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Washington Post:
Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign — MIAMI — One day in late May 2016, Roger Stone — the political dark sorcerer and longtime confidant of Donald Trump — slipped into his Jaguar and headed out to meet a man with a Make America Great Again hat and a viscous Russian accent.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Roger Stone: Russian wanted Trump to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton during the campaign — Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone — said that he met with a Russian man during the 2016 campaign who wanted President Trump — to pay $2 million for damaging information on Hillary Clinton
Axios:
Trump tweets defense of his North Korea summit — President Trump tweeted a defense of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday morning, claiming that he received “so much for peace in the world” and teasing that “more is being added in finals.”
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ABC News and The Right Scoop
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New York Times:
A Financier's Profit-Minded Mission to Open a Channel Between Kushner and North Korea — The American businessman, who lives in Singapore, took advantage of an unusual opening in an administration where matters of policy and business often seem to blur. — WASHINGTON — An American financier …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea's nuclear intentions (POLL)
Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea's nuclear intentions (POLL)
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Politico and One America News Network
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Obama's silky lie and FBI bias in the Clinton investigation — According to the FBI inspector general's report, before former (and fired) FBI Director James Comey took it upon himself to publicly criticize Hillary Clinton over her private email server, a draft of his public address was heavily edited.
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Why The IG Report Undermines Mueller's Obstruction Investigation — Below is my column on the implications of the IG report for the obstruction allegations being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. I have previously written how the most likely explanation for actions taken …
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NewsBusters, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Not necessary to justify separating kids, parents at border, 'it's zero tolerance': Bannon — Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said President Donald Trump doesn't need to “justify” the policy of separating children from parents who are caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Again Falsely Blames Democrats for His Separation Tactic
Trump Again Falsely Blames Democrats for His Separation Tactic
Salena Zito / New York Post:
These Harvard kids got the lesson of their life in the Heartland — On a blustery afternoon in April, I filed into a van along with 10 students from Harvard. We had just spent the last two days in Chicopee, Mass., where we had chatted with the police chief and his force, the mayor and his staff …
New York Times:
Ashley Parker, Michael Bender — Ashley Rebecca Parker and Michael Charles Bender were married June 16 at their home in Washington. Justine Parker, the bride's sister who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. — The bride, 35, and groom, 40, are Washington-based reporters covering …
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
United Methodist Church urges Sessions to halt migrant family separations — The United Methodist Church this week criticized the Department of Justice for the Trump administration's immigration policies of separating migrant families and denying asylum to those fleeing domestic abuse and gang violence.
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Political Wire and GBCS
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New York Times:
Corey Stewart, Virginia Senate Nominee, Evokes Trump on Racial Issues — Mr. Stewart, a Minnesota transplant who has defended the Confederacy and praised white nationalists, has seized opportunities to gain media attention, especially with harsh remarks about immigrants.
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Woman shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ attacks 2 with box cutter at supermarket in France — A woman who allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar” attacked two people with a box cutter at a supermarket in southern France on Sunday before she was arrested, local media reported.
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The Gateway Pundit and Front Page Magazine
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
New York's Case Against Trump May Be Prophetic — Why the complaint involving the president's foundation is a road map for Mueller. — The report released by the inspector general of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday painted a vivid picture of the past.
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
‘America is better than this’: What a doctor saw in a Texas shelter for migrant children — The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground for children. Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons. To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked …
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NBC News, NPR, Splinter and Mother Jones
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani differs with Donald Trump on IG report: 'I don't think it exonerates him' — President Donald Trump declared on Thursday that the inspector general's report into Hillary Clinton's email investigation “totally exonerates” him in the Russia investigation, but his lawyer Rudy Giuliani doesn't agree.
Boston Herald:
Boston Globe suspends columnist accused of embellishing Boston Marathon bombings story — Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen has been suspended without pay for three months after “serious violations” in remarks he made about the Boston Marathon bombings — a penalty his union says he's going to fight.
Katy Vine / Texas Monthly:
What's Really Happening When Asylum-Seeking Families Are Separated? — An expert on helping parents navigate the asylum process describes what she's seeing on the ground. — Everyone involved in U.S. immigration along the border has a unique perspective on the new “zero tolerance” policies …
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Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigrant children's shelter considered for downtown Houston
Immigrant children's shelter considered for downtown Houston
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Off the Kuff, NPR and The Texas Tribune
The Guardian:
Leave.EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia — MPs say latest revelations show Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore may have misled parliament — A leader of the Leave.EU campaign suggested sending a “message of support” to the Russian ambassador after the then foreign secretary …
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Talking Points Memo and The Daily Beast
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Arron Banks, Brexit and the Russia connection