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3:50 PM ET, May 21, 2017

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A tale of two princes: A king's son and a president's son-in-law drive Trump's visit  —  Saudi King Salman, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) walk in front of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump during an arrival ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh.
Fox News:
Trump to call for ‘stamping out extremism’ in speech to Muslim leaders  —  President Trump Sunday in a highly-anticipated speech to Muslim leaders during his first foreign trip is expected to call for unity in the fight to “stamp out extremism.”  —  During his second day of his first trip abroad …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Trump summons Muslim nations to confront ‘Islamic terror of all kinds’  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump delivered a forceful address here Sunday summoning the Muslim world to confront “the crisis of Islamic extremism” as he seeks to present a united front against global terrorism.
Annie Karni / Politico:
Trump softens his tone on Islam
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain critical
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump mocked Obama for bowing to a Saudi king. And then he ...
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
McCain ‘almost speechless’ over Trump's ‘nutjob’ jab  —  Sen. John McCain on Sunday said he was “almost speechless” over comments that President Donald Trump reportedly made to Russian officials describing fired FBI Director James Comey as “a real nutjob.”  —  In an interview on “Fox News Sunday …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Chaffetz: Jail individuals leaking information  —  (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, on Sunday said individuals leaking information to the press should go to jail.  —  “You cannot have that happen,” Chaffetz told ABC's “This Week,” referencing the information leaking …
Discussion: Politico, RedState and The Daily Caller
Brooke A. Lewis / Houston Chronicle:
Racial slurs thrown at Al Green after calling for impeachment of President Trump
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Gingrich spreads conspiracy theory about slain DNC staffer  —  Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a stalwart supporter of President Trump, used a Sunday morning appearance on “Fox and Friends” to spread the conspiracy theory that former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was killed …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Seth Rich conspiracy shows how fake news still works  —  On July 10, at 4:19 a.m., gunfire was detected in the District's Bloomingdale neighborhood.  Not five minutes later, police found Seth Rich, a 27-year-old Democratic National Committee staffer, lying on the ground, dying from a bullet wound to his back.
CNN:
Sheriff David Clarke plagiarized portions of his master's thesis on homeland security  —  Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who this week announced he will be joining Donald Trump's administration as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security …
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John Fauber / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
CNN report says Sheriff David Clarke plagiarized parts of his thesis on homeland security
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Republicans fearing for their safety as anger, threats mount  —  A growing number of House Republicans are facing physical threats from angry constituents in their districts, leading many to fear for their safety.  —  In the last few weeks alone, the FBI arrested a man threatening Rep. Martha McSally's …
Matt Latimer / Politico:
President Mike Pence Would Be in for a World of Pain  —  If any political pundit has learned anything over the past year—which is doubtful—that lesson is never to write off Donald Trump, who has time and again shown a Road Runner-like resilience that has both surprised and just plain ticked off his critics.
Discussion: ABC News
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Harvard study: CNN, NBC Trump coverage 93 percent negative  —  How negative was press coverage of President Trump's first 100 days in office?  Far more than that of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, or Bill Clinton, according to a new report from the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Discussion: IJR, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and TheBlaze
 
 
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