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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin — Jared Kushner and Russia's ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin …
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Ex-CIA Director: CIA would consider Kushner actions ‘espionage’ — Former acting CIA director John McLaughlan on Friday responded to reports that President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner discussed setting up a secret communications line between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources — U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Hill, Political Wire, Axios and The Guardian
Mike Allen / Axios:
Jared's Jam has White House on edge — The hottest topic among top White House officials is the FBI's interest in Jared Kushner, the closest adviser and son-in-law of the President. The Washington Post report that Kushner discussed “a secret and secure communications channel between Trump's transition team …
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Political Wire
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
‘Game-changer’: MSNBC panelists explain magnitude of ‘devastating’ Kushner revelations — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Tonight's breaking news that Jared Kushner allegendly sought to set up a secret backchannel communication system with the Kremlim is rocking the White House as the Memorial Day weekend begins.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump adviser: ‘I would not be concerned’ about a Russia back channel, irrespective of Kushner
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Business Insider
New York Times:
Kushner Is Said to Have Discussed a Secret Channel to Talk to Russia
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twitchy.com and Hot Air
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
McMaster ‘not concerned’ following Kushner reports
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Talking Points Memo
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The dueling scoops about Jared Kushner's plan for secret communications with Russia, explained
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Raw Story, CANNONFIRE, Daily Kos, Liberal Values, Axios, The Atlantic and CBS Philly
Jim Ryan / Oregonian:
2 killed in stabbing on MAX train in Northeast Portland as man directs slurs at Muslim women, police say — Gallery: Deadly MAX stabbing, May 26, 2017 — Update, 3:30 a.m., May 27: Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on suspicion of aggravated murder …
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Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
The attack occurred in the Hollywood District. “He said, 'Get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here.'” — A man riding the MAX in Northeast Portland fatally stabbed two passengers who tried to stop him from hurling racial and anti-Muslim insults at women on the train …
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The Last Tradition, ABC News and Balloon Juice
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Two Killed in Portland After Trying to Stop Anti-Muslim Rant, Police Say — Two men were fatally stabbed Friday on a train car in Portland, Ore., when they tried to intervene as a fellow passenger screamed anti-Muslim insults at two women, the authorities said.
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Fusion
Doug Brown / Portland Mercury:
Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist
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The Guardian
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
As Trump's Problems Mount, Breitbart's Numbers Are Cratering — A media business based on attack has been much less successful when forced to defend. — With its former chairman Steve Bannon as White House chief strategist and plans for an ambitious international expansion …
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Raw Story
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml …:
Merkel Furious With Trump After “Unprecedented” G-7 Failure To Reach Consensus On Climate Change — In the end it was not mean to be. As discussed on Friday, during Trump's first G-7 summit, world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and new French President Emmanuel Macron …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Leaders issue G7 declaration with U.S. a holdout on climate change
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Rand Paul: Paris Climate Deal Would Kill 6 Million American Jobs
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Daily Kos and Instapundit
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe — Robert Mueller's special investigation may just be starting, but for President Donald Trump and his aides, it's already entered one of the most legally treacherous phases. — Now that Trump's current and former aides and allies officially …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Senate Intelligence Committee requests Trump campaign documents
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New York Times:
Russian Once Tied to Trump Aide Seeks Immunity to Testify Before Congress — Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch once close to President Trump's former campaign manager, has offered to cooperate with congressional committees investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election …
Discussion:
Political Wire and Raw Story
Nicola Harley / Telegraph:
Manchester attack: Terror threat level reduced as streets evacuated in Moss Side police raids — Theresa May reduces UK threat level to severe — The UK's most senior counter-terror officer has warned there will be “more arrests and more searches” after an area of Manchester was evacuated.
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RT and Business Insider
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The Intercept:
LEAKED DOCUMENTS REVEAL COUNTERTERRORISM TACTICS USED AT STANDING ROCK TO “DEFEAT PIPELINE INSURGENCIES” — A shadowy international mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan targeted the movement opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline with military-style counterterrorism measures …
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Raw Story
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Team Obama tried to hack the election — MORE FROM: … New revelations have surfaced that the Obama administration abused intelligence during the election by launching a massive domestic-spy campaign that included snooping on Trump officials. — The irony is mind-boggling …
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Weasel Zippers, Conservative News Today and Instapundit
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pushing Big White House Changes as Russia Crisis Grows — President Trump is actively discussing major changes, including a shakeup of his senior team, after spending much of his free time during his overseas trip weighing the Russia investigation and the political crisis it poses for him.
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Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter, Dies at 89 — Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish strategic theorist who was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter in the tumultuous years of the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1970s …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump cancels Iowa rally — President Donald Trump has canceled a rally in Iowa next week, citing “an unforeseen change” in the president's schedule. — “Due to an unforeseen change in President Trump's schedule, we will need to unfortunately postpone the previously scheduled rally …
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