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New York Times:
Trump Returns to Crisis Over Kushner as White House Tries to Contain It — President Trump headed home on Saturday to confront a growing political and legal threat, as his top aides tried to contain the fallout from reports that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is a focus of investigations …
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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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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump family members met with GOP leaders to discuss strategy — Amid mounting questions at the White House about Russia, three prominent members of President Trump's family — his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and Eric's wife, Lara — have ramped up their engagement …
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Political Wire, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
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 and ABC News
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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CNN:
Two top Trump advisers dodge Kushner questions — Naxos, Italy (CNN)President Donald Trump's top economic and national security advisers on Saturday declined to comment on the swirl of allegations that Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is facing regarding his contacts with Russian officials.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump adviser: ‘I would not be concerned’ about a Russia back channel, irrespective of Kushner — TAORMINA, Italy — President Trump's National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Saturday he “would not be concerned” about having a back-channel communications system with Russia …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources
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NBC News:
Kushner Met With Russian Banker Who Is Putin Crony, Spy School Grad
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RedState, Politicus USA, Raw Story and Mediaite
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
‘This is off the map’: Former intelligence officials say the reported Kushner-Russia plan …
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Political Wire and RedState
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
McMaster ‘not concerned’ following Kushner reports
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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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Doug Brown / Portland Mercury:
Suspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist — Jeremy Christian, now accused of hate crime murders, at the right-wing “March for Free Speech” on April 29 — The man accused of the brutal hate crime slayings of two people at the Hollywood Transit Center on Friday afternoon is a known local white supremacist.
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Corey Pein / Willamette Week:
I know because I interviewed him last month. — I shook the alleged killer's filthy hand 28 days ago. Mine feels tainted now, as though I somehow sanctioned his reported act, though I was only trying to get some information out of him. — He had just marched through Montavilla Park chanting …
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Washington Post and American Power
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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ABC News, The Last Tradition and Balloon Juice
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Two Killed in Portland After Trying to Stop Anti-Muslim Rant, Police Say
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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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Al Jazeera English:
G7 summit ends deadlocked on climate change
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Axios and Political Wire
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Leaders issue G7 declaration with U.S. a holdout on climate change
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The Atlantic and The Week
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, more at Mediagazer »
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When Al Franken body-slammed a demonstrator — When I wrote about Fightin' Greg Gianforte's assault (as it seems to me) on a reporter, I believed that Al Franken had a history of physical aggression against folks who annoyed him. However, the only incident I recalled (and only vaguely) …
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CBS News and Washington Post
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, Instapundit and Conservative News Today
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 …
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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Common Dreams and Raw Story
Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
A Muslim-American Activist's Speech Raises Ire Even Before It's Delivered — Linda Sarsour, one of the most prominent Muslim-American activists in New York, says the messages have been arriving by the hour recently. — “Your time is coming.” — “A good Arab is a dead Arab.”
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