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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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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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Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Exclusive: Largest U.S. business group attacks Trump on tariffs — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's largest business group and customarily a close ally of President Donald Trump's Republican Party, is launching a campaign on Monday to oppose Trump's trade tariff policies.
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Matthew J. Belvedere / CNBC:
Trump isn't going to change his mind on trade even if the stock market keeps falling: Wilbur Ross
Trump isn't going to change his mind on trade even if the stock market keeps falling: Wilbur Ross
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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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Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
Our Rights Hang in the Balance — Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement has created the most important vacancy on the Supreme Court in our lifetimes. Whoever fills Justice Kennedy's seat will join an evenly divided court with the ability to affect the laws of the United States and the rights of its citizens for generations.
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Blair Guild / CBS News:
Two federal judges seen as Trump's leading contenders for Supreme Court — President Trump says he will begin interviewing potential Supreme Court justices today and that he intends to officially nominate his candidate to the nation's highest court in just one week.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick
Inside the Democratic strategy to oppose Trump's Supreme Court pick
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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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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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Rick Klein / ABC News:
The Note: Trump, Republicans pounce on progressives' new movement
The Note: Trump, Republicans pounce on progressives' new movement
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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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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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Sabrina Rodriguez / Politico:
Mexican populist López Obrador triumphs in presidential race
Mexican populist López Obrador triumphs in presidential race
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential race
Andrés Manuel López Obrador wins Mexican presidential race
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New York Times:
In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’ — COPENHAGEN — When Rokhaia Naassan gives birth in the coming days, she and her baby boy will enter a new category in the eyes of Danish law. Because she lives in a low-income immigrant neighborhood described by the government as a …
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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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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Legal experts say Mueller team likely gained access to NRA tax filings: report — Legal experts say it's likely special counsel Robert Mueller — secretly gained access to the National Rifle Association's (NRA) tax returns as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a McClatchy report.
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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.
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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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
The Trump administration's extraordinary cruelty will always find opponents — In March, as The Post was publishing a series of editorials criticizing the Trump administration for separating a Congolese asylum seeker from her 7-year-old daughter, administration officials contacted me to complain.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI arrests man it says was plotting July 4 attack in downtown Cleveland — The FBI in Cleveland has arrested a 48-year-old man it says was planning a July 4 attack in the city's downtown, authorities said. — The man — who lived in Maple Heights, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland …
Teresa Wright / Canadian Press:
Trudeau addresses groping allegation from 2000, says he doesn't recall ‘negative interactions’ — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not remember any “negative interactions” during an event he attended 18 years ago in British Columbia - acknowledging for the first time allegations …
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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.
Bloomberg:
A Morgan Stanley Star Wants You to Back His Political Movement — Eric Grossman doesn't look like he would want to do anything drastic. The top lawyer at Morgan Stanley is a 51-year-old homeowner in the New York suburbs with twin sons and a seat on the firm's management committee.
USA Today:
How Donald Trump could speed up Robert Mueller's Russia investigation: Talk to him. — Executive privilege claim is more political theater than legal firewall as Donald Trump tries to avoid a Robert Mueller interview on Russia. It's likely to fail. — CONNECT
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 …
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