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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Giuliani: Trump Could Have Shot Comey And Still Couldn't Be Indicted For It — Congress would have to impeach Trump first before any criminal prosecution could move forward, the president's lawyer says. — WASHINGTON Candidate Donald Trump bragged that he could shoot someone …
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Harry Litman / New York Times:
President Trump Thinks He Is a King
President Trump Thinks He Is a King
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Philly.com, Washington Press, RedState, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he still couldn't be indicted for it
Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he still couldn't be indicted for it
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
James Comey isn't above the law
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump lawyers reveal previously unknown evidence in Michael Flynn case
Trump lawyers reveal previously unknown evidence in Michael Flynn case
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Bloomberg, New York Times and emptywheel
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Giuliani calls it ‘unthinkable’ that Trump would pardon himself
Giuliani calls it ‘unthinkable’ that Trump would pardon himself
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ABC News, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Monthly
Reuters:
North Korea's top three military officials replaced, U.S. official says — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's top three military officials have been removed from their posts, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepare to meet on June 12 in Singapore.
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New York Times:
Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends — The company formed data-sharing partnerships with Apple, Samsung and dozens of other device makers, raising new concerns about its privacy protections. — As Facebook sought to become the world's dominant social media service …
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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
First lady Melania Trump will not join President Trump on G7, Singapore summits — First lady Melania Trump will not be joining President Donald Trump on his upcoming trips to the G7 summit in Quebec and the highly anticipated summit between the United States and North Korea in Singapore, her spokeswoman told ABC News.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump expected to attend Gold Star event at White House — (CNN)First lady Melania Trump is expected to attend a White House event on Monday evening to honor Gold Star families, her spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, confirms to CNN. — Although the President and Mrs. Trump hosted …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Michael Cohen's secret dream — On election night 2016, shortly after Donald Trump's team realized he would win the presidency, Michael Cohen told a handful of people on the 14th floor of Trump Tower about his own dreams for the future — to be mayor of New York.
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Janet Maslin / New York Times:
Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics — The American presidency comes with “thrilling highs” and “lows lower than a snake's belly.” That's what the fictitious President Jonathan Lincoln Duncan thinks to himself early in “The President Is Missing …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Bill Clinton says impeachment process over Russia probe would be underway if Democrat were in office
Bill Clinton says impeachment process over Russia probe would be underway if Democrat were in office
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RedState
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Weighs Expanding Military Role in Yemen War — United Arab Emirates seeks direct U.S. help to capture Red Sea port from Iran-backed Houthi fighters — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is weighing an appeal from the United Arab Emirates for direct U.S. support to seize Yemen's main port …
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The American Conservative
Michael Smolens / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Column | Will San Diego be the ‘blue wave’ canary in a coal mine? — Doug Applegate talks with teenagers outside a Carlsbad polling place on Election Day 2016. The Democrat nearly defeated Rep. Darrell Issa but this year must get past a handful of Democrats to advance to the November election.
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Washington Post:
A historic exodus is leaving Venezuela without teachers, doctors and electricians — An unruly 9-year-old bolted from his classroom, prompting a volunteer teacher to chase him down the hall. He would normally be hauled straight to Romina Sciaca's office. But the guidance counselor was gone …
Jane Ross / Reuters:
California city fights poverty with guaranteed income — STOCKTON, Calif. (Reuters) - Michael Tubbs, the 27-year-old mayor of Stockton, California, has a radical plan to combat poverty in his cash-strapped city: a “no strings” guaranteed basic income of $500 a month for its residents.
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Business economists worry about possible recession in 2020 — WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of top business economists believes the major tax cuts President Donald Trump pushed through Congress will give a significant boost to economic growth this year and next year.
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Axios
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Devin Nunes warns Google may need to testify if anti-GOP search results keep showing up — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said on Sunday there may be a need for Google to testify after the company's search engine showed results linking Republicans to “Nazism.”
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Joe Biden steams into midterm campaigns as 2020 question looms — WASHINGTON — There are two questions Joe Biden just can't avoid most days: When can you campaign for me? And what are you doing in 2020? — The former vice president already has been one of the most active Democratic surrogates …
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Virginia Democratic Candidate Stomps Pete Hegseth In Train Wreck Interview: ‘Change Is Coming’ — Fox News host Pege Hegseth on Sunday came out on the losing side of an interview with Virginia candidate for U.S. House Dan Helmer (D). — In a Sunday interview on Fox & Friends …
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Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Trump's Right Hand Man in Europe Rick Grenell Wants To ‘Empower’ European Conservatives — BERLIN, Germany: Trumpian U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has expressed great excitement over the wave of conservatism in Europe, saying he wants to “empower” leaders of the movement.
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Gaza preschoolers seen performing mock execution of Israeli soldier — A shocking video recently surfaced that allegedly shows a play at a preschool in the Gaza Strip where children dressed up as commandos and performed a mock hostage-taking situation and execution of an Israeli soldier.
Crime Russia:
Central Bank of Cyprus ordered companies to close offshore accounts starting June 4 — From now on, the local banks will serve only local business. — The Central Bank of Cyprus has warned financial institutions about the need to close offshore companies' accounts starting on June 4.