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New York Times:
Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign — Two weeks after Donald J. Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination last year, his eldest son arranged a meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan with a Russian lawyer who has connections to the Kremlin …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Trump Jr., Kushner met with Russian lawyer: New York Times — U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son, son-in-law and former election campaign manager met with a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin soon after Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination last year, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Jen Psaki / CNN:
Putin set a trap and Trump fell into it — Jen Psaki, a CNN political commentator and spring fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service, was the White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman during the Obama administration.
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Raw Story
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Masha Gessen / New York Times:
Trump Gave Putin Exactly What He Wanted — While American news media offered differing interpretations of the meeting between President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, debating whether Mr. Trump had shown resolve or had fallen into a trap set by Mr. Putin …
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DCReport.org and NPR.org
Lawrence Kudlow / Real Clear Politics:
Trump Has Putin Over a Barrel
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
In Alexandria shooter's hometown, rage-filled radio host channels middle America's inner frustration — BELLEVILLE, Ill. — It's not yet 11 a.m., and Bob Romanik, sitting behind the microphone at his radio station in a rundown strip mall in the middle of America, already has said the “n-word” …
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RedState, The American Conservative, Mediaite and IJR
Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Trump to China President Xi: N Korea nuclear threat will end ‘one way or another’ — President Trump, at the start of his meeting Saturday in Germany with Chinese President Xi Jinping, called the Asian nation a “great trading partner” and said the increasing North Korea nuclear threat will eventually be resolved “one way or the other.”
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The Gateway Pundit
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Pope Francis Says America Has ‘a Distorted Vision of the World’
Pope Francis Says America Has ‘a Distorted Vision of the World’
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The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump keeps it friendly with Xi at G20 on North Korea threat
Trump keeps it friendly with Xi at G20 on North Korea threat
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Bloomberg, The Week, Breaking News USA and Politico
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks — Russian government hackers were behind recent cyber-intrusions into the business systems of U.S. nuclear power and other energy companies in what appears to be an effort to assess their networks …
Ryan Parker / Hollywood Reporter:
‘True Blood’ Star Nelsan Ellis Dies at 39 — “He was a great talent, and his words and presence will be forever missed.” — Nelsan Ellis, the actor who starred in HBO's True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds, has died, his manager Emily Gerson Saines, told The Hollywood Reporter. — He was 39.
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Variety, NBC News, ABC News, Refinery29, Washington Post and The Root
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists — Over the past six years, rooftop solar panel installations have seen explosive growth — as much as 900 percent by one estimate. — That growth has come to a shuddering stop this year, with a projected decline in new installations of 2 percent …
Reuters:
Hungarian far right launches new political party — Militants gather in Budapest to form political movement aiming to replace current party on the extreme right … Hundreds of Hungarian right-wing militants gathered in Budapest to launch a political movement that they hope will run …
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Vox Popoli
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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AOL, The Guardian and Talking Points Memo
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump leaves leaders fearing the future as G-20 summit closes
Trump leaves leaders fearing the future as G-20 summit closes
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CNN, BuzzFeed, BBC, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, Axios, ABC News and New York Times
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
‘Unelected, unqualified’: The Internet's reaction to Ivanka Trump taking her dad's seat at G-20
‘Unelected, unqualified’: The Internet's reaction to Ivanka Trump taking her dad's seat at G-20
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Intercept, New York Magazine, NBC New York, New York Times, CNN, The FADER, Balloon Juice, The Hill, Mediaite, IJR and twitchy.com
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump splits with other G-20 leaders on climate change
Trump splits with other G-20 leaders on climate change
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Washington Post, ABC News and The Mahablog
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans increasingly uncertain of a legislative victory before August — The Republican Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week increasingly uncertain that a major legislative victory is achievable in the three weeks before lawmakers leave town for their month-long summer recess.
Blair Miller / TheDenverChannel.com:
Hundreds withdraw Colorado voter registrations in response to compliance with commission request — DENVER - At least two Colorado county clerks say they've seen a large increase in the number of people who have withdrawn their state voter registration since Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams …
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The Hill, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos and Orlando Sentinel
Telegraph:
Emmanuel Macron jostles his way to the front of G20 photo to stand by Donald Trump — French President Emmanuel Macron left his position during the family picture to place himself next to US President Donald Trump as German Chancellor Angela Merkel watched on.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
CBS News:
Iowa woman who tried to vote for Trump twice pleads guilty to election misconduct — A woman from Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty to election misconduct for attempting to cast two separate ballots in the 2016 presidential election for then-Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and RedState
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Graham Ambrose / Denver Post:
These Coloradans say Earth is flat. And gravity's a hoax. Now, they're being persecuted. — The Flat Earth movement is growing in Colorado, thanks to technology and skepticism about science … Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., three dozen Coloradans from every corner of the state assemble …
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Balloon Juice