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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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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 …
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
The Times ‘exposé’ on Donald Trump Jr. is a big yawn — The news was delivered by the New York Times in the breathless tones that might announce a cure for cancer or the discovery of life on Mars: — “President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information …
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Washington Post and The Gateway Pundit
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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The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Gizmodo and Mediaite
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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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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Political Wire
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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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised …
Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised …
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Putin Meets His Progeny
Putin Meets His Progeny
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Reince Priebus Accuses Democratic Operatives Of Setting Up Russia Meeting With Trump Jr.
Reince Priebus Accuses Democratic Operatives Of Setting Up Russia Meeting With Trump Jr.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and IJR
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot For Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine. — Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. … It is, I promise, worse than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated …
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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Power Line, Politico, Axios, Conservative News Today, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, RedState, Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
Andy Slavitt / USA Today:
Republicans' best play amid health bill chaos is failure — This is a mess of the party's own making and a Congress far more in touch with 2016 politics than 2017 governing. — The Republican plan to undo the Affordable Care Act has spun out of control. GOP senators are frustrated …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate GOP returns from break no closer to Obamacare deal
Senate GOP returns from break no closer to Obamacare deal
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Raw Story
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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Political Wire and Politico
Rhett Jones / Gizmodo:
Google Home Breaks Up Domestic Dispute By Calling the Police — We're gradually learning that smart home devices can be quite valuable for police. Following a recent case in which Amazon handed over data from its Echo device to police investigating a murder, a Google Home called the police …
Karol Markowicz / Reuters:
Why Democrats are still losing the war of ideas — MORE FROM: … Last week, a Politico/Morning Consult poll on President Trump's proposed travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries revealed a somewhat surprising discovery: 60 percent of voters agreed with Trump's proposed ban.
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's alarming G20 performance — A company would have replaced a CEO with behaviour as erratic as that of the president — Read next — Confusing civility with comity is a grave mistake in human or international relations. Yes, the G20 summit did agree on a common communiqué after the leaders' meeting.
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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Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos, The American Conservative, Discourse.net, Mashable and The FADER
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