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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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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: Politico
Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Rep. Trey Gowdy says FBI has “obligation” to run out leads on Russian interference  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, says that the FBI has an “obligation” to run out any leads it may have — including using informants — to get to the bottom of the case of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Napolitano on Trump's ‘Spygate’ Claims: “I'd Want To See Evidence Before I Made An Allegation That Outrageous”
Discussion: The Week
Clare Foran / CNN:
Gowdy says FBI ‘did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do’ in Russia investigation
Discussion: twitchy.com
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.
Discussion: Townhall, Althouse and The Daily Caller
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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 …
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:   Disney is considerably more repulsive than Roseanne
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed:
How Roseanne's Bigotry Finally Became A Liability
Discussion: NPR, Washington Post and New York Times
S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:   Lesson from the Roseanne debacle: Stop hiring hateful nutjobs
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 …
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
Ivanka Trump exits White House conference call after questions on Chinese trademarks
The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Brutally Turn on Each Other in War on Leaks
Discussion: Mediaite and Spectator USA
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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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:   Trump bragged about classified battle in Syria during fundraiser: report
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Trump's new midterm strategy: Outrage
Discussion: Salon
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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Federal prosecutors poised to get more than 1 million files seized from Michael Cohen's phones  —  Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen are poised to receive on Wednesday one million files from three of his cellphones seized last month …
Discussion: Political Wire, Axios and Boing Boing
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Joe Schneider / Bloomberg:   Cohen Prosecutors to Get Seized Phone Data by Wednesday
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
‘Special master’ in Cohen raid bills $47K for first week's work
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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Alexei Koseff / Sacramento Bee:
Independent voters now outnumber Republicans in California
Discussion: New York Times, Axios and The Week
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Mueller probing whether Trump pressured Sessions to engage in Russia investigation
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Week
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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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Sounding Code Red: Electing the Trump Resistance  —  With the primary season winding down and the midterms soon upon us, it's time to point out that this election is not about what you may think it's about.  It is not a choice between the particular basket of policies offered by the candidates …
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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?
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Black women candidates feel slighted by Democrats  —  There are at least 43 Democratic black women running as challengers for U.S. House seats, but only one — Lauren Underwood of Illinois — has the backing of the national campaign organization.  —  Why it matters: Black women …
New York Daily News:
The 9/11 memorial is evolving to honor those sickened  —  The aftermath of the 9/11 attacks persists more than 16 years later in the spate of life-threatening illnesses and the all-too-regularly-reported deaths of people who were exposed to World Trade Center toxins.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Trump obstruction of justice probe is bigger than we realized  —  President Trump's fixation on “no collusion” has long belied this reality of the Russia investigation: The obstruction of justice half of the probe appears significantly more troublesome for him personally.
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 …
Politico:
GOP sweats Trump's Heitkamp flirtation  —  The vulnerable North Dakota Democrat has been invited on Air Force One and to the White House — even as Republicans target her in the midterms.  —  When a small group of alarmed White House aides caught wind that Sen. Heidi Heitkamp …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Discussion: Daily Wire
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Plan for Political Survival: Blame Obama for Everything
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
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