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Trump's Lawyers, in Confidential Memo, Argue to Head off a Historic Subpoena — WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers have for months quietly waged a campaign to keep the special counsel from trying to force him to answer questions in the investigation into whether he obstructed justice …
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The Trump Lawyers' Confidential Memo to Mueller, Explained — The Times obtained copies of a confidential letter sent by President Trump's lawyers to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III. Reporters added context in annotations. Below it is another letter from the president's lawyers sent last summer.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Giuliani threatens legal battle with Mueller over subpoena — The president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani threatened a legal battle with special counsel Robert Mueller if he attempts to subpoena Donald Trump. — “If Mueller tries to subpoena us, we're going to court,” Giuliani told ABC News.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Constitutional Crisis Is Already Underway — For most of Donald Trump's presidency, the specter of a coming Constitutional crisis has loomed over the Russia investigation. The newly leaked memo by Trump's lawyers, obtained by the New York Times, suggests that such a crisis is not merely a likelihood …
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Why the Bombshell Trump Letter Could Be a Big Problem for Donald Trump Jr. — It undercuts the veracity of Trump Jr.'s testimony to Congress. … On Saturday afternoon, the New York Times revealed a 20-page private letter that President Donald Trump's lawyers had sent special counsel Robert Mueller …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump lawyers say he ‘dictated’ statement on Trump Tower meeting, contradicting past denials — (CNN)In a confidential letter to special counsel Robert Mueller in January, President Donald Trump's legal team acknowledged for the first time that Trump “dictated” the first misleading statement put …
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Quinta Jurecic / Lawfare:
Documents: Letters to Special Counsel Robert Mueller from the Trump Legal Team — The New York Times has obtained letters sent to the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller by the president's legal team, one in January 2018 and one in June 2017. The correspondence makes an aggressive case …
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Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
In newly revealed memo, Trump asserts absolute power over Russia probe
In newly revealed memo, Trump asserts absolute power over Russia probe
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Obama - Just Too Good for Us — WASHINGTON — It was a moment of peak Spock. — Hours after the globe-rattling election of a man whom Barack Obama has total disdain for, a toon who would take a chain saw to the former president's legacy on policy and decency, Obama sent a message …
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Kansas City Star:
This ‘replica’ in the jeep next to Kobach stunned some onlookers at Shawnee parade — Kris Kobach made his way through a parade in Johnson County Saturday morning, waving from an American flag colored jeep with a large gun mounted in back. — The sight of Kobach, a Republican candidate …
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Mike Shoro / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
2 tourists stabbed to death at Circus Circus in Las Vegas — The Circus Circus is seen in Las Vegas, Friday, June 1, 2018. Las Vegas police are investigating the deaths of two people inside a Circus Circus hotel room Friday evening. Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-Journal @chitosephoto
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Lauren Meier / Axios:
Under cloud of tariffs, a U.S. trade delegation arrives in Beijing — A high-level delegation of U.S. officials led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross are in China to “discuss rebalancing the bilateral economic relationship between the United States and China,” according to a White House statement.
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Joshua Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal:
G-7 Members Condemn U.S. Trade Actions
Politico:
Trump to host Ramadan dinner — President Donald Trump will host an iftar dinner at the White House next week to recognize the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to a White House official, a departure from last year's decision not to host the traditional post-sundown meal.
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John Bowden / The Hill:
ZTE hired former Trump aide as lobbyist: report — Chinese telecommunications company ZTE hired a former member of the Trump campaign as a lobbyist amid negotiations with President Trump — to loosen restrictions hampering the company's ability to do business with the U.S.
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Trump's economy faces new threats ahead of midterms — has presided over a strong U.S. economy during his first term, maintaining low unemployment and solid growth ahead of the November elections. — Republicans hope the positive trends will carry them to victory in the midterm campaign …
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon's clever idea to save the GOP from brutal midterms — The Republican Party faces dim prospects in the midterm elections. But it doesn't have to be that way, says Stephen K. Bannon, the chief ideologist of the populist wave that brought Donald Trump into the White House.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump slams ‘the resistance’ in weekly address — tore into the so-called resistance of Democrats opposed to his agenda on Saturday, accusing them of “resisting the will of the American voter.” — In his weekly address, Trump blamed Democrats for slow-walking many of his nominees through …
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Doree Lewak / New York Post:
Dating columnist reveals how ‘Sex and the City’ ruined her life — “Sex and the City” premiered on HBO 20 years ago this week, imprinting on a generation of women a love of fantastic fashion and dreams of their own Mr. Big. Among them was Julia Allison, who moved to New York in the early 2000s to live the Carrie Bradshaw lifestyle.
Kenneth Partridge / Billboard:
Bruce Springsteen's ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ at 40: Nighttime, Freedom & the Eternal Chase — In the Bruce Springsteen songwriting universe, nothing good ever happens in the daytime. The hours between sunup and sundown are when you sweat it out on the streets, work on the highway …
Associated Press:
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows — WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: — ABC's “This Week” — White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow. — ___ — NBC's “Meet the Press” — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer.