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U.S. won't bring up North Korea's human rights issues at Singapore summit — WASHINGTON — Wounded from torture and starving, Grace Jo's father died on a train heading to a North Korean prison camp, a fellow inmate told his family. His crime: illegally possessing a bag of rice during the 1990s famine.
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Kim Jong-un's Flight to Singapore a Precision Maneuver — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's flight to Singapore was a tightly planned maneuver using a decoy to throw attackers off the scent. Three planes took off in North Korea at about an hour's interval on Sunday — an IL-76 …
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Sean Hannity scores Trump's North Korea interview — President Trump's first sit-down television interview after his historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is expected to be with his friend and confidant, Fox News host Sean Hannity, Axios has learned.
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The Daily Beast


The Smallness of Trump's North Korea Diplomacy — The latest rumored concession - a U.S. embassy in Pyongyang - has its pluses and minuses. — As eyes turn to President Donald Trump's big summit in Singapore with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, the focus has been on the prospect of a decent deal …


With smiles and a handshake, Trump and Kim could mask gulf on nuclear arms — SINGAPORE — When President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands for the first time and sit down one-on-one here Tuesday, the bonhomie they plan to project will mask the huge gulf between …

Singapore footing hotel bill for North Korean contingent at Trump-Kim summit: Vivian Balakrishnan
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Sonia Sotomayor's Dissent in the Big Voter Purge Case Points to How the Law Might Still Be Struck Down — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a controversial Ohio voter purge law which allows the state to begin the process of removing voters from the rolls based upon their failure to vote in a single election.
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Supreme Court upholds Ohio's way of removing infrequent voters from rolls — Conservatives on the Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio's method of purging voters from the rolls after they miss elections. — The court ruled 5 to 4 that Ohio's process does not violate federal law.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Purge of Voting Rolls
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Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Allows States to Purge Voters for Their Failure to Vote

The Supreme Court's Narrow Decision on Purging Voter Rolls
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Supreme Court rules in favor of Ohio ‘voter purge’
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twitchy.com


Jeff Sessions Is Unilaterally Using Immigration Courts To Crack Down On Asylum Applicants — The attorney general said he is “confident” his moves will reduce the number of unauthorized immigrants who come to the U.S. — Untold numbers of victims of violence, including women abused by their partners …
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Trump administration moves to block victims of gang violence, domestic abuse from claiming asylum
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Sessions Says Domestic Violence Is Not Grounds for Asylum
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Web of elite Russians met with NRA execs during 2016 campaign — WASHINGTON — Several prominent Russians, some in President Vladimir Putin's inner circle or high in the Russian Orthodox Church, now have been identified as having contact with National Rifle Association officials during …
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A Senior White House Official Defines the Trump Doctrine: 'We're America, Bitch' — Many of Donald Trump's critics find it difficult to ascribe to a president they consider to be both subliterate and historically insensate a foreign-policy doctrine that approaches coherence.
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Inside Obama's secret meetings with 2020 contenders — Still the reluctant leader of the Democratic Party, Obama has been providing counsel to Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other presidential hopefuls. — Barack Obama has in recent months met with at least nine prospective 2020 …
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Man Who Destroyed the Democratic Party Gives Advice to Democratic Presidential Hopefuls
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What led to Trump's outburst against Trudeau: Behind the scenes at the G7 — QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump greeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warmly Friday morning as he arrived at the G7. — Although he'd tweeted grumpily the night before that Trudeau was “so indignant” …
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Trump officials kick into damage-control mode with Canada
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The Reporter Who Exposed New York Times Star Glenn Thrush's Sexual Misconduct Says She Was the Victim of a Smear Campaign — Last November, Vox published a story by politics editor Laura McGann about New York Times politics reporter Glenn Thrush and what she called his “history of bad judgment” around young women journalists.
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Jack Dorsey, Twitter's CEO, blasted for patronizing Chick-fil-A — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey found himself back pedaling after tweeting about using Chick-fil-A's mobile app, saying he'd forgotten about the fast-food chain's history of opposing gay marriage. — Dorsey found himself the subject …
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Robert De Niro throws F-bombs at Trump during Tony Awards — Actor Robert De Niro launched a profanity-laced tirade at President Trump during Sunday's politically charged Tony Awards, earning a standing ovation. — “I'm gonna say one thing: F— Trump!” he stated, as he clenched his two fists in the air …
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Day 1 of a Worse Internet — Net neutrality is officially dead. Here's how you'll notice it's gone. — Monday, June 11, is the first day of the post-net neutrality internet. In December, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era rules that prohibit internet companies …
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Net Neutrality Repeal Is Official. Here's How That Could Affect You.
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Donald Trump's New World Order — How the President, Israel, and the Gulf states plan to fight Iran—and leave the Palestinians and the Obama years behind. — On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party.


There's actually lots of evidence of Trump-Russia collusion — The untenability of the “no collusion” talking point. — “In all of this, in any of this, there's been no evidence that there's been any collusion between the Trump campaign and President Trump and Russia,” …
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GOP Leads in CD12 Special — Lack of enthusiasm gap hinders Dem chances — West Long Branch, NJ - Republican State Senator Troy Balderson appears to have a slight advantage over Democratic county official Danny O'Connor in the special House of Representatives contest in Ohio's 12th Congressional District.
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Why Trudeau doesn't have the high ground on trade — One of President Trump's darkest talents is his ability to identify an opponent's delicate spot and stab it remorselessly. From his knack for condescending nicknames (Low Energy Jeb, Little Rocket Man) to inviting Bill Clinton's various accusers …
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Conservative Review


Exclusive: First photos emerge of shadowy Manafort aide tied to Russian intelligence — KIEV, Ukraine — Konstantin Kilimnik, the shadowy Russian political operative indicted Friday by special counsel Robert Mueller, has led such an intensely secretive life that no photograph of him has ever emerged in public.
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New Century Times and Raw Story


A Company Built on a Bluff … It was sunny in Williamsburg on the last Wednesday in May, which also happened to be the second day of a new era at Vice Media. Visitors were still required to sign in on a tablet that featured an image of a woman's red lips opened wide to reveal a tab of acid …
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‘Diversity is a bunch of crap and un-American,’ South Jersey congressional candidate Seth Grossman says — Seth Grossman's surprise victory in the Republican primary in New Jersey's Second Congressional District has brought immediate national scrutiny of the Trump purist from Democrats …
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Talking Points Memo, Shareblue Media, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Beast