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Washington Post:
After summit pullout, South Korea and China have little appetite for Trump's ‘maximum pressure’ — SEOUL — President Trump credited his “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions and threats with bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear weapons program.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
President Trump Is a Better Dealbreaker Than Dealmaker — His blown-up North Korea summit proves it. — At 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, I was speaking with a senior Administration official involved in the preparations for President Trump's summit with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.
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CANNONFIRE and American Thinker
NBC News:
Inside the summit collapse: Trump wanted to cancel before N. Korean leader could — WASHINGTON — Early Thursday morning, after a flurry of calls with a handful of senior advisers, an angry President Donald Trump personally dictated the three-paragraph letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Says North Korea Summit May Be Rescheduled
Trump Says North Korea Summit May Be Rescheduled
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Townhall, New Republic, CNN, Washington Post, Axios, BBC and Outside the Beltway
Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Trump's true talent isn't negotiating. It's marketing.
Conrad Black / American Greatness:
Making International Relations Great Again
Axios:
White House officials: We were closer to war with North Korea than realized
White House officials: We were closer to war with North Korea than realized
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One America News Network, New York Times and RedState
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
White House gift shop ‘Deal of the Day’: Trump-Kim summit souvenirs
White House gift shop ‘Deal of the Day’: Trump-Kim summit souvenirs
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Talking Points Memo, The Week, CNN and The Daily Caller
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump suggests June 12 meeting with North Korea may be back on
Trump suggests June 12 meeting with North Korea may be back on
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The Atlantic and Politico
New York Times:
At Trump Tower, Michael Cohen and Oligarch Discussed Russian Relations — Eleven days before the presidential inauguration last year, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin visited Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer and fixer …
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, Joe.My.God., KTLA, Political Wire, Raw Story, The Week and Mediaite
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ex-aides say congressman and wife made them his servants — Rep. Tom Garrett and his wife made staffers pick up groceries, clothes — even dog poop, multiple former employees to the freshman Republican told POLITICO. — Freshman Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) and his wife turned the congressman's staff …
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, Raw Story, Political Wire, Mediaite, The Daily Beast and The American Spectator
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
'We're closed!': Trump vents his anger over immigration at Homeland Security secretary — President Trump began berating Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in the Oval Office earlier this spring, according to administration officials, griping about her performance and blaming her for a surge in illegal border crossings.
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Washington Monthly, Shakesville, New York Magazine, Joe.My.God., The Week, Raw Story and Splinter
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Behind the Scenes of Harvey Weinstein's Impending Arrest — After a seven-month investigation, the producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to the New York Police Department's First Precinct on Friday to face sexual-assault charges. According to law-enforcement officials …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Harvey Weinstein released on $1M bail after arrest on rape, sexual abuse charges
Harvey Weinstein released on $1M bail after arrest on rape, sexual abuse charges
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CNN, Associated Press, The Guardian and twitchy.com
Los Angeles Times:
Defiant Harvey Weinstein denies sex crimes charges. He ‘did not invent the casting couch,’ attorney says
Defiant Harvey Weinstein denies sex crimes charges. He ‘did not invent the casting couch,’ attorney says
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Mother Jones
Sara M Moniuszko / USA Today:
Rose McGowan, Asia Argento, President Trump react to Harvey Weinstein charges
Rose McGowan, Asia Argento, President Trump react to Harvey Weinstein charges
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New Republic, CNN, The Daily Beast and New York Times
Indianapolis Star:
‘This is surreal,’ parent says of Indiana school shooting — Chad Lancaster, who has an eighth-grade daughter and sixth-grade son at the middle school, said he heard from his ex-wife in a phone call. — Their daughter, hiding under her desk, called the mother. She told her to run.
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Vox, Raw Story, KTLA, CBS Pittsburgh, CBS Chicago and Splinter
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WDTN-TV:
2 in critical condition, one in custody after shooting at Indiana school
2 in critical condition, one in custody after shooting at Indiana school
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Daily Wire
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
At least 2 injured in shooting at Indiana middle school; student in custody
At least 2 injured in shooting at Indiana middle school; student in custody
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Mother Jones, Townhall, Breitbart and IJR
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Real Constitutional Crisis — The FBI and Justice Department continue evading congressional oversight. — Democrats and their media allies are again shouting “constitutional crisis,” this time claiming President Trump has waded too far into the Russia investigation.
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
The Chilling Effect of Trump's War on the FBI
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment ‘colossal waste’ … A month after President Trump called for sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the head of the national Border Patrol union called the deployment “a colossal waste of resources.”
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Politico, ThinkProgress, Shakesville, Mother Jones, MSNBC, The Week, IJR, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigrant families separated at border struggle to find each other
Immigrant families separated at border struggle to find each other
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Bob Norman / WPLG-TV:
Parents call for investigation into Stoneman Douglas assault involving sheriff's son — Embattled former Deputy Scot Peterson handled case 4 years ago — PARKLAND, Fla. - Several parents of victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre said that if former Broward Sheriff's …
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Front Page Magazine
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Ryan Saavedra / Daily Wire:
REPORT: Deputy Peterson Accused Of ‘Covering Up’ Alleged Sexual Assault By Broward Sheriff's Son
REPORT: Deputy Peterson Accused Of ‘Covering Up’ Alleged Sexual Assault By Broward Sheriff's Son
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Townhall and twitchy.com
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Concerned by Trump, Some Republicans Quietly Align With Democrats — WASHINGTON — Since Donald J. Trump began dominating American politics more than two years ago, Democrats concerned about his policies and behavior have taken solace in a group of influential Republicans who have consistently assailed …
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RedState, Talking Points Memo and Splinter
CNN:
GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati — (CNN)The Republican nominee for a US House seat in Illinois has said the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job and that singer Beyonce Knowles has ties to the Illuminati.
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The Slot, Daily Caller News Foundation and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Mick Mulvaney Is Having a Blast Running the Agency He Detests — One of the first things Mick Mulvaney did last year after President Trump asked him to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was to read the statute dictating the agency's powers.
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Jeff Collins / Orange County Register:
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors — U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.
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BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress, Vox, Human Rights Campaign, Roll Call, Towleroad, The Week, Raw Story, CBS Los Angeles and Splinter
Christina Capatides / CBS News:
Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids — As more and more American communities grapple with opioid addiction, the human toll of the epidemic has grown in both scope and severity. And now, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have found evidence …
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BuzzFeed and Daily Caller News Foundation
Josh Mitchell / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans. How Did That Happen? — Escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student-loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back — DRAPER, Utah—Mike Meru, a 37-year-old orthodontist, made a big investment in his education.
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Daily Caller News Foundation
KHQ-TV:
FIRST ON KHQ: Former Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal facing felony theft charges for welfare fraud — Former Spokane Chapter NAACP President Rachel Dolezal is now facing legal trouble that could land her behind bars. KHQ has confirmed that Dolezal, who legally changed her name …
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RedState, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Q13 FOX News, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, AOL, Raw Story, The Root, theGrio, Front Page Magazine, Power Line, twitchy.com and WGN-TV
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Jordan Peterson Does Not Support ‘Equality of Opportunity’ — In the United States today, the richest 0.1 percent of households command as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent combined; the average CEO collects 140 times as large a salary as his (or, very occasionally her) typical employee …
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Slate Star Codex
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally, called a criminal: how police targeted a black activist — Exclusive: records show police surveilled and tried to charge a citizen journalist attacked at a California rally. Does it fit a pattern of punishing black protesters?
USA Today:
Keith Olbermann takes an expanded role at ESPN, including a return to ‘SportsCenter’ — Keith Olbermann's most recent return to ESPN just became more prominent. — Olbermann, who has made appearances on various ESPN shows in recent months, will have an increased role on the network as part …
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Washington Free Beacon
Dana Kennedy / The Daily Beast:
John Travolta's Former Scientology Pals Speak Out: He's 'Got a Dark Side and He's Reckless' … CANNES, France - The gay rumors? — Try sitting five inches from John Travolta's wife, in the Carlton Hotel's Grace Kelly suite overlooking the shimmering Mediterranean without being overwhelmed by cognitive dissonance.
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Raw Story and Daily Wire
politics.myajc:
Georgia Democrats test a more liberal comeback strategy — Georgia Democrats took a dramatic turn toward progressive policies in last week's votes, part of a broader realignment that will reshape November's election by shifting the party's philosophy away from decades of centrist appeals.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
‘Be Very Careful’: Conversation Cited to Link Qatar to Hack of G.O.P. Donor — The two men had known each other for years around Capitol Hill. Both were hawkish supporters of Israel and active in the Republican Party. But now they were on opposite sides of a remote dispute between wealthy …