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Axios:
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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Dave Lawler / Axios:
What to watch: Trump's crucial minute draws near  —  President Trump has said he'll know within one minute whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is serious about denuclearization.  That first minute is rapidly approaching.  —  What to watch: The hours leading up to the starting gun have been an exercise in expectations setting.
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
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.
CNN:
President Trump meets Kim Jong Un  —  updated less than 1 min ago9:34 p.m. ET, June 11, 2018  —  What is happening when  — History made: President Trump and Kim Jong Un are meeting at the Capella Hotel on Singapore's Sentosa Island.  — Now: The two leaders are meeting one-on-one.
Politico:
Ivanka Trump made $3.9 million from D.C. hotel in 2017  —  President Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump made $3.9 million in profit last year off her stake in the Trump International Hotel, while taking in at least $5 million from businesses connected to her personal brand, a newly released financial disclosure shows.
Discussion: Axios
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
The Smallness of Trump's North Korea Diplomacy
Discussion: Axios
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Murderous Dictator Meets Dishonest President Behind Closed Doors
Discussion: AOL
Los Angeles Times:
Trump becomes first U.S. president to meet a North Korean head of state
Discussion: National Review
Digital Chosunilbo:
Kim Jong-un's Flight to Singapore a Precision Maneuver
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump turns up the heat on Kim while lowering expectations for a deal
George Conway / Lawfare:
The Terrible Arguments Against the Constitutionality of the Mueller Investigation  —  In an early-morning tweet last week, President Trump took aim once again at Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but with a brand new argument: “The appointment of the Special Councel,” the president typed, “is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!”
Discussion: Reason and Mediaite
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Conway's husband pens article defending constitutionality of Mueller probe
Washington Post:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year while serving in the White House, filings show  —  Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the president's daughter and son-in-law, brought in at least $82 million in outside income while they served …
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Wall Street Journal:   Minimum Size of Jared Kushner's Wealth Rose in First Year in White House, Disclosure Shows
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump: Kudlow in hospital after heart attack  —  announced on Monday that top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow was in the hospital after suffering from a heart attack.  —  “Our Great Larry Kudlow, who has been working so hard on trade and the economy, has just suffered a heart attack.
Discussion: ABC News, USA Today, CBS News and CNN
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J.J. McCullough / Washington Post:
Why Trudeau doesn't have the high ground on trade
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Ex-US ambassador to Canada: Navarro's attack on Trudeau ‘unconscionable’
Discussion: CNN
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
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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Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Trump Official: 'We're America, Bitch' Is Administration's Doctrine
Discussion: Breitbart
Elise Foley / HuffPost:
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian and RedState
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Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Trump administration moves to block victims of gang violence, domestic abuse from claiming asylum
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
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 …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
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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David Siders / Politico:
Democrats turn to Hollywood for messaging help  —  LOS ANGELES — The Democratic National Committee and members of Congress are turning to Hollywood for help with voter turnout and messaging ahead of the midterm elections and 2020 presidential campaign, quietly consulting with a group of actors, writers and producers here.
Discussion: CNN and twitchy.com
Peter Beinart / The Forward:   Bernie Sanders' Criticism Of Israel Is Radical. And He's Taking It Mainstream
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Judge in Emoluments Case Questions Defense of Trump's Hotel Profits  —  GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Monday sharply criticized the Justice Department's argument that President Trump's financial interest in his company's hotel in downtown Washington is constitutional …
Discussion: Political Wire
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
'It's obscene': GOP candidate seethes as Trump embraces Democratic senator  —  President Trump is aggressively campaigning for Republican Senate candidates around the country and belittling their Democratic ­rivals, with one notable exception — North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Purge of Voting Rolls
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
The Supreme Court's Narrow Decision on Purging Voter Rolls
Discussion: Daily Wire and twitchy.com
Rick Massimo / WTOP:
Rose McGowan indicted on cocaine charge in Loudoun Co.  —  WASHINGTON — Actress, activist and author Rose McGowan was indicted Monday on one felony count of cocaine possession in Loudoun County, Virginia.  —  The maximum sentence for the charge is 10 years in prison.
Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
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.
Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Robert De Niro opens a new front in the anti-Trump culture wars.  Even some liberals don't know what to think.  —  NEW YORK — Late last week, Robert De Niro walked onto a Tony Awards rehearsal stage at Radio City Music Hall and, with the military efficiency common to such proceedings, read quickly off a teleprompter.
Andrew Lautz / NTK Network:
Bill Clinton: Norms of ‘What You Can Do to Someone Against Their Will’ Have Changed  —  President Bill Clinton's new interview with PBS NewsHour, which aired last week, featured some shocking, and strikingly tone-deaf, comments from the former president about sexual harassment and assault …
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
‘A ticking time bomb’: MS-13 threatens a middle school, warn teachers, parents, students  —  The boys had once been friends before MS-13 began recruiting one of them.  Now, as other students streamed to class one April morning at William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale, Md. …
Discussion: American Renaissance
Amy S. Rosenberg / Philly.com:
‘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 …
Alexander Robertson / Daily Mail:
‘Sad to see him playing with a gun when the UK has a crime problem’: Critics hit out at Prince George being given toy weapon during polo day out  —  Prince George was at the centre of a Twitter storm after the three-year-old was pictured playing with a toy gun.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Fox News
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
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,” …
Discussion: Paste and Viking Pundit
New York Magazine:
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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New York Times:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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YouTube:
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
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ABC:
Secret ex-Muslim network in Australia fear disownment and abuse
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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