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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Trump Economic Adviser Ties G-7 Pullout to North Korea Meeting — WASHINGTON — President Trump's top economic adviser said on Sunday that Mr. Trump had pulled out of a joint statement with allies at the Group of 7 meeting over the weekend because a “betrayal” by the Canadian prime minister …
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Taylor Marsh and Political Wire
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Goes to War Against the Democracies — “He's like Heath Ledger's Joker—but without the operational excellence.” That was the grim after-action assessment of one senior G7 official with whom I spoke in the shocked aftermath of President Donald Trump's savage post-summit tweets.
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Washington Post, The Guardian, NBC News, The Mahablog, Mediaite, Japan Times, RedState and New York Times
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox & Friends host slips: Trump's North Korea summit is a ‘historic meeting between two dictators’ — Abby Hunstman, host of the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends, on Sunday said that summit between North Korea leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump is a meeting between “two dictators.”
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Eric Talmadge / Associated Press:
Business as usual in North Korea as public unaware of summit — PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — With all the international attention focused on Singapore and the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang must be buzzing with excitement, right?
Axios:
Scoop: Trump's deal-of-the-decade North Korea plan — President Trump will confront Kim Jong-un using “a strategy to impress as well as intimidate” — and is open to planting a U.S. embassy in North Korea. — The big picture: U.S. officials involved in the summit preparations …
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ThinkProgress, Politico and Washington Post
Foster Klug / Associated Press:
Isolated Kim takes big gamble leaving home for Trump summit
Isolated Kim takes big gamble leaving home for Trump summit
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Politico
Annabelle Liang / Associated Press:
Singapore deports South Korean journalists in trespass case
Singapore deports South Korean journalists in trespass case
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Axios:
Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea
Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea
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Washington Post, Politico, ThinkProgress, One America News Network, Breitbart, Reuters and Raw Story
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore for historic summit with Trump
North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore for historic summit with Trump
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Politico, One America News Network, The Daily Caller and TheDrive
Maïa de La Baume / Politico:
France blasts ‘incoherent’ Trump after G7 fiasco — France pledged on Sunday to stand by the G7 summit statement disowned by Donald Trump and took a swipe at the U.S. president by declaring that international cooperation could not depend on “fits of anger” or “little words.”
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The Guardian, BBC, Political Wire, NPR and Sommet du G7
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Axios:
Kudlow: Trump's G7 decision was a show of strength before Kim summit
Kudlow: Trump's G7 decision was a show of strength before Kim summit
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One America News Network
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump's top economic aide on Trudeau: ‘It was a betrayal’
Trump's top economic aide on Trudeau: ‘It was a betrayal’
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The Atlantic, Townhall, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Hullabaloo, Jamie Dupree - AJC and The Week
New York Times:
Trump's Blasts Upend G-7, Alienating Oldest Allies
Trump's Blasts Upend G-7, Alienating Oldest Allies
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Talking Points Memo, CNN and HuffPost
W.G. Dunlop / Yahoo:
US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
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Althouse
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading relationship
Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading relationship
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Power Line, The White House, BuzzFeed and The Daily Caller
Ashish Kumar Sen / Atlantic Council:
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms …
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms …
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AOL, Outside the Beltway and HuffPost
New York Times:
‘Drama, Action, Emotional Power’: As Exhausted Aides Eye the Exits, Trump Is Re-Energized — WASHINGTON — President Trump has gone overseas to embark on some of the most consequential diplomatic negotiations of his tenure, threatening an all-out trade war with allies and seizing a chance to make peace with a nuclear-armed menace.
BBC:
Leave.EU ‘downplayed Russian links’ — The founder of Leave.EU, Arron Banks, has confirmed he will appear before MPs this week to answer new allegations about his links with Russia. — It has been reported that Mr Banks, who bankrolled the unofficial leave campaign, had more contact …
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The Times & The Sunday Times
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Romney looks to lead GOP's establishment wing — Mitt Romney is positioning himself to be a force in the Senate — and a potential counterweight to Donald Trump. — DEER VALLEY, UTAH - Mitt Romney is mapping out plans to become a major player in the Senate — positioning himself …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Mitt Romney Wants In Again. There Is One Catch. — His wife said they were done with campaigns. But after two high-profile losses on the national stage, a Senate bid was too good to pass up, even if it means dealing with Donald Trump. — COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — Mitt Romney never could resist a race.
Liz Goodwin / BostonGlobe.com:
Down on the border, a new trail of tears — McALLEN, Texas — Every night before bed, Wil, who is 6 years old, says his prayers and then kisses two printed-out photos of his mom and dad that are taped on the wall by his bed goodnight. — A few hours later, he's likely to wander …
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Washington Post:
‘They just took them?’ Frantic parents separated from their kids fill courts on the border — By Michael E. Miller June 9 at 6:44 PM Email the author — MCALLEN, Texas — The words “all rise” were still ringing in the brightly lit South Texas courtroom last week when Peter E. Ormsby slipped unceremoniously into his seat.
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ThinkProgress, Breitbart, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mother Jones, Hullabaloo and New York Magazine
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
New York Times reporter broke the biggest rule in journalism — On previous occasions, I've written about the blunt way legendary New York Times editor Abe Rosenthal dealt with a conflict of interest. The story bears repeating after the indictment of a top Senate official over his contacts with reporters …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Blue states find ways to undercut GOP tax law — In states like New York, taxpayers would be better off than they were before Republicans changed the tax law. — Residents of some blue states may get a surprisingly big tax cut thanks to workarounds state lawmakers are crafting to subvert …
Salena Zito / New York Post:
How suicide became my ‘family secret’ — and shaped who I am — On May 12, 1915, Clifford G. Peiffer walked down East Lacock Street on Pittsburgh's North Side with a note in his pocket, sadness in his heart and a determination in his step. — Earlier that morning, he had told his wife …
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
A Restaurant Owner Featured On “No Reservations” Said Anthony Bourdain Changed Their Lives — Xi'an Famous Foods said it was donating all of its June 8 sales to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to honor Bourdain's memory. — After Anthony Bourdain was found dead Friday of a reported suicide …
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Andrew Solomon / New Yorker:
Preventable Tragedies — The pattern of highly accomplished …
Preventable Tragedies — The pattern of highly accomplished …
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