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Axios:
Exclusive: Peter Navarro pushed Stefan Halper for Trump job — President Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, recommended appointing Stefan Halper, an academic and suspected FBI informant on the Trump campaign, to a senior role in the Trump administration, Axios has learned.
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Wants You to Hate Robert Mueller, Too — The president takes on the Justice Department. — Back in 2011, Donald Trump published “Midas Touch,” one of his many how-to books offering secrets for financial success. This is where Trump, a lifelong performance artist …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Team's Mueller Strategy: Limit the Investigation and Attack the Investigators — WASHINGTON — Frustrated and impatient, fed up with waiting and eager to fight back, President Trump has embarked on what amounts to a two-prong strategy to contain the threat and undercut the credibility …
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
The constitutional crisis is here — By Eugene Robinson Opinion writer May 21 at 7:48 PM Email the author Follow @Eugene_Robinson — Stop waiting for the constitutional crisis that President Trump is sure to provoke. It's here. — On Sunday, via Twitter, Trump demanded …
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Washington Post:
Who is Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation?
Who is Stefan A. Halper, the FBI source who assisted the Russia investigation?
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Meet Mueller's new spokesman: Rudy Giuliani
Meet Mueller's new spokesman: Rudy Giuliani
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Latest FBI Attack Stuns Justice Dept. Officials: 'We're in Venezuela'
Trump's Latest FBI Attack Stuns Justice Dept. Officials: 'We're in Venezuela'
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Washington Post, New York Times and Bloomberg
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Former Trump Adviser Makes Claim About A Second Informant
Former Trump Adviser Makes Claim About A Second Informant
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New York Times:
Trump v. the Department of Justice
Trump v. the Department of Justice
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It
Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The media ignored the policy stakes in 2016 — don't make the same mistake again in the midterms
The media ignored the policy stakes in 2016 — don't make the same mistake again in the midterms
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The Washington / Mercury News:
GOP lawmaker, intel officials will meet to discuss FBI source
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
When did Trump-Russia probe begin? Investigators focus on mystery months
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
By Demanding an Investigation, Trump Challenged a Constraint on His Power
By Demanding an Investigation, Trump Challenged a Constraint on His Power
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Trump listening to outside advisers, not insiders, on fight with DOJ
Trump listening to outside advisers, not insiders, on fight with DOJ
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S., China Agree on Outline to Settle ZTE Controversy — Deal would lift the sales ban on ZTE and require the Chinese telecom giant to make significant changes to its management and board — Lingling Wei in Beijing and Bob Davis in — The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline …
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Axios:
3 factors behind Trump's cave on his China trade war — Who knows how the chest-bumping over China ends. But for now, President Trump's anti-China advisers are right: The president is buckling on his threats to punish China with fundamental, lasting changes to trade tariffs and rules.
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New York Times:
Chances of China Trade Win Undercut by Trump Team Infighting — WASHINGTON — By the time American negotiators wrapped up high-level talks with a visiting Chinese delegation last week, President Trump's ambitions for a multibillion-dollar trade agreement had, for the time being …
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Associated Press:
Can the ‘dealmaker’ president deliver on North Korea? — Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker's worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering. — As the Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un draws near …
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Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
In Trade War With U.S., China Gets the Upper Hand — So far, Beijing hasn't had to give up much to avoid the most punitive U.S. measures — Among all the trade fights that President Donald Trump has picked, his hand against China is the strongest. That fight has economic …
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Trump's tweets include grammatical errors. And some are on purpose — WASHINGTON — The hallmark of President Trump's Twitter feed is that it sounds like him — grammatical miscues and all. — But it's not always Trump tapping out a Tweet, even when it sounds like his voice.
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Associated Press:
The princes, the president and the fortune seekers — WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year spent carefully cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, thought he was finally close to nailing more than $1 billion in business.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security — The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting. — President Donald Trump uses a White House cell phone that isn't equipped with sophisticated security features designed …
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Top South Carolina candidate refuses to quit congressional race after abuse discovery — Archie Parnell, a Democratic congressional hopeful who earned national attention after nearly winning in deep red South Carolina last year, is resisting pleas to withdraw after his campaign staff discovered …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: E-mails Show FBI Brass Discussed Dossier Briefing Details With CNN — New e-mails show former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was surprisingly knowledgeable about CNN's understanding of and deliberation about a dossier briefing given to Donald Trump days before CNN ever reported on the matter.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump and McConnell, once adversaries, have realized they need each other — On a Friday evening last October, Mitch McConnell was at Nationals Park watching a playoff baseball game when he looked down at his iPhone and discovered a missed call. It was President Trump.
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Dennis Baron / Washington Post:
Antonin Scalia was wrong about the meaning of ‘bear arms’ — Dennis Baron is a professor of English and linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. — For most of its history, the Second Amendment protected a collective right to gun ownership connected to service in the militia.
Eugene Scott / Washington Post:
Will Stacey Abrams and other black women candidates finally make the ‘backbone of the Democratic party’ its face? — Anyone paying attention to politics knows that black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party electorate. — This was obvious in 2016 when 94 percent of black women voted …
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Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:
Tony Perkins: School Shootings Happen Because Liberal Society Has Created A “Moral Vacuum” By Expelling God — Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins: — As the first bodies of those eight students and two teachers are laid to rest, America returns to the question burned on everyone's mind: why?
Travis Clark / Business Insider:
People are threatening to boycott Netflix after the Obamas signed a deal with the streaming service — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce original shows. — It's not the first time: In March …
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Mike Pompeo gives a silly speech on Iran — Mike Pompeo used his first speech as secretary of state Monday to send a message directly to the Iranian leadership and its people: “Do what we want, or else!” — Speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank …
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Tennessean.com:
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker turns down offer to become next U.S. ambassador to Australia — Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel — The Trump administration wanted U.S. Sen. Bob Corker to join its diplomatic ranks. — But the retiring Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman declined …
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Rebecca Drago / DCCC:
New DCCC Data - GOP Tax Bill Support Dropping Fast — RE: New DCCC Data - GOP Tax Bill Support Dropping Fast — Nearly six months after the Republicans passed their tax bill, public support for their signature legislative achievement - which Republicans made clear they had to sell to save …
Brian M. Rosenthal / New York Times:
From the E.R. to the Garden, M.T.A. Chief Holds Unusually Powerful Perch — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was in a bind. — The New York City subway system was falling apart and taking the governor's approval rating down with it. Looming construction at Pennsylvania Station was sparking fears of a “summer of hell” for commuters.
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Hundreds in Oakland Turn Out to BBQ While Black — They arrived with chicken, sausages and bowls of macaroni salad. D.J.s played hip-hop and 80s hits. Even the fire marshal showed up, as well as police officers who waved hello to passers-by and guided traffic.
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Erika Andiola:
There is so much to say about today's POLITICO article about Our Revolution that I have kept to myself for months now. Before I begin, I want to make something very clear. I believe in this organization, its vision, and my incredibly hard-working friends who are still employed there.
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Helped Trump Donor Seek Investment From Qatar Fund — Trump lawyer was a consultant in pitch seeking funds for nuclear power plant — President Donald Trump's personal lawyer helped a major donor to Mr. Trump's inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment …
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