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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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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Mexican populist López Obrador triumphs in presidential race — The winning candidate promised to demand respect from President Donald Trump. — MEXICO CITY — Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a populist representing a left-wing political party that he founded four years ago …
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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.
Rebecca Fishbein / Jezebel:
Mexico City Will Elect Its First Woman Mayor
Mexico City Will Elect Its First Woman Mayor
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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.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump stands firm on trade, even as foreign tariffs begin kicking in
Trump stands firm on trade, even as foreign tariffs begin kicking in
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George Stephanopoulos / ABC News:
Michael Cohen says family and country, not President Trump, is his ‘first loyalty’ — Michael Cohen — President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney and a former executive vice president at the Trump Organization — has always insisted he would remain loyal to the president.
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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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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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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy
How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Undo Kennedy's Legacy
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments Over Affair — Elliott Broidy says ex-model's lawyer breached $1.6 million deal that was arranged by Michael Cohen — A top Republican fundraiser will stop making payments to a former mistress who signed a hush-money agreement that was negotiated …
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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.
Tom Fish / Dailystar.co.uk:
Holy smoke: Jesus used cannabis oil to perform ‘miracles’ — JESUS used cannabis and was an early champion of its medicinal properties, a growing consensus of experts agree. — And acceptance of this theory could help promote the controversial drug's use in treating a range of illnesses.
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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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 …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
I never said that! High-tech deception of ‘deepfake’ videos — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hey, did my congressman really say that? Is that really President Donald Trump on that video, or am I being duped? — New technology on the internet lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said.
MarketWatch:
Oil prices ease on concerns about higher global production — Oil futures kicked off the second half of the year with some losses on Monday, amid concerns global oil producers could bump up production more than investors expect. — Crude contracts pared bigger losses earlier stemming …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch: The media mogul says goodbye to much of the company he built — It all started with a few glasses of wine and two media titans talking about how hard life is. — Rupert Murdoch, the 87-year-old founder and co-executive chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp., and Bob Iger …
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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