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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Reporters thought this video was North Korea propaganda.  It came from the White House.  —  Reporters crowded into a Singapore auditorium Tuesday, expecting President Trump to walk out and announce the results of his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Alex Wayne / Bloomberg:
Trump Had a Movie Made Just for Kim Jong Un  —  There's a single credit at the beginning of the movie President Donald Trump made for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un: “A Destiny Pictures Production.”  —  “Seven billion people inhabit planet Earth,” an unidentified male narrator intones.
ABC News:
President Trump sits down with George Stephanopoulos: TRANSCRIPT  —  President Donald Trump sat down for an exclusive one-on-one with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos after the president's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday in Singapore.
New York Magazine:
This Is What a Nuclear Bomb Looks Like  —  If America is attacked, the strike probably won't come from North Korea.  And it will be even scarier than we imagine.  —  In his efforts to Make America Great Again, Donald Trump has succeeded in reviving at least one aspect of America's past: the fear of nuclear war.
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I do trust him’: Trump opens up about Kim after historic summit
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Was Outfoxed in Singapore
CNN:
READ: Full text of Trump-Kim signed statement
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:   The North Korea summit was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft, and the media fell for it
Greta Van Susteren / Voice of America:
Trump to VOA: 'We're Going to Denuke North Korea'
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Can Trump command political support without real progress on trade and N. Korea?
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   On North Korea, a president who tried something different
YouTube:
United States - North Korea Singapore Summit Video (English) (Destiny Pictures)
Washington Post:
Senior Justice Dept. lawyer resigns after shift on Obamacare  —  A senior career Justice Department official has resigned in the wake of the Trump administration's move to stop defending a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, a departure that highlights internal frustration generated by the decision …
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Eric Tucker / miamiherald:   Lawsuit: Justice Dept. failed to give McCabe info on firing
Politico:
Scott mum on Trump's attack on pre-existing condition provision
Bloomberg:   McConnell Backs Obamacare Coverage of Pre-Existing Illness
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“The Era of Primal Trump”: Insiders Fear Trump Is Lurching from One Nuclear Showdown to Another  —  Advisers worry that with Singapore in the rearview mirror, “It's going to hit the fan pretty soon.”  —  During Donald Trump's sleepless-in-Singapore star turn, White House advisers …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Michael Avenatti: The Russians Are Trying to Run a Smear Job on Me … Michael Avenatti, the outspoken attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels, says the Russian government is trying to smear him in the press.  Avenatti told The Daily Beast that people in the Kremlin have been trying to plant damaging stories about him in media outlets.
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Longtime Trump fixer Michael Cohen has been telling friends he expects to be arrested shortly  —  Michael Cohen thinks he might soon have to swap his pinstripes for jail stripes.  —  The longtime attorney and personal fixer to President Trump expects to be put in cuffs any day now …
Discussion: CNBC, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Page Six:
Rudy Giuliani's wife filed for divorce after his affair with married woman  —  WHITEFIELD, N.H. — Rudy Giuliani had an affair with a married New Hampshire hospital administrator before the mayor-turned-presidential lawyer and his wife separated, multiple sources told The Post.
Discussion: East Bay Times, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Lisa Ryan / The Cut:
Rudy Giuliani's Wife Says He Had an Affair With a Married Woman  —  Back in April, news broke that Rudy Giuliani and his third wife, Judith Nathan, were divorcing after 15 years of marriage.  Now, the estranged wife of the president's lawyer is speaking out about the split to “Page Six,” saying Giuliani had an affair.
Discussion: Page Six
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Rosenstein plans to call on House to investigate its own staff  —  Washington (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's ongoing battle with House Republicans reached new heights Tuesday, as the No. 2 senior leader of the Justice Department plans to call on the House to investigate its own committee staff.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Rosenstein threatened to ‘subpoena’ GOP-led committee in ‘chilling’ clash over records, emails show  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to “subpoena” emails, phone records and other documents from lawmakers and staff on a Republican-led House committee during a tense meeting earlier …
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CNN:   McCaskill admits to using private plane for part of RV tour
Elana Schor / Politico:   McCaskill used private plane on campaign RV tour
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller sees Russian effort to influence 2018 midterms  —  Prosecutors are trying to block intelligence agencies and absent defendants from seeing evidence in the investigation of interference in the 2016 election.  —  Russian intelligence agencies are trying to meddle in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:   Mueller warns that election, politics meddling by foreigners is still happening
Bloomberg:
Russia Keeps Meddling, Mueller Says in Bid to Guard Evidence
Discussion: Axios, CNN and BloombergQuint
Griffin Connolly / Roll Call:
New Court Documents Reveal Details of Yard Dispute That Hospitalized Rand Paul  —  Updated 2:55 p.m. |  New court documents in Kentucky shed more light on details from the yard dispute that landed Sen. Rand Paul in the hospital with six broken ribs, among other thoracic complications, and could land his neighbor in prison.
Discussion: Instapundit, Hullabaloo and Splinter
Washington Post:
Customs and Border Protection examining agent's questioning of national security reporter  —  The actions of a Customs and Border Protection agent who allegedly confronted a reporter covering national security issues about her confidential sources are being examined by the CBP's Office …
Bloomberg:
Trump's Trade Adviser Apologizes for ‘Inappropriate’ Trudeau Comments  — Used ‘inappropriate’ words in effort to show strength, he says  — White House's Hassett urges U.S., Canada to take ‘deep breath’  —  White House trade adviser Peter Navarro apologized for suggesting Canadian …
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Ben White / Politico:
Kudlow could be back ‘within a week’ after heart attack, friend says
William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
White House Trade Official Backs Away From His Insult to Trudeau
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
AT&T wins: Judge clears $85 billion bid for Time Warner with no conditions  — The Justice Department sued last year to block the merger, citing concerns that AT&T, owner of satellite television provider DirecTV, could charge rival distributors more for Time Warner content, resulting in higher prices for consumers.
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CNN:
Corker slams GOP colleagues: ‘We might poke the bear!’  —  (CNN)Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker accused his party of cowering before President Donald Trump in an impassioned speech on the Senate floor Tuesday.  —  In an animated exchange, Corker — who was trying to get a vote …
Discussion: Mediaite
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YouTube:   GOP senator calls out his party for fearing Trump
Bloomberg:
Kushner's 2017 Apartment Deal Shows Turn Toward Israeli Firms  — Filing shows personal stake alongside Psagot Investment House  — Relying less on U.S. banks, he increased credit line with IDB  —  Jared Kushner has expanded his personal ties to Israeli financial firms as he oversees policy …
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Washington Post:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made at least $82 million in outside income last year while serving …
 
 
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Gene Park / Washington Post:
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Judge rules Mueller must identify unnamed individuals in Manafort indictment
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