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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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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
President Trump ‘probably does’ have the power to pardon himself: Giuliani — President Trump's lead attorney said the president “probably does” have the power to pardon himself. — Rudy Giuliani was discussing with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Trump's legal memo to Robert Mueller is a recipe for tyranny — A clear and present danger to the rule of law — Essentially all presidents sooner or later end up commissioning lawyers to put forward an expansive view of presidential power, but those lawyers take pains to argue …
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Booman Tribune
David Kris / Lawfare:
The Trump Legal Team's Remarkable Letter to Mueller
The Trump Legal Team's Remarkable Letter to Mueller
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Common Dreams, emptywheel, National Review and The Mahablog
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
James Comey isn't above the law
CNN:
Trump's man with the Singapore plan: Joe Hagin — (CNN)In the early days of the Iraq War, the director of the Secret Service was summoned to the White House Situation Room for a meeting with Joe Hagin, then serving as President George W. Bush's operations chief.
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Lee Jeong-Ho / Politico:
Why U.N. sanctions did not bring North Korea to the summit table
Why U.N. sanctions did not bring North Korea to the summit table
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Politico and South China Morning Post
Reuters:
North Korea's top three military officials replaced, U.S. official says
North Korea's top three military officials replaced, U.S. official says
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Yonhap News Agency and The Daily Caller
Katherine Lam / Fox News:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to visit Kim Jong Un in North Korea, state media says
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to visit Kim Jong Un in North Korea, state media says
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The Daily Caller
Josh Smith / Reuters:
Syria's Assad says will visit North Korea, news agency reports
Syria's Assad says will visit North Korea, news agency reports
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Axios, Washington Post and Politico
CBS News:
Bill Clinton and James Patterson co-author a political beach read — A political thriller has to convincingly blend both fact and fiction, which is just what a certain debut novelist with plenty of White House experience says he has to offer. He and his writing partner are talking with Mo Rocca:
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Mark Moore / New York Post:
Clinton: ‘Impeachment hearings would have begun’ for a Dem president
Clinton: ‘Impeachment hearings would have begun’ for a Dem president
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The Daily Caller
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
Bill Clinton: I couldn't be elected now because I don't like embarrassing people
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
John Bowden / The Hill:
Trump has spent more visiting Mar-a-Lago than Mueller has on Russia probe
Trump has spent more visiting Mar-a-Lago than Mueller has on Russia probe
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Hullabaloo, infowars.com and Washington Press
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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Mediaite
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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CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker: The House is a toss-up — Dems 219- Reps 216 in tight contest for control — In the race for Congress, most polls report one national percentage for Democrats and Republicans. But that's not very helpful - because this is a race for seats. 435 of them, in fact.
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New York Magazine and The Daily Caller
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
FBI agent accidentally shoots bar patron when gun falls out of holster while dancing — An FBI agent got himself into an embarrassing situation on Saturday when his service weapon fell out of its holster while dancing at a Denver club and he accidentally shot a fellow patron while retrieving it.
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Oscar Contreras / TheDenverChannel.com:
Denver Police investigating accidental shooting from gun of an off-duty FBI agent
Denver Police investigating accidental shooting from gun of an off-duty FBI agent
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Washington Post, NPR, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Root
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's 500-day coup of the GOP, conservatism — Donald Trump has been President Trump for 500 days as of noon today. Jonathan Swan writes that everything has changed, and nothing has changed. — Be smart: In 500 days, Trump's hijacking of the formerly conservative GOP is complete — an astonishing accomplishment.
Derek Hunter / Townhall:
Liberals (Once Again) Exempt Themselves from the Rules — Imagine a scenario in which a woman posts a picture of herself with her son and people simply appreciate the expression of parental love. Sounds nice, and rational, doesn't it? Unfortunately, thanks to the liberal mob, nice and rational no longer exist in the public arena.
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The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Samantha Bee will address vulgar comment about Ivanka Trump on her show
Samantha Bee will address vulgar comment about Ivanka Trump on her show
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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
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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind closed doors: Republicans worry tax reform won't save GOP — In mid May, senior House Republican officials huddled at the Hyatt on the Chesapeake Bay to discuss their messaging plan to save the House majority. — One of their guest speakers was the well-respected election forecaster Charlie Cook …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Jon Tester, a Democrat in Deep-Red Montana, Isn't Sweating Trump's Threats — BIG SANDY, Mont. — Under a nearly cloudless sky on the sun-speckled northern prairie last Tuesday, Jon Tester, this state's senior senator, had his hands deep inside a 25-year-old grain auger.
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The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Full Giuliani: ‘Could lead to impeachment’ if president stopped investigation of himself — June 2, 2018 Full Trudeau: Canada and U.S. most successful alliance ‘in the history of the modern world’ — June 1, 2018 Meet the Midterms: Frontrunners emerge as California primary day nears
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ThinkProgress
Cait Kelly / Daily Mail:
From gouging out his wife's eyes because she was ‘the Islamic anti-Christ’ to genital mutilation and a gruesome murder that left a corpse detectives could not identify: The case of the Melbourne jihadi that horrified even a supreme court judge — The identity of the man who slaughtered …
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Jihad Watch