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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Iran deal comparisons cloud Trump's North Korea summit — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's triumphant assertions about the success of the unprecedented Singapore summit are being met with skepticism and outright derision from critics seizing on the contradiction between his withdrawal …
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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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Axios, Fox News, The White House and The Intercept
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Plays Up U.S. Concessions to Kim Jong Un — State media says Trump told Kim he planned to end joint military exercises with South and end sanctions — SINGAPORE—North Korea said Wednesday that President Donald Trump had told Kim Jong Un that he intended to halt U.S.-South …
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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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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Breitbart, Al Jazeera English and Task & Purpose
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Reporters thought this video was North Korea propaganda. It came from the White House.
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Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Negotiating Style Is Pure Art of the Moron
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump celebrates Singapore accord with North Korea, but substance has yet to be revealed
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Foreign Policy, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Coming Attractions: Trump Showed Kim a Faux Movie Trailer About a Transformed North Korea
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Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Blast, VICE News and Al Jazeera English
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Trump's Confidence Ignores Recent History With North Korea
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Betsy's Page, Washington Post and CNN
Troy Patterson / New Yorker:
The Sensational Idiocy of Donald Trump's Propaganda Video for Kim Jong Un
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Washington Post, Althouse, New York Times and Hullabaloo
Dylan Scott / Vox:
4 winners and 3 losers from the June 12 primary elections — The stuff you should know after the Virginia, Nevada, Maine, and South Carolina primary elections. — The June 12 primary elections in Virginia, Nevada, Maine, and South Carolina kept many of 2018's narratives alive and well …
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ABC News, Politico, Townhall, Roll Call, New York Magazine and One America News Network
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New York Times:
Republican Voters Embrace Trump-Style Candidates — Republican voters lashed out against traditional party leaders Tuesday, ousting Representative Mark Sanford of South Carolina and nominating a conservative firebrand for Senate in Virginia, the latest illustration that fealty to President Trump …
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CNN, Daily Kos, Power Line, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, Jamie Dupree - AJC and Axios
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Sanford's fatal sin: Crossing Donald Trump — The South Carolina congressman and former governor stuck to his principles in taking on the president til the bitter end. — In the end, it wasn't the Appalachian Trail that brought down Mark Sanford. It was President Donald Trump.
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The Week, Vox and The Daily Caller
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed:
Mark Sanford, Deemed Insufficiently Loyal To Trump, Says He Thinks He's About To Lose His Election
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Shareblue Media, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Washington Post, Vox and Axios
Eric Boehm / Hit & Run:
Mark Sanford Is a Libertarian Republican Who Took on Trump. He Just Lost His Primary.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Virginia Live Primary Results
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Mic, Axios, The Daily Caller, Friendly Atheist, Breitbart, New Republic and Daily Caller News Foundation
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
Devoted Trump supporter Stewart wins Virginia GOP Senate nom
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Outside the Beltway and Townhall
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Trump critic Mark Sanford falls in South Carolina GOP primary
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Post and Courier, New York Times, Conservative News Today, CNBC and Raw Story
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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Palmer Report, The Gateway Pundit and TheBlaze
Washington Post:
EPA chief Scott Pruitt tapped aide, donors to help wife land job at conservative group — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a job, eventually securing her a position at a conservative political group …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Poll shows Mueller's public image at all-time low — Special counsel Robert Mueller's public image has sunk to an all-time low since he began his probe into possible collusion between the Trump 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
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Axios and National Review
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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 …
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CNN and HuffPost, more at Mediagazer »
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York Times Examines Work History of Reporter in Leak Case — The New York Times is reviewing the work history of Ali Watkins, a Washington-based reporter at the newspaper whose email and phone records were seized by prosecutors in a leak investigation case that has prompted an outcry among press advocates.
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Talking Points Memo, New York Post and Daily Caller News Foundation, more at Mediagazer »
John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Radical plan to split California into three states earns spot on November ballot … California's 168-year run as a single entity, hugging the continent's edge for hundreds of miles and sprawling east across mountains and desert, could come to an end next year — as a controversial plan …
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abc7news.com, Constitution Daily, HuffPost, Outside the Beltway, TheBlaze, New Republic, The Week and abc7.com
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Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
This is really happening: Measure to split California into three states qualifies for November ballot — For the first time since before the Civil War, voters across California will decide in November on a proposal to split up the Golden State — potentially remaking it into three new states.
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Washington Post, Townhall, The Week and East Bay Times
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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Hullabaloo, The Week, Balloon Juice, Jezebel, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, Splinter, The Intercept, Daily Kos, Axios and VICE News
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Democrats Score Special Election Upset In Wisconsin District Trump Won Big — A court had to order Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) to call the special election because he tried to block it. — Wisconsin Democrats scored a major upset victory Tuesday night, winning a state Senate seat …
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The Week
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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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Rudy Giuliani's wife filed for divorce after his affair with married woman — SEE ALSO — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rudy Giuliani cheated on his wife with a married New Hampshire hospital administrator, multiple sources told The Post. — The mayor-turned-presidential lawyer, 74 …
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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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