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The Daily Beast:
White House Demands TBS Cancel Samantha Bee's Show — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed comedienne Samantha Bee's comments about Ivanka Trump on Thursday. “The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious. The collective silence by the left …
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Jon Levine / The Wrap:
White House Condemns ‘Vile and Vicious’ Samantha Bee, Calls on Time Warner, TBS to Act — “Time Warner and TBS must demonstrate that such explicit profanity about female members of this administration will not be condoned,” White House press secretary tells TheWrap
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Sonia Rao / Washington Post:
Samantha Bee apologizes for calling Ivanka Trump a vulgar word after White House condemnation — Ivanka Trump sparked online outrage earlier this week when she tweeted a photo of herself with her younger son around the same time as reports circulated that the U.S. government had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year.
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Ashley Boucher / The Wrap:
Samantha Bee Loses Sponsors Over Ivanka Trump ‘Feckless C-t’ Comment — Autotrader and State Farm suspend advertising on TBS series … Autotrader and State Farm have decided to suspend their sponsorship of “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” after the host called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—” on the show Wednesday night.
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Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
White House Blasts Samantha Bee Over Ivanka Slur, Demands TBS Cancel Show — The White House this morning blasted Samantha Bee and TBS over Bee having called White House staffer/ First Daughter Ivanka Trump a “feckless c**t” in a segment about President Donald Trump's immigration policy.
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Kathleen Joyce / Fox News:
Samantha Bee apologizes for vile, ‘c-word’ attack on Ivanka Trump
Samantha Bee apologizes for vile, ‘c-word’ attack on Ivanka Trump
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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney:
Samantha Bee apologizes for vulgar remark about Ivanka Trump: ‘I crossed a line’
Samantha Bee apologizes for vulgar remark about Ivanka Trump: ‘I crossed a line’
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Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
White House says Samantha Bee's attack on Ivanka Trump was ‘vile and vicious’
White House says Samantha Bee's attack on Ivanka Trump was ‘vile and vicious’
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Tim Mak / NPR:
LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats — Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office — and involvement in a civil lawsuit with porn star Stormy Daniels. — But in the past, it was Cohen who has sought …
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Stormy's lawyer was told to choose between his job and TV appearances. He chose TV
Stormy's lawyer was told to choose between his job and TV appearances. He chose TV
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Dinesh D'Souza Tells Backstory Of His Pardon — FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say — INVESTIGATIVE GROUP | CHUCK ROSS — EXCLUSIVE: First Lady's Office Responds To Samantha Bee's Vulgar Tirade: ‘Double Standard Is Truly Astounding’
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New York Times:
Trump Pardons Dinesh D'Souza, Weighs Leniency for Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pardoned Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative author, commentator and filmmaker, and said he was strongly considering commuting the sentence of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, a Democrat.
BuzzFeed:
Trump Allies Don't See “Three-Dimensional Chess” In Dinesh D'Souza's Pardon
Trump Allies Don't See “Three-Dimensional Chess” In Dinesh D'Souza's Pardon
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Law & Crime and The Week
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Ex-FBI honcho blasts Trump over Blagojevich
Oliver Willis / Shareblue Media:
Trump to pardon despicable, hate-spewing fanboy felon who pleaded guilty
Trump to pardon despicable, hate-spewing fanboy felon who pleaded guilty
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Washington Post, New York Times and HuffPost
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Weaponizing Pardons
Trump Is Weaponizing Pardons
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump repeatedly pressured Sessions on Mueller investigation — President Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reclaim control of the Russia investigation on at least four separate occasions, three times in person and once over the phone, according to sources familiar with the conversations.
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Washington Post:
Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico — By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM — The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trade dispute hits stock prices for US companies
The Latest: Trade dispute hits stock prices for US companies
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Doug Palmer / Politico:
‘Today is a bad day for world trade’: Trump slaps U.S. allies with tariffs
‘Today is a bad day for world trade’: Trump slaps U.S. allies with tariffs
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CNBC:
Dow drops 300 points after EU, Canada say they will retaliate to Trump's tariffs
Dow drops 300 points after EU, Canada say they will retaliate to Trump's tariffs
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Christian Oliver / Politico:
EU announces retaliation against Trump tariffs
EU announces retaliation against Trump tariffs
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Ken Haddad / WDIV-TV:
John Boehner in Michigan: ‘Republican Party is taking a nap somewhere’ — Boehner sits down with Local 4's Devin Scillian — MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - Former Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a keynote address and was joined by Devin Scillian during the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday morning.
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Michael Sykes / Axios:
Boehner: “There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party”
Boehner: “There is no Republican party. There's a Trump party”
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump reportedly said he wants to stop German luxury car imports in the US — Trump reportedly told French President Emmanuel Macron last month that he would maintain his trade policy with the aim of stopping Mercedes-Benz models from driving down Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report
Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Robert Mueller Reveals The Price Tag For His Special Counsel Investigation — The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has cost nearly $17 million dollars so far, according to a new report from the Justice Department.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller probe spending tops $17 million
Mueller probe spending tops $17 million
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BuzzFeed:
Joy Reid's Blog Published A Photoshopped Image Of John McCain As The Virginia Tech Shooter — The MSNBC host's controversial old blog posts continue to surface, as Reid and the network stick to hacking claims. — MSNBC host Joy Reid's new-defunct blog published an image …
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
How quaint: US-NKorea diplomacy via exchange of letters — WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Korean envoy is coming to Washington bearing a letter for President Donald Trump from Kim Jong Un. — This has been going on for days. Like in the old days. — Kim Yong Chol was spotted Wednesday …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump - nuclear deal may take more than one meeting with North Korea's Kim
Exclusive: Trump - nuclear deal may take more than one meeting with North Korea's Kim
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VICE News:
Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party — Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party. — In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results …
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Hallie Jackson / MSNBC:
At least 8 white nationalists running for federal office — MSNBC's Morgan Radford spoke with white nationalists who are running for federal office this year on the Republican ticket. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least eight white nationalists are running, more than ever before.
Bradley Hope / Wall Street Journal:
British Expert on the Royal Family Is Actually Tommy From Upstate New York — As the royal wedding unfolded, Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq. was on screen to enlighten many on the monarchy; he's from north of Albany — When Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle walked …
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Andrew P. Napolitano / Washington Times:
Giuliani's unwarranted attack on the Trump investigation — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — This past weekend, President Trump and the most visible member of his legal team, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, fired up their campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE MEDIA'S UNDENIABLE PRO-TRUMP BIAS — There is almost no point in writing a lede to this piece, given how likely it is that President Trump will do something disgraceful before it can be edited and published—so instead let's use that likelihood as the entire premise.
Juliet Macur / New York Times:
N.F.L.'s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don't Cheer or Dance — Several N.F.L. teams determined cheerleading programs had a scarcity problem on game days. If cheerleaders were on the sideline dancing, none were available to serve as scantily clad hostesses who could mingle with fans high …
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Alex Press / Vox:
The record-low birthrate offers yet another sign that millennials are economically screwed — Would you have kids if you were drowning in debt? — The birthrate in the United States is the lowest it's been in 30 years, we recently learned, and the decline is spreading across age cohorts.
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David French / Washington Post:
Barr's vile, racist tweeting showed the way through the free speech minefield: The standard we ought to apply is decency. — David French is a senior writer at National Review. — In the last year, the two names that have most dominated debates about employee free speech …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Meghan McCain fires back at Trump — The daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accused the president of using her father to distract from his own political problems — WASHINGTON — Meghan McCain fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing him of attacking her father …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say — FBI spy Stefan Halper interacted with the media multiple times, according to a Cambridge researcher — Former senior FBI officials said the interactions could be a cause for concern for the FBI, one calling them “highly irregular”
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