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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Says Times Made Up Source in Report on Korea Summit Meeting — WASHINGTON — President Trump falsely accused The New York Times on Saturday of making up a source in an article about North Korea, even though the source was in fact a senior White House official speaking …
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Associated Press:
Trump's ‘phony’ source turns out to be White House official — President Donald Trump accused The New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named.
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump falsely accuses the New York Times of making up a source. It was an official who briefed reporters. — President Trump on Saturday falsely accused the New York Times of using an unnamed source “who doesn't exist” in a story on negotiations between the United States and North Korea …
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Utah Man Returns to U.S. After Two-Year Detention in Venezuela — Joshua Holt went to the country to marry a woman and was soon held on espionage charges — President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed former missionary Joshua Holt home to the U.S., telling the Utah native that securing …
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Associated Press:
Backchannel with ‘Dracula’ helped free Utah man in Venezuela — WASHINGTON (AP) — A secret backchannel led by a veteran Republican Senate staffer and a flamboyant Venezuelan official nicknamed “Dracula” broke through hostile relations between the two governments to secure the release …
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Campaign contributor helped Obamas score Netflix deal — SEE ALSO — Barack and Michelle Obama are raking in the cash, thanks to the influence of a former campaign supporter. — The couple last week signed a creative production deal with Netflix that one entertainment-industry source …
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Ivanka Trump to campaign for Devin Nunes in California — 's daughter and White House aide Ivanka Trump — will visit California to campaign for House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Devin Nunes — (R-Calif.) next month, a sign that the Republican could fear a tough reelection battle in November.
Dakin Andone / CNN:
US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children, but says it's not ‘legally responsible’ — (CNN)The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500 of them. — Steven Wagner …
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Christianna Silva / Teen Vogue:
The Federal Government Lost 1,475 Immigrant Children
The Federal Government Lost 1,475 Immigrant Children
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Al Jazeera English, Hit & Run, Law & Crime, BuzzFeed and The Week
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Trump calls family separation policy ‘horrible’ in tweet
Idrees Ali / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. warships sail near South China Sea islands claimed by Beijing — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China on Sunday, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in a move likely to anger Beijing as President Donald Trump seeks its continued cooperation on North Korea.
Curt Stager / New York Times:
The Silence of the Bugs — Fifty-six years after Rachel Carson's “Silent Spring” warned of bird die-offs from pesticides, a new biocrisis may be emerging. A study published last fall documented a 76 percent decline in the total seasonal biomass of flying insects netted at 63 locations in Germany over the last three decades.
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David Pittman / Politico:
Former drug industry lobbyist helps steer Trump drug plan — Many health policy watchers say even if Joe Grogan's actions on drug policy have been legal, his role is still troubling. — The White House official who will shape a large part of the administration's drug price plan worked …
Southern Poverty Law Center:
Trump taps hate group fellow Ronald Mortensen for important post dealing with refugees — On Thursday, President Trump nominated Ronald W. Mortensen, a fellow with the anti-immigrant hate group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), for Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
New York Times:
Trump Versus Law Enforcement: A Confrontation With No Precedent — WASHINGTON — At a White House meeting last winter, leaders of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department made an urgent appeal to John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, to side with them against Republicans in Congress …
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The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Washington Post
Ashley Judd / TIME:
What Harvey Weinstein's Arrest Does — And Doesn't — Change for the #MeToo Movement — Ashley Judd, actor Billy & Hells for TIME — Judd is an actor and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund — When the news broke that Harvey Weinstein would be surrendering himself …
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