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Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton — President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Jr.'s ‘Denials’ of Russian Collusion Are Actually Confessions — Many figures in Donald Trump's orbit have been caught denying contacts with Russia that have later surfaced. What's unusual about the lies that Donald Trump Jr. tells is that they aren't even exculpatory.
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s stunning admission to the New York Times — Donald Trump Jr. has made a potentially damaging New York Times report much, much worse. — The Times on Sunday reported that the president's eldest son was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before meeting …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised information helpful to father's effort — Donald Trump Jr., the president's son, said in a statement Sunday that a Russian lawyer with whom he met in June 2016 claimed she could provide potentially damaging information …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Two Different Explanations for Russian Meeting — In less than 24 hours, President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., has given two different explanations for a meeting he held during the 2016 campaign with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer who promised to provide damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Reince Priebus Accuses Democratic Operatives Of Setting Up Russia Meeting With Trump Jr. — The meeting just came to light on Saturday. — White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus has accused Democratic operatives of arranging a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer last summer …
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Ex-Bush ethics lawyer on Trump Jr: ‘This borders on treason’ … An ethics lawyer under former President George W. Bush blasted Donald Trump — Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer who claimed to have compromising information on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — during the campaign, saying it “borders on treason.”
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Fox News:
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner respond to meeting with Russian lawyer
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner respond to meeting with Russian lawyer
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Kevin Dolak / ABC News:
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner met with Russian lawyer during 2016 campaign: source
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner met with Russian lawyer during 2016 campaign: source
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton looks for her role in midterms
Hillary Clinton looks for her role in midterms
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material — More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information …
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RedState, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP returns from break no closer to Obamacare deal — Senate Republicans appear miles away from their long-sought repeal of Obamacare, returning to Washington on Monday with just a few weeks to put the pieces back together before they could be forced to abandon their partisan attempts at a health care overhaul altogether.
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Yasmeen Abutaleb / Reuters:
Republicans voice growing doubts on U.S. healthcare bill's fate
Republicans voice growing doubts on U.S. healthcare bill's fate
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Jake Zuckerman / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Capito opposes conservative amendment to ACA repeal bill
Capito opposes conservative amendment to ACA repeal bill
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Joshua Green / New York Magazine:
Steve Bannon Is Out of Trump's Doghouse and Leading the Charge Against Mueller — Why does Trump double-down every time it seems like he should retreat? Because Steve Bannon is back in his boss's good graces. — On May 22, just as a strange photo of President Trump, Saudi king Salman …
Red Painter / Crooks and Liars:
BRUTAL: Australian Journalist Sums Up Trump's G20 Visit In 2 Minutes — This is the most brutal and succinct analysis of Donald Trump, the man and the scripted, fake President*, I have seen since election day. Take 2 minutes and watch this. Then, pick your jaw up and wipe your tears.
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Chris Uhlmann / ABC:
G20: Does Donald Trump's awkward performance indicate America's decline as world power?
G20: Does Donald Trump's awkward performance indicate America's decline as world power?
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Outgoing ethics chief accuses Reince Priebus of making ‘explicit threat’ to silence his complaints about Trump — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Outgoing Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub Jr. accused White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus of making a …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
WikiLeaks proposes Assange to lead Trump's US-Russia cyber security unit — WikiLeaks suggested on Sunday that its founder, Julian Assange, should lead the U.S.-Russian cyber security unit after President Trump announced the idea on Twitter. — “Why not put @JulianAssange in charge of it?
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Chris Baynes / The Independent:
Britain's first pregnant man gives birth to girl — Hayden Cross, who has been legally male for three years, paused his gender reassignment to have a child — Britain's first pregnant man has given birth to a girl. — Hayden Cross, 21, made headlines around the world when he announced …
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Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun:
Trudeau should be charged with treason: Morris — Layne Morris admits the “sneakiness” of the Canadian government to shield Omar Khadr from having his sweet cash settlement being exposed to an American court order felt like another terror attack. — “Like a punch in the face,” Morris said.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama returns to political fray for a Democratic Party cause — Former president Barack Obama will formally reenter the political fray this week less than six months after leaving office, headlining a fundraiser for a group that could prove critical to the Democratic Party's rebuilding efforts.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
At Private Dinners, Pence Quietly Courts Big Donors and Corporate Executives — WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has been courting scores of the country's most influential donors, corporate executives and conservative political leaders over the past several months in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations.
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Linda Sarsour / Washington Post:
Islamophobes are attacking me because I'm their worst nightmare — Linda Sarsour is an activist and a co-chair of the Women's March on Washington. — This week, conservative media outlets took a speech I gave to the largest gathering of Muslims in America out of context and alleged …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
‘Grandstanding’ or truth teller? CNN's Acosta walks a fine line with Trump. — These are times that try a White House reporter's soul. Jim Acosta hasn't kept quiet about what's been troubling his. — CNN's senior White House reporter has been frustrated by many things …