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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold — US president told Theresa May he did not want trip to go ahead if there were large-scale public protests … Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump May Not Visit U.K. This Year as Planned
Trump May Not Visit U.K. This Year as Planned
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and CNBC
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump attorney won't rule out firing Mueller — One of President Donald Trump's attorneys on Sunday wouldn't rule out the possibility the president would fire the special counsel appointed to look into his campaign's potential ties to Russia. — Robert Mueller was appointed by the Justice Department …
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Maia Davis / ABC News:
There's ‘absolutely evidence’ to begin obstruction of justice case on Trump: Bharara — Former New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said “there's absolutely evidence to begin a case” for obstruction of justice against President Donald Trump. — The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District …
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Axios, Business Insider, Raw Story, Politico, Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-11-17: Preet Bharara, Jay Sekulow, Sen. Mike Lee, and Sen. Joe Manchin
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-11-17: Preet Bharara, Jay Sekulow, Sen. Mike Lee, and Sen. Joe Manchin
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New York Magazine and Politicus USA
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Proof That James Comey Misled the Senate Intelligence Committee
Proof That James Comey Misled the Senate Intelligence Committee
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Instapundit and New York Post
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump's son seems to confirm Comey's account of the president's comments on the Flynn investigation — Soon after former FBI director James B. Comey testified that President Trump told him that he “hoped” the FBI would drop its investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn …
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Business Insider, Raw Story, The Hill, Media Matters for America and Political Wire
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Donald Trump Jr. directly contradicts his father's story on key meeting with Comey — That sound you hear is the special prosecutor taking notes. — Former FBI director James Comey met with President Trump on February 14. According to Comey's sworn testimony, Trump said …
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Daily Kos and JONATHAN TURLEY
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump family unloads on Comey, calls him lying, cowardly
Trump family unloads on Comey, calls him lying, cowardly
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Little Green Footballs, The Hill, Breitbart, Politico, New York Times and RedState
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Watergate prosecutor: ‘No question’ Trump obstructed justice
Watergate prosecutor: ‘No question’ Trump obstructed justice
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Axios, ABC News, ThinkProgress and Rolling Stone
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Comey and Trump, the G-Man vs. the Mob Boss
New York Times:
Democrats in Split-Screen: The Base Wants It All. The Party Wants to Win. — DUNWOODY, Ga. — Democrats are facing an open breach between the demands of their political base and the strict limits of their power, as liberal activists dream of transforming the health care system …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Sanders to faithful: Take down Trump, take over Democratic Party
Sanders to faithful: Take down Trump, take over Democratic Party
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Five notes on Trump's current predicament — The danger President Trump faces from the various investigations into the Trump-Russia matter has changed dramatically in recent weeks. If you're a Republican and you still believe the critical question is whether Trump or his associates colluded …
Richard V. Reeves / New York Times:
Stop Pretending You're Not Rich — When I was growing up, my mother would sometimes threaten my brother and me with elocution lessons. It is no secret that how you talk matters a lot in a class-saturated society like the United Kingdom. Peterborough, our increasingly diverse hometown, was prosperous enough, but not upscale.
Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Trump drops in on wedding at New Jersey golf club — President Trump dropped in on a wedding taking place at his golf club in New Jersey on Saturday night, according to photos wedding guests posted on Instagram. — Trump's surprise wedding drop-ins are well documented.
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Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
President Trump can't stop crashing parties at his golf clubs
President Trump can't stop crashing parties at his golf clubs
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IJR
Adam Edelman / New York Daily News:
The billionaire GOP patron behind Trump's social media bot army — A GOP donor who once had ties to IBM is the man behind the millions of Twitter bots President Trump counts on as followers who could be employed to target voters with misleading or fake news on social media.
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The Gateway Pundit
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Graham: Trump could ‘go down’ because he can't stay quiet — (R-S.C.) on Sunday said President Trump could be the first commander in chief “to go down” over ongoing chaos in his administration, including his Twitter habit. — “You may be the first president in history …
New York Times:
Role of Trump's Personal Lawyer Blurs Public and Private Lines — WASHINGTON — A new figure has swept through the West Wing lately, a man with silver hair combed back across his head, rimless glasses perched on his nose, a white handkerchief tucked neatly into his suit pocket …
Mynewsdesk:
Police release images of fake explosive belts worn by London Bridge attackers — BST — The Metropolitan Police have today, Sunday 11 June, released pictures of the fake explosive belts worn by the London Bridge attackers. — All three of the attackers wore the leather belts.
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Democrats begin to turn on DHS chief — John Kelly's sterling reputation as a Marine general with an appreciation for nuance led many Democrats to back his nomination as Homeland Security secretary in the hope that he would rein in President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration and security policies.
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Raw Story
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Trump slogans photoshopped out of high school yearbook — Wall Township HS junior Grant Berardo with the Trump shirt he wore for his class photo and the photoshopped version he saw when he received his yearbook this week. — Fake photos! — Parents at a New Jersey high school are outraged …
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The Last Tradition, theGrio and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Samuel Earle / The Atlantic:
Macron Shouldn't Misinterpret His Mandate — In July 2015, 10 months before launching his campaign for the presidency, France's then-economic minister Emmanuel Macron gave an interview in which he reflected on what was missing from French politics. “That absence,” he said, “is the figure of the king.”
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