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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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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Four things to watch as Washington begins the summer
Playbook: Four things to watch as Washington begins the summer
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New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
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, BloombergQuint, Instapundit, New York Times, Washington Post and emptywheel
Harry Litman / New York Times:
President Trump Thinks He Is a King
President Trump Thinks He Is a King
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Washington Post, CNN, Philly.com, The Week, Washington Press and Raw Story
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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Raw Story, CNN and Joe.My.God.
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
James Comey isn't above the law
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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The Daily Caller
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
The ‘buzzsaw’ experience of negotiating with North Korea
The ‘buzzsaw’ experience of negotiating with North Korea
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One America News Network
Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
Syria's Bashar al-Assad considers trip to meet Kim Jong Un, North Korea says
Syria's Bashar al-Assad considers trip to meet Kim Jong Un, North Korea says
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New York Times, Just Security, The Hill and Politico
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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One America News Network and The Daily Beast
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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Washington Post, Politico, AOL, The Week, The Verge, Q13 FOX News, Engadget, BloombergQuint, Mashable and Mother Jones, more at Techmeme »
Axios:
What we're watching: Bill Clinton confronted on #MeToo, Monica Lewinsky — Reflecting on his presidency in light of the #MeToo movement, former president Bill Clinton told NBC News' “Today” that he believes he did “the right thing” during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, adding …
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Townhall, Politico, National Review, Washington Post and Mediaite
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Janet Maslin / New York Times:
Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics
Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics
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twitchy.com
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Trump's Presidency Is Built Upon Double Standards
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
CNN:
Trump's phone call with Macron described as ‘terrible’ — Washington (CNN)A call about trade and migration between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron soured last week after Macron candidly criticized Trump's policies, two sources familiar with the call told CNN.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
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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USA Today, Politico, HuffPost, AOL, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Breitbart, Political Wire, Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Trump's mind-control superpowers — In our lifetime, no president has matched Donald Trump's ability to summon the power of the pulpit, friendly media, and the tweet-by-tweet power of repetition and persuasion to move minds en masse. — The big picture: You see this in the silence of Republican critics …
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Devin Nunes warns Google may need to testify if anti-GOP search results keep showing up
Devin Nunes warns Google may need to testify if anti-GOP search results keep showing up
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Splinter
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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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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 …
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Instapundit
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
Mourning America: What my father, Ronald Reagan, would say today — Patti Davis is an author and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. — My father used to talk about a recurring dream he had in which he was walking into a beautiful white building with grand columns, knowing that it was his new home.
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Talking Points Memo, HuffPost and The Week
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.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The president as the persecuted: Donald Trump's strategy of self-victimization — Unfair is one of his favorite words, and he has used it in 69 tweets. He calls the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election a rigged witch hunt.
Ben White / Politico:
Cohn kept the jobs numbers for Trump — COHN KEPT THE JOBS NUMBERS FROM TRUMP — MM hears that before he left the White House, former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn would withhold jobs report data from President Trump until shortly before their release because he was worried …
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Townhall, Financial Times, New York Times and CNBC
CNN:
CNN obtains report showing fund for coal miners with black lung is in trouble — CNN obtains report showing fund for sick coal miners is in trouble — (CNN)A US government fund that helps coal miners sickened with black lung disease is beset by billions of dollars in debt, according to a government watchdog report obtained by CNN.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
'It was my job, and I didn't find him': Stoneman Douglas resource officer remains haunted by massacre — BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Scot Peterson had spent much of the past three months in hiding, but now somebody was walking onto his porch and toward the front door. A motion detector activated an alarm inside his duplex.
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sports Site ‘The Athletic’ Expands Aggressively, Betting on Subscriptions — Premium salaries lure writers; skeptics caution business model is risky — Stephen Curry, the star point guard for the Golden State Warriors, looked puzzled at a news conference last fall when a journalist introduced himself …
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