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Craig Gordon / Bloomberg:
Ivanka Trump Sat In for Her Father at the G-20 Leaders' Table — Daughter seen sitting at his spot during migration meeting — Trump stepped away from meeting to hold one-on-one sessions — Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, took his seat at a Group of 20 meeting table in Hamburg …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump takes her father's seat at world leaders' table during a G-20 meeting — HAMBURG — President Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump has an expansive portfolio in her father's administration. But on Saturday, she literally took his seat at the table at the G-20 Summit here.
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Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
‘Unelected, unqualified’: The Internet's reaction to Ivanka Trump taking her dad's seat at G-20 — Ivanka Trump briefly sat among world leaders after she took her father's seat the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg. — But critics did not like the idea of the first daughter filling in for the president …
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
G20 leaders' statement on climate change highlights rift with US — Joint statement points to US decision to withdraw from Paris agreement while other G20 countries see accord as ‘irreversible’ — World leaders have made clear the US's isolated stance on climate change …
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump leaves G-20 summit without holding press conference — President Trump was one of the only world leaders to leave the G-20 summit without holding a full press conference. — Trump on Saturday departed Hamburg, Germany, for Washington after the close of the three-day summit of the world's top political leaders.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump leaves leaders fearing the future as G-20 summit closes — HAMBURG — President Trump and other world leaders on Saturday emerged from two days of talks unable to resolve key differences on core issues like climate change and globalization, fueling worries that global summits may be ineffective in the Trump era.
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump splits with other G-20 leaders on climate change — President Donald Trump emerged from the G-20 summit in Germany isolated from every other major economy on climate change, but the White House nonetheless scored small victories during the meeting. — After a tense round of negotiations …
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Reuters:
G20 communique exposes divide with U.S. on climate policy
G20 communique exposes divide with U.S. on climate policy
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Molly K. McKew / Politico:
Trump Handed Putin a Stunning Victory — President Donald Trump needed to accomplish two things this week during his visits to Poland and the G-20 Summit in Hamburg. First, he needed to reassure America's allies that he was committed to collective defense and the core set of values and principles that bind us together.
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Trump Caves to Putin — What President Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin tells us about the future of Russian-American affairs. — If Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's readout of Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin is a preview of the Trump administration's approach to Russia …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump's cozy meeting with Putin fits his transactional style
Trump's cozy meeting with Putin fits his transactional style
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Support of Senate Health Repeal Erodes During Break — WASHINGTON — A week that Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, as usually reliable Republican senators …
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New York Times:
Once Dominant, the United States Finds Itself Isolated at G-20 — HAMBURG, Germany — For years the United States was the dominant force and set the agenda at the annual gathering of the leaders of the world's largest economies. — But on Friday, when President Trump met with 19 other leaders …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Conservative warns McConnell to not give up on ObamaCare repeal — A leading House conservative is warning Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — (R-Ky.) he should not quit fighting to pass legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare through the Senate.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP pessimism rising on ObamaCare repeal
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
We Need to Stop This “Andrew Cuomo 2020” Nonsense Immediately — Politico has a big piece Friday suggesting that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo could defeat Donald Trump in 2020 as the Democrats' presidential nominee if he is able to win over “the left.” — For the most part …
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Donna F. Edwards / Washington Post:
To my colleagues in Congress: I have MS. Don't make my insurance unaffordable. — Donna F. Edwards, a Democrat from Maryland, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008 to 2017. She is currently a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. — Dear colleagues in Congress,
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Chris Suarez / Daily Progress:
Charlottesville on edge as KKK rally approaches … Tensions are slowly boiling ahead of the scheduled Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville on Saturday, and police barriers and security cameras already have been set up around Justice Park in anticipation of the 80 to 100 Klan members expected …
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
CNN, journalists should have no pity for anonymous internet trolls — We should be able to distinguish someone participating in the political system from someone who uses anonymity to viciously target people. — The issue of anonymity on the Internet is in the news because of CNN's decision …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans thought they could force 2018 Democrats to cut deals, but Trump keeps sliding in polls — Senate Republicans began this year thinking that they had leverage over some Democrats, particularly the 10 up for reelection next year in states that President Trump won last fall.