memeorandum: ‘Close to a disaster’: Foreign policy scholar explains massive damage done by Trump's NATO speech (Brad Reed/Raw Story)

8:25 PM ET, May 25, 2017

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Jared Kushner now a focus in Russia investigation — Investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and related matters, according to people familiar with the investigation.

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Republican candidate charged with assault after ‘body-slamming’ Guardian reporter — Audio of Greg Gianforte attacking Ben Jacobs corroborated by Fox News journalists in the room, who described candidate ‘slamming him to the ground’ — The Republican candidate for Montana's congressional seat …

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Montana Republican Greg Gianforte, Charged With Assault, Awaits Fate in Vote

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Montana Assault Witness Changes Story, Says No Neck Grab

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Felix Biederman / Washington Post:
Face it: The body-slammed reporter did just what you would have done

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Missoulian rescinds Gianforte endorsement

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‘You Are Sadly Mistaken’: Don Lemon Rips CNN Guest Who Won't Blame Trump For Alleged Assault On Reporter

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Tapper: If you can't condemn an assault on a reporter, reexamine your love for Constitution

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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Reporter: Only true thing in Gianforte's assault statement is my name and employer

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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Republicans rebuke but stand by Montana GOP candidate charged with assault

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Fights, Lies, and Audiotape

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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:

Trump's behavior at NATO is a national embarrassment — Poor NATO. After all of the hoops summit organizers reportedly jumped through to accommodate President Trump and his anemic attention span, he definitely was not on his best behavior. Trump was the party guest whom no one really wants …

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Trump chastises fellow NATO members, demands they meet payment obligations — BRUSSELS — President Trump, speaking at a ceremony here Thursday to dedicate a memorial to NATO's resolve in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, publicly chastised his fellow alliance leaders …

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Declines to Back Core NATO Tenet, to Dismay of European Allies

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump's Revised Travel Ban — WASHINGTON — The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., on Thursday refused to reinstate President Trump's revised travel ban, saying it discriminated on the basis of religion. The decision was a fresh setback …

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court keeps block on revised Trump travel ban; administration vows SCOTUS appeal

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
A court just blocked Trump's Muslim ban because Trump couldn't keep his mouth shut

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Wall Street Journal:

How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up With Florida GOP Operative — Political consultant Aaron Nevins asked for and received documents from hacker ‘Guccifer 2.0’ and posted some on his blog, after which the hacker called the blog to the attention of Trump adviser Roger Stone.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Says Sean Hannity Will Return to Show

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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Sean Hannity takes abrupt vacation as advertisers continue to flee his Fox News show

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BBC:

Manchester attack: Police ‘not sharing information with US’ — Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media, the BBC understands. — UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times.

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Trump Condemns ‘Alleged Leaks,’ After Complaints From Britain

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Daily Mail:

Obama receives rock star welcome in Germany as he appears alongside Merkel and says 'we can't hide behind a wall' — Former President Obama appeared alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate — Obama used the opportunity …

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Obama not so subtly undercuts Trump

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Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:

Senate Mulls Health-Law Rewrite Pushing Obamacare Repeal to 2020 — Senators working to craft more modest version than House plan — Little progress on difficult issue: Future of Obamacare taxes — Senate Republicans are weighing a two-step process to replace Obamacare that would postpone …

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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Senate Republicans start their version of Obamacare repeal

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Austin Wright / Politico:

FBI won't provide Comey memos to Congress yet — The FBI on Thursday declined a congressional request for explosive memos by former Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump. — The House Oversight Committee and other congressional panels requested …

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Reuters:
House panel chairman says FBI declines for now to meet request for Comey-linked documents

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Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo:

Harvard's Student Paper Is Drunk and Taking Potshots at Mark Zuckerberg — The Harvard Crimson has either become the victim of an incredibly funny prank, or Facebook is beta-testing its silent speech brain interface on college students. — Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returned …

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Daniel Gross / Slate:

Trump Reportedly Wants to Stop Germans From Selling So Many Cars Here, Where They're Made — Donald Trump had some tough words for the Germans at the NATO summit in Belgium on Thursday. “The Germans are bad, very bad,” he reportedly told Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Union.

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Brad Reed / Raw Story:

‘Close to a disaster’: Foreign policy scholar explains massive damage done by Trump's NATO speech — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — President Donald Trump on Thursday delivered a speech at NATO headquarters in which he did not explicitly endorse Article 5 …

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CNN:

Trump org. to break promise of donating foreign profits — The Trump Organization says it will not track all foreign hotel profits despite its previous pledge. CNN's Cristina Alesci reports.Source: CNN

Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Sheriff Clarke directed staff to hassle plane passenger after brief exchange — Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. was sued earlier this year in the wake of a brief exchange with Riverwest resident Dan Black aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Milwaukee. The sheriff has now given his version of what happened.

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:

Iranian President: ‘We Need Missiles’ to Confront Trump Admin, Enemies — Recently re-elected Rouhani takes aim at Trump administration as Congress passes new sanctions — Recently re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed out at the Trump administration this week …

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Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran says it has built third underground ballistic missile factory

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George Kelly / East Bay Times:

Berkeley: College professor arrested as assault suspect — BERKELEY — A former Diablo Valley College professor was in custody Wednesday evening after his arrest Wednesday afternoon in Oakland, according to county records. — Eric Clanton, 28, was being held on $200,000 bail after he was booked …