear — As his contract nears its end, a renewal doesn't appear to be on the horizon for “The Last Word” host. — Lawrence O'Donnell, host of MSNBC's “The Last Word,” has just four weeks left in his contract, and the cable network does not appear to be interested in renewing his deal.
Chris Willman / Variety:
With a New Collaborations Album, Todd Rundgren Talks About Loving Reznor, Fagen and Robyn... and Loathing Trump — Todd Rundgren's new album, “White Knight,” is a grab-bag of collaborations with fellow artists — among them, Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, Bettye LaVette, Robyn, Donald Fagen …
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Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Songwriter: 'If you're a Trump supporter, don't come to my show'
Songwriter: 'If you're a Trump supporter, don't come to my show'
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RedState
NBC News:
Meet the Press - May 14, 2017 — CHUCK TODD:This Sunday, the firing of James Comey. Why did President Trump do it, and why now? — Was it based on a justice department recommendation? The administration said this. — VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: — Because of the actions that the deputy attorney general outlined.
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Politicus USA, The Daily Caller and The Week
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John Fund / National Review:
Why Are Democrats Afraid of the Election Integrity Commission? — They know that the voter rolls are breeding grounds for potential fraud. — Last Thursday, President Trump announced the formation of a bipartisan commission to investigate voter irregularities and fraud as well as charges of voter suppression in America.
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Ann Coulter Is Worried The ‘Trump-Haters Were Right’ — Conservative author Ann Coulter was one of the most vocal supporters of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. — She wrote “In Trump We Trust” and proclaimed that she worships him like the “people of North Korea worship their Dear Leader - blind loyalty.”
Brian Klaas / USA Today:
Can American democracy survive Donald Trump? — It might not end with a bang, but the president is doing deep, lasting damage. — In 2014, Turkey's authoritarian president fired four prosecutors who were leading an investigation into an alleged corruption scandal involving the president himself.
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Are An Inferno Of Flaming Crazy And We Should Pour Gasoline On The Fire — Pity the Democrats, to the extent you can without bursting into hysterical laughter at their agony. America has thoroughly rejected them in every branch of the federal government plus out in the states …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Republicans getting nervous about Dem recruitment — I'm beginning to hear senior Republicans fret about Democrats recruiting unusually high quality House candidates for the 2018 midterms. They worry that with Trump in turmoil, accomplished progressives view next year as a their best chance in ages to win a congressional seat.