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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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CNN, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Daily Kos and Raw Story
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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.
Washington Post:
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 …
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Axios, The American Conservative and One America News Network
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Reporter's notebook: Covering North Korea, daring to hope for change.
David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un likely to meet alone at Singapore summit
Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un likely to meet alone at Singapore summit
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Althouse
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Trump Could Transform the U.S.-North Korea Relationship
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Fox News host apologizes after calling Trump-Kim summit ‘meeting between two dictators’
Fox News host apologizes after calling Trump-Kim summit ‘meeting between two dictators’
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Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, CNBC and Mediaite
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Escalating Clash With Canada, Trump Is Isolated Before North Korea Meeting — WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated a bitter clash with some of America's closest allies on Sunday, lashing out through his advisers at Canada's prime minister in unusually personal terms and leaving himself …
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NBC News, Politico, MSNBC, Daily Kos, The Week, Washington Free Beacon, Fox News, ABC News, Washington Post, CNN, EURACTIV.com, BuzzFeed and Montreal Gazette
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Tonda MacCharles / Toronto Star:
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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Talking Points Memo and NPR
Selena Ross / Washington Post:
Trudeau takes his turn as Trump's principal antagonist, and Canadians rally around him — MONTREAL — Before he was elected Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau faced a consistent type of criticism from his opponents: he was too young and too eager to please, conservatives said.
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Media Matters for America, CBC News, Splinter and The Mahablog
New York Times:
Trump's ‘Bully’ Attack on Trudeau Outrages Canadians — MONTREAL — Canadians have had enough. — It takes a lot to rile people in this decidedly courteous nation. But after President Trump's parting shots against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the day he left the Group of 7 summit meeting in Quebec …
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Fox News, MSNBC, The Guardian and POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider's Guide to Trump's Tactics
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Politico, Reuters, Political Wire, Associated Press, New York Times, Just Security and Raw Story
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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Axios, Talking Points Memo, Splinter and Political Wire
Annie Karni / Politico:
Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together — The president's ‘unofficial filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved. — Solomon Lartey spent the first five months of the Trump administration working in the Old Executive Office Building …
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 the 2016 U.S. election campaign.
Adam Entous / New Yorker:
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.
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
British campaigners file US lawsuit against firms controlled by Arron Banks — A British public interest group has filed a lawsuit in a Mississippi court against two companies controlled by Arron Banks, the pro-Brexit donor, following allegations that the firms may have violated UK data protection rules …
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The Guardian:
MPs call for police to investigate Arron Banks' links to Russia
MPs call for police to investigate Arron Banks' links to Russia
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VICE News, Politico, New York Magazine, Washington Monthly, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
How a Journalist Kept Russia's Secret Links to Brexit Under Wraps
How a Journalist Kept Russia's Secret Links to Brexit Under Wraps
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The Straits Times, more at Mediagazer »
Nolan Finley / Detroit News:
Darn. I may outlive Social Security — I've got to quick go see my doctor. — For years he's had me on a health maintenance plan with the goal, he says, of keeping me alive until I'm 90. — Now I need him to ease back on the medicine and good living advice. I'm not sure my money will hold out that long.
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
The cowardice of the political class
The cowardice of the political class
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Crooked Timber
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 …
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Robert De Niro Says ‘F— Trump’ at Tony Awards, Gets Standing Ovation — Robert De Niro had a few choice words for President Donald Trump while the legendary actor was on stage at Sunday's Tony Awards to introduce Bruce Springsteen's musical performance. — “I'm going to say one thing …
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CNN, AOL, Hollywood Reporter, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Tradition
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary — A last-minute barrage of commercials from Sanford — a notoriously frugal figure who hasn't spent money on TV advertising in five years — is a sure sign he's under duress. — MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent …
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Craig Calcaterra / NBCSports.com:
Report: Shohei Ohtani likely to have Tommy John surgery, will be out until 2020 — Here was Gomez's comment on SportsCenter: … There has been no confirmation by the Angels or anyone close to Ohtani, but nor has there been contradiction. We'll obviously hear more on this today.
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Craigslist Founder Gives $20 Million to CUNY Journalism School — Craig Newmark, the Craigslist entrepreneur who arguably forced the newspaper industry to change its business model after his website put a dent in the lucrative classified ads business, is giving $20 million to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
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CNN:
629 migrants stranded after Italy's populists refuse to let rescue ship dock — (CNN)A ship carrying more than 600 rescued migrants, including 123 unaccompanied minors and seven pregnant women, remained stranded in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday after Italy's new populist government refused permission …
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VICE News, Al Jazeera English and France 24
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Gabriela Galindo / Politico:
Italian mayors rebel against Salvini's order to block migrant ship
Italian mayors rebel against Salvini's order to block migrant ship
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One America News Network and Reuters
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Trump Tries to Destroy the West — The alliance between the United States and Western Europe has accomplished great things. It won two world wars in the first half of the 20th century. Then it expanded to include its former enemies and went on to win the Cold War, help spread democracy …
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American Prospect, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, BBC and Mediaite
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Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Putin Says He Would Welcome a Meeting With Trump
Putin Says He Would Welcome a Meeting With Trump
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Talking Points Memo