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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Planning Begins for Kim Jong-un Meeting Some Trump Aides Believe Will Never Happen — WASHINGTON — A day after President Trump accepted an invitation to meet Kim Jong-un of North Korea, the White House began planning on Friday a high-level diplomatic encounter so risky and seemingly far-fetched …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Going for a Clean Reset”: Fuming in the West Wing, Trump Prepares to Defenestrate Cuck Allies and Go Full MAGA — The president will meet with potential chief-of-staff candidates at Mar-a-Lago next weekend. McMaster is likely next to go. Then Jivanka.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Dined with Fox News' Seb Gorka and Jesse Watters at the White House This Week … On Monday night, President Donald Trump welcomed Seb Gorka back into the White House—not for a job but for a meal. — The president was joined for dinner in the White House residence by Fox News personalities …
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Politico:
Search for Hicks replacement turns into West Wing food fight — Various White House factions are backing different candidates for communications director, while Trump is soliciting advice from Hicks on potential successors. — President Donald Trump on Thursday evening poked his head …
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Three Key Questions About Donald Trump's Summit with Kim Jong Un — On February 21st, 1972, President Richard Nixon arrived in Beijing to meet with Chairman Mao Zedong, ending twenty-five years of hostility between the United States and China. The preparations had been painstaking …
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New York Times, Vox, New Republic and Talking Points Memo
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump makes a mess of North Korea talks hours after announcing them
Trump makes a mess of North Korea talks hours after announcing them
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Trump's bold stroke on North Korea dissolves into confusion
Trump's bold stroke on North Korea dissolves into confusion
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NPR, CNN, Bustle, Media Matters for America, The Atlantic, Political Wire and Axios
Washington Post:
In Trump's decision on North Korea, the world glimpses a president who is his own diplomat, negotiator and strategist
In Trump's decision on North Korea, the world glimpses a president who is his own diplomat, negotiator and strategist
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Boing Boing and ThinkProgress
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Damage control at White House to reverse Trump's stunning blunder
Damage control at White House to reverse Trump's stunning blunder
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Weekly Standard and YouTube
Brandon Carter / The Hill:
‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Trump-North Korea meeting: 'He can't even make a deal with a porn star'
‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Trump-North Korea meeting: 'He can't even make a deal with a porn star'
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Axios, One America News Network, Breitbart, CNN and Washington Press
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Will Kim Jong Un — like every other dictator — sucker Trump?
Will Kim Jong Un — like every other dictator — sucker Trump?
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Foreign Policy, Hullabaloo, The Diplomat, FiveThirtyEight, Defense One and Shakesville
Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Three women, suspect dead after hostage standoff in Yountville, California — (CNN)After an apparent hourslong standoff between police and a gunman, three women were found dead Friday night at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, authorities said.
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Fox News:
Veterans Home of California in Yountville on lockdown after reports of shots fired, officials say
Veterans Home of California in Yountville on lockdown after reports of shots fired, officials say
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NBC Bay Area:
Gunman Opens Fire, Takes Hostages at Yountville Veterans Home
Gunman Opens Fire, Takes Hostages at Yountville Veterans Home
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Axios, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, twitchy.com and KTLA
Leslie Dyste / KTVU-TV:
3 hostages taken, shots fired at Yountville Veterans Home
3 hostages taken, shots fired at Yountville Veterans Home
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Washington Post:
In a personal letter, Trump invited Putin to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant … Donald Trump was so eager to have Vladimir Putin attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow that he wrote a personal letter to the Russian president inviting him to the event, according to multiple people familiar with the document.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyers Seek Deal With Mueller to Speed End of Russia Probe — Legal team seek to use interview with president as leverage in negotiations — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's lawyers are seeking to negotiate a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller that uses an interview …
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Sam Dolnick / New York Times:
The Man Who Knew Too Little — The most ignorant man in America knows that Donald Trump is president — but that's about it. Living a liberal fantasy is complicated. — GLOUSTER, Ohio — At first, the experiment didn't have a name. — Right after the election, Erik Hagerman decided …
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Tom Llamas / ABC News:
Michael Cohen dismisses claims of email as proof that Trump knew about payment to porn star to buy her silence — The lawyer for Stormy Daniels says emails show President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen was using his Trump Organization email just days before the 2016 election …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
The President and the Porn Star: A Story's Slow Rise Above the Din
The President and the Porn Star: A Story's Slow Rise Above the Din
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump lawyer's payment to porn star draws comparisons to John Edwards case
Trump lawyer's payment to porn star draws comparisons to John Edwards case
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump getting a parade but tanks won't roll down Pennsylvania avenue — Here's how other countries do military parades — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump will get his military parade, but it is unlikely to mirror the Paris Bastille Day event which inspired …
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Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:
Trump will get the military parade he wanted — just not the tanks
Trump will get the military parade he wanted — just not the tanks
Washington Post:
Trump administration studies seeking the death penalty for drug dealers — The Trump administration is studying new policy that could allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers, according to people with knowledge of the discussions, a sign that the White House wants …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Trump's Latest Pardon Shows The Best Way To Get One: Go On Fox News — By comparing his case to Hillary Clinton's, a Navy sailor and his lawyer were able to grab Fox's attention — and the president's. — WASHINGTON A former Navy sailor who pleaded guilty to a felony count of unauthorized possession …
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Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
Trump pardons former Navy sailor imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine, White House says
Trump pardons former Navy sailor imprisoned for taking photos on nuclear submarine, White House says
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Jeffrey Schweers / Tallahassee Democrat:
NRA sues Florida over gun bill same day Gov. Scott signed it into law — The National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit this afternoon against the state to block a law that had just been signed by Gov. Rick Scott that prohibits gun sales to anyone between the ages of 18 and 21.
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Steve Almasy / CNN:
NRA sues Florida to block new gun law
NRA sues Florida to block new gun law
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Bustle, theGrio, KTLA, The Daily Caller and Tribunist
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
I would've aborted a fetus with Down syndome. Women need that right. … There is a new push in antiabortion circles to pass state laws aimed at barring women from terminating their pregnancies after the fetus has been determined to have Down syndrome. These laws are unconstitutional, unenforceable — and wrong.
Cristina Alesci / CNN:
White House scolds Cabinet officials after embarrassing ethics reports — (CNN)The White House held private meetings with four Cabinet-level officials last month to scold them for embarrassing stories about questionable ethical behavior at their respective agencies, sources familiar with the sessions tell CNN.
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New York Times:
Mauritius President to Step Down Amid Row Over Credit Card Spending — The president of Mauritius, who was accused of using a credit card issued by a charity to buy clothes and jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars, will step down, the prime minister announced on Friday.
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Kayleigh McEnany / CNN:
Jared Kushner is quietly tackling Washington's swamp — Kayleigh McEnany is the national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. Prior to joining the RNC, McEnany was a CNN political commentator. She earned her law degree from Harvard Law School and BSFS from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Is Done Wrecking the American Establishment. Now He Wants to Destroy Europe's. — MILAN — Stephen K. Bannon leaned back in an armchair opposite a copy of a painting by an Italian old master and explained his modest efforts to build a vast network of European populists to demolish the Continent's political establishment.
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