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New York Times:
Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal — WASHINGTON — By the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for dinner one Saturday evening in March 2017, he had been receiving the presidential silent treatment for two days.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI was right to deploy informant, senior GOP lawmaker says — A senior House Republican who was part of a highly classified Justice Department briefing last week said on Tuesday that the FBI acted properly when it deployed an informant to gather information from advisers to President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
On Fox News of all places, Trump's ‘spy’ claim is debunked by Trey Gowdy and even Judge Napolitano — President Trump has made it clear he likes what he hears on Fox News. The network often covers the president favorably, bringing on conservative commentators that push the president's agenda and …
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Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Trey Gowdy: FBI's Use of Informant for Trump Campaign Was Appropriate … Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said on Tuesday that the FBI's use of an informant for the Trump campaign in 2016 was appropriate, joining top Democrats in disputing President …
Aileen Graef / CNN:
NYT: Mueller probing Trump's request that Sessions rescind his recusal from Russia investigation
NYT: Mueller probing Trump's request that Sessions rescind his recusal from Russia investigation
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Napolitano on Trump's ‘Spygate’ Claims: “I'd Want To See Evidence Before I Made An Allegation That Outrageous”
Napolitano on Trump's ‘Spygate’ Claims: “I'd Want To See Evidence Before I Made An Allegation That Outrageous”
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The Week
Clare Foran / CNN:
Gowdy says FBI ‘did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do’ in Russia investigation
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Choose the truth instead of taking sides in the Trump-Mueller drama
Choose the truth instead of taking sides in the Trump-Mueller drama
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Washington Monthly and JONATHAN TURLEY
Mike Allen / Axios:
How social media crushed Roseanne for her racist tweet — Roseanne Barr's reboot at ABC is gone, less than 12 hours after her racist tweet and notwithstanding ratings so strong that she picked up a congratulatory phone call from President Trump. — Why it matters: The show's cancellation came …
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Reuters:
Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. comedian Roseanne Barr said she was tired of “being attacked and belittled” and blamed sleep aid Ambien for her tweet that compared a black former Obama administration official to an ape, a racist remark that sparked a wave of outrage.
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The Daily Caller
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Watch ABC kick off pitch to advertisers with jokes about Roseanne's offensive tweets
EXCLUSIVE: Watch ABC kick off pitch to advertisers with jokes about Roseanne's offensive tweets
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Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Disney is considerably more repulsive than Roseanne
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
ABC has canceled ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rampage.
ABC has canceled ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rampage.
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
How Roseanne's Bigotry Finally Became A Liability
How Roseanne's Bigotry Finally Became A Liability
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Trumpism Corrupts: Roseanne Edition
Trumpism Corrupts: Roseanne Edition
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Tony Maglio / The Wrap:
‘Roseanne’ Reruns Pulled From Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT and Laff
‘Roseanne’ Reruns Pulled From Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT and Laff
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
ICM Partners Drops Roseanne Barr as Client After Racist Tweet, ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation
ICM Partners Drops Roseanne Barr as Client After Racist Tweet, ‘Roseanne’ Cancellation
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Courtney Kube / NBC News:
CIA report says North Korea won't denuclearize, but might open a burger joint — WASHINGTON — A new U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, three U.S. officials told NBC News — a finding that conflicts …
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Associated Press:
AP sources: US to impose limits on some Chinese visas — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to shorten the length of validity for some visas issued to Chinese citizens, the State Department said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump works to counter alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property by Beijing.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Mueller probing whether Trump pressured Sessions to engage in Russia investigation
Playbook: Mueller probing whether Trump pressured Sessions to engage in Russia investigation
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Wall Street Journal
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump bragged about classified Syria skirmish at fundraiser — The White House has tried to avoid discussing a February skirmish between U.S. troops and Russian mercenaries in Syria, but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from bragging about the Pentagon's performance at a recent closed-door fundraiser.
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:
Cohen Prosecutors to Get Seized Phone Data by Wednesday — U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan will get a vast array of data seized from three phones belonging to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen by Wednesday, according to a filing from a retired judge reviewing materials taken by the FBI.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘Special master’ in Cohen raid bills $47K for first week's work
‘Special master’ in Cohen raid bills $47K for first week's work
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Washington Post, Palmer Report and Talking Points Memo
Kara Scannell / CNN:
‘Taxi King’ gets better plea deal after raid on Trump's lawyer
New York Times:
Trump's Summer Campaign Priority: Target Red-State Democratic Senators — NASHVILLE — President Trump is planning to focus his midterm campaigning this summer on red states with competitive Senate races where he has a deep reservoir of support and can bring a message devised to stoke partisan outrage.
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Sounding Code Red: Electing the Trump Resistance
Kansas City Star:
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigns, ending political career once aimed at presidency — Eric Greitens stormed into the governor's office in January 2017 vowing to clean up a state government he said was corrupt. — He resigned Tuesday — effective at 5 p.m. Friday …
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Renee DiResta / Wired:
How the Tech Giants Created What Darpa Couldn't — “EVERY PURCHASE YOU make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make …
Ben Detrick / The Ringer:
The Curious Case of Bryan Colangelo and the Secret Twitter Account — A collection of Twitter accounts that has criticized Joel Embiid and Markelle Fultz, disclosed sensitive information, and outlined team strategy shares eye-opening similarities. What does that have to do with the Philadelphia 76ers' decision-maker?
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks — Ivanka Trump abruptly left a conference call on Tuesday about a coming fitness event after receiving questions about her company's trademarks in China and her father's exercise regimen.
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House — Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which the reality-TV star will ask him to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother serving …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Mike Pompeo to Huddle With Anti-Semite's Envoy … Viktor Orban won reelection as Hungary's prime minister last month through a blood-and-soil campaign that married antisemitism with Islamophobia. Donald Trump's secretary of state is about to reverse years of U.S. policy and receive Orban's chief diplomat at Foggy Bottom.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix Exec: Productions From the Obamas Will Not Have a ‘Political Slant’ — Netflix has inked a multiyear deal with the Obamas for original programming — but the content from the former First Couple will not have any political bias, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘zero tolerance’ at the border is causing child shelters to fill up fast — The number of migrant children held in U.S. government custody without their parents has surged 21 percent in the past month, according to the latest figures, an increase driven by the Trump administration's …
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Political Wire, PolitiFact, IJR and American Greatness
Washington Post:
A televangelist wants his followers to pay for a $54 million private jet. It's his fourth plane. — By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. May 29 at 1:17 PM Email the author — If Jesus were to descend from heaven and physically set foot on 21st-century Earth, prosperity gospel televangelist Jesse Duplantis told …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
White House silence on Melania stokes conspiracy theories — The first lady hasn't been seen in public since her release from the hospital after a routine procedure. — She's left the White House and moved back to New York City. — She's cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Political Wire and Talking Points Memo
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Clapper Disinformation Campaign — Why does a former intelligence chief make claims he can't back up? — James Clapper, President Obama's director of national intelligence, gained a reputation among liberals as a liar for covering up the existence of secret data-collection programs.