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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Withdraws U.S. From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal — WASHINGTON — President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and isolating the United States among its Western allies.
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Barack Obama:
There are few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That's why the United States negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the first place.
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GOV.UK:
Joint statement from Prime Minister May, Chancellor Merkel and President Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran — Joint statement from Prime Minister Theresa May, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron following President Trump's statement on Iran.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
5 big consequences of Trump's Iran blunder … Today, President Trump announced the United States would in effect be exiting the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and is prepared to reimpose sanctions. This opens up a divide between the U.S. and the other negotiating partners …
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump Is Now Free to Fight for Iranian Freedom — The most urgent task after the nuclear deal is increasing the odds of success for the democratic uprising. — President Donald Trump finally made good on his promise Tuesday to get out of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump was asked the most basic question about his Iran deal decision. He had no answer. — After publicly signing a memorandum to violate the Iran nuclear deal by reinstating the “highest levels” of U.S. sanctions against the country, President Trump was asked a very basic question …
Washington Post:
Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal
Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Behind Trump's Termination of Iran Deal Is Risky Bet That U.S. Can ‘Break the Regime’
Behind Trump's Termination of Iran Deal Is Risky Bet That U.S. Can ‘Break the Regime’
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Donald Trump Ends the Obama Mirage
Donald Trump Ends the Obama Mirage
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Ceasing U.S. Participation in the JCPOA and Taking Additional Action to Counter Iran's Malign Influence …
Ceasing U.S. Participation in the JCPOA and Taking Additional Action to Counter Iran's Malign Influence …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: New US ambassador: Stop doing business with Iran
The Latest: New US ambassador: Stop doing business with Iran
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Jennifer Williams / Vox:
Read: Trump's Iran nuclear deal speech full text
Read: Trump's Iran nuclear deal speech full text
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Associated Press:
Trump Withdraws From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal In Blow To US Allies
Trump Withdraws From ‘One-Sided’ Iran Nuclear Deal In Blow To US Allies
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal
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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen — (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney …
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Noah Shachtman / The Daily Beast:
Michael Cohen Took Cash From Russian Oligarch After Election — The Daily Beast can confirm that Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company controlled by Putin-aligned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
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Paul Campos / New York Magazine:
Here's a Theory About That $1.6 Million Payout From a GOP Official to a Playboy Model — On May 2, Rudy Giuliani revealed that the Trump administration has been lying for months about the fact that Donald Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 he fronted …
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Kate Sheehy / New York Post:
Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman — She says their blind date started off like a dream, with him bearing flowers as he picked her up in a luxury car to take her to dinner at Bette Midler's trendy New Leaf restaurant in Fort Tryon Park.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Eric Schneiderman's Reputation: From 'Wouldn't Get a Bawdy Joke' to Brute, Overnight
Eric Schneiderman's Reputation: From 'Wouldn't Get a Bawdy Joke' to Brute, Overnight
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New York Times:
Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web — An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream conversation. Should we be listening? — By Bari WeissPhotographs by Damon Winter — Here are some things that you will hear when you sit down to dinner with the vanguard …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC Under Fire After Host Hugh Hewitt Helped Broker Meeting With EPA Leader — “We'll get back to you,” an MSNBC spokesman told THR when asked about the host's role in brokering a meeting between EPA head Scott Pruitt and lawyers at his firm representing a California water district.
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CBS News:
6 months before midterms, both parties face challenges - CBS News poll — Six months before Election Day, the 2018 midterms look like a contest that's up for grabs — both for control of Congress, and for which arguments will dominate the campaign. — More voters say they'd prefer …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel — WASHINGTON — President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the C.I.A. has revived debate over the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program and still-murky questions about her involvement.
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Mike Pompeo / US Department of State:
Remarks to the Traveling Press — Remarks — Secretary of State — On Plane ert Yokota Air Base, Japan — SECRETARY POMPEO: So the first time it was truly an intel effort, in that the South Koreans had made representations about things that North Korea was preparing to do that Kim Jong-un …
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Wesley Morgan / Politico:
Former Joint Chiefs head fears Trump will lash out if North Korea summit fails
Former Joint Chiefs head fears Trump will lash out if North Korea summit fails
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Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
Alleged Israeli strike reported in Syria after IDF sounds alarm in north — Air raid comes hours after IDF reports ‘abnormal’ activities by Iranian forces in Syria; explosion rocks el-Kiswah region, an area said to contain an Iranian base — Syrian state media reported on Tuesday night …
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Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
US military wives threatened by Russian hackers posing as IS — PARIS (AP) — Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone from hackers threatening to slaughter her family. — “Dear Angela!” the Facebook message read.
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Kate Conger / Special Projects Desk:
Univision Is A Fucking Mess — Kate Conger, David Uberti, and Laura Wagner — This is the story of how corporate raiding, complacency, excess, and incompetence are gutting a media company that matters to tens of millions of people. It's not a novel story, and perhaps not even scandalous …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
First Mueller convict reports to prison — Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan turned himself in Monday after being sentenced for lying to investigators. — A Dutch attorney now has the dubious distinction of being the first person imprisoned in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation …
Kim Dacey / WBAL:
Deputy shoots groundhog blocking traffic in Carroll County — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — ELDERSBURG, Md. — A Carroll County sheriff's deputy shot a groundhog that was holding up traffic Monday morning. — The Sheriff's Office said the deputy was traveling …
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Washington Post:
U.S. embassy cables warned against expelling 300,000 immigrants. Trump officials did it anyway. — In the past six months, the Trump administration has moved to expel more than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians living and working legally in the United States, disregarding senior U.S. diplomats …
Washington Post:
Orrin Hatch apologizes to John McCain for funeral comment: 'I shouldn't have said anything' … Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has apologized to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for saying it was “ridiculous” for McCain to request that President Trump not attend his funeral, a remark that drew a swift rebuke from McCain's daughter Meghan McCain.
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Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
New Florida poll shows dead heat governors' races, Rick Scott edging Bill Nelson — More than 42 percent of Republicans and Democrats remain undecided in gubernatorial primaries — Rick Scott has pulled narrowly ahead of Bill Nelson in Florida's closely watched U.S. Senate race …
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Comey casts doubt on judge who slammed Mueller probe — Former FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday criticized a judge who voiced skepticism about the prosecution of Paul Manafort, saying the judge's comments about overstepping were themselves going too far.
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