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Jen Chaney / Vulture:
No, Michelle Wolf Didn't Joke About Sarah Huckabee Sanders' Looks — As soon as Michelle Wolf finished delivering her blistering White House Correspondents Dinner roast of the Trump administration and the members of the press that cover it, she was, not surprisingly, criticized for much of what she said.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
At the White House correspondents' dinner, the buzz was reduced to a snore — until Michelle Wolf showed up … There were no sitcom actors. No Olympians or supermodels or Real Housewives, either. Even some of the usual high-profile media names were missing, too. And for the second consecutive year, so was the president.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
Michelle Wolf's Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner
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Jim Jamitis / RedState:
Don't Get Angry About Mean Insult Comics If You Helped Put One in the Oval Office
Mike Allen / Axios:
Media hands Trump big, embarrassing win
Media hands Trump big, embarrassing win
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents' dinner
For the sake of journalism, stop the White House correspondents' dinner
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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
Michelle Wolf's caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents' dinner, annotated
Michelle Wolf's caustic comedy routine at the White House correspondents' dinner, annotated
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Journalists distance themselves from Correspondents' Dinner after Wolf routine
Journalists distance themselves from Correspondents' Dinner after Wolf routine
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Axios:
Michelle Wolf's vulgar anti-Trump jokes draw intense criticism
Michelle Wolf's vulgar anti-Trump jokes draw intense criticism
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BBC:
White House tree: Emmanuel Macron's sapling disappears — A tree gifted to President Donald Trump by French President Emmanuel Macron has disappeared. — The pair planted the sapling, taken from the site of a World War One battle in north-east France, during Mr Macron's state visit last week.
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Associated Press:
White House mystery: Where is Macron's gifted oak tree? — WASHINGTON (AP) — A mystery is brewing at the White House about what happened to the oak tree President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron planted there last week. — The sapling was a gift from Macron on the occasion of his state visit.
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Yahoo:
Macron and Trump planted tree at the White House. Why it is now missing — A yellow spot is seen where the tree planted by French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump on April 23 stood on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein ordered a review of the US Attorneys' Manual, which features high-level policy statements as well as practical guidance to prosecutors on how to do their jobs.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Ronny Jackson won't return to old job as Trump's physician — White House physician Ronny Jackson will not return to his role as the president's personal physician, according to two senior administration officials, after a string of allegations caused the Navy rear admiral to withdraw …
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Kim Prepared to Cede Nuclear Weapons if U.S. Pledges Not to Invade — SEOUL, South Korea — Keeping diplomatic developments coming at a head-snapping pace, the South Korean government said on Sunday that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, had told President Moon Jae-in that he would abandon …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump's ‘unpredictability,’ ‘bellicosity’ played into N. Korea's choice to talk: Dem
Trump's ‘unpredictability,’ ‘bellicosity’ played into N. Korea's choice to talk: Dem
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David Beavers / Politico:
Pompeo sees ‘real opportunity’ to denuclearize North Korea
Pompeo sees ‘real opportunity’ to denuclearize North Korea
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Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
MMA Fighter With Links To Trump, Cohen Is Questioned By FBI — ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president's personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was questioned this week by the FBI, his manager confirmed Saturday.
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Gareth A Davies / Telegraph:
FBI shadows Russian MMA great Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator event in Chicago
FBI shadows Russian MMA great Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator event in Chicago
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CNN:
Migrant caravan prepares to reach the US-Mexico border this afternoon — (CNN)A caravan of hundreds of migrants is expected to reach the US-Mexico border on Sunday afternoon after a monthlong trip from Central America that has sparked the ire of President Donald Trump.
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Caravan of Migrants, After Arduous Trip, Begins Final Push to Border
Caravan of Migrants, After Arduous Trip, Begins Final Push to Border
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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
What savvy journalists say when they are minimizing Trump's hate movement against journalists — For two years I have been tracking a speech pattern among American journalists, in which they try to explain to us — and perhaps to themselves — why Donald Trump's campaign to discredit them is not what it seems, or no big deal.
Washington Post:
Israeli gunfire is taking a severe toll on the lower limbs of Palestinian protesters — But last month, while participating in a protest along Gaza's border, he was struck by a bullet fired by an Israeli soldier. It penetrated his calf, shattering his leg before exiting the shin.
Deirdre Shesgreen / USA Today:
After firestorm, Rep. Mark Walker has “stepped down” from search committee to select new House chaplain — WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Walker, a North Carolina Republican, has stepped down from a special committee tapped to select a new House chaplain. — The move comes after Walker …
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Evan Hill / BuzzFeed:
Silicon Valley Can't Be Trusted With Our History — We create almost everything on the internet, but we control almost none of it. — Recently, a 7-year-old photo of mine appeared at the top of my Facebook feed. The orange glow of the streetlamps and the ramshackle barricade of furniture …
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Left vs. Left: Richard Cordray and Dennis Kucinich Battle for Governor of Ohio — AKRON, Ohio — Richard Cordray speaks softly and carries a big stack: lime-green index cards, pressed into his shirt pocket, near enough for any sudden onset of note-taking. — A former director …
Orin Kerr / Lawfare:
Did Donald Trump Jr. Admit to Violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? — The recently-released Minority report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) discloses a copy of an e-mail sent by Donald J. Trump Jr., on September 21, 2016, to a group of top Trump campaign officials.