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Trump removes U.S. from G-7 joint statement over escalating feud with Canada's Trudeau — QUEBEC CITY — President Trump feuded with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and threatened to impose penalties on foreign automobile imports Saturday, capping an acrimonious meeting of the Group …
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John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading relationship — 'We don't want to pay anything, why should we pay anything?' Trump says of Canadian tariffs on dairy products — U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada will have to dismantle its supply-managed dairy system …
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The White House, Power Line and The Daily Caller
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Says U.S. Will No Longer Be 'Piggy Bank That Everybody's Robbing' — LA MALBAIE, Quebec — President Trump said on Saturday that he had brought up with America's closest allies the dramatic prospect of completely eliminating tariffs on goods and services, even as he threatened to end …
Ashish Kumar Sen / Atlantic Council:
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms, Divide Transatlantic Alliance — Russia is attempting to influence the midterm elections in the United States in November as well as divide the transatlantic alliance, US Director …
Eliza Collins / USA Today:
German Chancellor Merkel's stare down photo sums up Trump's time at G-7
German Chancellor Merkel's stare down photo sums up Trump's time at G-7
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BuzzFeed
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Trump again calls for readmitting Russia to G7, blames Obama for Crimea's annexation
Trump again calls for readmitting Russia to G7, blames Obama for Crimea's annexation
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why Trump lit the fire
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
In Trump, some fear the end of the world order
In Trump, some fear the end of the world order
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Raw Story
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trump arrives late and leaves early as G7 leaders talk gender, oceans and climate
Trump arrives late and leaves early as G7 leaders talk gender, oceans and climate
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Washington Press and The Daily Caller
Axios:
Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea — President Trump is willing to consider establishing official relations with North Korea and even eventually putting an embassy in Pyongyang, according to two sources familiar with preparations for the Singapore summit.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
No Need to Prepare to Meet Kim Jong-un? Trump Has a Point — SINGAPORE — When President Trump declared that he did not really need to prepare for his legacy-defining meeting with North Korea's leader, he drew sighs or snickers from veterans of past negotiations.
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France 24
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump says he'll size up Kim Jong Un ‘within the first minute’ of Singapore summit
Trump says he'll size up Kim Jong Un ‘within the first minute’ of Singapore summit
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One America News Network
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
For Kim Jong Un, meeting Trump is about cementing power at home
For Kim Jong Un, meeting Trump is about cementing power at home
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Mother Jones
The Guardian:
Arron Banks ‘met Russian officials multiple times before Brexit vote’ — Arron Banks, the millionaire businessman who bankrolled Nigel Farage's campaign to quit the EU, had multiple meetings with Russian embassy officials in the run-up to the Brexit referendum, documents seen by the Observer suggest.
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Exclusive: Emails reveal Russian links of millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks — Arron Banks, the millionaire businessman who helped fund Brexit, had three meetings with the Russian ambassador to Britain — raising explosive questions about attempts by Moscow to influence the referendum result.
Dick Thornburgh / Washington Post:
We Republicans must all speak out to protect the Mueller investigation — Dick Thornburgh was U.S. attorney general from 1988 to 1991. — As a lifelong Republican, I am proud that my party has consistently revered the rule of law as a central tenet of our country's values.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mueller's ‘witch hunt’ snags another witch
Mueller's ‘witch hunt’ snags another witch
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Outside the Beltway and New York Times
Washington Post:
Why can't we hate men? — Suzanna Danuta Walters, a professor of sociology and director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Northeastern University, is the editor of the gender studies journal Signs. — It's not that Eric Schneiderman (the now-former …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
In the Trump Administration, Science Is Unwelcome. So Is Advice. — As the president prepares for nuclear talks, he lacks a close adviser with nuclear expertise. It's one example of a marginalization of science in shaping federal policy. — WASHINGTON — As President Trump prepares …
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Axios
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
Judge Stops Deportation of a New York Pizza Delivery Man — A federal judge in Manhattan on Saturday temporarily halted the deportation of a New York pizza delivery man at least until a court hearing on July 20. — The judge, Alison J. Nathan, of Federal District Court in New York …
New York Times:
Turning Affluent Suburbs Blue Isn't Worth the Cost — Ms. Geismer is the author of “Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party.” Mr. Lassiter is the author of “The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South.”
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal:
Jayapal Goes Inside Federal Detention Center to Meet With Asylum-Seeking Women: “The mothers could not stop crying” — SEATTLE, WA - Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after demanding and being given access to the Federal Detention Center …
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Americans are depressed and suicidal because something is wrong with our culture — On average, there are 123 suicides per day in the United States. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK. — Don't pathologize the despair …
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neo-neocon
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
The 1st 2020 Race Is Underway: Scrambling for New York Donors — Senator Elizabeth Warren has come calling as recently as April. Kamala Harris, the first-term senator of California, has made repeated visits, starting as early as her third month in office.
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
A family was separated at the border, and this distraught father took his own life — A Honduran father separated from his wife and child suffered a breakdown at a Texas jail and killed himself in a padded cell last month, according to Border Patrol agents and an incident report filed by sheriff's deputies.
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