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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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Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
Donald Trump has agreed to lift sanctions on North Korea, claims nation's state media — Report quotes Kim Jong-un as saying North could take ‘additional good-will measures’ — POPULAR VIDEOS — Donald Trump agreed to lift sanctions against North Korea along with providing it with security guarantees …
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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.
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Fox News, The White House, BloombergQuint and Hullabaloo
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
North Korea: Trump Agreed to Lift Sanctions — North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported Wednesday (local time) that US President Donald Trump agreed to lift sanctions on North Korea, in addition to agreeing to halt military exercises and other security guarantees.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Can Trump command political support without real progress on trade and N. Korea?
Can Trump command political support without real progress on trade and N. Korea?
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ABC News, The American Conservative and Hullabaloo
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The North Korea summit was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft, and the media fell for it
The North Korea summit was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft, and the media fell for it
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Washington Examiner, alicublog and National Review
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The NRA appears to pull old legislator grades from its website
The NRA appears to pull old legislator grades from its website
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Daily Kos, Balloon Juice, Shareblue Media and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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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.
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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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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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Palmer Report, TalkLeft, The Week and Mediaite
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Lisa Ryan / The Cut:
Rudy Giuliani's Wife Says He Had an Affair With a Married Woman
Rudy Giuliani's Wife Says He Had an Affair With a Married Woman
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Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exclusive: Trump looking to erect tent cities to house unaccompanied children — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is looking to build tent cities at military posts around Texas to shelter the increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children being held in detention.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Ryan announces DACA votes as discharge petition stalls — House Republicans will vote next week on two bills addressing the plight of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who face possible deportation, circumventing an intra-party war over immigration and delivering a major blow to moderate Republicans.
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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 …
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Mark Sanford, Deemed Insufficiently Loyal To Trump, Says He Thinks He's About To Lose His Election — “He is better off in Argentina,” Trump tweeted Tuesday. — Reporting From Washington, DC — A highly publicized extramarital affair didn't end Mark Sanford's political career.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
South Carolina's Rep. Mark Sanford: 'I think that I'll end up losing this election'
South Carolina's Rep. Mark Sanford: 'I think that I'll end up losing this election'
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The Daily Caller, The Week, Breitbart and Raw Story
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
Devoted Trump supporter Stewart wins Virginia GOP Senate nom — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A conservative provocateur and supporter of President Donald Trump won Virginia's Republican primary Tuesday in the U.S. Senate race, and he has promised to run a “vicious” campaign against incumbent Tim Kaine.
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Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Stewart wins GOP nod for U.S. Senate in a Virginia primary with low turnout
Stewart wins GOP nod for U.S. Senate in a Virginia primary with low turnout
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Political Wire, New York Times, Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:
This new poll about Ohio's 2018 election should worry Republicans — Democrats are hoping to retake Congress in 2018. Will they retake the governor's office in Ohio, too? Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, the GOP nominee for governor, says he can withstand a ‘blue wave.’ The Enquirer — CONNECT
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Political Wire
CNN:
McCaskill admits to using private plane for part of RV tour — Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who is facing a tough reelection bid in her home state, admitted she used a private plane during parts of her RV tour of Missouri on Tuesday. — “The plane picked me up at the end …
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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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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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Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
AT&T's Time Warner Takeover Wins Judge's Approval in Defeat for Justice Dept.
AT&T's Time Warner Takeover Wins Judge's Approval in Defeat for Justice Dept.
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National Review, Hit & Run, Gizmodo, The Root, New York Magazine, New Republic and CNBC
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.
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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
Kudlow could be back ‘within a week’ after heart attack, friend says
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The White House, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine
Gene Park / Washington Post:
Waluigi was robbed and humiliated by Nintendo, and his fans are furious — In the Nintendo universe, Waluigi is supposed to be as villainous as his cartoonish mustache and perpetual frown would suggest. But what made him that way? Perhaps it is Nintendo's insistence on humiliating …
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