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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: A leaked Trump bill to blow up the WTO — Axios has obtained a leaked draft of a Trump administration bill — ordered by the president himself — that would declare America's abandonment of fundamental World Trade Organization rules. — Why it matters: The draft legislation is stunning.
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ex co-worker no fan of Democrat darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being hailed as the new face of the Democratic party after vanquishing Queens party boss Joe Crowley in Tuesday's primary, but one former co-worker isn't jumping on her bandwagon.
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Splinter, Washington Monthly and Jezebel
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The Intercept:
Data Suggest That Gentrifying Neighborhoods Powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Victory — When canvassers for the campaign of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reconvened in the Bronx last Tuesday evening, they swapped stories about what they'd seen. With no exit polling, anecdotes were all they had …
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat high-ranking Democrat Joe Crowley …
‘Girl from the Bronx’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who beat high-ranking Democrat Joe Crowley …
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Daily Wire
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Local Girl Makes Good
Local Girl Makes Good
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Taylor Marsh and Conservative News Today
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy — Upon Justice Kennedy's retirement, the President is unlikely to nominate a moderate. What rulings would a brazen conservative majority produce? — There is no mystery about Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's favorite word.
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Maggie's Farm
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick — Democrats plan to make health care the central issue in their fight to oppose whomever Trump picks to replace Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. — What they're saying: Here's Democratic leader Chuck Schumer framing …
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Political Wire and ABC News
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
After eyeing the exits, White House officials will likely stay through Supreme Court confirmation: Sources
After eyeing the exits, White House officials will likely stay through Supreme Court confirmation: Sources
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The Daily Beast and Raw Story
New York Times:
Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote
Susan Collins, Pivotal Moderate, Says ‘Hostility’ to Roe Would Sway Her Vote
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Fox News and The Daily Caller
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Collins: White House has expanded its list of potential Supreme Court picks
Collins: White House has expanded its list of potential Supreme Court picks
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The Week, Splinter and Washington Press
New York Times:
Leftist Wins Mexico Presidency in Landslide With Mandate to Reshape Nation — MEXICO CITY — Riding a wave of populist anger fueled by rampant corruption and violence, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, in a landslide victory …
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The Moderate Voice, Mother Jones, Jezebel, The Guardian, HuffPost, Newsweek, EgbertoWillies.com, Politico, Political Wire, Associated Press, Reuters, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential race — MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who rallied voters with his battle cry against corruption and promises to the poor, won a resounding victory Sunday night in Mexico's presidential election, after the concession of his two top rivals.
Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Expands Key Missile-Manufacturing Plant — New satellite imagery indicates Pyongyang is pushing ahead with weapons programs even as it pursues dialogue with Washington — SEOUL—North Korea is completing a major expansion of a key missile-manufacturing plant …
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The Diplomat and The Daily Caller
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Elise Labott / CNN:
US and North Korean officials met Sunday to discuss implementing agreement between countries
US and North Korean officials met Sunday to discuss implementing agreement between countries
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Axios
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
John Bolton: No one should have ‘a case of the vapors’ over Trump's summit with Putin
John Bolton: No one should have ‘a case of the vapors’ over Trump's summit with Putin
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POLITICUSUSA, IndieWire, Raw Story, Splinter, HuffPost, AOL, KTLA, CBS News and CBS New York
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters … The gathering at a park gazebo in Huntsville, Ala., was by no means the largest of Saturday's nationwide protests against President Trump's “zero tolerance” border policies, though it was memorable for other reasons.
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POLITICUSUSA and WHNT-TV
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters:
Rubin: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Should Be Harassed Publicly As a ‘Life Sentence’ — On Sunday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor and Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin declared that Sarah Huckabee Sanders deserves a “life sentence” of being harassed publicly as she asserted that the White House press secretary …
Ericka Cruz Guevarra / OPB:
Man Killed By Armed PSU Officers Had Valid Concealed Carry Permit — Jason Erik Washington, the man killed by armed Portland State University officers early Friday morning, had a valid concealed carry permit at the time of his death. — Two of Washington's colleagues and at least one witness say Washington, 45, was black.
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Task & Purpose and Oregonian
Matthew Schmitz / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Purple’ Family Values — In the months leading up to Donald Trump's election, I noticed a divide in how my acquaintances spoke about his family values — or lack thereof. — People I knew from college or had met in New York expressed distaste for Mr. Trump's behavior.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
A bad week for Democrats gives rise to a big problem: Outrage could become an obstacle in midterms — Growing liberal agitation over a pivotal Supreme Court retirement and a simmering crisis about immigrant child separation have left Democratic leaders scrambling to keep the political outrage …
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Political Wire
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Sponsors of Migrant Children Face Steep Transport Fees and Red Tape — LOS ANGELES — Marlon Parada, a construction worker in Los Angeles, already was worried when he got an urgent call from his cousin in Honduras, asking if he would agree to take in the cousin's 14-year-old daughter.
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Mother Jones
New York Times:
Make Way for Young Democratic Leaders — The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. — Whatever its larger meaning or impact, Representative Joseph Crowley's stunning loss …
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Idaho Statesman:
9 hurt, 4 critically, as man stabs refugee families at Boise low-income apartments — Refugee families at a low-income apartment complex were attacked Saturday night by a man who stabbed nine people — more than any other attack in Boise's history, police said. Four of them suffered injuries that police called life-threatening.
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NPR, Splinter, Boise Police News and Raw Story
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Boise Webmaster / Boise Police News:
Stabbing suspect identified, booked into Ada County Jail
Stabbing suspect identified, booked into Ada County Jail
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ABC News, Chicks On The Right and ThinkProgress
Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
Heavily armed men in helicopter free notorious French inmate — PARIS (AP) — A notorious French criminal serving 25 years for murder made an audacious escape from prison Sunday after several heavily armed men landed a helicopter in a courtyard, freed him from a visiting room and carried him away.
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France 24, The Daily Caller and NPR
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
‘A way of monetizing poor people’: How private equity firms make money offering loans to cash-strapped Americans — The check arrived out of the blue, issued in his name for $1,200, a mailing from a consumer finance company. Stephen Huggins eyed it carefully. — A loan, it said.
John Fund / National Review:
Librarians Airbrush Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name from Award — Who's next? Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Hemingway? — Politically correct radicals are now beating up on Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the beloved “Little House on the Prairie” children's books, which inspired …
Alanna Petroff / CNNMoney:
Canada hits $13 billion of US goods with new tariffs — This is what a trade war looks like — Canada has retaliated against US steel and aluminum tariffs by slapping its own penalties on American exports. — The Canadian government confirmed Sunday that it has imposed tariffs …
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POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump says he won't sign any NAFTA deal until after midterms
Trump says he won't sign any NAFTA deal until after midterms
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Mother Jones and Political Wire