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New York Times:
Trump's Role in Midterm Elections Roils Republicans — WASHINGTON — President Trump is privately rejecting the growing consensus among Republican leaders that they may lose the House and possibly the Senate in November, leaving party officials and the president's advisers nervous that he does …
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Raw Story
Axios:
Trump sets Tester trap, calls for resignation — President Trump went after Sen. Jon Tester Saturday morning for releasing allegations against his pick for Secretary of the VA, Dr. Ronny Jackson. — Why it matters: Jackson's confirmation process was already rocky before Tester's team released …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Calls on Montana Democrat to Resign in Fight Over Failed V.A. Nomination — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday called for the resignation of Senator Jon Tester, the Montana Democrat who helped thwart his effort to install the White House physician in the cabinet …
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Mother Jones, CBS News, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, CNN and The Guardian
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
White House Says Records Don't Match Accusation Against Jackson
White House Says Records Don't Match Accusation Against Jackson
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USA Today and Outside the Beltway
Nic White / Daily Mail:
Trump Tower is on fire in Azerbaijan capital Baku just weeks after deadly blaze at building in New York — Firefighters are desperately battling to contain a fire raging through a Trump hotel tower in Azerbaijan. — The fire broke out on the middle floors of the 33-storey Trump International Hotel …
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Trump Tower fire: Hotel in Azerbaijan capital Baku ablaze just weeks after deadly inferno at New York building — There were no reports of injuries in the unfinished hotel — Avengers: Infinity War solved a surprising mystery from the MCU — World's biggest active geyser erupts for the third time in three weeks
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Joe.My.God.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Trump Jr. And Emin Agalarov Stayed In Touch Throughout The Transition — From phone calls and text messages to “an expensive painting” that Aras Agalarov gave Donald Trump for his birthday in 2016, the two families were in regular communication before and after the Trump Tower meeting — and during the transition.
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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Russians followed up on Trump Tower meeting after election, Democrats say
Russians followed up on Trump Tower meeting after election, Democrats say
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emptywheel and NBC News
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump rebrands diplomatic norms as events in Asia, Europe and elsewhere spin on his axis — President Trump on Friday placed himself at the center of the remarkable summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, taking credit for bold and innovative diplomacy that may open a path to peace where other leaders failed.
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Axios, One America News Network, Althouse and ABC News
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Don't let the Korea summit hype fool you. We've been here before.
Don't let the Korea summit hype fool you. We've been here before.
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New York Times, The Week and CNN
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Koreans Set the Table for a Deal That Trump Will Try to Close
Koreans Set the Table for a Deal That Trump Will Try to Close
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Outside the Beltway
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER RUNS KKK RECRUITMENT FLYER IN FULL ON FRONT PAGE — A Virginia newspaper has come under fire from its readers after it ran a Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyer in full on its front page. — The Westmoreland News ran a story on how KKK recruitment flyers and DVDs …
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The Root, theGrio and Washington Press
Emma Kate Protis / Delta News Hub:
Couple achieves ‘Diamond Status’ in Delta-themed wedding — It's the rare bride who can say with a straight face: “I actually told him I'd rather have Diamond Status than the diamond ring.” — Airline fanatics and Medallions Bess Wohlner and Jeremy Simons recently pledged their love in a Delta-themed wedding.
Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:
Paying the Price for Not Being a Trump Humper — Yes, there is a price to be paid. Yes, it is necessary some of us are willing to pay it. — Just a few thoughts on the purging at RedState today and the price to be paid for deviating from the tribe. I know that price too well.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Comey Confirms: In Clinton Emails Caper, the Fix Was In — He knew Obama's Justice Department would sweep Hillary's violations under the rug, so he played along. — While promoting his memoir, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, former FBI director James Comey sat for what turned …
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Joy Reid apologizes for ‘hurtful’ LGBT comments, doesn't ‘believe’ she wrote anti-gay posts — MSNBC host Joy Reid apologized on Saturday for her past comments about the LGBT community, but the liberal commentator was still reticent to admit she'd written old blog posts attributed to her.
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New York Times, Breitbart and NewsBusters, more at Mediagazer »
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Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Will There Always Be an England?
Will There Always Be an England?
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Vox, The American Conservative and BBC
Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel Maddow, Andrea Mitchell Back Tom Brokaw in Letter Signed by 64 Insiders — Current and former colleagues of the NBC News special correspondent defended his character in the wake of accusations that he had harassed two women at NBC News in the 1990s. — One day after two women alleged …
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Politico, ABC News, NewsBusters, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air, more at Mediagazer »
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Mika Brzezinski Joins Rachel Maddow And Others In Letter Supporting Tom Brokaw
Mika Brzezinski Joins Rachel Maddow And Others In Letter Supporting Tom Brokaw
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AOL and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
BBC:
Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies — Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old toddler at the centre of a High Court legal battle, has died, nearly a week after his life support was withdrawn. — The boy from Merseyside, who had a degenerative brain condition, died at 02:30 BST, his father Tom Evans said.
Louis Lucero II / New York Times:
Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Delayed as Judge Cites ‘Likely’ Indictment of Michael Cohen — A federal judge in California on Friday ordered a three-month delay in the lawsuit brought by the pornographic film star Stephanie Clifford against President Trump, citing what he called the likelihood …
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ThinkProgress, Law & Crime and The Daily Caller
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Beth Reinhard / Washington Post:
Judge puts Stormy Daniels case on hold for 90 days, citing likelihood Michael Cohen will be indicted
Judge puts Stormy Daniels case on hold for 90 days, citing likelihood Michael Cohen will be indicted
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Politico
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Oppo researcher leaves the White House — Michael Roman, a former Koch operative, served as the right-hand man to the White House's top attorney. — Michael Roman, a longtime opposition researcher who worked in the White House counsel's office, has left the Trump administration.
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Texas voter ID law can go into effect, appeals court panel rules — (CNN)Texas will be allowed to enforce its voter ID law in the upcoming elections, a federal appeals court has ruled. — In the 2-1 decision, a panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned …
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Texas Attorney General … and Associated Press
Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ has second biggest opening day box office ever — The Marvel model for success — “Avengers: Infinity War” made $106 million at the domestic box office on its opening day Friday, making it the second biggest opening day in history.
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NBC News
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP report: Clapper told CNN host about Trump dossier in 2017 — Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper — has admitted to lawmakers that he discussed the “Steele dossier” about President Trump — and Russia with a CNN journalist in early 2017, according to a report …
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Fox News Insider
William Saletan / Slate:
Stop Talking About Race and IQ — The race-and-IQ debate is back. The latest round started a few weeks ago when Harvard geneticist David Reich wrote a New York Times op-ed in defense of race as a biological fact. The piece resurfaced Sam Harris' year-old Waking Up podcast interview with Charles Murray …