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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 on trade tensions involving the United States, the European Union, Mexico and Canada (all times local): — The European Union says it plans to bring its case against new U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum to the World Trade Organization on Friday.
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Politico and One America News Network
Christian Oliver / Politico:
EU announces retaliation against Trump tariffs — The EU confirmed Thursday that it would retaliate against steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, in what many European officials fear could be the first salvos of a transatlantic trade war.
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New Republic and One America News Network
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
White House to Impose Metal Tariffs on Europe, Canada and Mexico, Risking Retaliation — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would impose tariffs on metals imported from its closest allies, a measure that could provoke retaliation against American businesses.
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Axios and Daily Wire
EU Press Room:
European Commission reacts to the US restrictions on steel and aluminium affecting the EU
European Commission reacts to the US restrictions on steel and aluminium affecting the EU
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Vox, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Associated Press, France 24, NBC News, CNBC, Joe.My.God., EURACTIV.com, CGTN America and Politico
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Conservative billionaire Koch brothers' network denounces Trump's tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico
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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National Review, Associated Press, Politico, One America News Network and Sean Hannity
New York Times:
F.B.I. Official Wrote Secret Memo Fearing Trump Got a Cover Story for Comey Firing — WASHINGTON — The former acting F.B.I. director, Andrew G. McCabe, wrote a confidential memo last spring recounting a conversation that offered significant behind-the-scenes details on the firing …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Trump flubs endorsement of N.Y. congressman — DRIVING THE DAY — AT 4:46 P.M. yesterday afternoon, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP delivered REP. DAN DONOVAN (R-N.Y.) an endorsement the lawmaker had long been waiting for. Donovan is running against MICHAEL GRIMM, a former House Republican who was recently in prison.
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Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump bends the truth as he tries to beat back Russia probe
Trump bends the truth as he tries to beat back Russia probe
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Washington Post, NBC News and The Week
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Yes, the FBI Was Investigating the Trump Campaign When It Spied
Yes, the FBI Was Investigating the Trump Campaign When It Spied
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Washington Monthly, The Intercept and Power Line
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Trey Gowdy Didn't Even See Documents He Claims Exonerate FBI On Spygate: Reports
Trey Gowdy Didn't Even See Documents He Claims Exonerate FBI On Spygate: Reports
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Los Angeles Times, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Breitbart, Power Line, Associated Press, CNN and twitchy.com
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
McCabe memo: Trump asked Rosenstein to mention Russia in Comey firing
McCabe memo: Trump asked Rosenstein to mention Russia in Comey firing
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CNBC:
Trump will pardon conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who was convicted of campaign finance violation — D'Souza pleaded guilty in 2014 to reimbursing two of his associates after directing them to contribute $10,000 each to the 2012 Senate campaign of Wendy Long.
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Shakesville, New Republic, Media Matters for America, Paste, Breitbart, USA Today, The Week and The Root
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump offers pardon to conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, suggests others could be coming
Trump offers pardon to conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, suggests others could be coming
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Axios, The Atlantic, CNN, ThinkProgress, HuffPost, NBC News, MSNBC, Conservative News Today, Althouse and Common Dreams
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump to give ‘full pardon’ to Dinesh D'Souza
Trump to give ‘full pardon’ to Dinesh D'Souza
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Axios:
Trump will pardon Dinesh D'Souza
Trump will pardon Dinesh D'Souza
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Washington Post, Joe.My.God., Washington Press and Politico
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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New Republic, NBC News, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Beast
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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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Politico
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump floats Martha Stewart pardon, Rod Blagojevich commutation — (CNN)President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he is considering pardoning Martha Stewart and commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's sentence. — Trump floated the idea of pardoning or commuting …
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Vox, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, FOX 61, Political Wire and New York Magazine
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Obama was shell-shocked by Trump win, asked ‘What if we were wrong?,’ new book says — Trump questions where Obama was amid reports of FBI spying — President Barack Obama was veritably shell-shocked in the wake of Donald Trump's election victory in 2016, and even asked aides …
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Townhall, Sean Hannity, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and IJR
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump's Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’
How Trump's Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’
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Washington Post, CNBC, Conservative News Today, Hot Air, The Hill, RedState, Jewish Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Shakesville, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Power Line, Washington Press, Law & Crime, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, Sean Hannity, twitchy.com, Daily Wire and Breitbart
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
This HBO footage of Ben Rhodes on election night is as bad as people said it was
This HBO footage of Ben Rhodes on election night is as bad as people said it was
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Daily Wire
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 …
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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Mediaite, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Right About Roseanne — Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom “Roseanne” after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet. There are necessary taboos and essential decencies in every morally healthy society.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Trump turns to victimhood politics after ABC fires Roseanne
Trump turns to victimhood politics after ABC fires Roseanne
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zerohedge.com, CNN, USA Today, Washington Post and twitchy.com
Emily Nussbaum / New Yorker:
“The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable — Were you craving a bit more bloodshed from the finale of FX's “The Americans”? Some tooth-pulling ultraviolence, or maybe another corpse crunched into a briefcase, on the long road to Moscow? If so, you were clearly watching the wrong show.
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Jury Leaves $4 to Family of Man Killed by Sheriff's Deputy, Along With Many Questions — For more than four years, questions swirled about the shooting death of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. at his home in Fort Pierce, Fla. After all, there were only three witnesses to how the entire episode unfolded …
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report — wants to impose a total ban on the imports of German luxury cars, according to a new report from CNBC and German magazine WirtschaftsWoche. — Several U.S. and European diplomats told the news outlets that Trump told French President …
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Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
Jerry Falwell Jr. And A Young Pool Attendant Are Embroiled In A Lawsuit Over A Miami Beach Hostel — Trump's fixer Michael Cohen helped arrange Falwell's pivotal endorsement of Donald Trump, the first by a major evangelical. — Influential evangelical leader and Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr. went …
Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney reveals his 2016 presidential vote — SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney revealed Wednesday who he voted for in the 2016 presidential election. — His wife, Ann Romney. — “I wrote in the name of a person who I admire deeply, who I think would be an excellent president,” …
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
A Post-Memorial Day Status Report — Where things stand in the battles for Congress and the governorships — KEY POINTS IN THIS ARTICLE — Both Democrats and Republicans have about equal odds of winning the House majority. — Republicans remain clearly favored in the battle for Senate control.
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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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The Intercept and Conservative News Today
Caitlin Dewey / Washington Post:
White America's racial resentment is the real impetus for welfare cuts, study says — White Americans are increasingly critical of the country's social safety net, a new study suggests, thanks in part to a rising tide of racial resentment. — The study, conducted by researchers …
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Common Dreams, Berkeley News and Hullabaloo
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump - nuclear deal may take more than one meeting with North Korea's Kim — ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it may take more than one meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to seal a denuclearization deal and that he would like Pyongyang …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
America's Teens Are Choosing YouTube Over Facebook — Three years ago, Facebook Inc. was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in that magic, trendsetting demographic. Not anymore. — Now, only 51 percent of kids between 13 and 17 use Facebook, according to Pew Research Center.
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Pew Research Center and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
The Times of Israel:
Ambassador David Friedman: Republicans support Israel more than Democrats — US envoy discusses Israel as a partisan cause, Trump's peace plan, settlement legality, Palestinian refugees, and a pastor who invoked Jesus at the Jerusalem embassy opening — Main image by Matty Stern, US Embassy, Jerusalem
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