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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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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, The Mahablog, Mediaite, Japan Times, RedState and New York Times


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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Talking Points Memo, BBC, The Guardian, Political Wire, Sommet du G7, NPR, Shareblue Media and Palmer Report


Peter Navarro says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau — Washington (CNN)Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to President Donald Trump, escalated the White House's rebuke of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him weak and dishonest on Sunday.
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Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, Political Wire, Toronto Star, Breitbart and Daily Kos


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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White House trade council director says 'there's a special place in hell' for Justin Trudeau — White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro said Sunday there is a “special place in hell” for any leader who engages in “bad faith diplomacy” with President Donald Trump.


Kudlow: Trump's G7 decision was a show of strength before Kim summit
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Trump's top economic aide on Trudeau: ‘It was a betrayal’
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ThinkProgress, The Atlantic, Townhall, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo, Politico, Jamie Dupree - AJC, The Week and Raw Story

Trump retracts his endorsement of G7 final statement
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RedState, Washington Post, Montreal Gazette, The Last Tradition, TheBlaze, CBS New York and The Daily Caller

Navarro: ‘Special place in hell’ for Trudeau
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo and The Week

US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’
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Althouse

Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading relationship
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Power Line, The Daily Caller, The White House and BuzzFeed


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
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Isolated Kim takes big gamble leaving home for Trump summit
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Politico

Singapore deports South Korean journalists in trespass case
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite

Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea
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Washington Post, Politico, ThinkProgress, Breitbart, One America News Network, Reuters and Raw Story

North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Singapore for historic summit with Trump
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Politico, The Daily Caller, TheDrive and One America News Network


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.
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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 …


‘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.
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Political Wire, IJR, Raw Story, AOL and Mediaite


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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ThinkProgress, The Times & The Sunday Times and The Guardian
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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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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 …
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USA Today


Behind the scenes of Eric Greitens' decision to resign. ‘No one saw it coming.’ — Missouri state lawmakers investigating Gov. Eric Greitens had just finished another marathon public hearing on May 29 when House Speaker Todd Richardson unexpectedly summoned them to his office.


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 …


Trump's Blasts Upend G-7, Alienating Oldest Allies — WASHINGTON — Shortly before leaving the annual meeting of major world powers on Saturday, President Trump boasted that it had been “tremendously successful” and that on a scale of 0 to 10, “the relationship is a 10.”
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Refinery29 and CNN
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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms …
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Outside the Beltway and HuffPost


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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Preventable Tragedies — The pattern of highly accomplished …
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